FNE Malta Focus 2023: British Production Compulsion to Generate Over 2.3 m EUR for Maltese Economy

VALLETTA: The British production Compulsion by Neil Marshall, which is currently shooting in Malta, will generate over 2.3 m EUR into the local economy. The film, starring Polish actress Anna-Maria…
10-05-2023

PRODUCTION: Andreea Cristina Borţun Shoots Debut Feature Blue Banks

BUCHAREST: Andreea Cristina Borţun, who took part in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in 2021 with her short fiction film When Night Meets Dawn, is currently shooting her debut feature Blue Banks…
09-05-2023

GRANTS: Latvia Announces Minority Coproduction Grants

RIGA: The National Film Centre of Latvia has distributed 300,000 EUR to seven minority coproductions. The list includes four feature films, two long documentaries and one short documentary.
09-05-2023

Films by Judit Elek and Emir Kusturica in Cannes Classics and Cinéma de la Plage

CANNES: Restored 4K versions of The Lady from Constantinople (1969) by Hungarian director Judit Elek and Underground (1995) by Serbian director Emir Kusturica will screen in Cannes Classics and Cinéma…
09-05-2023

FNE at Cannes 2023: Croatian Cinema in Cannes

Two Croatian titles to have their world premieres at the International Critics’ Week (Semaine de la Critique), a parallel Cannes Film Festival section. These are Andrea Slaviček’s fiction short, The…
09-05-2023

Nominations Announced for Lithuanian National Silver Crane Awards 2023

VILNIUS: Debut features Remember to Blink / Per arti by Austeja Urbaite and Parade / Paradas by Titas Laucius, as well as The Poet / Poetas by Giedrias Tamoševičius &…
08-05-2023

Croatia Celebrates Domestic Films in May 2023

ZAGREB: Sixty domestic films produced in the last 15 years are screened in 72 cinemas and 56 cities across Croatia during the whole month of May 2023, as the Croatian…
08-05-2023

FNE at Cannes 2023: Estonian PÖFF in Cannes

PÖFF and Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event participate in Marché du Film - the film business top event of the year. In the heart of world's most prestigious film festival -…
08-05-2023

Memento International Acquires Vladimir Perišić’s Lost Country Ahead of Cannes Premiere

BELGRADE: Paris-based Memento International has snatched Serbian director Vladimir Perišić’s sophomore feature Lost Country ahead of its world premiere within the 62nd Critics Week at the 76th edition of Cannes…
05-05-2023

Mads Mikkelsen to Shoot in Budapest for Bryan Fuller’s Horror Dust Bunny

BUDAPEST: The family horror Dust Bunny, American writer and producer Bryan Fuller's debut feature, will start shooting in Hungary soon.
05-05-2023

Experimental Collage-film Celebrates 111 Years of Estonian Cinema

TALLINN: Madwomen - To Be a Sparrow Not a Canary directed by Sten Haljak and Johannes Lõhmus will have its premiere on 6 May 2023 in Tartu, the birthplace of…
05-05-2023

FNE Malta Focus 2023: Malta Film Commission Launches Mediterrane Film Festival

VALLETTA: The Malta Film Commission has announced the first edition of the Mediterrane Film Festival, which will run in Valletta 25-30 June 2023.
04-05-2023

Melchior the Apothecary Trilogy Soon on Czech and German Platforms

TALLINN: In May 2023, Elmo Nüganen’s trilogy Melchior the Apothecary will be available on Germany’s largest telecom enterprise Magenta TV, as well as on the Czech streaming platform iPrima.
04-05-2023

FESTIVALS: Simeon Moni Damevski Re-appointed as Director of ICFF Manaki Brothers

SKOPJE: Simeon Moni Damevski has received a new two-year mandate as the director of the International Cinematographers Film Festival Manaki Brothers.
04-05-2023

FESTIVALS: Winners of 23rd goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

WIESBADEN: Lithuanian film Remember to Blink / Per arti directed by Austėja Urbaitė received the Golden Lily for Best Film at the 23rd edition of the GoEast, the Festival of…
03-05-2023

FESTIVALS: Cyprus Film Days IFF 2023 Announces Winners

LIMASSOL: The Fishbowl by Puerto Rico-based Glorimar Marrero Sánchez was awarded as Best Beature Film at the 21th Cyprus Film Days International Film Festival, which ran 21 - 29 April…
03-05-2023

Johnny Depp Spotted in Budapest

BUDAPEST: Johnny Depp has visited Budapest and was seen in front of the Gellért Hotel as well as at the restaurant PitPit.
03-05-2023

FESTIVALS: Anifilm 2023 Started in Liberec

LIBEREC: The 22nd edition of the International Festival of Animated Films – Anifilm kicked off in Liberec, Czech Republic on 2 May 2023 and it is screening approximately 500 works…
03-05-2023

Milena Grujić Is First Serbian Director to Helm American Action Film

BELGRADE: Young Milena Grujić (born in 1994) is the first Serbian director to helm an American action film. She is currently directing Catalyst Studios’ Hitwoman, an English-speaking film shot in…
02-05-2023

PRODUCTION: Gábor Dettre in Postproduction with Hungarian Feature Silent Night

BUDAPEST: Hungarian director/writer/producer Gábor Dettre is currently in postproduction with his feature film Silent Night / Csendes éj, which was entirely crowfounded through a campaign that ran from December 2022…
02-05-2023