FESTIVALS: Lack of Public Funding Scuttles Valletta Film Festival 2020
VALLETTA: The 2020 edition of the Valletta Film Festival (VFF), Malta’s first feature-length film festival aiming to showcase high-quality international works to local audiences, has been cancelled this year due…
TV Audiences on the Rise in Malta
VALLETTA: Over 73 percent of Malta’s population watched television during the month of March 2020, according to the island’s Broadcasting Authority. The number represents an increase of nearly 10 percent…
FNE Podcast: Festivals in Crisis: Barbara Orlicz-Szczypuła Head of Programming Krakow Film Festival
Barbara shares with us the reasons why the Krakow Film Festival's team decided to take the festival online this year and the results of the online event. She tells us…
PRODUCTION: Shooting Wraps for Polish Drama Starring Katarzyna Figura
WARSAW: It is a wrap for Baptism / Chrzciny, the feature debut of Jakub Skoczeń, starring Katarzyna Figura. The production was one of the first feature films that wrapped after…
PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Director Victor Bojinov Preps Chamla
SOFIA: Victor Bojinov is preparing his second feature Chamla (aka Kingdom Chamla). The film was to start shooting on 27 April 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the director…
Estonia Coproduces British Starrer Burial
TALLINN: Ivo Felt is coproducing for Estonia’s Allfilm the British/Estonian Burial, to be shot in Estonia in the autumn of 2020. The cast includes Diana Rigg and Tom Felton.
FESTIVALS: Cyprus IFF Calls for Entries
NICOSIA: The 15th Cyprus International Film Festival is accepting applications for its 2020 edition. Both short and full length films are eligible.
New Europe Film Sales Sells Sweat
WARSAW: The Polish company New Europe Film Sales has sold the Polsih/Swedish coproduction Sweat to ARP in France.
FNE at Cannes Online 2020: Lithuanian Film
Lithuanian Films celebrate 10th anniversary at the Marché du Film this year with the biggest line-up of 10 new exciting stories in the market: the newest film by Šarūnas Bartas…
FNE at Cannes Online 2020: Estonian Film
Estonian Film Institute, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, North Star Film Alliance and our regional film funds are all taking part in the Cannes Virtual Market.
Heretic Outreach Acquires Ivan Ikić’s Sophomore Feature The Users
BELGRADE: Heretic Outreach, the sales agent based in Athens, has acquired The Users / Korisnici, Ivan Ikić’s sophomore feature, a coproduction of Serbia, Slovenia, The Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina and…
Arts Council Malta Invests Over 1 m EUR in Culture
VALLETTA: The Arts Council Malta (ACM), the Mediterranean island’s national agency overseeing public funding for the creative and cultural sector, has pledged support to 26 non-Governmental organisations – including film…
GRANTS: Georgia Announces Short Fiction Film Production Grants
TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center distributed 116,759 EUR / 396,982 GEL for the production of seven short fiction films directed by Irine Jordania, Nino Tsikaridze, Mikheil Kvirikadze, Nika Gabunia,…
CEE Cinema Admissions Show Gains in 2019
STRASBOURG: Data released by the European Audiovisual Observatory shows that the box office rose in most CEE territories, although admissions showed mostly modest gains, and some losses.
FNE at Cannes Online 2020: Slovenian Film
For the first time, this year’s 73rd Film Market in Cannes will be held online from 22 to 26 June. The Slovenian Film Centre will present three Slovenian features at…
FNE at Cannes Online 2020: Slovak Film
Slovak Film Institute and Slovak Film Commission joined forces and under the umbrella Slovak Film will promote Slovak cinema, audiovisual industry, and filming in Slovakia at the Marché du Film…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Open Programme
Ex Oriente will host three days of online open programmes via Zoom, 23 - 26 June 2020.
Successful International Sales for Srdan Golubović’s Father
BELGRADE: The Match Factory has sold Srdan Golubović’s latest feature Father / Otac to China (TV airing rights), the UK, Ireland, North Africa, Middle East, Turkey, Greece, and Lithuania.
FESTIVALS: Pula Film Fest Moves Forward
PULA: The Pula Film Festival will be one of the first festivals in the CEE region to take place in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. This year’s festival dates…
FESTIVALS: Sofia Film Festival 2020 Announces Restart
SOFIA: The 24th Sofia International Film Fest, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic three days before its official opening on 12 March, will restart earlier than initially announced.…
