PRODUCTION: Polish Maciej Bochniak Shoots Magnesia
WARSAW: Maciej Bochniak is currently shooting Magnesia. The feature film produced by Aurum Film will be a mix of a detective story, comedy and western. The music will be composed…
FNE at Venice 2019: FNE TV: Pascal Diot, Head of Venice Production Bridge
FNE asked Pascal Diot what is new this year at the Venice Production Bridge and how it has evolved since its inception as well as what are some of the…
FNE at Venice 2019: Review: Joker
VENICE: Director Todd Phillips enters the Venice competition lineup with what just might be the first Batman film that is for non-Batman fans. His film Joker takes the usual Hollywood…
FNE at Venice 2019: Review: Ad Astra
VENICE: American indie filmmaker James Gray is not the first name that springs to mind when you think of a Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster, but Ad Astra, which boasts Hollywood mega-star…
FNE at Venice 2019: Review: Marriage Story
VENICE: Director Noah Baumbach already has ten feature films to his credit so it is no surprise that this already accomplished and respected filmmaker has landed in the Venice competition…
PRODUCTION: Gérard Depardieu in Lordan Zafranović’s Biopic of Alexander Dubček
BRATISLAVA: Gérard Depardieu is slated to play Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in Human Face - Freedom or Death / Ľudská tvár – Sloboda alebo smrť, directed by Croatian director Lordan…
PRODUCTION: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović Debut Feature Backed by Martin Scorsese
DUBROVNIK: Murina, a debut feature by Croatian director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, has started filming on the Croatian coast. The film is produced by Croatia’s Antitalent and Brazil’s RT Features of…
FESTIVALS: Solo Wins the 10th Makedox 2019
SKOPJE: Czech/French/Argentinian/Austrian coproduction Solo, directed by Artemio Benki won the Onion Award for best film in the main competition of the 10th edition of Festival of Creative Documentary Film Makedox.…
BIAFF Industry Platform Alternative Wave Announces Selected Projects For 2019 Edition
BATUMI: Eight projects have been selected for the industry platform Alternative Wave of the 2019 Batumi International Art house Film Festival (15-22 September 2019). The industry programme is set to…
FNE/IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Film 2019-2020: How I Became a Partisan
Take a closer look at the documentary project How I Became a Partisan / Ako som sa stala partizánkou by Vera Lacková, which was selected for the 17th edition of…
PRODUCTION: Patryk Vega In Postproduction With First Part of Politics Tetralogy
WARSAW: Patryk Vega is in postproduction with his new film Politics, the first of a four-part series of films about Polish political life. Politics was shot under radar in April…
FESTIVALS: Festival of Slovenian Film in Portorož Announces Lineup
PORTOROŽ: Seven Slovenian feature films and four long documentaries will be screened in the competition of the 22nd Festival of Slovenian Film in Portorož, which will run from 17 to…
Beta Cinema Picks Up Iranian/Czech Coproduction Son-Mother
PRAGUE: German sales agent Beta Cinema has picked up Mahnaz Mohammadi’s debut feature Son Mother / Pesar-Madar. This Iranian/Czech coproduction will have its world premiere in the Discovery section of…
Cătălin Mitulescu Explores Human Relationships In Heidi
BUCHAREST: Cătălin Mitulescu’s new feature film Heidi follows a police officer nearing retirement who is given the mission to find two prostitutes who are willing to testify in an organised…
FNE Oscar Watch 2020: North Macedonia Selects Honeyland as Oscar Bid
SKOPJE: Honeyland / Medena zemja by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska has been selected as North Macedonia’s candidate for the 92nd Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in…
GRANTS: Poland Supports Ten New Feature Films
WARSAW: Polish Film Institute has granted 5.3 m EUR / 23.5 m PLN to ten feature film productions. The list includes new projects directed by Andrzej Jakimowski, Władysław Pasikowski and…
PRODUCTION: Slávek Horák Shooting Havel Biopic Big Budget Havel Biopic
PRAGUE: Czech director Slávek Horák has started shooting a biopic Havel about the prominent Czech playwright/dissident/president Václav Havel. The project received one of the biggest production grants from the Czech…
PRODUCTION: Netflix Original Series Young Wallander Filming in Lithuania
VILNIUS: Young Wallander, a new Netflix original series based on Henning Mankell's best-selling Kurt Wallander novels, is shooting in Vilnius from 24 August 2019. Lithuania‘s Ahil is providing services. The…
EXCLUSIVE: Explore New Programme of Warsaw Kids Film Forum
WARSAW: After the successful previous editions, the 3rd edition of Warsaw Kids Film Forum has significantly extended its offer by expanding the programme and the list of attending guests. The…
Honeyland and Putin’s Witnesses In EFA Documentary Selection
BERLIN: Macedonian Honeyland by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska, and the Latvian/Swiss/Czech coproduction Putin’s Witnesses by Vitaly Mansky are among the 12 titles from the EFA Documentary Selection.
