FNE at Transilvania IFF 2019 LIM Presentations: Romanian Project Blue Banks
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The Romanian project Blue Banks was presented by director Andreea Bortun at the 8 June 2018 Less Is More (LIM) pitching forum at the Transilvania IFF, which spotlights low-budget…
FNE at Transilvania IFF 2019 LIM Presentations: Cypriot Project Psyche Delicatessen
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The Cypriot project Psyche Delicatessen was presented by director Harry Ayiotis at the 8 June 2018 Less Is More (LIM) pitching forum at the Transilvania IFF, which spotlights low-budget…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Kerekes's French/Czech/Slovak Doc BATAstories Premieres at Art Film Fest
KOSICE: The Slovak Season section of Art Film Fest, which opens on 14 June 2019, is rich with documentary premieres including the latest work from one of the most highly…
Czech Producer Tomas Hoffman Smashes Box Office Records With Hit Comedy Women on the Run
PRAGUE: Czech comedy Women on the Run / Zeny v behu, the debut of director Martin Horsky, is on target to smash all time Czech box office records racking up…
Swedish TV Series Hamilton Shoots in Lithuania
VILNIUS: The Swedish production companies DramaCorp and Kärnfilm are shooting the 10-episode international spy thriller series Hamilton in Lithuania for TV4 and C More.
FNE at Transilvania IFF 2019 LIM Presentations: Macedonian Project Swap
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Swap, a project from North Macedonia, was presented by director Gjorce Stavreski at the Less is More (LIM) pitching Forum at the Transilvania IFF on 8 June 2019. LIM…
FNE at Transilvania IFF 2019 Pitch Stop: Greece and Bosnia & Herzgovina Team Up on Remember
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Greece teams up with Bosnia & Herzgovina on a debut film inspired by true events, Remember directed by Thanos Psichogios and produced by Nancy Kokolaki for Bad Crowd.
FESTIVALS: Prague IFF Appoints Nikitin New Artistic Director
PRAGUE: The Prague International Film Festival – Febiofest has named former Berlinale programmer Nikolaj Nikitin as its new artistic director. Nikitin also began working with the Cottbus Film Festival and…
FNE at Karlovy Vary IFF 2019: US Stars Congregate in Karlovy Vary
PRAGUE: Julianne Moore. Billy Crudup. Patricia Clarkson, Casey Affleck - The list of guests announced for the 54th Karlovy Vary IFF, 28 June-6 July 2019, reads like a who’s who…
FESTIVALS: CEE Films Dominate Valletta Film Fest Competition
VALLETTA: Central and East European films comprise half of the 12-film line-up in the international feature film competition of the Valletta Film Festival, which opens on 14 June 2019 in…
Adrian Sârbu to Launch Satellite TV Channel in Romania
BUCHAREST: Adrian Sârbu and journalist Marius Tucă will launch the generalist channel Smart TV/Smart TV HD Bucureşti at the end of 2019. The channel will focus on journalism and urban…
PRODUCTION: Bulgaria Joins Armenian Film and TV Project Remission
SOFIA: The Bulgarian company JelFilm teams up with Armenia’s Parallels Film Production and Germany’s Clever Production on the feature film Remission. The project, which was on hold, has now restarted…
FNE at Transilvania IFF 2019 Pitch Stop: Romanian Project Mia Misses Her Revenge
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Director Bogdan Theodor Olteanu and producers Anamaria Antoci and Anda Ionescu presented the Romanian project Mia Misses Her Revenge at the fifth edition of Transilvania Pitch Stop taking place…
FNE at Transilvania IFF 2019 Pitch Stop: Romanian Project Jeux Sans Frontieres
CLUJ-NAPOJCA: Romanian producer Codruta Cretulescu and director Andrei Cretulescu presented the work-in-progress Jeux Sans Frontieres at the fifth edition of Transilvania Pitch Stop taking place at the Transilvania IFF, which…
FNE at Transilvania IFF 2019 Pitch Stop: Greek/Romanian Project Mignon
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The Greek/Romanian project Mignon by director Sofia Georgovassili, Greek producer Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos and Irina Malcea from Romania’s Luna Film was presented at the fifth edition of Transilvania Pitch Stop…
Interview with Christopher Peter Marcich, Head of Croatian Audiovisual Centre
ZAGREB: Christopher Peter Marcich was elected to a four year term as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC), starting 1 May 2019. He talked to…
PRODUCTION: Slovak/Hungarian Animated Sci-Fi White Plastic Sky in Production
BRATISLAVA: White Plastic Sky / Umelohmotné nebo, an animated/live action feature by Tibor Bánóczki and Sarolta Szabó, is currently in production. The sci-fi drama is produced by Slovakia‘s Artichoke and…
PRODUCTION: Czech/Slovak Christmas Film Closer to the Stars in Postproduction
PRAGUE: Director Lenka Kny is in postproduction with her new Christmas film Closer to the Stars / Vánoce budou, co-written by Hana Cielová.
PRODUCTION: Georgian Director Lasha Tskvitinidze in Preproduction with Field
TBILISI: Georgian director Lasha Tskvitinidze is currently in preproduction with his second feature film Field. His first feature film I Am Beso was considered by many Georgian film critics as…
PRODUCTION: Slovenian Director Tomaž Gorkič Completes Horror Comedy The Curse of Valburga
LJUBLJANA: Tomaž Gorkič has finished his second feature, a horror comedy The Curse of Valburga, which he wrote, directed and edited. Gorkič won the Vesna Award for Best Feature Film…
