HBO Releases Croatian Series in USA
ZAGREB: Oscar winner Danis Tanovic’s Croatian HBO series Success debuted in the USA on 5 June 2019. The six-part drama is HBO’s first series from Croatia and was one of…
MIDPOINT Intensive Slovakia Calls for Applications
BRATISLAVA: MIDPOINT is accepting applications for a three-day intensive workshop through 16 August 2019.
FNE at Art Film Fest 2019: Two Latvian Films in Main Competition
KOSICE: The Latvian production company Tasse Film will be competing against itself at the 27th Art Film Fest, which takes place 14 – 22 June 2019 in the Eastern Slovakia…
FNE AV Innovation: Zlin International Film Festival Hosts Eco-Impact Green Screen Programme
ZLIN: The question of how we can run an ecologically responsible film industry is becoming more compelling every day. If you still might have doubts about that, a company such…
PRODUCTION: Latvian/Lithuanian/Czech The Year Before the War Begins Filming
RIGA: Latvian director Dāvis Sīmanis has begun principal shooting of the Latvian/Lithuanian/Czech coproduction The Year before the War.
GRANTS: Mazovia Film Fund Supports 11 Productions
WARSAW: The Mazovia Film Fund chose 11 projects to support with coproduction grants totaling 1.8 m PLN / 420,851 EUR, including new films from Małgorzata Szumowska, Paweł Łoziński and Piotr…
FNE at TIFF 2019 Romanian Days: Timebox
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Nora Agapi’s independent documentary Timebox will screen in the Romanian Days at the 18th Transilvania IFF (31 May - 9 June 2019). The film was awarded best Central and…
FNE at Zlin IFF 2019: Tess Takes Top Honours at Zlin
ZLIN: The Dutch/German coproduction My Extraordinary Summer with Tess by Steven Wouterlood won the Best Children’s film award at the 59th Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth, which…
PRODUCTION: Petr Zelenka Shoots The Pilot
PRAGUE: Petr Zelenka is now shooting a feature film, the Czech/Slovak/Slovenian coproduction The Pilot / Modelář, after five years of working mostly on TV projects.
FNE at TIFF 2019 Romanian Days: Mo
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Radu Dragomir’s debut feature Mo will screen in the Romanian Days at the 18th Transilvania IFF (31 May - 9 June 2019). The film is a Romanian coproduction supported…
FNE at TIFF 2019 Romanian Days: Emigrant Blues: a Road Movie in 2 1/2 Chapters
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Mihai Mincan and Claudiu Mitcu’s documentary Emigrant Blues: a Road Movie in 2 1/2 Chapters will screen in the Romanian Days at the 18th Transilvania IFF (31 May -…
Romanian Teen Film Oh, Ramona! Released on Netflix
BUCHAREST: Cristina Jacob’s teen film Oh, Ramona! was released on Netflix on 1 June 2019. The film is the first Romanian production with more than 1 m USD box office…
Montenegro Opens Call for Film Funding
PODGORICA: The Film Centre of Montenegro has announced a Public Call for co-financing of the production of cinematographic works in the categories of feature film, short film, documentary film, project…
PRODUCTION: Jacek Bromski in Postproduction with Solid Gold
WARSAW: Jacek Bromski is in postproduction with Solid Gold, a political thriller starring Andrzej Seweryn and Janusz Gajos, inspired by one of the most controversial financial scams in the history…
New Europe Film Sales Picks Up Tomasz Wasilewski's Fools
WARSAW: New Europe Film Sales picked up world sales rights to Fools by Silver Bear winner Tomasz Wasilewski, a Polish/Romanian/German film produced by Ewa Puszczyńska and Ada Solomon.
FNE at Krakow Film Festival 2019: Prize Winners
KRAKOW: The 59th Krakow Film Festival of documentary, short and animated film held 26 May - 2 June 2019 awarded its top prize in the International Documentary Competition to Advocate…
FESTIVALS: Transilvania IFF to Launch SVOD Service
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF, 31 May - 9 June 2019) is launching the subscription video-on-demand service TIFF Unlimited on 6 June 2019. Between 60 and 80 films…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update
WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry…
FNE at TIFF 2019 Romanian Days: Arrest
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Andrei Cohn’s sophomore feature Arrest / Arest will screen in the Romanian Days at the 18th Transilvania IFF, running through 9 June 2019. The film was also selected for…
FNE at TIFF 2019 Romanian Days: Thou Shalt Not Kill
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Gabi Virginia Şarga and Cătălin Rotaru’s debut feature Thou Shalt Not Kill will screen in the Romanian Days at the 18th Transilvania IFF, which runs through 9 June 2019.…
