New Art House Cinema Opens in Riga
RIGA: A new art house cinema opens in Kaņepes Culture Center, one of the hippest places in Rīga, on 2 April 2019.
FESTIVALS: The 3rd Bucharest Fashion Film Festival Ready to Kick Off
BUCHAREST: The 3rd edition of the Bucharest Fashion Film Festival, the first festival in Romania at the intersection of fashion, film and branding, will take place in Bucharest from 11…
FESTIVALS: The 32nd Finále Plzeň Film Festival Announces Lineup
PLZEN: The 32nd edition of Finále Plzeň Film Festival, the most important Czech national film festival, presenting contemporary Czech and Slovak audiovisual production, will be held from 11 to 16…
FESTIVALS: Slovak/Czech Coproduction By a Sharp Knife Wins 26th Prague International Film Festival
PRAGUE: The Slovak/Czech coproduction By a Sharp Knife directed by Teodor Kuhn was awarded best film in the New Europe competition section of the 26th Prague International Film Festival, which…
Organisers of LET’S CEE Film Festival Cancel 2019 Edition
VIENNA: The organisers of the LET’S CEE Film Festival have cancelled the 2019 edition. The 7th edition of the festival focusing on films from Central and Eastern Europe was supposed…
FNE at 26th MFKK Febiofest: Eleven New Slovak Projects Presented at Industry Days
BRATISLAVA: Eleven Slovak projects in different stages of production were presented at a works-in-progress showcase during the Industry Days (25-26 March 2019) of the 26th International Film Clubs Febiobest Festival …
Malta Announces Increased Incentives and New Soundstage
VALLETTA: Malta will raise film incentives to a maximum of 40% and the government will invest almost 2 m EUR in a soundstage of 5000m² at the Ricasoli film studios.
OBITUARY: Festival Curator Natalia Jarmolińska (Maliszewska)
WARSAW: Natalia Jarmolinska (Maliszewska), short film section curator, programmer of short and feature films for the Warsaw Film Festival, passed away at 32.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Interview with Editor Phil Jandaly
Watch the interview with editor Phil Jandaly, who was one of the tutors of Ex Oriente Film workshop at East Doc Platform (9-15 March 2019) in Prague.
Toman and The Interpreter Lead 9th Sun in a Net Nominations
BRATISLAVA: Toman and The Interpreter / Tlmočník received the highest number of nominations for the 9th annual Sun in a Net awards, organised by the Slovak Film and Television Academy.
BOX OFFICE: Class Reunion Remake Becomes Box Office Hit in Latvia
RIGA: Class Reunion / Klases salidojums directed by Andrejs Ēķis and produced by Platforma Filma is the leading domestic film at the Latvian Box office. After six weeks it has…
PRODUCTION: Macedonian/Kosovan/Albanian An Unforgettable Spring in Forgotten Village Sets Domestic Premiere
SKOPJE: The Macedonian/Kosovan/Albanian feature film An Unforgettable Spring in Forgotten Village / Nezaboravna prolet vo zaboraveno selo by Kushtrim Bekteshi will premiere in Macedonia on 29 March 2019. Macedonian producer…
FESTIVALS: Mr. Mare Wins 26th Febiofest in Bratislava
PRAGUE: The Hungarian/French coproduction Mr. Mare / Lidér úr directed by Lucy Tóth was awarded best film in the Heart of Europe competition section of the 26th International Film Clubs…
KineDok Starts New Season With New VOD Service
BRATISLAVA: KineDok, the alternative distribution platform of European documentary films, started its new season 2019 by screening the Bulgarian doc Every Wall Is a Door by Elitza Gueorguieva in Slovakia…
FNE AV Innovation: Online European Film Challenge Boosts European Cinema
VILNIUS: Innovative online contest #europeanfilmchallenge is using social media to boost the European film industry by harnessing its most vital natural resource – films fans.
Russian/Serbian Coproduction The Balkan Line Tops Serbian Box Office
BELGRADE: The Russian/Serbian coproduction The Balkan Line / Balkanska međa by Andrey Volgin topped the Serbian box office in its opening weekend, with 39,960 admissions and 142,343 EUR / 16,780,645…
European Parliament Approves New Copyright Directive
STRASBOURG: The European Parliament voted in favour of the Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market on 26 March 2019. The text will now need to be formally endorsed…
Cold War Dominates Polish Eagles 2019
WARSAW: Paweł Pawlikowski's Academy Award nominated drama Cold War was awarded in seven categories out of 12 nominations for the Polish Film Awards - The Eagles, including in Best Film,…
PRODUCTION: Apple Film Production in Postproduction with The Pleasure Principle
WARSAW: The crime thriller series The Pleasure Principle written by Maciej Maciejewski and directed by Dariusz Jabłoński is the first international drama series originated, shot and made as a coproduction…
PRODUCTION: Vinko Möderndorfer Starts Shooting Slovenian/Serbian Coproduction Deadlock
LJUBLJANA: Vinko Möderndorfer started shooting the Slovenian/Serbian coproduction Deadlock / Zastoj on 22 March 2019. The story focuses on a tragic event which brings together two married couples from different…
