PRODUCTION: Czech Comedy The Last Aristocrat Starts Casting
PRAGUE: A film version of the Czech bestseller The Last Aristocrat, directed by Jiří Vejdělek, is in preproduction for release in 2019.
PRODUCTION: The Despair Moves into Post-production
RIGA: Latvian Emerging Producer at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Lelde Pruse continues her collaboration with the award-winning director Karlis Lesins, who has completed shooting on his feature film…
Czech Animated Feature Film Selected for Cartoon Springboard
PRAGUE: Tony, Shelly & Genius, a 70-minute animated feature film, is among the 24 projects which will be pitched at Cartoon Springboard taking place 4-6 December in Valenciennes.
PRODUCTION: Slovak Staviarsky Family Moves into Film Production
BRATISLAVA: Slovak novelist/scriptwriter Vito Staviarsky along with his sons, director Richard Staviarsky and editor Juraj Staviarsky, and daughter, producer Marka Staviarska, are in post-production with their first feature film Loli…
FNE at Cottbus: Rejected Premieres in Competition
COTTBUS: The Kazakh film Rejected / Otvergnutye directed by Zhanna Issabayeva makes its world premiere in the main competition of the 28th Cottbus Film Festival, running 6 – 11 November…
FNE at Zagreb Film Festival: All Alone
ZAGREB: The Zagreb Film Festival, running 11-18 November, will screen Croatian writer/director Bobo Jelčić’s drama All Alone.
FESTIVALS: Animafest Zagreb Opens Applications
ZAGREB: Animafest Zagreb is accepting applications from short and feature length animated films for its 29th edition, running 3-8 June 2019.
PRODUCTION: Marko Skop in Post-production with Let There Be Light
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director/writer/producer Marko Škop is in post-production with his second feature film Let There be Light / Nech je svetlo.
Two Animations Among Latvian Films in Post-production
RIGA: Latvian production companies have a bonanza of films in post-production or completed and awaiting release. They include two animated films, both for children and family audiences.
FNE at Ljubljana IFF: My Last Year as a Loser
LJUBLJANA: Urša Menart's debut feature My Last Year as a Loser / Ne bom več luzerka, which was awarded Best Film at the 21st Festival of Slovenian Film in Potoroz,…
BOX OFFICE: South Wind Sets Record Opening for Serbian Film
BELGRADE: Miloš Avramović’s feature South Wind / Južni vetar has reached nearly 150,000 admissions in its first seven days of release in Serbia, making it the best opening of a…
Two Year Old Analog Vision’s International Vision
PRAGUE: Just off a double win at the Jihlava IDFF for the German/Czech coproduction Boy of War directed by Cyprien Clément-Delmas and Igor Kosenko, and currently presenting the international premiere…
FNE IDF DocBloc: When the War Comes Wins Silver Eye
The Czech documentary When the War Comes by Jan Gebert won the Silver Eye Award at the Jihlava IDFF.
Review: First Man
Director Damien Chazelle makes a quantum shift with his Venice competition entry First Manafter his hugely successful, light-hearted homage to the Hollywood musical La La Land.
PRODUCTION: Patryk Vega Shoots Sequel to International Box Office Comedy Hit Women of Mafia
SZCZECIN: Patryk Vega is working on a sequel to his box-office hit Women of Mafia with an international cast and release planned for February 2019.
FESTIVALS: Zagreb Film Festival Selects Twelve Films for Main Competition
ZAGREB: Twelve directors’ first and second feature films are competing for the main award and a prize of 4,000 EUR at the Zagreb Film Festival, running 11-18 November
MIDPOINT TV Launch 2019 Selects 20 Participants
PRAGUE: Nine projects and two development executives account for the 20 participants selected for the 2019 edition of MIDPOINT TV Launch, a nine-month long programme which begins in November 2018…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Vacancy Wins Opus Bonum
JIHLAVA: The Belgian documentary Vacancy won the main award of the international competition Opus Bonum at the 22nd Jihlava IDFF, at the awards ceremony on 29 October 2018.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Regional Film Offices and Film Funds Expand Across Czech Republic
JIHLAVA: The new Vysocina Film Office, the latest addition to a growing list of film commissions and film funds in the Czech Republic, used the platform of the Jihlava IDFF…
PRODUCTION: Damjan Kozole Starts Shooting Slovenian/Macedonian/Serbian/Croatian Half-Sister
LJUBLJANA: Damjan Kozole began production on the Slovenian/Macedonian/Serbian/Croatian coproduction Half-Sister / Polsestra on 27 October 2018. The 32 days of filming are taking place in Ljubljana and the Slovenian fishing…
