PRODUCTION: Italy Comes Onboard Dušan Milić’s Darkling

BELGRADE: The Italian fund Fondo Audiovisio FVG has announced a grant of 56,000 EUR for Darkling / Mrak by Serbian director Dušan Milić. The film, which will be Milić’s fourth…
30-05-2018

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Infinite Football

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Corneliu Porumboiu’s documentary Infinite Football will screen in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June 2018. The film had its…
30-05-2018

FNE at Zlin IFF: Michal Hogenauer in Postproduction with Certain Kind of Silence

ZLIN: Certain Kind of Silence, a coproduction between the Czech Republic, Latvia and The Netherlands, is being readied for a summer 2018 release.
30-05-2018

FNE at Zlin IFF: Slovak Music Film BACKSTAGE Set to Premiere in Czech Republic

ZLIN: BACKSTAGE, a music film coproducion between Slovakia and the Czech Republic, directed by Andrea Sedláčková, will open in Czech cinemas on 7 June 2018 distributed by Bontonfilm. The film…
30-05-2018

FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary Announces Competition Films

PRAGUE: The Karlovy Vary IFF announced the 12 films that will screen in the main competition. Ten of the films will be world premieres. The festival will take place 29…
30-05-2018

FESTIVALS: Slovak Season at Art Film Fest

KOSICE: Eleven full-length films and four short films will screen in the packed Slovak Season section of the 26th Art Film Fest, which runs 15 – 23 June in the…
29-05-2018

FNE at Zlin IFF: Juraj Nvota Directs Czech/Slovak Kids Detective Series

ZLIN: The celebratory zero clapperboard at 58th Zlin IFF launched the production of Crime Story 5.C, an upcoming Czech/Slovak coproduction for children directed by Juraj Nvota.
29-05-2018

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Pororoca

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Constantin Popescu’s third feature film Pororoca will screen in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June 2018. This Romanian/French coproduction…
29-05-2018

PRODUCTION: Bosnian Animated Series in Production

BANJA LUKA: The boutique animation studio Aeon Production is producing The Adventures of Tubby and Stretch, a children’s animated TV series for the national TV station of Bosnia and Herzegovina…
28-05-2018

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Meda or The Not So Happy Side of Things

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Emanuel Pârvu’s debut feature Meda or the Not So Happy Side of Things will screen in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May…
28-05-2018

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: One Step Behind the Seraphim

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Daniel Sandu’s debut feature One Step Behind the Seraphim will be screened in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June…
28-05-2018

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…
28-05-2018

Netflix Picks up Polish Crime Series Ultraviolet

WARSAW: Netflix bought the rights to stream the Polish crime series Ultraviolet directed by Jan Komasa and Sławomir Fabicki, and produced by Opus Film for AXN Crime.
25-05-2018

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Free Dacians

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Free Dacians directed by Andrei Gorgan and Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan will have its national premiere in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to…
25-05-2018

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Licu, a Romanian Story

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Ana Dumitrescu’s Licu, a Romanian Story will screen in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June 2018. The documentary was…
25-05-2018

FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Film Announces 2018/2019 projects

Twelve documentary film projects have been selected for the 16th Ex Oriente Film Workshop.
25-05-2018

FESTIVALS: Oscar Winner Barry Levinson to Receive Karlovy Vary’s Highest Honour

PRAGUE: Barry Levinson, who won an Oscar for his film Rain Man, will be at the 53rd Karlovy Vary IFF (29 June – 7 July 2018) to accept the Crystal…
24-05-2018

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Several Conversations about a Very Tall Girl

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Director/screenwriter/producer Bogdan Theodor Olteanu will have the national premiere of his debut feature Several Conversations about a Very Tall Girl / Câteva conversații despre o fată foarte înaltă in…
24-05-2018

FNE at TIFF 2018 Romanian Days: Caisă

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Alexandru Mavrodineanu’s second long documentary Caisă will screen in the Romanian Days competition at the 17th edition of the Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June 2018.…
24-05-2018

PRODUCTION: Filip Bajon in Post-production with The Butler

WARSAW: Polish director Filip Bajon is putting the finishing touches on his major costume drama The Butler, set to premiere in September 2018.
23-05-2018