PRODUCTION: Romanian/U.S. Documentary on Poet Nina Cassian in Postproduction

BUCHAREST: Mona Nicoară and Dana Bunescu are in the final stages of postproduction with The Distance Between Me and Me, a documentary about the Romanian poet Nina Cassian (1924-2014). The…
15-02-2018

Cinema Attendance Soars in Central and Eastern Europe

MILAN: Central and Eastern Europe registered a 10.1 percent rise in cinema attendance in 2017 according to the newly released report by MEDIA Salles.
14-02-2018

FNE EXCLUSIVE: PRODUCTION: Anthony C. Ferrante Shoots Sequel to Sharknado in Romania

BUCHAREST: Anthony C. Ferrante starts shooting his new horror Fells Point in Romania on 19 February 2018. The sequel to Ferrante’s TV movie hit Sharknado stars the same actors as…
14-02-2018

PRODUCTION: First Estonian Children's Christmas Film Begins Shooting

ESTONIA: Eia's Christmas at Phantom Owl Farm, the last of the feature films that won the Estonia 100 film competition, is now in production. The second film by writer-director Anu…
14-02-2018

GRANTS: Croatia Announces Minority Coproduction Grants

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre distributed 272,300 EUR / 2,025,000 HRK to three minority coproductions directed by Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodworth, Metod Pevec and Ines Tanović.
14-02-2018

Structural Constellation Master Class Open for Applications

Structural Constellations, an international residential master class is now accepting application through 10 March 2018 for its May and November programmes.
14-02-2018

New Distributor on Romanian Market

BUCHAREST: Creative agency ROLLERCOASTER PR will launch as a distributor on the Romanian market on 24 August 2018 with the theatrical release of the domestic documentary Licu, a Romanian Story…
13-02-2018

HBO Green-lights First Adria Region Original Drama

ZAGREB: HBO Europe has green-lit the six-part drama Success directed by Oscar-winner Danis Tanović. The Zagreb-set series is the first original series to come out of the Adria region. It…
13-02-2018

CME Reports Continued Revenue Increases for 2017

HAMILTON, Bermuda: Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME) announced that net revenues rose nine percent in actual rates (six percent in constant rates) to USD 574.2 m in 2017.
13-02-2018

The INSIDE PICTURES 2018 Programme Now Open for Applications

LONDON: Inside Pictures, the leading film industry business and leadership skills development programme, announces that applications are now open for its 2018 programme. The programme is designed to develop the…
13-02-2018

PRODUCTION: Danish/Czech Coproduction Shot in Czech Republic

PRAGUE: The shooting on Kasper Torsting’s period drama In War and Love / I Krig & Kærlighed (working title) took place on Czech locations from 4 to 11 February 2018.…
12-02-2018

OBITUARY: Serbian Actor Nebojsa Glogovac

BELGRADE: Popular Bosnian-born Serbian actor Nebojsa Glogovac, who recently starred in the awarded Constitution by Rajko Grlić, died in Belgrade at the age of 49 on 9 February 2018.
12-02-2018

TVP Shoots New Drama Series

LUBLIN: The Polish public broadcaster TVP is currently shooting a costume drama series Roads to Freedom directed by Maciej Migas. The 13-episode series follows the lives of three sisters, who…
12-02-2018

FESTIVALS: The 14th ZagrebDox Announces Lineup

ZAGREB: The most important documentary film festival in Croatia, ZagrebDox will screen 21 titles in its international competition from 25 February to 4 March 2018.
12-02-2018

FNE ScripTeast at Berlinale Session: Red Dot by Michal Samir (Czech Republic), The Empty House by Rati Tsiteladze and Nino Varsimashvili (Georgia), The Last Train by Matej Mináč and David Mináč (Czech Republic)

WARSAW: Participants of the 12th edition of the ScripTeast scriptwriting workshop are gearing up for the next stage to be held at the Berlin International Film Festival from 17 to…
12-02-2018

Alpha Violet Acquires Dovlatov Ahead of Its Berlin Premiere

BELGRADE: The Russian/Polish/Serbian coproduction Dovlatov directed by Aleksey German, Jr. has been acquired by the Paris-based sales company Alpha Violet ahead of its world premiere in the Competition of the…
09-02-2018

Film Caravan Celebrates Centenary of Romanian Cinema

IAȘI: A caravan is travelling through Romania and the Republic of Moldova celebrating 100 years of Romanian cinema by screening 100 movies in 100 cities in a one year time.
09-02-2018

FNE Country Report 2017: CROATIA

ZAGREB: The Board of HAVC reappointed Hrvoje Hribar as Chief Executive for a second four-year term beginning in December 2014, but on 6 February 2017 Hribar handed in his resignation…
09-02-2018