Films Targeted at Domestic Market Keep Breaking Records in Estonia
TALLINN: A total of 21 Estonian films premiered in cinemas in 2017 and two of them made it to the top ten. The Dissidents, directed by Jaak Kilmi and produced…
New Historical Drama Britannia Filmed in the Czech Republic
PRAGUE: The new historical drama Britannia, currently available on Sky Atlantic and Amazon, was largely filmed in and around Prague, using the Czech Republic as a stand-in for Britain of…
CEE Projects Announced for 20th Cartoon Movie
BORDEAUX: Projects from the Czech Republic, Poland, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia are among the 60 titles selected to be pitched at the 20th Cartoon Movie 2018 in Bordeaux,…
dok.incubator Submission Deadline 31 January 2018
PRAGUE: Submit your rough cut to dok.incubator until 31 January 2018 and you can be selected with your team (director, producer, editor) to the three one-week residential sessions of the…
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 AV Innovation: ARTE’s Kay Meseberg: The Future Starts Now
Kay Meseberg heads the ARTE unit dedicated to upcoming technologies. FNE invited him to tell us about the role innovative new technologies will play in the future.
Admissions for Domestic Films in Bulgaria Triple in 2017
SOFIA: Admissions to domestic films almost tripled in Bulgaria from 176,395 in 2016 to 512,521 in 2017, while the domestic films cashed in over 2 m EUR in 2017 compared…
PRODUCTION: Agnieszka Holland and Kasia Adamik Start Shooting First Netflix Series in Polish
WARSAW: The first Polish Netflix series started shooting in Warsaw on 16 January 2018. The 8-episode series, which doesn’t have a title yet, is set in a world where the…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Projects Selected for East Doc Platform 2018
See the complete list of projects selected for East Doc Platform 2018.
Ice Mother Tops Czech Lions Nominations
PRAGUE: Ice Mother, Barefoot and Milada received the most nominations for the 25th annual Czech Lion awards, organised by the Czech Film and Television Academy. The winners will be announced…
Admissions and Box Office on the Rise in Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO: Admissions to domestic films in Bosnia and Herzegovina show 46.9 percent increase, while total admissions increased by 17.81 percent. Two domestic films were theatrically released in 2017 compared to…
PRODUCTION: I Olga Hepnarova Team Develop Nobody Likes Me
PRAGUE: Tomáš Weinreb and Petr Kazda, authors of the critically acclaimed I, Olga Hepnarova, are developing the love story Nobody Likes Me / Nikdo mě nemá rád. This Czech/French coproduction…
Romanian 2017 Admissions Up, Admissions for Domestic Films Down
BUCHAREST: Romania saw a dramatic decrease in admissions for domestic films, from 484,739 in 2016 to an estimated 250,000 in 2017. Total admissions increased by 11.25 percent, while total gross…
Georgia Sees Major Increase in Domestic Films Admissions and Box Office
TBILISI: Domestic films admissions increased by 86.97 percent, while box office of domestic films increased by 77.25 percent in 2017. This is due to the release of more Georgian films…
Romanian Feature Film Released on Vimeo
BUCHAREST: Daniel Sandu’s debut feature One Step Behind the Seraphim / Un pas în urma serafimilor is one of the few Romanian feature film released on the Vimeo platform. It…
Czech Republic Launches Script Consulting Incubator
PRAGUE: Script Consulting Incubator, a programme commissioned by the Czech Film Fund and organised by MIDPOINT, will have two separate branches, Training the Script Consultants and Development of Czech Scripts.
PRODUCTION: Rati Tsiteladze Develops The Empty House
TBILISI: Writer/director/producer Rati Tsiteladze is in the advanced development stage with The Empty House, an international coproduction set for shooting at the end of 2018. The project was selected for…
Macedonia Boosts TV Production in 2017
SKOPJE: A total of ten TV series were produced in 2017, which is an increase of 50% compared to 2016, when five series premiered on Macedonian national TV channels.
Romanian Debut Feature Selected for Berlinale’s Competition
BUCHAREST: Adina Pintilie’s debut feature Touch Me Not / Nu mă atinge-mă was selected for the Competition of the 68th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival (15-25 February 2018).…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino Usmev, Kosice, Slovakia
This month we spoke with Barbora Tóthová, PR Manager of Kino Usmev (Cinema Smile). This one screen art house cinema located in the center of Košice (Slovakia) is run by…
