Bulgaria and Poland Get EFA Nominations
BERLIN: Three Bulgarian coproductions and two Polish films, along with one Romanian short film, are among the films nominated for the 2017 European Film Awards.
PRODUCTION: Ondřej Trojan Wraps Shooting on Toman
PRAGUE: Oscar nominated director and producer Ondřej Trojan wrapped filming for his historical thriller Toman, which had 38 days of shooting spread across a year.
FNE Interview with Suat Kocer, the Director of the Malatya International Film Festival
FNE spoke with Suat Kocer, the Directof of the Malatya International Film Festival, which opens on 6 November 2017. The festival, located in the ancient city of Malatya in the…
PRODUCTION: To the Stars and Back in Postproduction
LJUBLJANA: The family drama To the Stars and Back / Do zvezd in nazaj by Marko Šantić completed shooting at the end of October 2017 and has entered postproduction. Šantić…
PRODUCTION: International Coproduction Girls of the Sun Shoots in Georgia
TBILISI : The French/Belgian/Georgian/Swiss coproduction Girls of the Sun directed by Eva Husson, is currently shooting in Georgia. Golshifteh Farahani and Emmanuelle Bercot play the main characters. Elle Driver is…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month, Kino Karaman, Split
This month we speak with Snježana Kuzmanić, director and programme manager at Kino Karaman in Split, Croatia. Based on available information, Kino Karaman is the oldest movie theatre in Europe…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Silver Eye Awards
Three films received Silver Eye Awards at the Jihlava IDFF.
FESTIVALS: Malatya IFF Announces Competition Films
MALATYA: Twelve international films and twelve Turkish films will compete in the two main competition sections of the 7th Malatya International Film Festival (MIFF) held 9-16 October 2017.
PRODUCTION: Borjan Zafirovski Filming Debut Feature The Happiness Effect
SKOPJE: The Macedonian/Albanian/Kosovan debut film The Happiness Effect by Borjan Zafirovski began a 30-day shoot in Skopje and Ohrid on 27 October 2017.
PRODUCTION: Serbia’s First Sc-Fi Erderlezi Rising in Postproduction
BELGRAD: The first Serbian genuine science fiction film, Erdelezi Rising by Lazar Bodroža, is in postproduction and its authors are eyeing a world premiere at one of the major world…
GRANTS: Polish Film Institute Supports Four Kids Films
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute chose four animated and youth films to support in the third funding session of 2017.
GRANTS: Estonia Announces Documentary and Minority Coproduction Grants
TALLINN: The Estonian Film Institute allotted 250,000 EUR in grants during the autumn 2017 sessions of documentary and minority coproduction. Six documentaries received production funding and nine received development funding.…
Romania Sees Decrease in Domestic Admissions and Increase in Debuts
BUCHAREST: Four more domestic films are to be released until the end of 2017, but the domestic films released this year will have substantially fewer admissions than in 2016. The…
Poland Funds Scripts on Polish History
WARSAW: The Polish Ministry of Culture announced the results of a special competition held to find new and interesting feature film projects about Polish history. The winning screenwriters received 132,922…
Industry@Tallinn and Baltic Event Announce Works in Progress
TALLINN: Ten Baltic projects and an additional twelve international films will be presented at two Works in Progress sections taking place under the Industry@Tallinn event 27 November – 1 December…
Baltic Event Announces Its Largest Co-Production Market Selection
TALLINN: Twenty projects have been selected for the Co-Production Market taking place on 29 November – 1 December 2017, at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event during Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
New Head of the Bulgarian National Film Centre
SOFIA: Actress/producer Jana Karaivanova has been appointed as executive director of the Bulgarian National Film Centre on 27 October 2017. She took the post after an election call including three…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Opera about Poland Wins Between the Seas Competition
JIHLAVA: Director Piotr Stasik picked up the award for the best film from Central and Eastern Europe for Opera about Poland in the Between the Seas competition of the 21st…
FESTIVALS: IFF Bratislava Announces Competition Films
BRATISLAVA: Men Don’t Cry by Alen Drljević is the lone entry from CEE territories among the eight films competing at the 19th edition of IFF Bratislava. The main competition focuses…
FESTIVALS: Box Office Hits and Lauded Directors Compete at Cottbus
COTTBUS: The Slovak box office hit The Line by Peter Bebjak, Georgian director George Ovashvili’s Khibula and Slovenian director Jan Cvitkovic’s The Basics of Killing are among the 12 films…
