The Line Sets New Opening Weekend Record at Slovak Box Office
BRATISLAVA: The crime thriller The Line / Čiara by Peter Bebjak has broken the record for the Slovak box office on its opening weekend. Released on 3 August 2017, the…
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Sylvie Leray, Artcam, Czech Republic
FNE and Europa Distribution are launching a new chapter in our Distributor of the Month section. In the coming months we will talk with European distributors about their lineup, their…
Wild Berries Wins Aristoteles Workshop 2017
ARAD: Wild Berries by Romulus Balazs (France) Marianna Vas (Hungary) and Hedda Bednarszky (Romania) is the winner of the 12th edition of Aristoteles Workshop, the one-month documentary workshop that took…
PRODUCTION: Krzysztof Zanussi Preps Ether
WARSAW: Acclaimed Polish film director Krzysztof Zanussi is preparing a new feature film Ether, which will follow a military doctor at the beginning of the 20th century as he is…
Slovak Films Set Box Office Records in Domestic Cinemas
BRATISLAVA: Slovak films experienced a massive increase in admissions in the first half of 2017.
PRODUCTION: Urša Menart Preps My Last Year as a Loser
LJUBLJANA: My Last Year as a Loser / Ne bom več luzerka by Urša Menart will start shooting on 6 September 2017. The story of a 29-year-old unemployed girl, who…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Peasant Museum Cinema, Bucharest
This month we speak with Gabriela Albu, the programme coordinator of the Peasant Musem Cinema– Horia Bernea Studio from Bucharest, Romania. The Peasant Musem Cinema is one of the very…
FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons IFF: New Horizons Studio+ Opens with New Format
WROCŁAW: The 8th edition of New Horizons Studio+ introduces a new format, inviting 20 participants from Europe for training in film PR and marketing. The event will take place from…
Hostages Racks up More International Sales
TBILISI: Rezo Gigineishvili’s Hostages has been sold so far to France, Scandinavia, Italy, Spain, Eastern Europe Pay TV and China.
FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons IFF: Polish Days Films
WROCŁAW: Five recently completed Polish films including new titles from Anna Jadowska, Maciej Sobieszczański and Paweł Maślona will be screened during the Polish Days programme, taking place within the T-Mobile…
Cinema City Opens Fourth 4DX Cinema in Romania
BRĂILA: Cinema City, the largest cinema operator in Romania, has opened its fourth 4DX cinema in Romania in Brăila Mall. The 144-seat cinema is one of the 400 cinemas of…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Border Cut
Border Cut, a documentary about the colourful inhabitants of a small Polish border village with the greatest number of hairdressers in the world as they struggle to survive since the…
PRODUCTION: Milko Lazarov in Postproduction after Arctic Shoot for Nanook
SOFIA: Bulgarian film director Milko Lazarov is in postproduction with his second feature film Nanook. This Bulgarian / German / French coproduction was shot in Sakha (Yakutia) Republic within the…
PRODUCTION: New Indian Film Shooting in Georgia
TBILISI: A new Indian production and the seventh project implemented within the state programme Film in Georgia is currently shooting in Georgia. The Georgian Sarke Studio is servicing.
PRODUCTION: TVP in Postproduction with Series City of Treasures
WARSAW: Polish public broadaster TVP is currently in postproduction with a new original series City of Treasures, starring Magdalena Różdżka and Magdalena Popławska. The series will premiere in September 2017.
The 12th Tartu Love Film Festival Announces Lineup
TARTU: The 12th Tartu Love Film Festival (TARTUFF), the biggest open air film festival in the Baltics, has announced its lineup. A total of 13 feature films and five documentaries…
Online TV Spin-Off At Hostar Sets New Record at Slovenian Box Office
LJUBLJANA: Slovenian comedy At Hostar / Pr’ Hostar by Luka Marčetić has topped 210,000 admissions, becoming the most viewed domestic title since Slovenia claimed its independence in 1991.
PRODUCTION: KVIFF Winner Peter Bebjak Preps Emil
BRATISLAVA: Peter Bebjak is preparing to shoot his fifth feature film, the comedy / drama Emil at end of 2017. Bebjak was recently awarded best director at Karlovy Vary IFF …
PRODUCTION: Liam McIntyre and Harvey Keitel Shoot See You Soon in Romania
BUCHAREST: Romantic drama See You Soon starring Liam McIntyre, Jenia Tanaeva and Harvey Keitel was shot in Romania in July 2017. This is the first feature film by David Mahmoudieh.…
PRODUCTION: Darko Štante Starts Shooting Consequences
LJUBLJANA: Consequences by writer / director Darko Štante started shooting in Ljubljana on 1 August 2017. This is the first feature film produced by Filmsko društvo Temporama, a film society…