Poland Plans to Expand Film Funding by Launching Polish Audiovisual Fund
WARSAW: Polish government is working on a new bill that will introduce a Polish Audiovisual Fund with 23.8 m EUR /104.5 m PLN of annual budget to spend on production…
Toni Erdmann and Short Film Blind Vashya Nominated for the 89th Academy Awards
LOS ANGELES: Maren Ade's German/Austrian/Romanian coproduction Toni Erdmann has been nominated for the 89th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category, while Blind Vaysha by Bulgarian Theodore Ushev…
RE-ACT Announces Winners of the Second Do-development Funding Support
TRIESTE: Six projects were awarded 10,000 EUR each as co-development funding support during the second round of RE–ACT. The ceremony was held in the framework of the annual When East…
Czech Box Office Reached Record Numbers in 2016
PRAGUE: Czech box office reached its highest point in the country’s modern history in 2016 with 74 m EUR / 2.011 bl CZK, an increase of 12.65 m EUR /…
Spectacular Increase for Bulgarian Films in the Local Chart
SOFIA: Admissions and box office for domestic films increased in Bulgaria in 2016 for the first time in the last six years. Admissions to domestic films increased by 94.72 percent…
FNE Teams Up with Febiofest Industry Days
The upcoming 24th MFFK Febiofest Bratislava will host a second edition of Industry Days: a bright new event that is dedicated to promotion of local production as well as to…
AMC Theatres to Buy Estonia’s Forum Cinemas
TALLINN: International cinema giant AMC Theatres will acquire the Sweden-based cinema network Nordic Cinema Group for a reported 870 m EUR. Estonia’s cinema chain Forum Cinemas will be part of…
FNE AV Innovation: Development of Czech Grimm: the first Central European transmedia project
PRAGUE: Welcome to the second part of the guide for transmedia storytelling in the entertainment industry. I would like to share my experience of building a transmedia project from its…
CEE Films in the 67th Berlinale Selection
BERLIN: Several films from CEE countries have been selected for all the sections of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, set to take place from 9 to 19 February 2017.…
Four International Projects Approved for Slovak Incentives in 2016
BRATISLAVA: Four international projects registered for the 20% cash rebate at the Slovak Audiovisual Fund in 2016. Among them are Lionsgate’s Robin Hood: Origins directed by Otto Bathurst and Consider…
Admissions to Domestic Films almost Doubled in Romania
BUCHAREST: Admissions to domestic films almost doubled in 2016, thanks to the domestic comedies #selfie69 by Cristina Iacob and Two Lottery Tickets by Paul Negoescu. Box office increased by 10.21…
PRODUCTION: Katarina Mutić Completes the Way of the East
BELGRADE: Serbian newcomer Katarina Mutić has completed her first documentary, The Way of the East / Tako mi na Istoku. The film follows a fortune-teller and was supported by Film…
European Film Forum Comes to Vilnius
VILNIUS: The European Film Forum (EFF), which has already visited Cannes, Berlin, Venice and other major film festivals, will be held at the Vilnius International Film Festival Kino Pavasaris on…
Unites States of Love Hits Romanian Cinemas
WARSAW: Tomasz Wasilewski’s drama United States of Love was released in Romanian cinemas by Transilvania Film on 20 January 2017. The film has recently been released in Denmark and Hungary…
FESTIVALS: The Thorn Wins 10th Küstendorf Film & Music Festival
BELGRADE: The Thorn by Michael Alalu was awarded Golden Egg for best film at the 10th jubilee edition of Emir Kusturica’s Küstendorf Film & Music Festival that ran from 14…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Projects selected for Project Market 2017
Eleven projects were selected for Project Market 2017. The selected projects will take part in individual meetings with professionals (TV, sales, festivals and distributors) from Europe and North America in…
Strong Opening for Wajda's Last Film in Poland
WARSAW: Andrzej Wajda's last film Afterimage sold over 100,000 tickets since its opening on 13 January 2016. This is the first film distributed by Akson Distribution, a new venture of…
A Prominent Patient, Anthropoid and The Teacher Top Czech Lion Nominations
PRAGUE: Czech Film and Television Academy revealed the nominations for its 24th annual Czech Lion awards. A Prominent Patient / Masaryk, Anthropoid and The Teacher / Učitelka received most of…
OBITUARY: Romanian Actor Ion Besoiu
BUCHAREST: Romanian actor Ion Besoiu passed away on 18 January 2017 at the age of 85. He was one of the most popular Romanian film and stage actors.
dok.incubator Rough-cut Workshop Calls for Submissions
PRAGUE: Editors, directors and producers are invited to apply to the dok.incubator rough-cut workshop 2017. The deadline is 1 February 2017. They will work with top internationally-active mentors for six…
