GRANTS: Estonian Film Institute Announces Minority Coproductions Grants
TALLINN: The Estonian Film Institute announced five grants for minority coproductions totalling 227,000 EUR. The list includes two feature films and three documentaries.
FNE TV: Mimi Gjorgoska-Illievska Director Macedonian Film Centre
VENICE: FNE asked Mimi Gjorgoska-Illievska about the most important developments in the Macedonian film industry including new tax incentives and the importance of cooperation with neighbouring countries.
Serbia Selects Train Driver's Diary as Oscar Bid
BELGRADE: Serbian/Croatian coproduction Train Driver's Diary by Miloš Radović has been selected as Serbia’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. The decision was made by…
FESTIVALS: Cinematik Film Festival Kicks Off
PIEŠTANY: The 11th International Film Festival Cinematik will be held in Piešťany from 13 to 18 September 2016. A total of 91 films (78 feature-length and 13 short and mid-length…
FESTIVALS: Bulgarian Golden Rose Film Festival Announces Lineup
VARNA: Twelve feature films will be screened in the national official competition of the 34th Golden Rose National Film Festival from 19 to 25 of September 2016. Three of them…
FESTIVALS: Cyprus International Film Festival Announces Lineup
PAPHOS: The 11th Cyprus International Film Festival will take place in Paphos from 14 to 25 September 2016. The programme of the festival includes 100 feature, short, animated and documentary…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož: My World Is Upside Down
PORTOROŽ: Musical documentary My World Is Upside Down / Moj narobe svet by Petra Seliškar will be screened in the competition of the 19th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož (13-18…
TVN Group to Launch HGTV Lifestyle Channel in Poland
WARSAW: TVN will introduce the Home & Garden (HGTV) TV lifestyle channel from the Scripps portfolio to the Polish market in January 2017.
FNE at Venice 2016: Prize Winners
VENICE: The Philippine film The Woman Who Left by Lav Diaz was awarded the main prize, the Golden Lion, at the 73 Venice International Film Festival, which wrapped on 10…
FNE FIPRESCI Critics at Venice 2016: See how the critics rated the films
VENICE: FNE together with FIPRESCI have invited FIPRESCI critics in Venice to rate the films in all four of the official competition programmes of the festival giving the films 1,2,3,4…
FNE TV: Boban Jevtic head of Serbian Film Centre
VENICE: FNE asked Boban Jevtic about joining Creative Europe and how important the new tax incentives and coproductions with neighbouring countries are for the Serbian film industry.
PRODUCTION: The Clown Starring Lily Collins Currently Shooting in Georgia
TBILISI: Anthony Lucero’s feature film The Clown starring Lily Collins, Pål Sverre Hagen and Jean-Marc Barr is currently shooting in Tbilisi until October 2016. The Georgian company Misty Dawn is…
FESTIVALS: Manaki Brothers ICFF Kicks off
BITOLA: More than 150 feature films, documentaries and short films will screen at the 37th International Cinematographers Film Festival Manaki Brothers, which kicked off in Bitola, Macedonia on 10 September…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož: Constitution
PORTOROŽ: Croatian/Czech/Slovenian/Macedonian coproduction Constitution / Ustav Republike Hrvatske by the acclaimed writer/director Rajko Grlić will be screened in the competition of the 19th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož (13-18 September…
When East Meets West Launches Call for Entries
TRIESTE: When East Meets West launches call for entries for the Co-production Forum and First Cut Lab 2017.
FNE at Venice 2016: Review: On the Milky Road
VENICE: Serbian director Emir Kusturica’s On The Milky Road screens in competition at the Venice Film Festival with Kusturica filling the dual role of director and leading actor.
FNE at Venice 2016: Review: Paradise (Russia, Germany)
VENICE: Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky returns to Venice with Paradise which screens in competition in Venice.
PRODUCTION: Musicians Wraps Shooting
PRAGUE: Musicians / Muzikanti directed by Slovak director Dušan Rapoš, the author of the cult musical of the 80’s The Fountain for Zuzana, wraps shooting at Těšínské Slezko, on the…
New Drama by Working Title Set to Shoot in Malta
VALLETTA: Working Title drama about the 1976 Entebbe hijacking of an Air France plane is set to shoot in Malta and the UK. Daniel Brühl, Vincent Cassel and Rosamund Pike…
New Europe Film Sales Sells Under the Tree in France
WARSAW: New Europe Film Sales has sold the Icelandic/Polish/Danish coproduction Under the Tree by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson to Bac Films Distribution in France.
