Baltic Sea Docs 2022 Announces Selected Projects
RIGA: Eighteen projects from countries including Poland, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Georgia are in the selection of the 26th Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries (Baltic Sea Docs), which will…
Applications Open for Sustainability Management Course
After having successfully delivered its first two courses in June in Vienna (Legal & Business Affairs and The Audience Design Lab), The International Screen Institute is thrilled to be able…
PRODUCTION: Croatian/Slovenian/Italian Doc Fiume O Morte! Wraps Shooting
LJUBLJANA: Igor Bezinović finished the two-year shooting of his long documentary Fiume o morte! in the first week of July 2022. The Croatian/Slovenian/Italian coproduction follows WWI events connected to the…
PRODUCTION: Romanian Actor Bogdan Dumitrache Saves Hungarians in Firefighter Film
BUDAPEST: Hungarian director András Fésős is in postproduction with his sophomore feature Rise Up and Walk / Kelj fel és járj, starring Romanian actor Bogdan Dumitrache. The film tells the…
Next Mission: Impossible with Tom Cruise Will Be Partly Shot in Malta
VALLETTA: The eighth instalment of the Mission: Impossible series will be partly shot in Malta in 2023. It will be the first time that Tom Cruise will film on the…
Paul Joseph Schrader to Receive Honourary Heart of Sarajevo Award
SARAJEVO: American screenwriter, director and film critic Paul Joseph Schrader will be presented with the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award at the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival (12-19 August 2022).
FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Executive Director of Slovak Game Developers Association Maroš Brojo
BRATISLAVA: FNE spoke with Maroš Brojo, executive director of the Slovak Game Developers Association (SGDA), about the constantly growing Slovak game development industry.
PRODUCTION: Innovative Comedy/Drama Free Money Shoots in Estonia and USA
TALLINN: Estonian comedy/drama Free Money by Rain Rannu is currently shooting in the United States and Estonia. This Estonian production will be one of the first films ever to incorporate…
Romanian Media Market Expects Record Year 2022
BUCHAREST: The total media market in Romania is estimated to reach 640 m EUR by the end of 2022, with a 20 percent growth for digital and six percent growth…
Georgian Film Industry Representatives Meet Leading Hollywood Companies
TBILISI: Representatives of six Georgian film production companies met six leading global companies in Hollywood as part of the Film in Georgia programme. They also took part in the American…
FESTIVALS: Gdynia Film Festival 2022 Announces Lineup
GDYNIA: Sixteen films have been selected for the Main Competition of the 47th Polish Film Festival and will compete for Golden and Silver Lions. Among them are three debuts and…
FESTIVALS: First Edition of Mountain Summer FF Kicks off in Zagreb
ZAGREB: The first edition of the Zagreb Mountain Summer Film Festival is taking place 13 – 17 July 2022. The festival offers free open air film screenings, concerts and workshops.
PRODUCTION: Ergo Kuld's Faulty Brides Wraps Shooting in Estonia
TALLINN: The domestic comedy Faulty Brides / Vigased pruudid by Ergo Kuld was shot during 18 days from 8 June to 10 July 2022 in the Matsalu National Park in…
Warner Bros. Discovery Halts Local Original Productions for HBO Max in CEE and Removes Original Content from Platform
BUDAPEST: Hungarian drama series The Informant, Romanian series Hackerville and Ruxx, and Czech series The Sleepers are among the FNE partner countries’ original content removed from HBO Max. Warner Bros.…
PRODUCTION: Serbian Actor Rade Ćosić in Postproduction with Directorial Debut
BELGRADE: Serbian actor Rade Ćosić is currently in postproduction with his directorial debut feature Dead or Alive / Ko živ, ko mrtav. This buddy-buddy film / action comedy with aspects…
FNE Market Analysis 2021: CROATIA
ZAGREB: The total gross of Croatian cinemas surged from 5.9 m EUR in 2020 to 11.7 m EUR in 2021, mainly due to cinemas reopening after the lockdowns. Box office…
FNE at KVIFF 2022: See How The Critics Rated the Films
This year for the seventh time FNE together with FIPRESCI organised the ratings of all feature films in the main Crystal Globe competition, and for the first time the Proxima…
Johann Grech Re-appointed as Malta Film Commissioner
VALLETTA: Johann Grech has received a new three-year mandate as the head of the Malta Film Commission (MFC).
Lithuania Allocates 126,000 EUR for Ukrainian Artists
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Council for Culture and the Lithuanian Film Centre have allocated 126,000 EUR as grants for Ukrainian artists who fled Ukraine.
Pustnik Residency 2022 Announces Selected Projects
ENISALA: Eight projects have been selected for the 8th edition of the Pustnik screenwriting residency, a Romanian initiative hosted for the first time by the Enisala Safari Village in the…
