Czech Republic Increases Budget for Production Incentives by 12 m EUR

PRAGUE: The Czech Government has decided to supplement the annual production incentives budget, which used to be around 31.5 m EUR / 800 m CZK, with another 12 m EUR…
24-09-2021

BOX OFFICE: Biopic Toma Dominates Serbian Box Office

BELGRADE: Dragan Bjelogrlić's biopic Toma, starring Milan Marić and focusing on the life and music of the legendary Serbian and Yugoslav folk singer Toma Zdravković, has topped Serbia’s box office…
24-09-2021

Rome-based TVCO Picks Up Lithuanian I Am Fine, Thanks

VILNIUS: The Rome-based sales agent TVCO has aquired Ernestas Jankauskas‘ I Am Fine, Thanks / Man viskas gerai. The film will be presented for the first time at the Co-production…
24-09-2021

FNE at Golden Rose National Film Festival 2021: The Naked Truth about Zhiguli Band

VARNA: Victor Bojinov’s The Naked Truth about Zhiguli Band will screen in the main competition of the 39th Golden Rose National Film Festival (23 – 29 September 2021). This low…
24-09-2021

FNE at Golden Rose National Film Festival 2021: I Don’t Like You

VARNA: Borislav Kostov’s sophomore feature I Don’t Like You will screen in the main competition of the 39th Golden Rose National Film Festival (23–29 September 2021).The film focuses on the…
24-09-2021

FNE at Gdynia Polish FF 2021: The Passage

GDYNIA: Dorota Lamparska’s debut feature The Passage will be showcased in the main competition of the Gdynia Film Festival, taking place 20-25 September 2021. The film deals with the issues…
24-09-2021

FNE at Gdynia Polish FF 2021: Fears

GDYNIA: Fears, the new drama directed by Łukasz Ronduda and Łukasz Gutt, and inspired by the life of the artist Daniel Rycharski, will be showcased in the main competition of…
24-09-2021

FNE at Gdynia Polish FF 2021: The Tenant. You Can’t Burn Us All

GDYNIA: The Tenant. You Can’t Burn Us All, a drama from Michał Otłowski based on a true story of an unsolved murder connected to real estate, will be showcased in…
24-09-2021

FNE Visegrad 2021 Year of Recovery: FNE Teams Up With Warsaw Kids Kino Industry With Live Panel and Online Podcast With Visegrad Decision Makers

WARSAW: FNE Visegrad YR2021 has teamed up with Warsaw Kids Kino Industry for a live panel discussion on distribution and exhibition in Warsaw hosted by Film New Europe (FNE) in…
23-09-2021

FESTIVALS: Warsaw Film Festival 2021 Announces Lineup

WARSAW: Fifteen titles including new films by Lech Majewski, Algimantas Puipa, Oleg Sentsov and Bogdan George Apetri have been selected for the International Competition of the 37th Warsaw Film Festival,…
23-09-2021

Sergei Polunin Promotes Romania in Short Film

BUCHAREST: The famous ballet dancer Sergei Polunin, who was a special guest of the 20th edition of Transilvania IFF (TIFF, 31 July - 9 August 2021), has shot a short…
23-09-2021

FESTIVALS: UnderhillFest 2021 Started in Person in Podgorica

PODGORICA: The 12th edition of UnderhillFest, the only long documentary international film festival in Montenegro, started in Podgorica on 22 September 2021. More than 20 titles divided into International Competition,…
23-09-2021

FILM+ Programme Announces Projects Selected for 2021-2022

BUCHAREST: Four long documentaries, one feature film, eleven short fiction films, one short animated film and one medium length fiction film have been selected from 91 projects for the 6th…
23-09-2021

First Slovenian Film Retrospective in Izmir

LJUBLJANA: The first Slovenian film retrospective in Izmir will screen six Slovenian feature films and six short films during the 7th Balkan Panorama Film Festival, taking place in Izmir, Turkey,…
23-09-2021

FNE at Gdynia Polish FF 2021: Return to Legoland

GDYNIA: Konrad Aksimowicz’s Return to Legoland starring Maciej Stuhr will be showcased in the main competition of the Gdynia Film Festival, taking place 20-25 September 2021.
23-09-2021

FNE at Gdynia Polish FF 2021: Prime Time

GDYNIA: The debut drama from Jakub Piątek, Prime Time starring Bartosz Bielenia, will be showcased in the main competition of the Gdynia Film Festival, taking place 20-25 September 2021.
23-09-2021

FNE at Gdynia Polish FF 2021: Sonata

GDYNIA: Sonata by Bartosz Blaschke, a moving story about the autistic musician Grzegorz Płonka, will screen in the main competition of the Gdynia Film Festival, taking place 20-25 September 2021.
23-09-2021

FNE at Golden Rose National Film Festival 2021: Women Do Cry

VARNA: Mina Mileva's and Vesela Kazakova’s sophomore feature Women Do Cry will screen in the main competition of the 39th Golden Rose National Film Festival (23 – 29 September 2021).The…
23-09-2021

FNE at Golden Rose National Film Festival 2021: January

VARNA: Andrey M Paunov’s debut feature January will screen in the main competition of the 39th Golden Rose National Film Festival (23 – 29 September 2021). The film is a…
23-09-2021

PRODUCTION: Petra Seliškar Shoots French/Slovenian/Macedonian Documentary Land of Sar

LJUBLJANA: Petra Seliškar is currently shooting her sixth documentary Land of Sar / Dežela Šarplaninca in the Solunska Glava mountains, in North Macedonia. This French/Slovenian/Macedonian coproduction follows three teenagers spending…
22-09-2021