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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…