Europa Distribution and FIAD Issue Joint Statement on COVID-19 Impact
BRUSSELS: European film distributors represented by Europa Distribution and the International Federation of Film Distributors’ Associations FIAD have issued a joint call for urgently needed support during the COVID-19 crisis.
FESTIVALS: Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival Goes Online
TALLINN: The Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (HÕFF) is the latest festival to move to an online format instead of postponing until the fall. HÕFF's organisers announced that the…
Docu Talents from the East @Sarajevo FF
SARAJEVO: The 16th edition of Docu Talents from the East is accepting submissions for its open call through 30 April 2020.
Kids Kino Industry 2020 Calls for Projects
WARSAW: The 4th edition of Kids Kino Industry, formerly known as Warsaw Kids Film Forum, is accepting projects through 5 June 2020.
Cannes Launches Marché du Film Online
CANNES: The Cannes Film Festival will launch Marché du Film in an online format running 22 – 26 June 2020.
OBITUARY: Artemio Benki
PRAGUE: French director/producer/distributor Artemio Benki, whose film career spanned thirty years in the Czech Republic, died in Paris on 15 April 2020.
OBITUARY: Gene Deitch
PRAGUE: American animator Gene Deitch, who moved to Prague in 1959, died on 19 April 2020 at the age of 95.
Slovak Art House Kino Lumière Launches Online Screenings
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak art house cinema Kino Lumière began online screenings on 18 April 2020 with its initial film offered free of charge.
COVID Crisis Pushes Forward Honeyland TV Premiere
SKOPJE: The most successful Macedonian documentary Honeyland / Medena zemja will have an early television premiere on Telma TV on 18 April 2020, in time for the Orthodox Easter holiday.…
Lithuanian Film and TV Industry Adapt to COVID-19 Crisis
VILNIUS: Film premieres have been postponed and the production of some films has stopped in Lithuania due to the COVID-19 crisis.
Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Proposes Film Industry Measures
SARAJEVO: The Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina sent a letter on 8 April 2020 to all the levels of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina asking for support…
Love and Mercy: Faustina in International Online Distribution
WARSAW: The Polish-produced US box office hit Love and Mercy: Faustina, which has made over 3.4 m USD in admissions worldwide, is available for streaming for 30 days in April…
Lithuania Opens First Drive-in Cinema
VILNIUS: Traditional cinemas remain closed, but one Lithuanian company has found an alternative way to keep film in the public eye. Lithuania‘s first drive-in cinema ŽMONĖS Cinema Drive-in opens on…
Film Center Serbia Launches YouTube Film Channel
BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia has launched a YouTube film channel as a means of introducing contemporary Serbian cinema to a wider audience, especially in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.
FESTIVALS: New Horizons Postpones 2020 Edition
WROCLAW: The 20th edition of the New Horizons IFF has been postponed following the 14 April 2020 announcement that all cultural events in Wroclaw are cancelled through the end of…
FNE IDF DocBloc: CEE Films at Online Visions Du Réel
Ex Oriente and East Silver Caravan films will have screening slots at the online edition of Visions du Réel.
PRODUCTION: UK/Serbian/German Horror Film Vampir to Shoot in Serbia
BELGRADE: The UK/Serbian/German horror feature Vampir is in preparation to shoot on various rural locations in Serbia during the summer of 2020. Vampir will be filmed in English and it…
Albania Takes Best Project at Dot.on.the.map Industry Days
LIMASSOL: The Three of Us from director Suela Bako and producer Sabina Kodra from Erafilm in Albania won the Best Project award of the first special online edition of Dot.on.the.map…
Kids Kino Industry Announces Call for Projects
WARSAW: The 4th edition of the Kids Kino Industry (previously known as Warsaw Kids Film Forum), an international pitching forum for films and series aimed at a young audience, is…
Cannes Announces it Will Not Take Place in 2020 in "Original Form"
CANNES: The 2020 edition of the Cannes Film Festival will not take place in late June and early July, the festival announced in a statement on 14 April 2020. The…
