PRODUCTION: Patryk Vega In Postproduction With First Part of Politics Tetralogy
WARSAW: Patryk Vega is in postproduction with his new film Politics, the first of a four-part series of films about Polish political life. Politics was shot under radar in April…
FESTIVALS: Festival of Slovenian Film in Portorož Announces Lineup
PORTOROŽ: Seven Slovenian feature films and four long documentaries will be screened in the competition of the 22nd Festival of Slovenian Film in Portorož, which will run from 17 to…
Beta Cinema Picks Up Iranian/Czech Coproduction Son-Mother
PRAGUE: German sales agent Beta Cinema has picked up Mahnaz Mohammadi’s debut feature Son Mother / Pesar-Madar. This Iranian/Czech coproduction will have its world premiere in the Discovery section of…
Cătălin Mitulescu Explores Human Relationships In Heidi
BUCHAREST: Cătălin Mitulescu’s new feature film Heidi follows a police officer nearing retirement who is given the mission to find two prostitutes who are willing to testify in an organised…
FNE Oscar Watch 2020: North Macedonia Selects Honeyland as Oscar Bid
SKOPJE: Honeyland / Medena zemja by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska has been selected as North Macedonia’s candidate for the 92nd Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in…
GRANTS: Poland Supports Ten New Feature Films
WARSAW: Polish Film Institute has granted 5.3 m EUR / 23.5 m PLN to ten feature film productions. The list includes new projects directed by Andrzej Jakimowski, Władysław Pasikowski and…
PRODUCTION: Slávek Horák Shooting Havel Biopic Big Budget Havel Biopic
PRAGUE: Czech director Slávek Horák has started shooting a biopic Havel about the prominent Czech playwright/dissident/president Václav Havel. The project received one of the biggest production grants from the Czech…
PRODUCTION: Netflix Original Series Young Wallander Filming in Lithuania
VILNIUS: Young Wallander, a new Netflix original series based on Henning Mankell's best-selling Kurt Wallander novels, is shooting in Vilnius from 24 August 2019. Lithuania‘s Ahil is providing services. The…
EXCLUSIVE: Explore New Programme of Warsaw Kids Film Forum
WARSAW: After the successful previous editions, the 3rd edition of Warsaw Kids Film Forum has significantly extended its offer by expanding the programme and the list of attending guests. The…
Honeyland and Putin’s Witnesses In EFA Documentary Selection
BERLIN: Macedonian Honeyland by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska, and the Latvian/Swiss/Czech coproduction Putin’s Witnesses by Vitaly Mansky are among the 12 titles from the EFA Documentary Selection.
Cinephil Picks Up Collective
BUCHAREST: Tel Aviv-based sales agent Cinephil has acquired collective / colectiv, the new documentary by German-Romanian filmmaker Alexander Nanau, which will screen in the Official Selection – Out of Competition…
More Romanian Documentaries Released Domestically
BUCHAREST: Four out of eleven new Romanian domestic films scheduled for release between now and the end of the year docs and one is a long animated film. This mean…
FNE AV Innovation: We Love Cinema at Usheru
New cinema releases, film festivals, online subscriptions, video on demand, DVD, BluRay, cinema re-releases, extended cuts, live cinema events... As a consumer, the list of options for how to view…
FNE Oscar Watch 2020: Romania Selects The Whistlers For Oscar Bid
BUCHAREST: The Whistlers / La Gomera by Corneliu Porumboiu has been selected as Romania’s candidate for the 92nd Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the best international…
Cineplexx Builds Multiplex in Sarajevo
SARAJEVO: Cineplexx will build a multiplex with eight cinema halls totaling 1,400 seats in Sarajevo. Cineplexx Sarajevo will be opened in summer 2020 and will become one of the venues…
FNE at Venice 2019: Celluloid Dreams Picks Up The Painted Bird
VENICE: Venice competitor Czech / Ukrainian / Slovak coproduction The Painted Bird directed by Václav Marhoul has been acquired by French sales company Celluloid Dreams. The film is the first…
FESTIVALS: The 14th Cinematik IFF Announces Lineup
PIEŠŤANY: Ten films have been selected for Meeting Point Europe, the main competition of the 14th Cinematik International Film Festival, which will take place in the spa city of Piešťany…
Black Nights FF Launches KinoFF in Eastern Estonia
TALLINN: Black Nights Film Festival is launching a new side-festival in Estonia, Kino FF, focusing on Russian cinema. The first edition will be held in two cities in the prominently…
FESTIVALS: Take Me Somewhere Nice Wins 25th Sarajevo Film Festival
SARAJEVO: Take Me Somewhere Nice by Ena Sendijarevic, a coproduction between the Netherlands and Bosnia and Herzegovina, was awarded the Heart of Sarajevo for best feature film at the 25th…
OBITUARY: Polish Producer Piotr Woźniak-Starak
WARSAW: The accomplished Polish film producer Piotr Woźniak-Starak, co-owner of Watchout Studio, died tragically on 18 August 2019 in a boating accident. He was 39 years old.
