FESTIVALS: Ten Animated Features Compete at Anifilm 2019
TREBON: The international competition of feature films at the 2019 edition of the Czech festival of animated film Anifilm, running 7-12 May, includes the 3 m EUR Estonian/Belgian/Irish/UK Captain Morten…
GRANTS: Latvia Announces Production Grants
RIGA: The National Film Centre of Latvia awarded 1,110,401 EUR in grants to 14 films on 15 April 2019.
PRODUCTION: Robert Gliński Shoots War Drama Zieja
LUBLIN: Robert Gliński is directing a wartime drama about the legendary Warsaw priest Jan Zieja with Andrzej Seweryn starring in the lead role.
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard Begins Filming in Croatia
ZAGREB: The sequel to the 2017 box office success The Hitman’s Bodyguard has begun filming on location in Croatia. The film stars Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek and Samuel Jackson in…
CEE Animation Forum Launches Training Partnerships
PRAGUE: The 7th edition of the CEE Animation Forum, formerly known as the Visegrad Animation Forum Třeboň, announced the establishment of five new partnerships with European markets, festivals and training…
PRODUCTION: Georgian Doc Twelve Lessons in Postproduction
TBILISI: Georgian director Giorgi Mrevlishvili has begun postproduction on Twelve Lessons, a feature length documentary that he's filming in Georgia. He has previously made My Wonderful Mother produced by Jeremy…
FESTIVALS: CinéDOC-Tbilisi International Documentary FF Announces Lineup
TBILISI: Ten titles have been selected for the International Competition section of the 7th edition of CinéDOC-Tbilisi, the most important documentary film festival in Georgia. The festival will take place…
Lithuanian Film Incentives Fully Operational
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Film Centre has announced that the upgraded 30% Lithuanian Tax Incentive scheme is now fully operational.
GRANTS: Poland Supports Nine Minority Coproductions
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute's minority international coproduction fund decided to support nine projects with over 3.81 m PLN / 889,706 EUR.
PRODUCTION: American Sci Fi Thriller with Patrick Schwarzenegger Shoots in Poland
WARSAW: Agata Alexander is shooting her debut sci fi thriller Warning, an American/Polish production, in Warsaw. The cast includes Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tomasz Kot and Rupert Everett.
PRODUCTION: Georgian Doc And the Others in Postproduction
TBILISI: Georgian director David Gurgulia is in postproduction with And the Others, a long documentary that he's shot in Georgia since 2017. Gurgulia previously made the short feature film Dialect…
FNE at Finále Plzeň 2019: Winter Flies
PLZEN: Winter Flies / Všechno bude by Olmo Omerzu will screen in the 32nd edition of the Finále Plzeň Film Festival. The most important Czech national film festival, presenting contemporary…
FNE at Finále Plzeň 2019: Fugue
PLZEN: Fugue / Útěk, a Polish/Czech/Swedish coproduction by Agnieszka Smoczyńska, will screen in the 32nd edition of the Finále Plzeň Film Festival. The most important Czech national film festival, presenting…
PRODUCTION: Ioseb Soso Bliadze in Postproduction with Georgian/German/Lithuanian Coproduction
TBILISI: Georgian director Ioseb Bliadze is currently in postproduction with his debut feature film Otar’s Death, a coproduction between Georgia, Germany and Lithuania.
FNE at 5th Slovak Film Week: Occupation 1968
BRATISLAVA: The creative documentary Occupation 1968 / Okupácia 1968 will screen at the 5th Slovak Film Week, the showcase of domestic production organised by the Slovak Film and Television Academy …
FNE at 5th Slovak Film Week: Elsewhere
BRATISLAVA: The creative documentary Elsewhere / Inde will screen at the 5th Slovak Film Week, the showcase of domestic production organised by the Slovak Film and Television Academy in Bratislava…
FESTIVALS: Krakow Announces 2019 Competition Films
KRAKOW: Two Polish films will screen in the international documentary competition of the 59th Krakow Film Festival, which runs from 26 May to 2 June 2019.
FESTIVALS: Romanian Minority Coproduction The Sisters Brothers to Open 3rd American Independent FF in Bucharest
BUCHAREST: The 3rd American Independent Film Festival initiated by Cristian Mungiu through Asociația Cinemascop will take place in Bucharest from 12 to 18 April 2019 and in Iași (Mungiu’s home…
FNE IDF DocBloc: East Silver Docs Screen in Visions du Reel Media Library
Viewers can watch Slovak, Estonian and Czech films as part of the currently running Visions du Reel Media Library project.
PRODUCTION: Agnieszka Holland Starts Shooting Charlatan
PRAGUE: Polish director Agnieszka Holland began filming the Czech/Irish/Polish/Slovak coproduction Charlatan in the Czech Republic on 1 April 2019. Filming will continue throughout the months of April and June in…
