MIDPOINT Feature Launch Offers 10,000 EUR Cash Prize
KARLOVY VARY: The best project in the MIDPOINT Feature Launch programme will receive a cash prize of 10,000 EUR, starting from 2019. The winner will be announced at the Karlovy…
PRODUCTION: Romanian Fulbrighter Ioana Mischie in Production with Pioneering Transmedia Franchise with State of the Art Stereoscopic Technology
BUCHAREST: Writer/director Ioana Mischie (Fulbright Alumna, Berlinale Talents Alumna) is currently in production with Government of Children, a pioneering transmedia world reuniting a 3D state of the art feature film…
PRODUCTION: Serbian Tamara von Steiner Shoots Documentary in Vietnam
BELGRADE: Serbian documentary filmmaker Tamara von Steiner is currently in production with Road to Agartha, the first Serbian film production to be entirely shot in Vietnam. Von Steiner’s third long…
FNE at CineLink Sarajevo 2018: Acclaimed Bosnian Director Pjer Žalica Develops Third Feature Film
SARAJEVO: Bosnian and Herzegovinian writer/director Pjer Žalica, winner of more than 50 international awards, including Silver Leopard at Locarno IFF and European Film Awards – Discovery Special Mention for his…
BOX OFFICE: Admissions to Latvian Films Double in First Half of 2018
RIGA: Admissions to Latvian films reached 290,000 in the first half of 2018, marking an already record year for domestic cinema. In 2017 admissions to domestic films were 194,000.
Slovakia Selects The Interpreter as Oscar Bid
BRATISLAVA: Acclaimed Slovak director Martin Šulík’s feature The Interpreter / Tlmočník has been chosen by the Slovak Film and Television Academy (SFTA) as the official candidate by Slovakia for an…
FESTIVALS: Green Montenegro International Film Fest 2018 Announces Winners
ZABLJAK: The 4th edition of GMIFF the Green Montenegro International Film Fest 2018, which wrapped on 7 August 2018, took place for the first time this year in the National…
EAVE on Demand: Two Day Formula to Be Held in Montenegro
PODGORICA: Film Centre of Montenegro has started cooperation with EAVE and will be hosting the training programme EAVE on Demand the Two Day Formula, which will be held in Podgorica…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Editor's Place in Czech Documentary: Jana Vlčková
Click HERE to read the interview with leading Czech editor Jana Vlčková
BOX OFFICE: Two Domestic Films in Czech Weekend Top Ten
PRAGUE: Czech films Bear with Us/Chata na prodej by Tomas Pavlicek and Smiles of Sad Men/Úsměvy smutných mužů by Dan Svátek were ranked the 5th and the 6th respectively in…
GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Distributes Over 82,000 EUR for Documentary Production and Feature Film Development
PRAGUE: Czech Film Fund allotted 82,353 EUR/21 m CZK in grant support for documentary production and feature film development. A total of 23 projects received funding.
Call for Applications for Animarkt Stop Motion Forum Workshops 2018
LODZ: Calls are open to apply for free places in the Directing Stop Motion Animation Workshop with the Beast Animation Studio, Character Development and Storytelling Workshop with Carlos Bleycher and…
FESTIVALS: Greek/Polish Coproduction Pity Wins Herceg Novi Film Festival– Montenegro Film Festival
HERCEG NOVI: Greek/Polish coproduction Pity, directed by Babis Makridis, was awarded Grand Prix and Golden Mimosa for Best Film in the main competition of the 32nd Herceg Novi Film Festival–…
Crowd Funding Campaign for the Czech Premiere of Warsaw Pact Army Invasion Doc
PRAGUE: Czech Analog Vision, the production company behind the archive documentary My Unknown Soldier by Anna Kryvenko, launched a crowd funding campaign to support the theatrical release of the film…
FESTIVALS: Tartu Love Film Festival Announces Selection
TARTU: Eleven feature films and three documentaries will be screened at the 13th Tartu Love Film Festival, organised by the team of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival from 13…
MIDPOINT TV Launch Announces Development Executives Training
PRAGUE: At its 2019 edition MIDPOINT TV Launch will organise a specialised training for development executives. This part of the programme is intended to create a new generation of broadcaster…
PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Director Stanislav Donchev In Postproduction With Letters from Antarctica
SOFIA: Bulgarian Director Stanislav Donchev is in postproduction with his third feature film Letters from Antarctica, a deep psychological drama about a single mother incapable of confessing to her eight…
PRODUCTION: Iura Luncaşu Shoots Comedy with Olympic Champion Sandra Izbaşa
BUCHAREST: Iura Luncaşu is currently shooting Do It or Shut Up/Faci sau taci, a comedy he is also producing. His previous comedy Ghinionistul, was the Romanian film with the best…
PRODUCTION: Dato Abramishvili and Giorgi Gogichaishvili Prep Georgian/Luxembourg/Lithuanian Coproduction Inga
TBILISI: Directors Dato Abramishvili and Giorgi Gogichaishvili are currently in preproduction with their debut feature Inga, which will be a coproduction between Georgia, Luxembourg and Lithuania set for shooting in…
OBITUARY: Polish Film Director Piotr Szulkin
WARSAW: Piotr Szulkin, the most acclaimed Polish sci-fi film director, has died at 68. His debut feature Golem gained cult status in 1980.
