Eden Cinemas Expands in Malta
VALLETTA: Eden Cinemas will open two more cinemas in Malta in mid-December 2022, thus reaching nine cinemas and over 2,000 seats.
FESTIVALS: Submissions Open for 2023 Cyprus Film Days
NICOSIA: The Deputy Ministry of Culture of Cyprus and the Rialto Theatre have launched the call for submissions for feature films in the two Competition Sections of the 21st Cyprus…
PRODUCTION: Croatian Director Dalibor Matanić Shoots The Silence S2
OSIJEK: Croatian director Dalibor Matanić started filming the second season of his acclaimed TV series The Silence / Šutnja, which is produced by Croatia’s Drugi Plan and the Croatian Radiotelevision…
Paramount Global TV Series Love Rat to Be Filmed in Cyprus
NICOSIA: The four-part series Love Rat, produced by Clapperboard Studios for Paramount Global’s Channel 5, will be shot in Cyprus in December 2022. The project was already pre-approved by the…
Gracija Filipović Awarded Gotham Award for Her Acting in Murina
ZAGREB: Young actress Gracija Filipović received the Gotham Award for Best Breakthrough Performer for her role in Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s debut feature Murina. The Gotham Awards starts the awards season…
Video Game Dominion Malta to Be Launched on 8 December 2022
VALLETTA: The latest DLC from Jurassic World Evolution 2, Dominion Malta, will be released on PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S on 8 December 2022.
ZDF Studios Signs Package Deal with Czech Prima Group
PRAGUE: ZDF Studios has announced a major package deal for 1,130 hours of content with the Czech Republic’s commercial channels group, Prima Group. The deal includes procedurals, family entertainment and…
PRODUCTION: Doc on Polish Football Player Robert Lewandowski to Hit Amazon Prime in 2023
WARSAW: The first documentary about Robert Lewandowski, one of the greatest strikers in the history of football, is currently in postproduction and will premiere internationally on Amazon Prime Video in…
BOX OFFICE: Lithuanian Crime Drama Exceeds 125,000 Admissions Domestically
VILNIUS: The Generation of Evil / Piktųjų karta directed by Emilis Vėlyvis is a domestic success in Lithuania with 125,419 admissions and 882,589 EUR gross after six weeks in cinemas.…
First Hungarian/Vietnamese Coproduction to Be Released on Valentine’s Weekend of 2023
BUDAPEST: The Romantic film The Flower of the Apple Tree / Az almafa virága directed by Dóra Szűcs will be released in Hungary by Vertigo Media on 16 February 2023.…
FESTIVALS: Fest Anča International Animation Festival 2023 Launches Call for Entries
ŽILINA: Fest Anča International Animation Festival has launched the call for entries for its upcoming edition set to take place in Žilina, Slovakia 29 June – 2 July 2023. The…
Apply for dok.incubator INT 2023
PRAGUE: Applications for the international dok.incubator workshop 2023 are open till 26 January 2023.
BOX OFFICE: A Christmas Story Tops Czech Charts in First Weekend
PRAGUE: The weekly Czech charts are currently topped by the domestic film A Christmas Story / Vánoční příběh directed by Irena Pavlásková and produced by Europeana Production, which had 40,548…
TV Series Dune: The Sisterhood Started Shooting in Hungary
BUDAPEST: The filming of Dune: The Sisterhood, a prequel series to Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, directed by Johan Renck and produced by HBO Max, Legendary Television and Villeneuve Films, has started…
Malta Ready to Pay Out 50 m EUR for Incentives in 2023
VALLETTA: The Maltese government is ready to pay out 50 m EUR for incentives to international productions in 2023, although it had budgeted only 11 m EUR, according to the…
FESTIVALS: Heart of Europe International TV Festival 2022 Announces Winners
WARSAW: The Polish production Babylon. The Martial Law directed by Marek Bukowski won 1st place in the Feature Film Competition at the second edition of the Heart of Europe International…
Croatian Tina Hajon Appointed Programme Director of European Shooting Stars
ZAGREB: Croatian producer Tina Hajon has been appointed as Programme Director of European Shooting Stars, a project of the European Film Promotion (EFP). She is the first Croatian professional holding…
FESTIVALS: Icelandic/Estonian Driving Mum Wins 2022 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
TALLINN: The 26th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) wrapped on 27 November 2022 with the Icelandic/Estonian coproduction Driving Mum by Hilmar Oddsson winning the Grand Prix…
Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event 2022 Announces Winners
TALLINN: Eight awards were handed out to film projects in different stages of scriptwriting, development or postproduction at the 21st Baltic Event Co-Production Market 2022, which took place within the …
FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Czech Animation Director Bára Anna Stejskalová
PRAGUE: FNE spoke with Bára Anna Stejskalová, Czech animation director and scriptwriter, about her animated films as well as the state of the Czech animation industry and its connections with…
