FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 04.11.2020
WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry…
FESTIVALS: Scanorama 2020 Goes Online
VILNIUS: The European Film Forum Scanorama 2020, which opened as planned on 4 November in Vilnius, will transfer to the virtual Scanorama cinema platform on 7 November.
FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary IFF 2020 Cancels November Fest
PRAGUE: Karlovy Vary IFF 54½, a special edition of the 54th edition of the festival which didn't take place, has also been cancelled. The mini-festival was originally scheduled for 18…
CineStar Opens Multiplex in Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO: The CineStar Sarajevo multiplex opened in the new Bingo City Center mall on 30 October 2020. CineStar's sixth multiplex is also the biggest one in the country with 10…
PRODUCTION: Greek/French/Romanian Broadway Wraps Shooting
BUCHAREST: The Greek/French/Romanian coproduction Broadway directed by Christos Massalas completed filming on 2 November 2020. This debut feature coproduced by Romania's Digital Cube participated in the 2019 Cannes Cinéfondation L'Atelier.
FNE at connecting cottbus 2020: Closed to the Public
COTTBUS: The Croatian/Serbian project Closed to the Public, directed by Vanja Juranic and produced by Damir Teresak for Croatia’s Maxima Film and Nikolina Vucetic-Zecevic for Serbia’s Biberche, was pitched at…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2020: Flood
COTTBUS: The Slovak project Flood directed by Martin Gonda and produced by Katarina Krnacova and Tomas Gic for Silverart was pitched at the 2020 online edition of connecting cottbus, running…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2020: Fortune Teller
COTTBUS: The Bulgarian project Fortune Teller directed by Svetla Tsotsorkova and produced by Svetoslav Ovcharov for Omega Films, was pitched at the 2020 online edition of connecting cottbus, running 4-6…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2020: Honey Bunny
COTTBUS: The Croatian project Honey Bunny directed by Igor Jelinovic and produced by Rea Racic for Eclectica was pitched at the 2020 online edition of connecting cottbus, running 4-6 November…
Quo Vadis, Aida? Tops Bosnian and Herzegovinian Box Office for Three Weeks
SARAJEVO: Domestic films are having a surprise resurgence in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with Jasmila Žbanić’s Quo Vadis, Aida? on top of the box office for three weeks running.
Join IDF Live Online Discussion: Filming in the Time of Corona
PRAGUE: Join the online discussion Filming in the Time of Corona live on IDF's Facebook page today, Wednesday, 4 November at 18:00 CET. Producers Ada Solomon, Vanja Jambrović and Christian…
GRANTS: National Film Institute - Hungary 2020 Grants
BUDAPEST: The National Film Institute - Hungary (NFI) has distributed almost 23 m EUR / 8.32 b HUF in film grants in the first 10 months of 2020. The production…
FESTIVALS: Zagreb Film Festival 2020 Announces Competition For Fully Online Edition
ZAGREB: The 18th edition of the Zagreb Film Festival, which will be held fully online from 8 to 15 November 2020 on the platforms kinoeuropa.hr and croatian.film, and on the…
FESTIVALS: Green Montenegro IFF 2020 Goes Online
PODGORICA: The 2020 edition of Green Montenegro International Film Festival (GMIFF), which usually takes place at the Dumitor National Park during the first week of August, will take place online…
Slovene Animated Film Association Announces 2020 Awards
LJUBLJANA: Mury the Cat – The Big Game and The War of The Words Or The Respectful Silence received the top awards for 2020 from the Slovene Animated Film Association…
FESTIVALS: Slovenian Animateka 2020 Goes Online
LJUBLJANA: The 17th edition of the Slovenian festival of animated film Animateka has announced that the festival will take place in an extended hybrid online and in-person format on 30…
PRODUCTION: Czech/Slovak Animated Fichtelberg in Preproduction
BRATISLAVA: The hybrid animated/live-action historical adventure film Fichtelberg directed by Šimon Koudela, which participated in the 2020 online CEE Animation Forum, is moving into preproduction as a Czech/Slovak coproduction. Arina…
OBITUARY: Macedonian Actor Dancho Chevrevski
SKOPJE: The acclaimed Macedonian film and TV actor and producer Dancho Chevrevski died on 29 October 2020 in Skopje at age 69.
FESTIVALS: Kutaisi ISFF 2020 Postponed
KUTAISI: The First edition of the Kutaisi International Short Film Festival, in partnership with the Georgian National Film Center and the Kutaisi Municipality, has been postponed from 3 – 7…
FESTIVALS: Immaculate and Videograms of a Pandemic Win Postproduction Awards at Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest Festival
BUCHAREST: Immaculate, the debut feature by Monica Stan and George Chiper Lillemark, and the new documentary by Andrei Dăscălescu Videograms of a Pandemic, won postproduction awards at the Works-in-Progress showcase…