PRODUCTION: Swedish Crime Series With One Eye Open Shoots in Lithuania
VILNIUS. The Swedish production company Nice Drama, in coproduction with UK-based Twelve Town and with support from Nordisk Film & TV Fond, are shooting the eight-part action thriller With One…
FESTIVALS: BIAFF 2020 Announces Lineup
BATUMI: Nine titles have been selected for the International Feature Films Competition of the Batumi International Art house Film Festival, running 13-20 September 2020.
Estonian UP Invest Buys Baltics’ Forum Cinemas
TALLINN: Estonian venture company UP Invest is set to acquire Finnish owned Forum Cinemas.
Malta Producers' Association Sees Opportunity for Local Film Professionals After UK Imposes Quarantine Restrictions
VALLETTA: The Malta Producers' Association (MPA) has said there should be “increased interest in maximising use of local cast and crews” when film productions shoot on the Mediterranean island as…
Adrian Sârbu Launches New Aleph News TV Channel in Romania
BUCHAREST: Adrian Sârbu, former CEO of Central European Media Enterprises (CME) and the helmer of Pro TV, launched a new channel in Romania on 31 August 2020. Aleph News is…
FESTIVALS: Pula FF 2020 Opens with Gala Screening at the Arena
PULA: The 2020 Pula Film Festival opened on 27 August 2020, one month later than originally planned.
FESTIVALS: Fest Anča 2020 Announces Winners
ZILINA: The Fest Anča International Animation Festival 2020 gave its main competition award to the French short film I’m Going Out For Cigarettes by Osman Cerfon.
FESTIVALS: CinéDOC-Tbilisi International Documentary FF Announces Lineup
TBILISI: Eight titles have been selected for the International Competition section of the 8th edition of CinéDOC-Tbilisi, the most important documentary film festival in Georgia. The festival will take place…
Kids Kino Industry Kicks Off Webinar Series
WARSAW: The first Kids Kino webinar on the topic of new content, partly resulting from the COVID-19 lockdown, will take place on 31 August 2020 at 15:00 CET.
Industry@Tallin & Baltic Event 2020 Application Deadline
TALLINN: The 2020 edition of Industry @Tallinn & Baltic Event is accepting applications for its several sections through 21 September 2020.
FESTIVALS: RIGA IFF To Stream Opening Concert Worldwide
RIGA: Riga IFF will stream worldwide a concert created especially for its opening night on 15 October 2020. The festival runs through 25 October, and the opening night event is…
Romania To Re-Open Cinemas on 1 September 2020
BUCHAREST: Romania will re-open cinemas, theatres and indoor restaurants on 1 September 2020, while maintaining a state of alert.
FESTIVALS: ICFF Manaki Brothers 2020 To Be Marked by One-hour Event in Bitola
SKOPJE: The 41st edition of the International Cinematographers` Film Festival Manaki BrothersBrothers won`t be held in its traditional form this year due to the COVID pandemic, but will be celebrated…
FESTIVALS: Epicentro Wins Makedox 2020
SKOPJE: The Austrian/French documentary Epicentro by Hubert Sauper won the Onion Award for best film in the main competition of the 11th edition of MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival, whose…
Polish Film Supernova Opens in UK, Germany and Norway
WARSAW: Bartosz Kruhlik’s debut feature Supernova was released theatrically in UK, Germany and Norway by Kino Project on 21 August 2020. The Polish IKH Pictures Promotion is managing the international…
OBITUARY: Slovak Production Designer Val Strazovec
BRATISLAVA: Slovak Production designer Valerián Stražovec has died in Canada at 87. He was nominated twice for the Emmys for his work on The Muppets: A Celebration of Thirty Years…
FNE at Venice 2020: Films from FNE Partner Countries at the 77th Venice FF
VENICE: Polish/German coproduction Never Gonna Snow Again by Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert, and the new film by Jasmila Žbanić, Quo Vadis, Aida?, a coproduction between Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria,…
New Europe Film Sales Picks-up New Project By Loving Vincent Animation Studio
WARSAW: Dorota Kobiela's The Peasants has been acquired by the Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales. The film is produced by the same animation studio, BreakThru Films behind Loving Vincent, which…
Submit Your Project to Kids Kino.Lab
WARSAW: Applications are open for the 5th edition of the Kids Kino.Lab script development programme. The deadline is 23 October 2020.
PRODUCTION: Slovenian/Macedonian/Croatian Black Comedy Grandpa Goes South Starts Shooting
LJUBLJANA: Shooting has started on the black comedy Grandpa Goes South / Dedek gre na jug, directed by Vinci Vogue Anžlovar. So far the film is a coproduction between Slovenia,…
