CME Sees First Effects of COVID-19 on Revenues
PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) released its first quarter of 2020 results, reporting a 2 percent decline in net revenues, with TV advertising down by 4 percent.
Polish Film Institute Issues First Batch of Support for Filmmakers
WARSAW: Polish Film Institute's director Radosław Śmigulski awarded 187 grants to filmmakers seeking financial support. The Polish Film Institute received a total of 281 applications for financial help within ten…
GRANTS: Polish Film Institute Supports 10 Feature Films
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute supported 10 new feature projects with over 25.2 m PLN / 5.5 m EUR. The grants were awarded in the first session of funding in…
Lithuanian Film Centre Allocates Largest Funding for New Content
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Government has allocated additional resources of 2 m EUR to the Lithuanian film sector to support cinemas, new productions, distribution, individual filmmakers, TV and audiovisual content. The…
Croatian.film Platform With More Than 68,000 Viewers
ZAGREB: The newly established VOD platform Croatian.film has attracted 68,000 unique users, who have visited the website 400,000 times. The highest number of visits to the website have come from…
FESTIVALS: goEast Offers Festival Films On Demand
WIESBADEN: The 20th edition of the goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film will offer selected works from its programme on-demand from 5 to 11 May 2020.
Europa Distribution and FIAD Issue Joint Statement on COVID-19 Impact
BRUSSELS: European film distributors represented by Europa Distribution and the International Federation of Film Distributors’ Associations FIAD have issued a joint call for urgently needed support during the COVID-19 crisis.
FESTIVALS: Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival Goes Online
TALLINN: The Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (HÕFF) is the latest festival to move to an online format instead of postponing until the fall. HÕFF's organisers announced that the…
Docu Talents from the East @Sarajevo FF
SARAJEVO: The 16th edition of Docu Talents from the East is accepting submissions for its open call through 30 April 2020.
Kids Kino Industry 2020 Calls for Projects
WARSAW: The 4th edition of Kids Kino Industry, formerly known as Warsaw Kids Film Forum, is accepting projects through 5 June 2020.
Cannes Launches Marché du Film Online
CANNES: The Cannes Film Festival will launch Marché du Film in an online format running 22 – 26 June 2020.
OBITUARY: Artemio Benki
PRAGUE: French director/producer/distributor Artemio Benki, whose film career spanned thirty years in the Czech Republic, died in Paris on 15 April 2020.
OBITUARY: Gene Deitch
PRAGUE: American animator Gene Deitch, who moved to Prague in 1959, died on 19 April 2020 at the age of 95.
Slovak Art House Kino Lumière Launches Online Screenings
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak art house cinema Kino Lumière began online screenings on 18 April 2020 with its initial film offered free of charge.
COVID Crisis Pushes Forward Honeyland TV Premiere
SKOPJE: The most successful Macedonian documentary Honeyland / Medena zemja will have an early television premiere on Telma TV on 18 April 2020, in time for the Orthodox Easter holiday.…
Lithuanian Film and TV Industry Adapt to COVID-19 Crisis
VILNIUS: Film premieres have been postponed and the production of some films has stopped in Lithuania due to the COVID-19 crisis.
Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Proposes Film Industry Measures
SARAJEVO: The Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina sent a letter on 8 April 2020 to all the levels of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina asking for support…
Love and Mercy: Faustina in International Online Distribution
WARSAW: The Polish-produced US box office hit Love and Mercy: Faustina, which has made over 3.4 m USD in admissions worldwide, is available for streaming for 30 days in April…
Lithuania Opens First Drive-in Cinema
VILNIUS: Traditional cinemas remain closed, but one Lithuanian company has found an alternative way to keep film in the public eye. Lithuania‘s first drive-in cinema ŽMONĖS Cinema Drive-in opens on…
Film Center Serbia Launches YouTube Film Channel
BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia has launched a YouTube film channel as a means of introducing contemporary Serbian cinema to a wider audience, especially in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.
