CentEast 2014 - submit your work-in-progress!
The call for works-in-progress from Eastern Europe to participate in CentEast Warsaw-Moscow is now open! The deadline for submissions is Friday, 5th of September 2014.
PRODUCTION: Gladiators. A Different World in Production
VILNIUS: Director Arūnas Matelis is in production with his feature length documentary Gladiators. A Different World/Gladiatoriai. Kita planeta, a Lithuanian, Italian, Belgian, Swiss, Irish, Northern Ireland/UK and Latvian coproduction.
PRODUCTION: Olmo Omerzu Shooting Family Film in Thailand
PRAGUE: Prague-trained and based Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu, winner of the 2012 Czech Critics “Discovery of the Year” award, is now shooting his second feature a drama titled Family Film.
PRODUCTION: Thriller Trema in Production
ZAGREB: Greek filmmaker Yorgos Zois (Casus Belli) started shooting his debut feature Trema/Stage Fright in Athens on 31 July 2014. The film is a Greek-Croatian-French-Dutch coproduction with Sinisa Jurićić coproducing…
FNE FIPRESCI Critics 2014: Attention all FIPRESCI members coming to Venice IFF
FNE together with FIPRESCI will offer the ratings of all feature films in the official programme of Venice International Film Festival 2014 by FIPRESCI members attending the Festival.*
White Shadow Wins T-Mobile New Horizons
WROCLAW: White Shadow directed by Noaz Deshe won both the International Competition and the Audience Award Grand Prize at the 14 MFF T-Mobile New Horizons.
FNE at New Horizons Polish Days 2014: Jarzyna, Hasanović and Kolberger Pitch New Projects.
WROCLAW: A pitching session held during Polish Days the 14. IFF T-Mobile New Horizons included a Polish-Norwegian drama about the future of medicine entitled Nano and a Polish-Serbian-Croation coproduction under…
PRODUCTION: Cătălin Mitulescu Shooting Rumeno
BUCHAREST: Cătălin Mitulescu started shooting his third feature on 21 July 2014. Rumeno is a Romanian/Swedish/Italian coproduction which will be presented in the Venice Film Market.
FNE at New Horizons Polish Days 2014: New Polish Projects Showcased
WROCLAW: A special industry event showcases nine up-coming Polish projects were showcased at the Polish Days during the 14 T-Mobile New Horizons Festival held 24 July-3 August 2014. New titles…
Creative Europe Expands in the Balkans
Three new countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, have signed agreements to participate in the EU’s Creative Europe programme.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Tatjana in Motherland
Miha Celar creates a partially animated Slovenian documentary. Click HERE to read full article on DOKweb
CME Back on Track under New Management
PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) posted increases in net revenues for the Q2 2014, up almost 17% at for the three month period at 204.9 m USD and 16%…
Romanian Domestic Film Attendance on the Decline
BUCHAREST: Domestic attendance for the Romanian films was down in the first seven months of 2014 compared to 2013, with the youth comedy #Selfie contributing with more than a half…
Petr Zelenka Starts Shooting Lost in Munich
PRAGUE: Petr Zelenka kicked off the shooting of his long-prepared absurd comedy Lost in Munich.
PRODUCTION: Mellow Mud Wraps Summer Shooting
RIGA: Latvian director's Renārs Vimba debut feature Mellow Mud has finished its summer production shoot, producers Alise Ģelze and Aija Bērziņa said.
Game of Thrones Season 5 to Shoot in Croatia
ZAGREB: The fifth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones will be shot in new locations in Dalmatia, including Šibenik and Imotski this fall.
Bulgarian National Film Center to Fund Low Budget Films
SOFIA: For the first time since its establishment in 1991 the Bulgarian National Film Center will support low budget feature films, with up to 200,000 EUR per project. The application…
PRODUCTION: Bodo Kox Developing Children’s Film
WARSAW: Polish filmmaker Bodo Kox will make his first foray into youth oriented cinema with Three Cousins, an adaptation of the bestselling children’s novel Felix, Net, Nika And The Three…
MECEFF Announces Line-up
BUCHAREST: The 4th edition of Mediaş Central European Film Festival (2-6 September), the only festival in Romania focusing on Central European cinema, announced the seven films competing for the festival's…
FESTIVALS: Czech Summer Film School Honours Greenaway
UHERSKE HRADISTE: British director Peter Greenaway has received the prize of the Association of Czech Film Clubs (AČFK) at the 40th edition of the Summer Film School (LFS) running through…
