FESTIVALS: PÖFF Shorts 2022 Announces Winners
TALLINN: The winners of the international short film and animation festival PÖFF Shorts (15 – 23 November 2022) were announced on 19 November 2022.
PRODUCTION: Cyprus/USA Coproduction The Islander Enters Final Stage of Production in Cyprus
NICOSIA: Romantic comedy The Islander, directed by Stelana Kliris and produced by Meraki Films from Cyprus and US Uinta Productions, has entered the final stage of production. The film starring…
PRODUCTION: Apolena Rychlíková in Postproduction with Czech/French/Slovak Doc The Limits of Europe
PRAGUE: Czech director/writer Apolena Rychlíková is currently in postproduction with her documentary The Limits of Europe / Hranice Evropy, which is estimated to be finished in 2023.
New Latvian Film Classics Available Worldwide on National Film Centre’s Portal
RIGA: The list of Latvian classical films available for streaming on National Film Centre of Latvia’s portal has been supplemented with new titles. Currently, 30 titles including 18 feature films,…
FESTIVALS: EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival 2022 Honours Jerzy Skolimowski and Andrzej Seweryn
TORUN: The 30th edition of the EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival (12 – 19 November 2022) is presenting Andrzej Seweryn with the Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Art of Acting and Jerzy…
FESTIVALS: Black Czechs Awarded by Online Audience of 2022 Ji.hlava IDFF
JIHLAVA: Black Czechs by Martin Müller is the recipient of the award granted by the online audience of the 26th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, which took place in person…
Extended Deadline for When East Meets West 2023
TRIESTE: The deadline for submissions to the open calls for Last Stop Trieste, This is IT, EAVE Slate and Inspirational Labs at 2023 When East Meets West (WEMW) has been…
Latvia Sees Most Intense Season of Domestic Releases in Its History
RIGA: Latvia is seeing an abundance of 18 domestic theatrical releases in the last quarter of 2022, with cinemas fully operational in 2022 after two years of on and off…
Producer Danijel Pek Appointed as Artistic Director of Pula FF
ZAGREB: Producer Daniel Pek was chosen from among seven candidates as the new artistic director of the Pula Film Festival, Croatia’s biggest festival dedicated to national production and coproduction.
BOX OFFICE: Serbian WW2 Spy Thriller/Melodrama Vera Hits No. 2 in Weekend Charts
BELGRADE: Serbian WW2 spy thriller melodrama Vera by Nedeljko Kovačić scores second place in its opening box office weekend in Serbia with 14,075 admissions and 62,269 EUR / 7,303,004 RSD…
FNE Podcast: Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event 2022: Triin Tramberg: Managing Director at Discovery Campus
FNE correspondent and film critic Alexander Gabelia spoke to Triin Tramberg, Managing Director of Discovery Campus, First Feature Competition programmer and Works in Progress & Script Pool project competition manager,…
FESTIVALS: Cinemania 2022 Kicks Off in Bulgaria
SOFIA: Bulgaria’s main autumn event Cinemania (Kinomania) will take place in the towns of Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna between 17 November and 4 December 2022.
FESTIVALS: New Film Festival in Serbia
BELGRADE: The first edition of the Fine Line Film Festival will be held 19 - 20 November 2022 in Belgrade. The festival will screen 13 short films from countries worldwide…
SEE Cinema Network Funds Projects from FNE Partner Countries
SKOPJE: Films from North Macedonia, Romania and Montenegro have received funding from the South Eastern Europe Cinema Network (SEE Cinema Network) in the amount of 9,000 EUR each for development…
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Director Ignas Jonynas Shoots Border Wall
VILNIUS: Lithuanian director Ignas Jonynas is currently filming his third feature film Border Wall / Siena, which is supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre.
FESTIVALS: Verzio International Human Rights Documentary FF 2022 Announces Winners
BUDAPEST: Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege by Abdallah Al-Khatib received the award for best human rights film in the International Competition of the 19th Verzió International Human Rights Documentary…
FESTIVALS: Heart of Europe International TV Festival Kicks Off in Warsaw
WARSAW: The second edition of the Heart of Europe International TV Festival organised by the Polish Television (TVP) is currently taking place in Warsaw 14 – 17 November 2022. This…
FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary IFF Launches KVIFF Classics
PRAGUE: The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is launching a special event in Prague with legendary films. The first edition of KVIFF Classics will be held in cinemas Světozor and…
FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Jozef Barančik, Unity 3D Developer of Czech Project Darkening
PRAGUE: FNE spoke with Jozef Barančik, Unity 3D Developer of Czech/German coproduction Darkening / Tmání about the project, as well as the state of the Czech game development industry. Darkening…
Croatian Kinoteka Joins Europa Cinemas
ZAGREB: Croatian cinema Kinoteka, run by the August Cesarac Centre for Culture and Film with support from the City of Zagreb and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, has become the 17th…
