Dutch Drama Milk Wins 2024 Beach Film Festival in Ohrid
OHRID: The Dutch drama Milk / Melk directed by Stefanie Kolk won the Large Wave Award for Best Film at the 7th edition of the Beach Film Festival. The festival…
German Films in Venice 2024
BERLIN: A total of 17 German productions and coproductions will screen in various sections at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, which will be held 28 August – 7 September…
Celebration Wins Big at 2024 Pula Film Festival
PULA: The debut feature Celebration / Proslava directed by Bruno Anković won four Arena awards at the 71st Pula Film Festival (11 – 18 July 2024), including the Grand Golden…
FNE at Venice IFF 2024: Projects from FNE Partner Countries Selected for Venice Immersive and Giornate degli Autori
VENICE: Projects from Lithuania, Malta and the Czech Republic have been selected for Venice Immersive within the 81st Venice International Film Festival (28 August - 7 September 2024). The Antique…
Georgian It's Not Far Here Wins 2024 Svaneti International Film Festival DALI
MESTIA: Georgian film It's Not Far Here by Timur Chopliani received the award for best film in the International Competition of the 4th Svaneti International Film Festival DALI, where it…
Jan Švankmajer Retrospective at RIGA IFF 2024
RIGA: The first tickets for this year’s Riga International Film Festival (RIGA IFF, 17–27 October) are now on sale, granting access to the retrospective of Czech animation director and artist…
GRANTS: Serbia Announces Production Grants
BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia has allocated 1,965,339 EUR / 230 m RSD in four production categories for long films.
The City Wins 2024 Cinedays Festival of European Film
SKOPJE: The Israeli production The City directed by Amit Ulman won the Golden Star in the Official Competition of the 23rd Cinedays Festival of European Film, which took place 11…
Winners of Rhodope International Documentary Film Fest 2024
SOFIA: The Austrian/Argentinian coproduction The Klezmer Project by Leandro Koch and Paloma Schachmann received the award for best international long documentary at the 4th edition of the Rhodope International Documentary…
Verzió DocLab Launches HBO Development Award
BUDAPEST: The 9th edition of Verzió DocLab, an intensive five-day international editing workshop and pitch forum for long documentary directors and editors, will include a new prize, the HBO Development…
PRODUCTION: Attila Vidnyánszky Shoots Adaptation of Famous Hungarian Novel Very Merry
BUDAPEST: The director of the Hungarian National Theater, Attila Vidnyánszky, is currently in production with Úri muri, megazisten!, an adaptation of Zsigmond Móricz’s famous 1928 novel Very Merry / Úri…
GRANTS: Czech Republic Announces Minority Coproduction Grants
PRAGUE: The Czech Film Fund has distributed 789,000 EUR / 20 m CZK as minority coproduction grants for the production of four feature films, five long documentaries, two long animated…
PRODUCTION: Serbian Director Nikola Ljuca Starts Shooting Sophomore Feature Rattlesnakes
BELGRADE: Serbian Director Nikola Ljuca, whose 2016 debut feature Humidity (Dart) premiered in Berlinale Forum, started shooting his sophomore feature Rattlesnake / Zvečarke in Belgrade on 12 July 2024. This…
PRODUCTION: Slovenian Director Boris Jurjaševič Starts Shooting Elvis Škorc, Clever Klutz
LJUBLJANA: Slovenian director Boris Jurjaševič is currently shooting his youth feature film Elvis Škorc, Clever Klutz / Elvis Škorc, genialni štor, which is financially supported by the Slovenian Film Centre.
FNE Podcast: Florian Hoffmeister: Cinematographer and Director
FNE together with German Films has launched the Year of German Central European Films 2024 with a special focus on German films in Central and Eastern European countries plus Cyprus…
Czech Producers Request Increase in Production Incentives
PRAGUE: Czech Republic’s Audiovisual Producers´ Association (APA) has requested the Minister of Culture, Martin Baxa, to include an increase in production incentives of at least 25% in the amendment to…
FNE Podcast: Natja Brunckhorst – Actress, Screenwriter, Director
FNE together with German Films has launched the Year of German Central European Films 2024 with a special focus on German films in Central and Eastern European countries plus Cyprus…
Alpha Violet Picks up Lithuanian/Latvian Drowning Dry ahead of Locarno Premiere
VILNIUS: Lithuanian director Laurynas Bareisa’s sophomore feature Drowning Dry has been acquired by the French sales agent Alpha Violet. The film will have its premiere in the International Competition of…
GRANTS: Serbia’s Autonomous Province of Vojvodina Announces Production Grants
BELGRADE: The Provincial Government of Vojvodina allocated through the Provincial Secretariat for Culture, Public Information and Relations with Religious Communities 432,375 EUR / 50.7 m RSD for the production of…
Reinhold Messner, Special Guest at 2024 Mestia International Short and Mountain Film Festival
MESTIA: The 2024 edition of the Mestia International Short and Mountain Film Festival will have the legendary climber and film director Reinhold Messner as its guest of honour from 23…
