FESTIVALS: Transilvania IFF Announces New Dates
CLUJ: The Transilvania IFF will take place 31 July – 9 August. The festival had been originally scheduled for June but was postponed by the COVID-19 crisis. The summer edition…
Latvia Prepares to Resume Film Production
RIGA: The Minister of Culture of the Republic of Latvia has issued rules that state the social distancing requirements for film productions, allowing the gradual restart of film production in…
PRODUCTION: Václav Kadrnka Starts Postproduction of Czech/Slovak Saving One Who Was Dead
BRATISLAVA: Václav Kadrnka is moving into postproduction with the Czech/Slovak coproduction Saving One Who Was Dead / Správa o záchrane mŕtveho. The film received a grant from Eurimages in its…
FESTIVALS: Palić Fest Rescheduled for August
BELGRADE: The 27th edition of the European Film Festival Palić will take place 8 – 14 August 2020, two weeks after its traditional July scheduling. Palić is the first Serbian…
Films from Lithuania, Georgia and Bulgaria in Cannes Official Selection
WARSAW: Films from Lithuania, Bulgaria and Georgia have been selected for the 73rd edition of the Cannes Film Festival. A total of 56 films have been chosen for the 2020…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Projects
Twelve projects have been selected for Ex Oriente 2020.
PRODUCTION: Dutch/Italian/Slovenian Pink Moon in Preproduction
LJUBLJANA: Slovenia’s Tramal Films is coproducing Floor van der Meulen's feature Pink Moon with Dutch company Kepler film and Italy’s Nefertiti Film. The film, which received a Eurimages grant, is…
FESTIVALS: Zlin Fest 2020 Announces Competition Films
ZLIN: The delayed 60th Zlin Film Festival for Children and Youth, originally scheduled for the week of 29 May – 6 June 2020, has announced the selection of competition films…
Last Call for Projects for Kids Kino Industry
WARSAW: Kids Kino Industry is accepting applications for its 4th annual pitching forum through 5 June 2020.
Pluto Film Acquires Slovak/German Summer Rebels
BRATISLAVA: The sales company Pluto Film has picked up the feature debut of Slovak filmmaker Martina Saková, Summer Rebels / Letní rebeli. The Slovak/German coproduction for children had been selected…
PRODUCTION: Radivoje Andrić’s Serbian/Croatian/Bulgarian How I Learned to Fly in Preproduction
BELGRADE: Radivoje Andrić is preparing to shoot How I Learned to Fly / Leto kad sam naučila da letim at the end of the summer. The Serbian/Croatian/Bulgarian coproduction received a…
North Macedonia Supports Independent Film Workers
SKOPJE: The government of North Macedonia will provide financial support for independent film workers.
PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Director Ivailo Hristov In Postproduction with Fear
SOFIA: Bulgarian actor/director/writer Ivailo Hristov is completing the postproduction of his newest black and white feature Fear. The film screened during the 17th Sofia Meetings’ Works in Progress held online…
Ten CEE Films Receive Eurimages Support
STRASBOURG: The Eurimages board granted 6,138,000 EUR to 28 film projects, including 10 CEE coproductions, in an online meeting of its 158th session. North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Slovakia,…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update
WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry…
Polish/Czech/Ukrainian Pleasure Principle Receives International Award
WARSAW: The Polish/Czech/Ukrainian TV series The Pleasure Principle / Zasada Przyjemności received the Platinum REMI Award in the mini-series category during the WorldFest International Film Festival in Houston.
Romania Resumes Film Production and Allows Open-air Screenings
BUCHAREST: Film and audiovisual production will resume in Romania after the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Health published in the Official Gazette their regulations for preventing the spread…
FNE Podcast: Festivals in Crisis: Archil Khetaguri Director of CinéDOC-Tbilisi Film Festival
Archil Khetaguri talks about the tough decisions he faced when the COVID-19 crisis forced him to postpone CinéDOC-Tbilisi, which was scheduled for 23-27 April. He also discusses the creative possibilities…
GRANTS: Georgia Announces Grants for Documentary Production
TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center has distributed 135,402 EUR / 473,908 GEL for the production of six documentary films to be directed by Tornike Bziava, Givi (Beso) Odisharia, Khvicha…
Polish Association of Studio Cinemas Launches Virtual Cinema Project
WARSAW: A new virtual studio cinema created for several dozen Polish cinemas to showcase their offer was launched in Poland. The Polish Association of Studio Cinemas is the operator of…
