OBITUARY: Polish Actor Leonard Pietraszak
WARSAW: Veteran Polish actor Leonard Pietraszak died at 86. His career in the theatre, television and cinema spanned five decades.
Europa Distribution Announces Berlinale EFM Panel
BERLIN: Europa Distribution will organise the panel “Surfing the Waves. Audience Building in a New Period of Changes” at the Berlinale European Film Market on 19 February 2023.
Searchlight Pictures Prepares to Shoot O’Dessa in Croatia
ZAGREB: Searchlight Pictures is in preproduction with the post-apocalyptic rock opera O'Dessa, written and directed by Geremy Jasper. The principal photography will start in Croatia in May 2023. The local…
BOX OFFICE: Domestic Films Held Leading Positions in Serbia’s BO in 2022
BELGRADE: The most watched film in Serbia in 2022 is the Serbian majority coproduction How I Learned to Fly / Leto kada sam naučila da letim by Radivoje Andrić with…
Romanian, Georgian and Latvian Talents in 2023 Berlinale Juries
BERLIN: Radu Jude, Dea Kulumbegashvili, Cătălin Cristuțiu and Alise Ģelze are among the members of several juries of the 2023 Berlinale, including the International Jury.
FESTIVALS: One World 2023 Launches VR Competition
PRAGUE: The International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival One World will launch a competition for virtual reality projects at its 25th edition, set to take place in Prague 22 –…
FNE at Berlinale 2023: Tallinn Black Nights and Baltic Event
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: Meet us at Berlinale
BOX OFFICE: Avatar: The Way of Water Becomes Highest Grossing Film of All Time in Romania
BUCHAREST: Avatar: The Way of Water has become the highest grossing film in Romania of all time, with 6.89 m EUR / 33,901,068 RON.
SkyShowtime Available in Six FNE Partner Countries from 14 February 2023
REGION: New European streaming service SkyShowtime will launch in the Czech Republic, Hungary, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia on 14 February 2023.
FESTIVALS: Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival 2023 Announces Winners
BELGRADE: The 16th Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival, initiated by Emir Kusturica, has handed its Golden Egg Award to Letter to a Pig (Israel) directed by Tal Kantor.
FESTIVALS: Hungarian Motion Picture Festival Prepares Special 3rd Edition
BUDAPEST: The Hungarian Motion Picture Festival is prepping a special 3rd edition from 7 to 10 June 2023 as one of the three towns hosting the screenings, Veszprém, is the…
Korean Historical Spy Film Harbin Starts Shooting in Latvia
RIGA: More than 100 Korean film professionals are shooting the historical spy thriller Harbin in Latvia. The film is directed by Woo Min-ho and lensed by Hong Kyung-pyo, who previously…
North Macedonia's First Cinema Chain Opens New Cinema in Veles
SKOPJE: Kinoverzum, which already operates one facility in Sveti Nikole, North Macedonia, has opened a new cinema in Veles, thus becoming the first national cinema chain.
Films from FNE Partner Countries Nominated for 2023 César Awards
PARIS: EO by Jerzy Skolimowski, My Sunny Maad by Michaela Pavlátová, and Granny’s Sexual Life by Urška Djukić and Émilie Pigeard have been nominated for the 48th César Awards.
Co-development Funding RE-ACT Announces 8th Edition's Winning Projects
ZAGREB: The co-development funding RE-ACT (Regional Audiovisual Cooperation and Training) announced the eight winning projects for 2022.
Baltic Countries in Focus at Berlinale European Film Market
BERLIN: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are Countries in Focus at the upcoming Berlinale European Film Market (16 – 22 February 2023), the industry platform of the Berlin International Film Festival…
FESTIVALS: Anna Hints and Marija Kavtaradze Receive Directing Awards at Sundance Film Festival 2023
WARSAW: Estonian director Anna Hints was presented with the Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary for Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, while Lithuanian director Marija Kavtaradze received the Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic …
BOX OFFICE: Slovenia Sees Record Share for Domestic Films Since Its Independence
LJUBLJANA: Slovenia's total cinema admissions in 2022 climbed up to the pre-pandemic numbers and reached nearly 1.8 m EUR, whereas the attendance for domestic films increased up to almost 18%.…
BOX OFFICE: The Generation of Evil Exceeds 1 m EUR Gross in Lithuania
VILNIUS: The Generation of Evil / Piktųjų karta directed by Emilis Vėlyvis has reached 1,001,225 EUR gross and 143,702 admissions in Lithuania.
FESTIVALS: Austrian Production Sun Wins 2023 Trieste Film Festival
TRIESTE: The Austrian film Sonne by Kurdwin Ayub received the Trieste Award for best feature film at the 34rd edition of the Trieste Film Festival, which took place 21 –…
