FESTIVALS: POFF Announces DDA SPOTLIGHT AWARD Recipients and TV Beats Co-Financing Market Winners
TALLINN: The 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), which is running till 27 November 2022, has announced that Sarah Polley and Ali Abbasi will receive the DDA SPOTLIGHT AWARD.…
FESTIVALS: Slovak Queer Film Festival 2022 in Bratislava
BRATISLAVA: The 16th edition of the Slovak Queer Film Festival is screening 51 films (27 feature and 24 short films) from 31 countries in Bratislava until 29 November 2022.
PRODUCTION: Hungarian Director Balint Dániel Sós Shoots Debut Feature Starring Szabolcs Hajdu
BUDAPEST: Balint Dániel Sós is currently shooting Minden rendben (working title Growing Down), a drama starring Szabolcs Hajdu. The film is supported by the Incubator Programme of the National Film…
BOX OFFICE: Slovenian Comedy At Hostar 2‰ Close to 100,000 Admissions
LJUBLJANA: Slovenian comedy At Hostar 2‰ by Luka Marčetič dominates the domestic box office and is about to reach 100,000 admissions. The film currently has 97,190 admissions and 641,160 EUR…
PRODUCTION: Jiří Havelka in Production with Czech Tragicomedy Gardener
PRAGUE: Czech director Jiří Havelka is currently finishing production on his feature film Gardener (working title) / Zahradník, which is estimated to be finished in 2023.
FNE Film Meets Games: Croatian Game Saint Kotar Released on Consoles
ZAGREB: Croatian point-and-click adventure Saint Kotar was updated and released for the Playstation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch platforms on 22 November 2022. Saint Kotar was among the first games whose…
Serbian Golden Boy Acquired by Amazon Prime
BELGRADE: Serbian sport drama Golden Boy / Zlatni dečko directed by Ognjen Janković has been acquired by Amazon Prime. The distribution started on 20 November 2022 in Germany, Austria and…
Successful Crowdfunding Campaign for Mobile Cinema in Georgia
TBILISI: The Student-Youth Council working in Guria (Georgia) have launched a crowdfunding campaign aiming at raising funds to buy technical equipment for a bus-cinema which will screen films mainly for…
BOX OFFICE: The Sixth Bus Has Best Opening of Croatian Film in 2022
ZAGREB: War drama The Sixth Bus / Šesti autobus directed by Eduard Galić, produced by MissArt and distributed by Duplicato Media, had 18,141 admissions in its first weekend in Croatia,…
OBITUARY: Hungarian Producer Áron Sipos
BUDAPEST: Hungarian film producer Áron Sipos has died at age 75. He was a co-founder of FocusFox Studio.
FESTIVALS: Tár Wins Golden Frog in Main Competition of 2022 EnergaCAMERIMAGE
TORUŃ: The American production Tár directed by Todd Field and lensed by Florian Hoffmeister received the Golden Frog in the Main Competition of the 30th edition of the EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival.
Meetings on the Bridge Launches Call for Applications for Neighbours Platform
ISTANBUL: Meetings on the Bridge, the industry platform of the Istanbul Film Festival, has launched the call for applications for its Neighbours Platform. The deadline is 17 February 2022.
FNE Film Meets Games: CD Projekt Red Brings Witcher 3 to Next Gen Consoles and Remakes Original Game
WARSAW: Poland’s CD Projekt Red has announced that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Edition will be released in December 2022 on a new generation of consoles including PlayStation…
PRODUCTION: Ondřej Vavrečka in Production with Czech/Slovak Docufiction 1+1+1
PRAGUE: Ondřej Vavrečka is currently finishing production while already editing his docufiction 1+1+1, which is estimated to be finished in 2023. The Czech/Slovak project was presented at MIA Rome 2022…
FESTIVALS: Juraj Lerotić’s Safe Place Wins 2022 Ljubljana IFF
LJUBLJANA: The Croatian/Slovenian coproduction Safe Place / Sigurno mjesto by Juraj Lerotić won the Kingfisher Award for best film in the Perspektives Competition of the 33rd Ljubljana IFF (9 -…
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…
