FNE Visegrad YR2022: Q&A with Czech Producer Ondřej Zima
PRAGUE: FNE spoke to Czech producer Ondřej Zima from FILM KOLEKTIV, Evolution Films and Offside Men, about the challenges he faced as a producer during the COVID-19 pandemic and how…
Slovak Film Week Returns to Cinemas
BRATISLAVA: The 8th edition of the Slovak Film Week will take place at the Lumière Cinema in Bratislava 4–10 April 2022. After two editions which took place online and in…
Academy Award Nominee Polish Short The Dress Acquired by HBO Max
WARSAW: The Dress / Sukienka by Tadeusz Łysiak, which is nominated for the Academy Awards 2022 in the Short Film (Live Action) category, has been acquired by HBO Max.
FNE at Sofia FF 2022: Prize Winners: Sonata Takes Top Prize
SOFIA: The 26th Sofia International Film Festival gave its top prize for best first and second feature films to the Polish film Sonata directed by Bartosz Blaschke, which also was…
PRODUCTION: Polish Director Jan Holoubek Shoots Sophomore Feature Doppelgänger
GDAŃSK: Doppelgänger is currently shooting in Gdańsk with a star cast including Jakub Gierszał, Tomasz Schuchardt and Andrzej Seweryn. This is the second feature by Jan Holoubek after 25 Years…
FNE Visegrad YR2021-2022: Panel Discussion Festivals 2.0: How to Approach Audience in Post-COVID Era to Be Held in Prague
PRAGUE: The Panel discussion Festivals 2.0: How to Approach the Audience in the Post-COVID Era, organised by the Institute of Documentary Film in cooperation with Film New Europe and One…
FNE Visegrad YR2021-2022: Czech Film Industry Needs to Attract Audiences
PRAGUE: According to a report by the Association of Producers in the Audiovisual Industry (APA), the Czech audiovisual market fell by more than 20 percent, namely by CZK 1.7 billion,…
Kino Lorber to Release Miklós Jancsó Collection on Blu-ray
BUDAPEST: Kino Lorber will release The Round-Up (1966), The Red and the White (1967), The Confrontation (1968), Winter Wind (1969), Red Psalm (1971), and Electra, My Love (1974) on a…
GNFC Director Gaga Chkheidze Dismissed by Georgian Ministry of Culture
TBILISI: Georgia's Ministry of Culture has dismissed Gaga Chkheidze from his position of the director of the Georgian National Film Center. Karlo Sikharulidze, the First Deputy Minister of Culture, has…
Otto the Barbarian Leads 16th Gopo Awards Nominations
BUCHAREST: Ruxandra Ghițescu’s debut feature Otto the Barbarian leads the 16th Gopo Awards nominations, ahead of Radu Jude’s Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn and Cristi Puiu’s Malmkrog. The winners…
Leave No Traces Dominates Polish Eagles Nods
WARSAW: Leave No Traces by Jan P. Matuszyński received the most nominations, a total of 13, for the Polish Film Awards - The Eagles. The date of the award ceremony…
British/Estonian Debut Feature Firebird Gets North American Distribution
TALLINN: Roadside Attraction has acquired the North American distribution rights to Peeter Rebane’s debut feature Firebird and plans its exclusive theatrical release on 29 April 2022.
FESTIVALS: Cyprus Film Days 2022 Ready to Kick Off in Physical Format
LIMASSOL: The 20th edition of the Cyprus Film Days International Festival, the biggest film event in Cyprus, will take place in person at the Rialto Theatre in Limassol and the…
GRANTS: Slovenian Film Centre Announces Production and Development Grants
LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Film Centre has announced production grants of 2.830 m EUR for seven feature films, including three debut features. Additionally, 138,000 EUR has been granted to 11 projects…
FNE Visegrad YR2022: Q&A with Czech Distributor and Producer Marek Jeníček
PRAGUE: FNE spoke to Marek Jeníček, managing director of CinemArt, which distributes award-winning films selected from among European productions and international festivals.
PRODUCTION: Patryk Vega in Postproduction with His Last Polish Language Film
WARSAW: The director of Polish box office hits Patryk Vega has revealed his secret project, Autobiography (working title), a very personal film intended to be his last project in Polish,…
PRODUCTION: Hungarian/Romanian Documentary Whose Dog Am I? in Postproduction
BUDAPEST: The docu-comedy essay Whose Dog Am I? / Ki kutyája vagyok én? / Al cui câine sunt? by Robert Lakatos is on the finishing line of postproduction. The film…
GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Announces Feature Film Production Grants
PRAGUE: The Czech Film Fund has distributed 2.56 m EUR to seven feature films, including three debut features, in its first batch of production grants in 2022.
Two International Productions Shooting in Malta
VALLETTA: The thriller Deep Fear by Marcus Adams and the action film Hounds of War by Lowell Dean are currently shooting in Malta.
PRODUCTION: Sabin Dorohoi Shoots Romanian/German Coproduction Clara
BUCHAREST: Sabin Dorohoi is currently in production with his debut feature Clara, which he started shooting in Ulm, Germany, at the beginning of March 2022. This drama on the social…
