FESTIVALS: International Short Film Festival of Cyprus 2023 Announces Winners
LIMASSOL: Spanish Daydreaming So Vividly about Our Spanish Holidays by Christian Aviles received the 1st Prize for Best Film in the International Competition of the 13th International Short Film Festival…
FESTIVALS: PÖFF 2023 Announces Full Lineup
TALLINN: Four majority and minority coproductions from Romania, Montenegro, Georgia, Serbia, Czech Republic, Croatia, North-Macedonia, Slovenia and Slovakia are among the 20 titles selected for the Official Competition of the…
Winners of 11th Baltic Pitching Forum Announced
VILNIUS: The 11th edition of the Baltic Pitching Forum has announced its winners after 12 projects from Baltic and Greek talents were pitched in front of two panels of international…
New CEE Projects Showcased at Young Horizons Industry 2023
WARSAW: The pitching session hosted at the 7th edition of the Young Horizons Industry saw the presentation of 33 captivating international film projects. Notably, 14 of these projects emerged from…
PRODUCTION: Amerissa Basta’s Coproduction Life in a Beat Enters Postproduction
PODGORICA: Amerissa Basta’s debut feature Life in a Beat has wrapped shooting in Athens, Greece. The film is a coproduction between Greece, North Macedonia, Cyprus and Montenegro.
Young Horizons Industry 2023 Announces Winners
WARSAW: Eight among the 33 projects pitched during the 7th edition of the Young Horizons Industry co-production forum in Warsaw received awards at a ceremony hosted by Maciej Jakubczyk, Department…
FESTIVALS: The 27th PÖFF Focuses on Serbia and SEE Countries
TALLINN: Thirteen new films from Serbia and South-East Europe will screen at the 27th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival’s (PÖFF). Also, a focus on the Yugoslavian Black…
Petr Vachler’s The Meaning and Mystery of Life Prepares for Official Release with 11,000 Admissions in Special Screenings
PRAGUE: Special preview screenings of Petr Vachler’s labour of love The Meaning and Mystery of Life have been taking place in cinemas all across the Czech Republic and Slovakia since…
OBITUARY: Croatian Actor Nenad Cvetko
ZAGREB: Nenad Cvetko, one of the best known Croatian actors, died on 10 October 2023 at 53 years of age, following a long struggle with throat cancer.
SMART7 Network of Festivals Launches First Workshops for Festival Organisers
WROCŁAW: European film festivals' SMART7 has announced its first two workshops on 5 and 6 December 2023 in Wrocław, Poland. The workshops are open to festival organisers across Europe.
PRODUCTION: Rasťo Boroš Enters Postproduction with Slovak/Czech/German Sluggard Clan Film
BRATISLAVA: Slovak film director Rasťo Boroš has started the postroduction of his third feature Sluggard Clan Film / Ťapákovci after a 42-day shooting which took place in July-September 2023. The…
GRANTS: Czech Republic Announces Production Grants
PRAGUE: The Czech Film Fund has distributed 2.5 m EUR for the production of seven feature films and 466,208 EUR for the production of seven long documentaries.
Baltic Event Co-Production Market 2023 Announces Selected Projects
TALLINN: The 15 projects selected for the Baltic Event Co-Production Market 2023 include many debuts as well as sophomore features and promising stories from award-winning directors.
BOX OFFICE: Agnieszka Holland's The Green Border Continues to Top Polish Box Office
WARSAW: Agnieszka Holland’s drama The Green Border continues to top the Polish charts after two weeks in cinemas with 589,143 admissions.
FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož 2023: Wake Me
PORTOROŽ: Marko Šantić’s drama Wake Me / Zbudi me screened in the competition of the 26th Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož (3 - 8 October 2023), winning awards for Best…
FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož 2023: Body
PORTOROŽ: Petra Seliškar’s long documentary Body / Telo received the Vesna Award for Best Documentary at the 26th Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož (3 - 8 October 2023). This intimate…
FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož 2023: List of Winners
PORTOROŽ: Tomaž Grom’s Don't Think It Will Ever Go Away won the Vesna Award for Best Film at the 26th Festival of Slovenian Film Portoroz, which wrapped on 8 October…
FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož 2023: Don't Think It Will Ever Go Away
PORTOROŽ: Tomaž Grom’s Don't Think It Will Ever Go Away / Ne misli, da bo kdaj mimo received the award for Best Film at the 26th Festival of Slovenian Film…
FNE Oscar Watch 2023: Serbia Selects The Duke and the Poet as Oscar Candidate
BELGRADE: The historical drama The Duke and the Poet / Sto se bore misli moje directed by Milorad Milinkovic has been selected as Serbia’s candidate for the 96th Academy of…
PRODUCTION: Lea Podhradská Shoots Hungarian/Slovak Documentary My Father's Daughter
BUDAPEST: The Slovak-Hungarian director/writer Lea Podhradská is currently in production with the creative documentary My Father's Daughter / Apám lánya, about her sister who disappeared without a trace from Slovakia…
