PRAGUE: Bones of the Wise Men, a coproduction from Prague-based Sirena Film with Germany’s Films in Motion, has been acquired by Spain’s Moonrise Pictures for exclusive worldwide rights prior to its introduction at the American Film Market in early November.
JIHLAVA: The first full working day of the 19th Jihlava IDFF which runs through 1 November 2105, started at a running speed, with nine specialised industry programme sections kicking off on 27 October.
Animated Dreams festival discloses the International Competition shortlist on International Animation Day
Festivals 28-10-2015Today, when the world celebrates the International Animation Day, the Animated Dreams festival proudly discloses the official selection of the International Short Animation Films Competition. The Black Nights Film Festival’s (www.poff.ee) subfestival Animated Dreams takes place this year from 18 to 22 November in Tallinn, Estonia, in cinemas Sõprus and Artis, with special programmes in Kanuti Gildi SAAL and at the Baltic Film and Media School.
PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises posted increases in net revenues for both Q3 and its nine month statement, but a rising dollar ended up showing a decline for the company.
BERLIN: Polish film editor Jacek Drosio is one of six honorees who will receive awards from the European Film Academy (EFA).
RIGA: The Riga International Film Festival First Award in history went to Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa for his documentary The Event about a failed 1991 communist coup d’etat attempt in Moscow.
TBILISI: The Slovak film Comeback directed by Miro Remo won the main prize of the international competition at the first CineDoc IDFF at the awards ceremony on 24 October 2015.
FNE Association Networking Event Brings Top International TV Producers to Regiofun
Poland 27-10-2015KATOWICE: Top international producers of TV and film gathered together with film fund representatives from Estonia and Lithuania to share their experiences about development and shooting of projects in central and eastern Europe.
The Jihlava IDFF will once again bring together emerging documentary film producers from across CEE. FNE profiles six of these young filmmakers.
Film Celebrities Raise their Voices for Refugees in European Parliament and Commission – FOR A THOUSAND LIVES: BE HUMAN.
