FNE at Cannes 2024: Emanuel Pârvu Explores Isolation in Romanian Cannes Competition Entry
BUCHAREST: Romanian actor Emanuel Pârvu is making his debut in Cannes as a director after playing in Cristian Mungiu’s Best Director-awarded Graduation / Bacalaureat (2016). Pârvu’s third directorial work Three…
PRODUCTION: Bosnian Director Srđan Vuletić Shoots Otter in Montenegro
PODGORICA: Bosnian director Srđan Vuletić has started shooting his new feature film Otter in the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica. The film is a coproduction between Montenegro, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and…
PRODUCTION: Manfred Vainokivi Shoots Estonian Doc First Olympic Champion
TALLINN: Estonian director/DoP/producer Manfred Vainokivi is in production with his documentary First Olympic Champion / Esimene olümpiavõitja.
Winners of Dot.on.the.Map Meeting Point 2024
LIMASSOL: The Egyptian/German project The Sea Was Once Blue by Mohamad El-Hadidi received the main award, Cyprus Film Commission – Invest Cyprus Award, at the coproduction forum Dot.on.the.Map Meeting Point,…
FESTIVALS: National Festival of Bulgarian Cinema to Screen Over 90 Films
SOFIA: More than 90 feature, documentary and animated films from 2023 will be screened free of charge at the National Festival of Bulgarian Cinema organised by the Union of Bulgarian…
BOX OFFICE: New Romanian Cannes Entry Nasty Tops Domestic Weekly Charts
BUCHAREST: Romanian documentary Nasty, about the legendary Romanian tennis player Ilie Năstase, is currently topping the domestic weekly charts after its release on 74 screens on 19 April 2023. The…
FNE at Cannes 2024: New Films from FNE Partner Countries Added to 2024 Cannes’ Official Selection
BUCHAREST: Three Romanian productions, one Lithuanian production and one Croatian minority coproduction have been added to the Official Selection of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, which will be held 14…
FNE at Cannes 2024: Films from FNE Partner Countries Selected for Cannes Short Film Competition and La Cinef
PARIS: Films by Lithuanian Eglė Razumaitė and Croatian Nebojša Slijepčević have been selected for the Short Film Competition of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, while a film from Czech student…
PRODUCTION: Serbian Director Nenad Pavlović Shoots Sophomore Feature Wanderlust
BELGRADE: Nenad Pavlović’s sophomore feature Wanderlust / Izlet has started shooting. This black-and-white film is an adaptation of a book under the same-title written by the great Serbian painter, film…
BOX OFFICE: Rasmus Merivoo's Alien 2 Has Best Start for Estonian Production after Pandemic
TALLINN: Rasmus Merivoo’s Alien 2 or The Return of Valdis in 17 Chapters / Tulnukas 2 ehk Valdise tagasitulek 17 osas, based on his cult classic short film, had over…
FESTIVALS: Serbian 78 Days by Emilija Gašić Wins 2024 Cyprus Film Days
NICOSIA: 78 Days by Serbian director Emilija Gašić received the Glocal Images Best Film Award in the International Competition section of the 22nd Cyprus Film Days (12 – 20 April…
FESTIVALS: Winners of 20th Anniversary Edition of ZagrebDox
ZAGREB: Four Daughters by Kaouther Ben Hania and KIX by Hungarian directors Dávid Mikulán and Bálint Révész won the International and the Regional Competition, respectively, at the ZagrebDox International Documentary…
FNE at Cannes 2024: Estonian Sauna Day by Anna Hints and Tushar Prakash Selected for Cannes’ Critics’ Week
TALLINN: Anna Hints and Tushar Prakash's short fiction film Sauna Day / Sannapäiv will have its world premiere in the Special Screenings – Short Films section of the 63rd Critics’…
The Invisible Fight and Smoke Sauna Sisterhood Share Estonian Film Awards for 2023
TALLINN: Rainer Sarnet’s comedy The Invisible Fight and Smoke Sauna Sisterhood by Anna Hints won most of the film awards, with nine and four trophies respectively, at the Estonian Film…
GRANTS: Romania Announces Production Grants
BUCHAREST: The Romanian Film Centre (CNC) has distributed 5.6 m EUR / 27.9 m RON for the production of feature, documentary and animated films, as well as minority coproductions and…
FNE at Cannes 2024: Eleven German Productions and Coproductions Selected for 77th Cannes Film Festival
BERLIN: Germany will take part in the Official Selection and the sidebar sections of the 77th Cannes Film Festival (14 - 25 May 2024) with 11 majority and minority coproductions.
European Film Business and Law LL.M.| MBA Joins Forces with Alphapanda
BERLIN: The Erich Pommer Institut (EPI) is thrilled to announce the collaboration between the European Film Business and Law LL.M. | MBA executive master's programme at EPI and Alphapanda, an…
PRODUCTION: Agnieszka Holland Shoots Coproduction about Kafka
PRAGUE: The Czech/Polish/German/French film Franz directed by Agnieszka Holland is currently filming in Prague, including the area of the Old Town near Franz Kafka’s birthplace. The production in Prague started…
FNE at Cannes 2024: Polish Coproduction The Girl with the Needle Selected for Cannes’s Competition
WARSAW: The Girl with the Needle, which was shot mostly in Poland by Swedish director Magnus von Horn, will compete for the Palm d’Or in the 77th Cannes Film Festival’s…
FNE at Cannes 2024: Macedonian Minority Coproduction Kyuka – Before Summer’s End to Open ACID Section in Cannes
SKOPJE: The Greek/Macedonian coproduction Kyuka – Before Summer’s End by writer/director Kostis Charamountanis will open the 2024 Cannes’s parallel section ACID, run by France’s Association for the Diffusion of Independent…
