PRODUCTION: BiH’s Aida Begić Develops A Ballad
SARAJEVO: The new project of the acclaimed writer/director Aida Begić, A Ballad / Balada, is a story about love in post-apocalyptic Bosnia and Herzegovina where myths and reality intertwine. The…
PRODUCTION: Bulgaria’s No One to Launch Indiegogo Crowd Funding Campaign
SOFIA: Bulgarian director Andrey Andonov’s debut feature, No One, is an independent project which is in postproduction will launch a crowd funding crowd campaign on Indiegogo this month to complete…
PRODUCTION: Laszlo Kantor’s Új Budapest Filmstúdió Rolls out Slate of European Coproductions
BUDAPEST: Hungary’s Laszlo Kantor’s Új Budapest Filmstúdió, one of Hungary’s most active producers and European coproducers has unveiled to FNE a slate of new productions and European coproductions.
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival in Portoroz: Case: Osterberg
PORTOROZ: Matej Nahtigal’s debut feature, the crime drama Case: Osterberg, is competing at the Slovenian Film Festival in Portoroz. The 18th edition of the festival which annually showcases new Slovenian…
PRODUCTION: Czech TV Shoots Charles IV Biopic
PRAGUE: After the historic trilogy Jan Hus, Czech TV started another big production last week, Charles IV – The Vote for the Roman King. The film is directed by Vaclav…
Cinematik Announces Line Up
PIEŠTANY: The 10nd Cinematik Film Festival (10-15 September 2015) will run its regular competitions Meeting Point Europe and Cinematik.doc, and will focus this year on the Catalan cinema.
Test Wins Love is Folly International Film Festival
VARNA: Alexander Kott’s Test was awarded Best Film at the 23rd Love is Folly International Film Festival organized by the Congress and Festival Centre-Varna from 21 to 30 August 2015.
European Commission Launch Crowdsourcing Subtitling Preparatory Action
BRUXELLES: European Commission is launching a 1 m EUR hunt to find out how crowdsourcing or other innovative solutions can reduce the costs of obtaining subtitles and increase the exposure…
Divan Film Festival Wraps in Romania
CETATE: The 6th Divan Film Festival wrapped on 30 August 2015 after a 9 days full of movies, conferences and food. The festival focusing on the tasting of Balkan cinema…
Croatia Selects The High Sun as its Oscar Bid
ZAGREB: Croatian Society of Film Workers selected The High Sun/Zvizdan by Dalibor Matanić to represent Croatia in the Foreign Language category of the Academy Awards.
Slovak/Czech Doc Scores High in Cinemas
PRAGUE: Miro Drobný’s new documentary Rytmus, the Urban Dream /Rytmus, sídliskový sen had 15,000 admissions in Czech cinemas and ended in the second position last weekend, after the American comedy…
Polish Court to Rule on Polański’s Extradition Request on 22 September
WARSAW: A Polish court due to rule on a US request to extradite filmmaker Roman Polański will sit on 22 September 2015.
PRODUCTION: Second Part of Witnesses Trilogy Wraps Shooting in Romania
BUCHAREST: Costa Fam wrapped shooting for Brutus, the second part of his war trilogy Witnesses, with Alien Film providing services. The 90-minute trilogy will be released in 2016.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: DOKU.ARTS Sees Architectures in Motion
The ninth edition of DOKU.ARTS entitled Architectures in Motion will take place in the Zeughauskino of the Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin from 9 to 27 September 2015.
PRODUCTION: International Coproduction Kebab Royal Wraps Shooting
SOFIA: The Belgian/Dutch/Bulgarian dramatic comedy Kebab Royal by Jessica Woodworth and Peter Brosens entered postproduction.
Foreign Productions Flock to Malta
VALLETTA: An American blockbuster starring Dustin Hoffman could be shot in Malta later this year. Malta Film Commission has neither confirmed nor denied the information, but announces instead the shooting…
EFA Expresses Shock About the 20-Year Verdict for Oleg Sentsov
More Than 1,000 Supporters Across Europe Signed Letter to Free Oleg Sentsov
CentEast Submissions Deadline Approaches
WARSAW: Submissions deadline for works-in-progress and completed films from Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine for the 11th CentEast Market is 4 September…
FESTIVALS: Record Number of Domestic Films Submitted for Portoroz FF
PORTOROZ: A total of 97 out of 146 submitted films have been selected for the 18th Slovenian Film Festival. This is a record number for the festival that will run…
Discovery Channel in Production with First Polish Series
WARSAW: The documentary mini-series Polish Truckers is the first show produced by Discovery Channel in Poland.
