PRODUCTION: Maltese Director Peter Sant Shoots Background Sound
VALLETTA: Maltese director/writer/DoP Peter Sant will start shooting his feature film Background Sound (working title) on 28 August 2023. Most of the filming will take place in and around St…
BOX OFFICE: ONEMANSHOW – The Movie Breaks Records in Czech Republic
PRAGUE: The Czech comedy ONEMANSHOW – The Movie by Kamil Bartošek and Ondřej Pavliš had 291,761 admissions and 2.24 m EUR / 54,160,085 CZK gross in its opening weekend in…
GRANTS: Film Center Serbia Announces More Production Grants
BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia has announced the list of winners in eight more grant categories, including debut features, long documentaries, nationally-themed features, and potentially commercial and/or genre features.
FNE Oscar Watch 2024: Estonia Selects Smoke Sauna Sisterhood as Oscar Candidate
TALLINN: The documentary Smoke Sauna Sisterhood by Anna Hints has been selected as Estonia’s candidate for the 96th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International…
The 7th Baltic Film Days Underway in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia
RIGA: Films by Viesturs Kairišs, Signe Baumane, Elza Gauja, Giedrius Tamoševičius & Vytautas V Landsbergis, and Ove Musting are currently being screened in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia within the 7th…
Applications close on 27 August - Become part of the Arthouse Cinema Training 2023!
20th Arthouse Cinema Training, 30 October – 5 November 2023,BERLIN, GERMANY Discover the World of Arthouse Cinema in the heart of Berlin! Have you been dreaming of a transformative experience …
FESTIVALS: Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry Wins Sarajevo Film Festival 2023
SARAJEVO: Swiss/Georgian Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry by Elene Naveriani received the Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Feature Film at the 29th edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival (11-18 August 2023).
PRODUCTION: Serbian Drama Series Time of Death in Postproduction
BELGRADE: Serbian drama series Time of Death / Vreme smrti, directed by Ivan Živković and based on the bestseller by author and politician Dobrica Ćosić, is currently in postproduction. It…
Gladiator's Sequel to Get Record Rebate in Malta
VALLETTA: Paramount's Production Gladiator 2 directed by Ridley Scott will receive a record 46,653,961 EUR from the 40% cash rebate for its shoot in Malta. The Malta Film Commission said…
Films from FNE Partner Countries in Feature Film Selection Part 1 of European Film Awards 2023
BERLIN: Safe Place by Juraj Lerotić, The Happiest Man in the World by Teona Strugar Mitevska, Slow by Marija Kavtaradze, Behind the Haystacks by Asimina Proedrou and Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry…
FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Paulius Juočeris, Managing Director of Lithuanian Iron Cat
VILNIUS: FNE spoke to Paulius Juočeris, managing director of Iron Cat, about their current activities, as well as the state of the Lithuanian game development industry and its connections with…
PRODUCTION: Feature Film Vasilija the Beautiful Starts Shooting in Serbia
BELGRADE: Vasilija the Beautiful / Vasilija Prekrasna directed by Žikica Jovanović, Ivica Vidanović and Vlastimir Stevanović started shooting in Serbia. The film focuses on a child, which is a rarity…
PRODUCTION: Romanian Comedy Klaus and Barroso About to Wrap Shooting in Bucharest
BUCHAREST: Director Bogdan Theodor Olteanu and Bold Film Studio (the first film investment fund in Romania) are teaming up again after their successful comedy Taxi Drivers (2022), but their new…
FESTIVALS: CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival 2023 Announces Lineup
MISKOLC: Films directed by Stephan Komandarev, Michal Blaško, Tóth Barnabás, Elene Naveriani and Tudor Giurgiu have been selected for the main competition of the 19th edition of the CineFest Miskolc…
MUBI Confirmed as Partner for EPI’s European Film Business and Law Master's Programme
POTSDAM: The global streaming service MUBI has joined the international executive master’s programme European Film Business and Law LL.M. | MBA, the only European postgraduate programme combining film entertainment business…
Applications Still Open for 20th Arthouse Cinema Training
BERLIN: Professionals working in the arthouse cinema industry can apply to the 20th Arthouse Cinema Training organised in Berlin by CICAE from 30 October to 5 November 2023. The deadline…
Polish Film Community Resumes Protest for Internet Royalties Implementation
WARSAW: In an open letter sent to the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, representatives of the Polish film community are protesting against the statements of Minister of Digitalisation Janusz Cieszyński,…
Film Center Serbia Announces Grant Winners
BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia has announced the grant results regarding projects in several categories, including minority coproductions, fiction feature and long documentary. 477,548 EUR / 56 mil RSD have been…
Docu Talents from the East 2023 Announces Winners at CineLink
SARAJEVO: Projects from Ukraine/France/Germany, Czech Republic/Slovakia and Romania were awarded at Docu Talents from the East@Sarajevo Film Festival, which was held within the Sarajevo FF’s CineLink Industry Days on 13…
FESTIVALS: Herceg Novi - Montenegro Film Festival 2023 Ready to Kick Off
HERCEG NOVI: The 36th edition of the Herceg Novi - Montenegro Film Festival will be held in the Montenegrin town of Herceg Novi 22 – 28 August 2023 under the…
