Submission deadline for the 14th East Silver Market Jihlava is 30 June 2017.
Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) boosts 2016/2017 Production Slate to 12 features looking to complete by the end of 2017
Press releases 23-02-2017London-based production house Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) has consolidated its position as one of the key players on the European independent production scene, expanding its 2016/2017 active production slate to 12 pictures including debuts from such major international talents as German documentarist and author Rudolph Herzog, Gomorrah scribe Maurizio Braucci and writer of the Academy Award winning feature IDA, Rebecca Lenkiewicz.
DUBROVNIK: The mayor of Dubrovnik Andro Vlahusic has said that the negotiations to shoot the 25th film in the James Bond franchise in the Croatian town are in an advanced stage, according to reports in local media.
BUCHAREST: Sixteen projects, including ones from Macedonia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Romania and Poland, have been selected for the first edition of Less Is More. Romania's Asociatia Culturala Control N and Transilvania IFF and Poland's Krakow Festival Office are the CEE partners of this European script development platform.
Does a limited budget necessarily put a brake on filmmakers’ creativity? Or does it push the power of their storytelling towards something new, something edgy and completely different than all their previous work? A limited budget can represent the needed push for the writer’s mind and lead him to amazing stories, scripts and films.
LOS ANGELES: House of Others by Georgian director Rusudan Glurjidze received the Satellite Award for Best First Feature from the International Press Academy on 18 February 2017.
ZAGREB: Antun Vrdoljak’s anticipated The General, starring Goran Višnjić as the hero of the Croatian War of Independence Ante Gotovina, started shooting in Croatia on 20 February 2017. The project includes a feature film and also an eight-episodes series.
PRAGUE: The 19th edition of One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival will screen 121 documentaries in 15 thematic categories from 6 to 15 March 2017. The festival will present unique footage from both sides of the conflict with Islamism.
One World presents unique footage from both sides of the conflict with Islamism
Festivals 22-02-2017The documentary films at the 19th annual One World Festival present the real stories of people affected by the so-called Islamic State. The audience will have the opportunity to look not only into Syria, Iraq and surrounding countries, but also Europe, where refugees are heading, and where there is a political struggle often featuring strong anti-immigrant rhetoric. The festival explores the issues from different points of view: from the perspective of the Islamists and their opponents, civic activists and populists, refugees and policymakers. The unifying feature of these films is the theme of collaboration.
ZAGREB: Representatives of Croatian Film Director's Guild and Croatian Producers Association have launched the initiative We’ve Had Enough, aimed at protecting Croatian cinema from political influence and control. The initiative is a result of the negative audit conducted by the Croatian State Audit, leading to the resignation of long-time Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) director Hrvoje Hribar. The initiative’s manifesto was signed by more than 600 professionals.
