FNE Correspondent Zoran Janković Co-Author of Critical Guide to Serbian Film 2018-2022
Serbia 15-12-2023BELGRADE: Serbian film critics Zoran Janković and Đorđe Bajić are the authors of a new book with critical texts about all Serbian feature films shown in regular cinema distribution or at festivals over the past five years. Critical Guide to Serbian Film 2018-2022 is a continuation and somehow a sequel to the Critical Guide to Serbian Film 2000-2017 published in 2018. This film review book was published by Film Center Serbia.
ADEF, Eurocinema, Europa Distribution and Europa International welcome the European Parliament’s decision to keep the audiovisual sector outside the scope of the Geo-blocking Regulation
Press releases 14-12-2023Eurocinema, Europa Distribution, Europa International and ADEF, representing film production, distribution and international sales, all welcome the plenary votes which took place on 13 December 2023, regarding the IMCO report proposing the revision of the 2018 regulation on geo-blocking in the digital single market (2023/2019(INI)). These votes overall represented a positive stance from the European Parliament to keep the exemption for the audiovisual sector in the Geo-blocking Regulation.
PODGORICA: The Film Centre of Montenegro has distributed 1,384,000 EUR for the production of four feature films, two long documentaries, one short documentary, four short fiction films, one animated film, nine minority coproductions and four feature films in production.
The following grants were announced by the Film Centre of Montenegro on 24 November 2023.
"Maria's silence" by Davis Simanis will premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival
Press releases 14-12-2023‘Maria’s Silence’, a co-production between Latvia (Mistrus Media) and Lithuania (Broom Films), directed by Dāvis Sīmanis to premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, Forum programme.
Three Golden Globe Nominations for Polish Minority Coproduction The Zone of Interest
Poland 13-12-2023WARSAW: The US/British/Polish coproduction The Zone of Interest by Jonathan Glazer scoops three nominations at the 81st Golden Globes. The winners will be announced on 7 January 2024.
The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for “the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests.” It was founded in June 1930 in Brussels, Belgium. At present, it has members in more than 50 countries worldwide. The organization distributes its established prizes to up to eighty film festivals around the world. Among them are Berlin, Cannes, Rotterdam, Vienna, Toronto, Venice, Warsaw, San Sebastian, and Montreal film festivals. As of 2005, it also offers an online cinema journal, Undercurrents.
The following grants were supported by the National Film Centre of Latvia through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) on 26 August 2022.
VILNIUS: An interesting ArtTech Forum was held in Vilnius on 8 December 2023, organised by ArtTech Agency in partnership with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, the City of Vilnius and the Baltic Film & Creative Tech Cluster.
BERLIN: The Estonian majority coproduction Smoke Sauna Sisterhood by Anna Hints was awarded European Documentary at the 36th edition of the European Film Awards held in Berlin on 9 December 2023. The big winner of the evening was the French drama Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet.
