Estonian film audiences, ascending to the top tier of European cinemagoers per capita, have year-by-year shown a steady rise in their interest towards domestic film according to the figures of 2016 that saw the crowd-pleasing hit-comedy Class Reunion as their highest-grossing film.
ZAGREB: Indian film Prisoner no. 150, whose dance scenes were shot in Croatia in November 2016, was one of the most watched films in India in January 2017.
BELGRADE: Goethe-Institut Young Directors´ Academy South-Eastern Europe starts a new professional training programme First Films First aiming at supporting young Southeast European directors to develop their debut feature.
WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry professionals across Europe. Click here for FNE UNIC EU Cinema Policy Update.
The submissions for the BUZZ CEE film festival, a film festival dedicated exclusively to auteurs in Central and South-Eastern Europe, have started
Festivals 01-02-2017The BUZZ CEE film festival, which will take place in Buzau between the 9th and the 14th of May, invites film-makers and distribuitors from Central and South-Eastern Europe (including Greece and Turkey) to submit their productions in the festival’s various competitions until the 20th of February 2017.
BRUSSELS: An open public consultation for the evaluation of the Creative Europe programme is currently underway from 23 January to 16 April 2017. The consultation is open to the general public or stakeholders, and covers the Culture sub-programme, the MEDIA sub-programme, and the Cross-sectoral strand.
ZAGREB: Projects from Croatia, Latvia, Serbia, Slovenia and Hungary are among the 12 projects selected for the ZagrebDox Pro training 2017, set to take place from 26 February to 3 March 2017.
FESTIVALS: One World Film Festival Introduces New Categories, Including New Czech Competition
Czech Republic 31-01-2017PRAGUE: Several new categories, including a new Czech competition, are among the surprises of the 2017 One World. The festival is set to take place in Prague from 6 to 15 March 2017 and to visit 32 other cities in the Czech Republic and Brussels afterwards. The slogan of this year's festival campaign is The Art of Collaboration.
TRIESTE: Mirjana Karanovic’s A Good Wife was awarded best film at the 28th edition of Trieste Film Festival, that wrapped on 29 January 2017.
TRIESTE: Wishing on a Star, the new project by Peter Kerekes coproduced by Italy, Austria and Slovakia, won the CNC Development Award at the When East Meets West Co-production Forum. The 7th edition of WEMW took place from 22 to 24 January 2017 within the 28th Trieste Film Festival (20-29 January 2017).
