STRASBOURG: The Karlovy Vary IFF is one of four festivals selected to participate in the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Lab Project Award.
Georgian National Film Center announced the project development grants on 11 December 2015.
TALLINN: The Fencer, a Finnish/Estonia coproduction directed by Klaus Härö, is competing in the Golden Globes Best Foreign Language Film category.
PRAGUE: Czech telecom company O2 has moved into digital film production, following its launch of a sports channel in mid-2015.
BERLIN: Picnic by Croatian director Jure Pavlović won the short film award and Polish film editor Jacek Drosio was recognized for his editing of the film Body at the European Film Academy ceremony in Berlin on 12 December 2015.
Georgian National Film Center script development grants for feature films dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
Czech director Miroslav Janek is receiving an online retrospective through Doc Alliance through 20 December 2015.
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival breaks attendance record, sparks sales deals
Festivals 10-12-2015The 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (BNFF) broke last year’s attendance record of 77,500 with a total of 80,066 admissions. Audience enthusiasm has also prompted three deals on Tridens First Features Competition title Loev, directed by Sudhanshu Saria, to be signed less than 10 days after the festival. Filmmaker enthusiasm for the fest was also expressed when The Throne team gave back their Grand Prix award money for BNFF to use for next year.
PRAGUE: Czech production services company Wilma Film has completed production on three German films which shot in the Czech Republic throughout fall 2015.
