BERLIN: FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Berlin Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Panorama and Forum giving the films 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 stars. 5 is the best and 1 is the worst. The ratings give an overview of critics opinions from a large number of countries and provide insights to what critics in many different countries think about the programme.
WARSAW: VOD.pl was re-launched as an AVOD service by a strategic partnership between TVN Warner Bros. Discovery and Ringier Axel Springer Polska (RASP) on 14 February 2023.
VALLETTA: The period drama War Sailor / Krigsseileren directed by Gunnar Vikene, which was partly shot in Malta as a Maltese minority coproduction, will be released as a miniseries on Netflix on 5 April 2023.
BUDAPEST: Hungexpo Budapest, originally an exhibition and event site, now also serves the film industry with its studios and locations for international productions. Since 2020 it has been dedicating its three large halls for film production due to rising interest and demand.
BRUSSELS: Admissions in European cinemas increased at least by 36.5% and total box office will exceed 5.6 billion EUR in 2022, a rise of 55.6% in Europe compared with 2021, according to the estimates of The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC).
Virtual Production: New Technologies in the Context of the Film Industry's Development
Montenegro 17-02-2023PODGORICA: Danijela Radulović from the Film Centre of Montenegro has published the study Virtual Production: New Technologies in the Context of the Film Industry's Development, which is a step forward in the understanding of the impact of new technologies on the film industry.
LIMASSOL: Applications are still open for the 4th edition of the coproduction, training and networking platform Dot.on.the.Map Industry Days. The event will be held 27 - 29 April 2023 in Limassol, in the framework of the 21st Cyprus Film Days International Festival (21 - 29 April 2023).
BUDAPEST: Visual Europe Group Hungary has invested 11 m EUR in the largest virtual film studio not only in Hungary, but also in Central and Eastern Europe.
BUDAPEST: First Hungarian/British/Mongolian coproduction 1242: Gateway to the West by Péter Soós wraps shooting in Hungary on 13 February 2023. The film produced by Kornél Sipos through Nyugat Kapujában Kft is one of the most expensive historical films supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI) and is benefiting from the 30% Hungarian cash rebate scheme.
