VALLETTA: British chef and TV presenter Ainsley Harriot is currently shooting for his ITV series Ainsley’s Fantastic Flavours in Malta.
KARLOVY VARY: Nine world and two international premieres have been selected for the Crystal Globe Competition of the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which will take place 30 June – 8 July 2023.
VILNIUS: The European Film Forum Scanorama has launched an open call for its European short film competition Glimpses of Europe. The 21st edition of the European Film Forum Scanorama will be held in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda and Šiauliai 9 – 19 November 2023.
BUDAPEST: Johnny Depp’s Amedeo Modigliani biopic Modi starring Riccardo Scamarcio, Pierre Niney and Al Pacino, will start shooting in Budapest in the autumn of 2023. Proton Cinema will handle the shooting in Hungary.
THE OFFICIAL SELECTION OF THE 57TH KARLOVY VARY IFF REVEALED - „It has been an incredible adventure for the programming team to get acquainted with this year’s state of the arthouse cinema via almost two thousand submissions. We are proud of the selection and simply cannot wait to share it with the audience," says Karel Och, KVIFF’s artistic director.
TALLINN: Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event has opened accreditations for its main programme, which will be held in Tallinn 13 – 17 November 2023. The upcoming edition will introduce a new initiative, Just Film Industry Days designed for film professionals, industry experts and students.
VALLETTA: The Malta Film Commission has launched a 100,000 EUR grant for a single filmmaker to develop a 15-minute short film.
FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Cannes Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, Directors' Fortnight and Critics Week, 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 into what critics in many different countries think about the programme.
Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, the busy business platform in the region for audiovisual industry professionals, held during the Black Nights Film Festival welcomes participants for its main programme in Tallinn from 13 to 17 November 2023. The edition in 2023 introduces a new initiative Just Film Industry Days, and provides a complete line of events covering the most sizzling questions in the sector.
BUCHAREST: The Romanian Government approved on 24 May 2023 an emergency ordinance for the re-start of the local cash rebate scheme, which had been officially launched in October 2018, halted in 2019, re-launched in August 2020, but has been inoperative since then.
