RUSSELL CROWE TO RECEIVE CRYSTAL GLOBE AWARD AT 57TH KARLOVY VARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND TO PERFORM WITH HIS BAND INDOOR GARDEN PARTY AT OPENING NIGHT CONCERT ON JUNE 30

BUDAPEST: The family horror Dust Bunny, American writer and producer Bryan Fuller's debut feature, will start shooting in Hungary soon.

TALLINN: Madwomen - To Be a Sparrow Not a Canary directed by Sten Haljak and Johannes Lõhmus will have its premiere on 6 May 2023 in Tartu, the birthplace of Estonian cinema. The film celebrates the 111th anniversary of Estonian cinema by creating a story from film footage produced at Tallinnfilm and Eesti Telefilm between 1960 and 1969.

VALLETTA: The Malta Film Commission has announced the first edition of the Mediterrane Film Festival, which will run in Valletta 25-30 June 2023.

TALLINN: In May 2023, Elmo Nüganen’s trilogy Melchior the Apothecary will be available on Germany’s largest telecom enterprise Magenta TV, as well as on the Czech streaming platform iPrima.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS IS NOW OPEN - The 19th edition of the Docu Talents from the East – a closely watched presentation of the most remarkable new documentary projects from Central and Eastern Europe – will take place on August 13 during the Cinelink Industry Days at Sarajevo FF.

BUDAPEST: Johnny Depp has visited Budapest and was seen in front of the Gellért Hotel as well as at the restaurant PitPit.

LIBEREC: The 22nd edition of the International Festival of Animated Films – Anifilm kicked off in Liberec, Czech Republic on 2 May 2023 and it is screening approximately 500 works till 7 May 2023.

HAAPSALU: The Dutch production Shut directed by Niels Bourgonje received the Silver Méliès for Best Film in the Méliès Short Film Competition of the 18th Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (HÕFF). The festival was held 28 – 30 April 2023.

BUDAPEST: The initiative of the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI) to annually celebrate the day of 30 April, when the first film with dramatised scenes, A Táncz by Béla Zsitkovszky, was presented in 1901, is met in 2023 with numerous events in cinemas and also on TV and streaming platforms.