TALLINN: The rights to the new work by the Greek director Alexandros Avranas, Quiet Life (aka Apathy), which had its world premiere on 29 August 2024 in the Horizons section of the 81st Venice International Film Festival, are sold by Elle Driver. The French/German/Swedish/Estonian/Greek/Finish coproduction stars Chulpan Khamatova, Grigory Dobrygin, Naomi Lamp, Miroslava Pashutina and Eleni Roussinou.

RIGA: The acclaimed Latvian director Dāvis Sīmanis is currently in postproduction with the Latvian/Czech documentary Death of Death. Balancing an existential road film with a humorous science fiction, the doc is expected to be released in the autumn of 2024.

NICOSIA: Cypriot director/writer Paschalis Papapetrou is currently in postproduction with his documentary The History of Water in Cyprus. “Doing a documentary about water in Cyprus is not an easy task because you never know if it’s going to rain and when it’s going to rain”, says the director.

RIGA: Latvian director/writer Jānis Ābele is currently in postproduction with his documentary The Last Will, which is expected to be released in the autumn of 2024.

NICOSIA: Cypriot director/writer Thomas Kallis is currently in postproduction with Vassilis Michaelidis – Hidden Winds. The documentary traces the life and work of pioneering poet and painter Vassilis Michaeilidis (1849 – 1917), who is considered by many the national poet of Cyprus.

TALLINN: The Estonian Film Institute has distributed 4,740,000 EUR as production grants for feature and documentary films in 2024. Part of the grants will be financed in two stages, in 2024 and 2025.

FNE together with German Films has launched the Year of German Central European Films 2024 with a special focus on German films in Central and Eastern European countries plus Cyprus and Malta, as well as FNE partner countries’ films screening in Germany. This action takes place within the frames of the celebrations of 70 Years of German Films.

FNE together with German Films has launched the Year of German Central European Films 2024 with a special focus on German films in Central and Eastern European countries plus Cyprus and Malta, as well as FNE partner countries’ films screening in Germany. This action takes place within the frames of the celebrations of 70 Years of German Films.