FNE correspondent and film critic Alexander Gabelia spoke to Jan Macola, manager of Kino Pilotu, about the main activities and history of the cinema, as well as the Europa Cinemas Awards, where the Czech Kino Pilotu took the top prize for Best Programming.

TBILISI: Six titles have been selected for the Georgian Feature Films Competition at the 23nd edition of the Tbilisi International Film Festival, which will take place in person 4 – 11 December 2022.

FNE correspondent and film critic Alexander Gabelia spoke to Nikolaj Nikitin, founder and director of  SOFA – School of Film Advancement, about the main activities and workshops of this year’s SOFA, whose first workshop was held outside Warsaw 25 – 30 September 2022, the second workshop was held online 29 November – 2 December 2022, and the third workshop is set to take place in Georgia 24 – 28 April 2023.

PRAGUE: FNE spoke with Bára Anna Stejskalová, Czech animation director and scriptwriter, about her animated films as well as the state of the Czech animation industry and its connections with gaming.

PRAGUE: FNE spoke with Kateřina Hanáčková, creative director of Czech Brainz Immersive, about their current activities, as well as the state of the Czech game development industry.

TALLINN: FNE spoke with Vladimir Funtikov, co-founder of Estonian CM Games, about their current activities, as well as the state of the Estonian game development industry.

PRAGUE: Czech director Jiří Havelka is currently finishing production on his feature film Gardener (working title) / Zahradník, which is estimated to be finished in 2023.

PRAGUE: Ondřej Vavrečka is currently finishing production while already editing his docufiction 1+1+1, which is estimated to be finished in 2023. The Czech/Slovak project was presented at MIA Rome 2022 and in the New Visions Market of the Ji.hlava IDFF 2022.