FNE IDF DocBloc: The Unbearable Lightness of the Golden Age
Romanian filmmaker Ana Lungu is developing The Unbearable Lightness of the Golden Age, a documentary on 8 mm aiming at creating an intimate portrait of the typical family during the…
CEE Animation Workshop Wraps with Signing of Ljubljana Accord
LJUBLJANA: The first edition of CEE Animation Workshop, a new initiative bringing together 19 Creative Europe Desks from Central and Eastern Europe, wrapped with the signing of the Ljubljana Accord,…
Georgia in Progress with Big-Scale National Film Archives Project
TBILISI: Approximately 5,000 film boxes have been cleaned, digitalised and catalogued so far in a big-scale project launched in 2016 by the Georgian National Film Center (GNFC) with the support…
Blitz-CineStar Opens Largest Cinema in Dalmatia
SPLIT: CineStar 4DX Mall, opened in Split on 1 December 2017, is Blitz-CineStar's 14th multiplex in Croatia and the largest in the Dalmatia region. Blitz-CineStar is the largest and most…
Moomins and the Winter Wonderland Opens on 500 Scandinavian Screens
WARSAW: Ira Carpelan’s and Jakub Wronski’s animated film Moomins and the Winter Wonderland opened on 500 Scandinavian screens on 1 December 2017. Other Polish productions supported by the Polish Film…
Swingers See Lithuanian, Norwegian and Finnish Remakes
RIGA: The comedy Swingers by Andrejs Ekis will have remakes in Lithuania, Norway and Finland. Latvia’s 2016 box office hit was already adapted by Platforma Filma in Estonia and the…
FNETV: EFADs Announces Vision 2030 in Tallinn
TALLINN: EFADS, the association of European Film Agency Directors announces Vision 2030 its unified vision for the future of the European film industry at Estonian EU Presidency Conference during Tallinn…
MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2018 Announces Selected Projects
PRAGUE: Projects from Poland, Czech Republic, Romania and Serbia are among the nine projects selected for MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2018.
Georgia's My Happy Family on Netflix
TBILISI: Nana Ekvtimishvili’s and Simon Gross’s feature film My Happy Family is available on Netflix since 1 December 2017. This Georgian/German/French coproduction is the first Georgian film for which Netflix…
GRANTS: Serbia Announces Grants
BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia distributed 609,238 EUR / 72,788,291 RSD in six categories: long documentary production, script development, short documentary production, short fiction film production, short animated film production and…
FNE TV: Giuseppe Abbamonte Director of the Media and Data Directorate of the European Commission
FNE asked Giuseppe Abbamonte about the future European content, why the Digital Single Market is important to meet the challenges of the audiovisual industry in the future.
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update
WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry…
GRANTS: Bulgaria Announces Second Production Grants for 2017
SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center allotted 1,856,000 EUR / 3,630,000 BGN in its second session at the end of November 2017. Nine projects, including three feature films with higher…
PRODUCTION: Bartosz Konopka Enters Postproduction with The Mute
WARSAW: Oscar nominated Polish filmmaker Bartosz Konopka has just finished shooting The Mute, a Polish/Belgian coproduction starring Krzysztof Pieczyński and Karol Bernacki.
FESTIVALS: Night Accident Wins 21st Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
TALLINN: Night Accident directed by Temirbek Birnazarov from Kyrgyzstan won the Grand Prix for Best Film at the 21st Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (17 November - 3 December 2017).…
PRODUCTION: Metod Pevec Starts Shooting I Am Frank
LJUBLJANA: Metod Pevec’s Slovenian/Serbian/Macedonian coproduction I Am Frank started shooting in the small Slovenian town of Tržič on 23 November 2017. Pevec is well-known for his multiple-award-winning drama Beneath Her…
FESTIVALS: Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event 2017 Awards Announced
TALLINN: Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event Awards 2017 were announced on 30 November 2017. Projects and producers from the Czech Republic, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Georgia are among the winners.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Before Father Is Back
Marine Gulbiani is currently in production with documentary Before Father Is Back, a coproduction between France, Georgia and Germany.
Polish Letters to Santa 3 Soars into Top 10 at UK Box Office
WARSAW: Another Polish film, TVN's romantic comedy Letters to Santa 3 by Tomasz Konecki has hit the top 10 at the UK box office. This is the second film in…
GRANTS: Polish Film Institute Supports Feature and Animated Films
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute chose nine new feature films and nine animated projects to co-finance in the 3rd funding session of 2017, including new projects from Leszek Dawid, Małgorzata…
