FNE at TIFF - Romanian Days: You Are Ceaușescu to Me
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Sebastian Mihăilescu’s long documentary You Are Ceaușescu to Me is screening in the Romanian Days competition at the 21st edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), running in…
FNE at TIFF - Romanian Days 2022: 1986: The Lost Year
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Ligia Ciornei’s debut feature 1986: The Lost Year / Anul pierdut 1986 is screening in the Romanian Days section of the 21st edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival…
FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary IFF 2022 Honours Geoffrey Rush and Benicio Del Toro
KARLOVY VARY: Geoffrey Rush will receive the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, while Benicio Del Toro will be presented with the Festival President's Award at the…
FESTIVALS: Paphos IFF 2022 Ready to Kick Off
PAPHOS: A total of 30 short films and documentaries will screen outdoors at the 7th Paphos International Film Festival from 24 to 26 June 2022.
PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Director Ivan Vladimirov Shoots Period Drama Plague
SOFIA: Bulgarian director Ivan Vladimirov has started shooting his third feature film Plague, a period drama about an early 19th century plague epidemic in the Balkans. Inspired by a short…
PRODUCTION: Georgian Director Ana Kvichidze in Production with Georgian/French Doc Heart, Don’t Be Afraid
TBILISI: Georgian director Ana Kvichidze is currently in production with her first long documentary, the Georgian/French coproduction Heart, Don’t Be Afraid. The film is supported by the Georgian National Film…
PRODUCTION: Jiří Strach Preps Slovak/Czech TV Series Hunter
BRATISLAVA: The mystery crime TV series Hunter / Lovec by Jiří Strach is getting ready for production. The total of eight episodes are produced by Slovak TRIGON PRODUCTION in coproduction…
GRANTS: Montenegro Supports Five Minority Coproductions
PODGORICA: The Film Centre of Montenegro has distributed 200,000 EUR as production grants for five minority coproductions.
GRANTS: Estonian Film Institute Announces Grants
TALLINN: The Estonian Film Institute has allocated 855,000 EUR for the production of two feature films and 124,500 EUR for the production or development of four TV series.
Czech Republic and Serbia in European Top 5 for Market Share of Domestic Films
BRUSSELS: Czech Republic and Serbia are the second and third in the national films market share top five in the Annual Report for 2021/2022 issued by the International Union of…
GRANTS: Film Fund Sarajevo Doubles Production Funds
SARAJEVO: Film Fund Sarajevo will allot 1,155,519 EUR / 2.26 m KM in 2022, which is a 100% increase compared to the 594,066 EUR / 1,161,893 KM allocated in 2021.
Mediterranean Film Festival Split Pitching Forum Announces Winners
SPLIT: The short fiction film project Alone / Sama by Filip Dizdar was awarded at the Pitching Forum organised within the Mediterranean Film Festival Split (FMFS), taking place 16-25 June…
GRANTS: Poland Supports 10 New Feature Films
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute supported 10 new feature film productions with 6,426,987 EUR / 29,887,500 PLN. Among them are new films from Roman Polański, Jan P. Matuszyński and Adrian…
GRANTS: Hungary Supports Five Documentaries and Two Animated Series
BUDAPEST: The National Film Institute – Hungary has distributed 293,513 EUR / 117.4 m HUF for the production of five documentaries and two animated series.
PRODUCTION: Arko Okk in Postproduction with Doc The Ice That Still Supports Us
TALLINN: Estonian director Arko Okk is currently in postproduction with his documentary The Ice that Still Supports Us / Jäätee veerel, which will be showcased at the KVIFF Eastern Promises…
FESTIVALS: Successful First Edition of ReActing as a Star Programme at Kranj Actors FF
KRANJ: The new international programme ReActing as a Star, aiming at encouraging the networking between the film and audiovisual actors in the region, and at increasing their presence in the…
First Module of CIRCLE - Women Doc Accelerator 2022 Wraps in Novi Sad
NOVI SAD: The first module of the 5th edition of CIRCLE - Women Doc Accelerator took place in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 14 to 19 June 2022. Ten female directors…
FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary IFF 2022 Announces Full Programme
KARLOVY VARY: The entire programme of the 56th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is now announced. The festival will take place from 1 to 9 July 2022.
German TV Series Sisi Returns to Lithuania
VILNIUS: The second season of the German TV series Sisi is currently shooting in Lithuania, produced by Story House Pictures GmbH for RTL+ and serviced by the Lithuanian company UAB…
FESTIVALS: How to Save a Dead Friend and Factory to the Workers Win 2022 UnderhillFest
PODGORICA: How to Save a Dead Friend by Marusya Syroechkovskaya and Factory to the Workers by Croatian Srdjan Kovačević received the Dandelion awards in the international and regional competition, respectively,…
