Eurimages Supports Thirteen CEE Projects
STRASBOURG: The Board of Management of the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund agreed to support 13 CEE projects from a total of 23 fiction, six documentary and one animated film…
FNE at KVIFF 2018: LUX Prix Official Selection Announced
KARLOVY VARY: The ten films in the official selection of the annual Lux Film Prix of the European Parliament were announced at the Karlovy Vary IFF on 1 July 2018.
FESTIVALS: Fest Anča Announces Winners
ZILINA: Danish Nothing Happens directed by Uri Kranot and Michelle Kranot was awarded the Anča Award at the 2018 Fest Anča, Slovakia's international festival of animated films, that ran from…
FESTIVALS: Butterflies Wins 2018 Bucharest IFF
BUCHAREST: Butterflies by Tolga Karacelik was awarded Grand Prix at the 2018 Bucharest International Film Festival. For the first time, the festival organised an international competition for short films.
GRANTS: Estonia Announces First Ever Development Grants for TV Miniseries
TALLINN: The Estonian Film Institute has allotted 40,000 EUR in its first ever round for TV-miniseries development, and the Cultural Endowment of Estonia has allotted seven production grants in the…
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian/Irish Drama The Castle Starts Shooting
VILNIUS: Lithuanian director Lina Lužytė began shooting her second feature film The Castle / Pilis on 28 June 2018. The coming-of-age drama is the first Lithuanian/Irish coproduction.
Georgian 3D Animated Film Geno Scores International Sales
TBILISI: The Georgian short animated film Geno has been sold to Japan, Korea, France, Spain and the United States.
Stray Dogs Picks Up KVIFF Competition Film Domestique
KARLOVY VARY: Young Paris-based sales company Stray Dogs has acquired the Czech/Slovak film Domestique by Adam Sedlák prior to its screening in the official competition of the Karlovy Vary IFF,…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Site Specific Doc at KVIFF
Occupation 1968 will have a site-specific Czech Premiere at the Karlovy Vary IFF.
FESTIVALS: Czech and Slovak Films Get Special Attention at Karlovy Vary
PRAGUE: Three Czech/Slovak coproductions and another six Czech films will vie in the three competitive sections of the Karlovy Vary IFF, which opens on 29 June 2018.
Lithuanian Series Wins NATPE Pitch & Play Live!
BUDAPEST: In the Dark (LNK), a reality format series, won the third edition of Pitch & Play Live! at the 2018 edition of NATPE Budapest on 27 June 2018.
MIDPOINT Opens Call for Short Film Workshop
PRAGUE: The script development programme MIDPOINT is accepting applications for its workshop for short fiction films in development.
Cold War Racks up International Sales
WARSAW: Cold War directed by Paweł Pawlikowski has been sold to over 15 countries in North America, Europe and Australia. The film which won Best Director for Pawlikowski in Cannes…
FNE at Paphos IFF: Iran and Belgium Win Top Prizes at Cyprus Fest
NICOSIA: The third Paphos International Film Festival (PIFF), which ended on 24 June 2018, announced the winners of the Audience International and Student short film awards.
HBO Acquires Broadcast Rights for Nineteen Bulgarian Films
SOFIA: HBO has signed a deal for the forthcoming broadcast of nineteen Bulgarian films produced after 1989. Sixteen of them are feature films, while three are documentaries. The deal is…
Coco Partners with Romania’s Avanpost
COTTBUS: Romanian post-production house Avanpost will be sponsoring the new Avanpost Pitch Packaging Award at the East-West coproduction market connecting cottbus, taking place 8-9 November 2018.
Open Call for New Technologies Film Workshop in Poland
KRAKOW: The Film Spring Open Foundation has announced an Open Call for the Film Spring Workshop 2018, organised with the support of the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme as well…
PRODUCTION: Patryk Vega Shooting Crime Film Plagues of Breslau
WROCŁAW: Polish box office hit director Patryk Vega is working on his new crime thriller entitled Plagues of Breslau and has announced that he has purchased rights to the Pitbull…
FNE at Art Film Fest: The Guilty Wins Best Film
KOSICE: The Danish film The Guilty by Gustav Moller won the Blue Angel for Best Film at the closing ceremony of the 26th Art Film Fest on 23 June 2018.…
FNE at KVIFF 2018: Polish Sales Outfit IKH Pictures Promotion Boards East of West Competitor Via Carpatia
KARLOVY VARY: Polish sales and promotion outfit IKH Pictures and Promotion headed by Iza Kiszka-Hoflik will be representing East of the West competitor Via Carpatia directed by Klara Kochańska and…
