Czech Republic Launches Script Consulting Incubator
PRAGUE: Script Consulting Incubator, a programme commissioned by the Czech Film Fund and organised by MIDPOINT, will have two separate branches, Training the Script Consultants and Development of Czech Scripts.
PRODUCTION: Rati Tsiteladze Develops The Empty House
TBILISI: Writer/director/producer Rati Tsiteladze is in the advanced development stage with The Empty House, an international coproduction set for shooting at the end of 2018. The project was selected for…
Macedonia Boosts TV Production in 2017
SKOPJE: A total of ten TV series were produced in 2017, which is an increase of 50% compared to 2016, when five series premiered on Macedonian national TV channels.
Estonian and Hungarian DoPs Nominated for American Society of Cinematographers Award
TALLINN: Estonian Mart Taniel, the cinematographer of Rainer Sarnet’s November, and Hungarian Mate Herbai, who shot Ildiko Enyedi’s On Body and Soul, are nominated for the American Society of Cinematographers’…
All-time Record Year for Polish Cinema
WARSAW: Polish cinema saw another record breaking year with an all-time best result of 56 m total admissions and two domestic titles topping the overall box office. Total gross was…
PRODUCTION: Mladen Kovačević in Production with Serbian/French/Swedish Coproduction
BELGRADE: Mladen Kovačević is currently in production with his third long documentary Merry Christmas, Yiwu / Srećna Nova, Yiwu. This Serbian/French/Swedish coproduction is the first Serbian film ever to be…
Projects from Czech Republic, Poland and Georgia Selected for Berlinale Co-Production Market 2018
PRAGUE/WARSAW/TBILISI: Nobody Likes Me by Czech directors Tomas Weinreb and Petr Kazda, as well as Polish minority coproduction The War Has Ended by Hagar Ben Asher were selected for the…
Georgian Short Documentary The Trader to Be Broadcast on Netflix
TBILISI: A Georgian short documentary The Trader / Sovdagari directed by Tamta Gabrichidze will be broadcast on Netflix starting 9 February 2018.
WEMW Announces New Baltic Award and Unveils Final Line up for Last Stop Trieste, First Cut Lab and This Is It
TRIESTE: The 8th edition of When East Meets West kicks off on 21 January 2018 with a double focus on the Nordic countries and South East Europe and also by…
More Domestic Films Released in Slovenian Cinemas in 2017, Less Admissions
LJUBLJANA: More domestic films were released in Slovenian cinemas 2017, but admissions to domestic films dropped from 230,851 in 2016 to 163,500 due to the fact that no major domestic…
Loving Vincent Gets BAFTA Nomination
WARSAW: The Polish/British animated film Loving Vincent directed by Dorota Kobiela and Britain’s Hugh Welchman was nominated for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards in the…
Kino Polska Sole Shareholder in Cable Television Networks & Partners
WARSAW: SPI International subsidiary Kino Polska TV took full control over Cable Television Networks & Partners by acquiring all of its shares for 2.4 m EUR / 10 m PLN.…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Media and Society: European Documentary in a Changing Media Landscape
Together with the Creative Europe Desks - MEDIA from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the Institute of Documentary Film organises a meeting with documentary filmmakers in Prague on 25 January…
PRODUCTION: Małgorzata Szumowska Wraps New Drama Before Berlin Competition Bow
WARSAW: Silver Bear winner Małgorzata Szumowska’s new drama Mug is currently in final postproduction and will have its international premiere in the Competition of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival…
More International Projects Approved for Slovak Incentives
BRATISLAVA: Ten projects, including Slovak/Czech coproductions, registered for the 20% cash rebate at the Slovak Audiovisual Fund in 2017 for a 2018 shooting. The eased requierements implemented in 2017 attracted…
Camerimage Festival Center to Be Built in Toruń
TORUŃ: The Camerimage International Film Festival will move from Bydgoszcz to Toruń by 2022, as a special Camerimage Festival Congress Center will be built to serve as a permanent location…
Graduation Wins National Society of Film Critics Award
BUCHAREST: Cristian Mungiu’s Graduation / Bacalaureat was awarded best foreign film at the National Society of Film Critics’ Awards for 2017.
OBITUARY: Slovak Actor Marián Labuda
BRATISLAVA: Acclaimed Slovak actor Marián Labuda, who starred in Jiří Menzel’s My Sweet Little Village (1985, Barrandov), died at the age of 73 on 5 January 2018.
FESTIVALS: Trieste FF Announces Programme
TRIESTE: Nine titles wil vie in the international competition of the 29th Trieste Film Festival set to take place from 19 to 28 January 2018.
REVIEW: First Reformed
Director Paul Schrader joins a group of films in this year’s Venice Main Competition that are concerned with the destruction of our planet’s environment via greed and over-exploitation with his…
