GRANTS: Malta Film Fund Announces Grants and a New Call for Funding
VALLETTA: The Malta Film Commission will give 162,500 EUR in grants for the special production call of the Malta Film Fund, which closed in October 2016.
FNE at Cannes 2017: Critics Week and ACID Announce Lineup
CANNES: The Cannes Critics Week and the ACID have announced their selections completing the final round of films for the Cannes 2017 lineup.
FNE AV Innovation: A First Day-And-Date Release for Cutaway
SKOPJE: Macedonia, Albania and Croatia had their first ever day-and-date release with the award-winning Dutch children's film Little Gangster by Arne Toonen. On 20 April 2017 it was released simultaneously…
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian/Latvian Creative Documentary Baltic New Wave
VILNIUS: The prominent Lithuanian documentarian Audrius Stonys is in production with Baltic New Wave, working together with Latvian director Kristine Briede. Their new film about Baltic documentary filmmakers from the…
PRODUCTION: Martin Šulík Shooting The Interpreter
BRATISLAVA: Acclaimed Slovak director Martin Šulík is shooting his new feature The Interpreter / Tlmočník. It is his first feature film after a long break following Gypsy / Cigán (produced…
FNE at Cannes 2017: Directors Fortnight Announces Lineup
CANNES: The 49th edition of the Cannes Directors Fortnight has announced its official lineup of 19 feature films and 10 shorts.
FERA Demands More Focus on Film Authors
BRUSSELS: FERA, the federation of European film and TV directors, has issued a position paper calling for the MEDIA programme to refocus its sights on film and TV directors.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Jihlava Announces Deadline for Documentary Projects
JIHLAVA: CEE documentary filmmakers have until 30 April 2017 to submit their films for two calls from the Jihlava Film Festival.
GRANTS: Polish Film Institute Gives 18 M PLN for Feature Films
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute chose nine new feature film productions to support and gave development funds to six projects in the first funding session of 2017, including new projects…
More Distribution Deals for 11 Minutes
WARSAW: The drama from Venice IFF 2016 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement winner Jerzy Skolimowski, 11 Minutes, premiered in Portuguese cinemas on 19 April 2017, distributed by Zootrope Films.
FESTIVALS: Skopje Film Festival Opens with Macedonian Coproduction
SKOPJE: The Serbian/Macedonian/Russian/Bulgarian/French coproduction Requiem for Mrs. J / Rekvijem za gospodju J directed by Bojan Vuletic will open the 20th edition of the Skopje Film Festival, set to take…
Agnieszka Holland Film Opens in Czech Republic
WARSAW: Spoor by Agnieszka Holland opens in Czech cinemas on 20 April distributed by CinemArt.
GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Supports 12 Czech Minority Coproductions
PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund announced that 12 minority coproduction films will receive grants.
GRANTS: Lodz Film Fund Supports 12 New Productions
ŁÓDŹ: The regional Łódź Film Fund chose 12 projects to support with coproduction grants totaling 1.1 m PLN / 277,500 EUR, including new films from Paweł Pawlikowski and Jan Komasa.
FESTIVALS: GoEast 2017 Competition Lineup
WIESBADEN: The GoEast 2017 competition will screen 16 films.
SOFA Heads to Poland and Georgia
WARSAW: SOFA – School of Film Agents has lined up a two-part workshop taking place in Warsaw and Tbilisi for its 2017-2018 season.
GRANTS: Polish Film Institute Supports 15 New Documentary Productions
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institiute gave 2.4 m PLN /565,405 EUR to 15 new Polish documentary films in the first session of financing for 2017.
PRODUCTION: Ilian Djevelekov in Postproduction with Omnipresent
SOFIA: Ilian Djevelekov is in postproduction with his second feature film Omnipresent. The release is planned for October 2017.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Oddsockeaters
PLZEN: The Oddsockeaters / Lichožrouti by Galina Miklínová, a coproduction between the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Croatia, will screen at the 30th Finale Plzen, 20 – 26 April 2017.
FNE at Finale Plzen: I, Olga Hepnarova
PLZEN: The Czech/Slovak/Polish/French coproduction I,Olga Hepnarova directed by Petr Kazda and Tomáš Weinreb will screen at the 30th Finale Plzeň, 20 – 26 April 2017.
