Lithuania’s Aiste Dirziute Named EFP Shooting Star
Aiste Dirziute, star of The Summer of Sangaile directed by Alante Kavaite, has been selected as one of European Film Promotion’s 2015 Shooting Stars.
CEE Films Head to Sundance
VILNIUS: Lithuanian and Croatian films will be represented at the 2015 edition of Sundance.
PRODUCTION: Polish Wounded Beast in Development
TALLINN: Polish advertising and marketing company ADHD Warsaw continues its move into film production with The Wounded Beast directed by Piotr Trzaskalski.
FNE Country Profile: Latvia
RIGA: The Latvian film industry has been developing progressively as well as successfully recovering from the hardships caused by the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009. State funding for local…
FNE at Golden Rhyton 2014: The Last Black Sea Pirates Wins the Plovdiv Golden Rhyton
PLOVDIV: The jury of the 21st edition of the Bulgarian national film festival for documentary and animated films Golden Rhyton which ran through 6 December 2014 chose The Last Black…
FNE at Riga Meetings 2014: Latvian Industry Event Kicks Off
RIGA: The greatly expanded Riga Meetings kicks off today with four days of events, meetings and screenings for film professionals from around the world running 10-13 December in the Latvian…
PRODUCTION: Puipa in Postproduction with The Garden of Eden
TALLINN: Algimants Puipa has completed filming on the Lithuanian drama The Garden of Eden.
Zero.Point Tops Estonian Box Office in Opening Weekend
TALLINN: Zero.Point, the debut feature by Estonian director Mihkel Ulk, scored an impressive opening weekend with 9,581 viewers.
PRODUCTION: Latvian Finnish Chronicles of Melanie in Production
TALLINN: Director Viestur Kairish takes on the topic of the deportation of 40,000 Baltic citizens to Siberia in 1941 in the drama Chronicles of Melanie, planned for completion in 2015.
Poland Plans First Film and Media Education Conference
WARSAW: The Audiovisual and Media Education Programme of the University of Warsaw will hold its first symposium in Warsaw on 6-7 May 2015.
FESTIVALS: I am Beso Wins National Competition at Tbilisi IFF 2014
TBILISI: The 15th Tbilisi IFF handed out its Golden Prometheus for Best Film to Ukrainian director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy for Tribe at its closing ceremony on 6 December 2014.
Lithuanian Incentives Drive Film Industry
TALLINN: Lithuania will be measuring the success of the first year of its film incentives scheme, but Lithuanian Film Center director Roladas Kvietkauskus is already listing the benefits.
FESTIVALS: Hong Kong Targets Czech Filmmakers at 10th Filmasia
PRAGUE: Making her first trip to Prague, Betty S. P. Ho, director of the Berlin based CEE headquarters for the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, used the 10th anniversary…
UNESCO Proclaims Sofia City of Film
SOFIA: Bulgaria’s capital Sofia was officially announced as a City of Film, part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. The Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova, personally presented the official certificate…
PRODUCTION Estonian/Finnish Secret Society of Souptown Plans May Release
TALLINN: Estonian director Margus Paju is completing work on his debut film, a glossy children’s adventure film and Estonian/Finnish coproduction, Secret Society of Souptown.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: DRIFTER won IDFA First Appearance Competition!
Drifter has been developed by DOK.Incubator workshop and presented at East Doc Platform 2012.
Polish Industry Moves toward Film Incentives
TALLINN: Even without film incentives, Poland has become a destination for foreign film productions.
FESTIVALS: Neighbors Wins Best Pitch at Tbilisi Industry Days
TBILISI: The Tbilisi IFF’s first Tbilisi Industry Days opened on Wednesday, 3 December 2014, with pitches of 15 feature length film projects from Georgian filmmakers, and the top prize going…
PRODUCTION: Tallinn and Thessaloniki Winner Kids from the East
TALLINN: Czech producer Michal Kracmer might need to stop pitching his new project Kids from the East for the time being. He has already won two accreditations to the Cannes…
