Agnus Dei Sold to UK
WARSAW: The French/Polish coproduction Agnus Dei has sold UK distribution rights to Picturehouse.
Star Wars Sets Croatian Shoot
DUBROVNIK: The eighth film of the Star Wars franchise will film in Dubrovnik in March 2016.
OBITUARY: Andrzej Żuławski
WARSAW: Andrzej Żuławski, winner of the best director award at the 2015 Locarno Film Festival, died on 17 February 2016.
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Thursday 18 February and Friday 19 February
Thursday 18 February
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Genius
BERLIN: Successful London theatre director Michal Grandage makes an accomplished feature film debut with Genius a 1920s period piece set in the New York of the Roaring Twenties and boasting…
Ice Mother Acquired by Match Factory
PRAGUE: The Match Factory has acquired Bohdan Slama’s Ice Mother produced by Negativ , Artileria, Why Not Productions (FR) Czech Television, Barrandov Studio, RTVS.
Turkish Cypriot actor to star in Game of Thrones
NICOSIA: Turkish Cypriot actor Tamer Hassan will star in the sixth season of the American fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones, to be aired on 24 April 2016.
Tetrakyts Films Partners with US Parallel Lines
NICOSIA: Tetrakyts Films Ltd. will be cooperating with the USA distribution company Parallel Lines to distribute documentaries.
PRODUCTION: DeDe Wraps Production
LONDON: London-based production house Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) has wrapped production on DeDe, a Georgian/British/Croatian/Dutch coproduction which is part of the company’s current slate of ten films.
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Wednesday 17 February and Thursday 18 February
Party and Event Alert
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Death in Sarajevo
BERLIN: Oscar winning Bosnian director Danis Tanović, whose An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker screened in Competition at the Berlinale in 2013, is back with his timely…
PRODUCTION: Agnieszka Holland Finished Shooting Game Count
WARSAW: Agnieszka Holland has wrapped the third and final stage of the shoot for her crime thriller Game Count, a coproduction between Poland, Czech Republic, Germany and Sweden.
FESTIVALS: ZagrebDox Unveils 2016 Industry Events
ZAGREB: ZagrebDox Pro, the industry section of ZagrebDox running 21-28 February 2016, will host masterclasses, development workshops, a pitching forum, 4K technology presentation and one-on-one meetings.
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Tuesday 16 February and Wednesday 17 February
Screening Alert
Polish Gods Gets Distribution in Spain
WARSAW: The 2014 Polish box office hit Gods will premiere in Spain on 19 February 2016 distributed by Surtsey Films.
Tom Cruise Scouts Mummy Locations in Malta
VALLETTA: Malta media reports that Tom Cruise spent the 12-14 February 2016 week-end in Malta scouting locations for his 2017 film The Mummy.
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Monday 15 February and Tuesday 16 February
Party and Event Alert
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Fire at Sea
BERLIN: Italian documentary maker Gianfranco Rosi looks to have scored another hit with his Berlin competition Fire at Sea focusing on the small Italian island of Lampedusa and its residents…
Creative Europe MEDIA Day in Berlin: All About Going Digital
On Monday 15 February in Berlin Creative Europe MEDIA presents All About Going Digital, a day of discussions and events on innovation and the new digital economy.
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Sunday 14 February and Monday 15 February
Party and Event Alert
