FNE at Berlinale 2024: Latvian Cinema in Berlin - Maria's Silence
Dāvis Sīmanis film “Maria’s Silence” will have its world premiere at the Berlinale - The official program of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival has been announced, featuring the film…
A Postcard from Rome Awarded Best Latvian Feature Film of 2023 at Lielais Kristaps Awards
RIGA: Elza Gauja’s love story about two senior postal workers A Postcard from Rome / Pastkarte no Romas received the main award at the Latvian National Film Awards Lielais Kristaps.…
PRODUCTION: Estonian Director Aljona Surzhikova Explores PTSD in Documentary Burn Pit
TALLINN: The Estonian director/writer Aljona Surzhikova is in production with her current affairs documentary Burn Pit, which explores post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in military and civilian veterans from Estonia, Ukraine…
FilmBox Hungary Launches Dedicated Channel Feed
BUDAPEST: SPI International launched a new version of the FilmBox channel in Hungary in January 2024. The endeavour will be further strengthened through a partnership with RTL Saleshouse, facilitating advertising…
BOX OFFICE: Admissions to Domestic Films Declined in Bulgaria in 2023
SOFIA: Admissions to domestic films declined in Bulgaria from 644,238 in 2022 to 410,785 in 2023, even though 28 new titles were released, compared to 25 in 2022. However, general…
PRODUCTION: Latvian Director Juris Kursietis in Postproduction with Blue Blood
RIGA: Latvian director/writer Juris Kursietis is currently in postproduction with his feature film Blue Blood / Zilās asinis, a coproduction between Latvia, Estonia and Greece.
American Thriller Misdirection Shot in Serbia and Starring Olga Kurylenko in Postproduction
BELGRADE: The American thriller Misdirection by Kevin Lewis, starring Olga Kurylenko, Oliver Trevena and Frank Grillo, has entered the postproduction stage. A great part of the film has been shot…
Apply to Balkan Watchers – Media Programme for Documentary Films and Podcasts
SOFIA: The Balkan Documentary Center has launched a new initiative: Balkan Watchers – Media Programme for Documentary Films and Podcasts. Submission deadline is 1 March 2024.
OBITUARY: Hungarian Film Director and Producer László Vitézy
BUDAPEST: Renowned Hungarian film director and producer László Vitézy died at the age of 83. He had received the Grand Prize of the Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival for Peacetime / Békeidö…
Industry Veteran Nikolaj Nikitin as New Head of Finance and Operations at T-PORT
BERLIN: The online market for short films T-Port has announced that the lauded film curator and distribution expert Nikolaj Nikitin is joining their team as Head of Finance & Operations.
BOX OFFICE: New Domestic Titles in Slovenian Box Office
LJUBLJANA: The top title in the Slovenian box office in the last week of January was the domestic film Gepack by Žiga Kukovič with 14,598 admissions and 99,660 EUR gross.
BOX OFFICE: One Domestic Film in Macedonian Top Ten 2023
SKOPJE: The domestic low budget comedy Te Dua, I Swear / Te dua, zimi mene by Marjan Gavrilovski finished the year 2023 among the Top 10 most watched films in…
Polish Filmmakers Association Takes Legal Action Against Government Over Missed EU Directive on Internet Royalties
WARSAW: In a significant move, the Polish Filmmakers Association (SFP) has reported a suspected crime related to Mateusz Morawiecki's government's failure to adopt the EU directive on internet royalties. This…
PRODUCTION: Jan Sebechlebský Starts Shooting Czech/Slovak Secret Delivery
BRATISLAVA: Jan Sebechlebský has just started shooting the historical family road film Secret Delivery / Tichá pošta. The film is a production between Czech´s 8Heads Productions and Slovak´s ARINA FILM,…
FNE at Berlinale 2024: Talents from FNE Partner Countries Among European Shooting Stars 2024
BERLIN: Margarita Stoykova (Bulgaria), Džiugas Grinys (Lithuania), Kamila Urzędowska (Poland) and Salome Demuria (Georgia) are among the ten European Shooting Stars 2024 presented by European Film Promotion (EFP) at the…
BOX OFFICE: Cinema Attendance in Bosnia and Herzegovina Rises by 15% in 2023
SARAJEVO: With 4,512,856 EUR / 8,826,380 KM gross and 1,284,834 admissions, the cinema market in Bosnia and Herzegovina saw a 20 percent increase in revenue in 2023 and 15 percent…
National Film Institute-Hungary Brings Domestic Cinema to Rural Communities
BUDAPEST: The National Film Institute-Hungary (NFI) plans to organise a series of 10 free film clubs in 180 rural communities by the summer of 2024 under the programme Moziklub –…
Montenegro Continues Cinema Digitalisation
PODGORICA: The halls of cultural centres in Podgorica (KIC "Budo Tomović"), Tuzi (Malesia Culture Center), Danilovgrad (Culture Center Danilovgrad) and the first summer scene in Montenegro within the Bar Cultural…
FESTIVALS: Winners of 2024 Trieste Film Festival
TRIESTE: The Ukrainian/German/Polish/Slovak coproduction Stepne directed by Maryna Vroda received the Trieste Prize for Best Feature Film at the 35th edition of the Trieste Film Festival, which took place 19…
Acclaimed Filmmakers to Attend 2024 Visegrad Film Forum in Bratislava
BRATISLAVA: Indian-born British-American film editor Tariq Anwar, British cinematographer / photographer Peter Suschitzky and Icelandic screenwriter / director Rúnar Rúnarsson will be coming to Bratislava for the 11th Visegrad Film…
