PRODUCTION: Danish Comedy Starts Shooting in Croatia
ZAGREB: The 3rd part of the Danish comedy Three Heists and a Hamster / Alle for Tre by Rasmus Heide began shooting in various locations in Istria on 11 April…
Meetings on the Bridge Announced Winners
ISTANBUL: The winners of the 11th edition of Meetings on the Bridge were announced on 13 April 2016. The workshop took place on 8-14 April 2016 within the 35th Istanbul…
Docu Talents from the East Opens Call for Applications
JILHAVA: Submissions for the Docu Talents from the East 2016, a presentation of the finest Central and Eastern European creative documentaries in production or postproduction, are now open until 30…
Antik Telecom Wins Czech Broadcasting License
PRAGUE: Slovak operator Antik Telecom can now provide paid satellite TV service in the Czech Republic, as its subsidiary Tango Bohemia won a license for satellite radio and TV broadcasting.…
FNE at the Slovak Film Week: Spievankovo 5: Professions
BRATISLAVA: Diana Novotná’s musical for children Spievakovo 5: Professions will screen at the Slovak Film Week, a showcase for domestic production organised by the Slovak Film and Television Academy from…
Czech Television and Czech Radio to Launch Multimedia Project
PRAGUE: Czech Television and Czech Radio are launching Generation What?, a multimedia project initiated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which will lead to a long documentary made by Ivana…
Restoration of Slovenian Classics Continues in 2016
LJUBLJANA: After celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2015 with various events including the restoration of two Slovenian classic films, the Slovenian Film Center announced together with the Slovenian Film Archive…
TorinoFilmLab Selects Romanian and Croatian Projects
BUCHAREST/ZAGREB: Projects Neither I From You, Nor Me From You by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu and (The) Staffroom by Sonja Tarokić are among the nine projects selected for FrameWork at TorinoFilmLab.
Record-breaking Season for Telewizja Puls
WARSAW: On 10 April 2016, TV Puls reached 9.08% share in the market of digital terrestrial television and 6% share in the entire television market, which for the first time…
FNE at the Slovak Film Week: Johanna’s Mystery
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech coproduction Johanna’s Mystery/Johankino Tajomstvo by Juraj Nvota will screen at the Slovak Film Week, a showcase for domestic production organised by the Slovak Film and Television Academy…
FNE at the Slovak Film Week: Vojtech
BRATISLAVA: Viktor Csudai’s feature film Vojtech will screen at the Slovak Film Week, a showcase for domestic production organised by the Slovak Film and Television Academy from 11 to 17…
PRODUCTION: Kristijan Milić Shoots Dead Fish Float on Their Backs
SARAJEVO: The third feature film by Kristijan Milić, Dead Fish Float on Their Backs, started shooting in Mostar on 3 April 2016. This is the second time Milić decided to…
PRODUCTION: German TV Film State Justice Wraps Shooting in Czech Republic
PRAGUE: German TV film State Justice/Landgericht by Matthias Glasner wraps shooting in the Czech Republic on 12 April 2016. The film is a coproduction between the German UFA Fiction and…
FESTIVALS: MofA Film Festival Ready to Kick Off
SOFIA: The first edition of the Master of Art International Documentary Film Festival, a showcase of documentary films devoted to arts, will be held in Sofia from 15 to 22…
FNE at the Slovak Film Week: Koza
BRATISLAVA: Ivan Ostrochovský’s acclaimed debut feature Koza will screen at the Slovak Film Week, a showcase for domestic production organised by the Slovak Film and Television Academy from 11 to…
FNE at the Slovak Film Week: Seven Ravens
BRATISLAVA: Seven Ravens by Alice Nellis will screen at the Slovak Film Week, a showcase for domestic production organised by the Slovak Film and Television Academy from 11 to 17…
GRANTS: Poland Announced Feature Film Production Grants
WARSAW: Polish Film Institute distributed 3,711,581 EUR/15,950,000 PLN as production grants for nine projects. New projects by Agnieszka Holland and Jacek Bławut received most of the funding.
GRANTS: Latvia Announced Production Grants
RIGA: The National Film Centre of Latvia allotted production grants for 25 projects in 2016. The total amount of 1,993,461 EUR was distributed to three fiction films, five animated films…
Obituary: Actor Mircea Albulescu
BUCHAREST: Veteran Romanian stage and film actor Mircea Albulescu passed away on 8 April 2016 at the age of 81.
FESTIVALS: Cinepolitica Film Festival Ready to Start
BUCHAREST: Seven films will compete in the 5th edition of the Cinepolitica International Film Festival which kicks off today.
