FESTIVALS: Anna Hints and Marija Kavtaradze Receive Directing Awards at Sundance Film Festival 2023
WARSAW: Estonian director Anna Hints was presented with the Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary for Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, while Lithuanian director Marija Kavtaradze received the Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic …
BOX OFFICE: Slovenia Sees Record Share for Domestic Films Since Its Independence
LJUBLJANA: Slovenia's total cinema admissions in 2022 climbed up to the pre-pandemic numbers and reached nearly 1.8 m EUR, whereas the attendance for domestic films increased up to almost 18%.…
BOX OFFICE: The Generation of Evil Exceeds 1 m EUR Gross in Lithuania
VILNIUS: The Generation of Evil / Piktųjų karta directed by Emilis Vėlyvis has reached 1,001,225 EUR gross and 143,702 admissions in Lithuania.
FESTIVALS: Austrian Production Sun Wins 2023 Trieste Film Festival
TRIESTE: The Austrian film Sonne by Kurdwin Ayub received the Trieste Award for best feature film at the 34rd edition of the Trieste Film Festival, which took place 21 –…
FESTIVALS: IFFR Honours Hungarian Director Judit Elek with Major Retrospective
BUDAPEST: The International Film Festival Rotterdam is paying tribute at its 53rd edition (25 January – 5 February 2023) to the Hungarian director Judit Elek by screening 18 most famous…
BOX OFFICE: Admissions and Gross BO Increase in Czech Republic after Two Years of Pandemic
PRAGUE: In 2022, Czech cinemas were open for a full 12-month period for the first time in three years. They gathered 13.5 m admissions, which is more than in the…
BOX OFFICE: Milcho Manchevski`s Kaymak in Macedonian Top 10 in 2022
SKOPJE: Kaymak by Academy Award-nominated Macedonian film director Milcho Manchevski finished among the Top 10 most watched films in 2022 in North Macedonia. According to cinema reports, admissions to domestic…
PRODUCTION: Miroslav Sikavica to Shoot Debut Feature Milk Cow in November 2023
ZAGREB: Following the international success of their first feature The Safe Place directed by Juraj Lerotić and coproduced by Croatia’s Zelena zraka in collaboration with Slovenia’s December, the Croatian production…
GRANTS: Slovenia Announces Production Grants for Feature and Documentary Films
LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Film Centre has announced a total of 3.4 m EUR in production grants for seven feature films and two long documentaries.
Slovenian Art house Cinema Kinodvor Celebrates 100 Years
LJUBLJANA: In 2023 the leading Slovenian art house cinema Kinodvor in Ljubljana celebrates not only its centenary, but also two decades of art cinema programming and 15 years of existence…
Netflix Adds Lithuanian Sci-fi Drama Vesper to Lineup
VILNIUS: Lithuanian sci-fi drama Vesper by Lithuanian director Kristina Buožytė and French director Bruno Samper is available on Netflix in the UK and Ireland.
WEMW 2023 Announces Winners
TRIESTE: The Spanish/French project Still Life with Ghosts by Enrique Buleo won the Film Center Serbia Development Award at the 13rd edition of When East Meets West, which took place…
Sofia Meetings 2023 Extends Deadline for Works in Progress Applications
SOFIA: Projects in different stages of postproduction and completed films looking for a premiere can apply to the Works in Progress segment of the 20th Sofia Meetings till 31 January…
Dot.on.the.Map Industry Days 2023 Launches Call for Applications
LIMASSOL: Applications are open for the 4th edition of the coproduction, training and networking platform Dot.on.the.Map Industry Days. The event will be held 27 - 29 April 2023 in Limassol,…
FESTIVALS: Entries Are Open for 16th Kecskemét Animation Film Festival
KECSKEMÉT: Hungarian and European works completed after 1 February 2021 can be entered into the competition programmes of the 16th Kecskemét Animation Film Festival, which will be held 21 –…
Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO and Czech Professionals from All Quiet on the Western Front Score Nominations at 95th Academy Awards
LOS ANGELES: Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO has been nominated in the International Feature Film Category at the 95th Academy Awards. Four Czech professionals were nominated for the German/US/UK coproduction All Quiet…
BOX OFFICE: Serbian Feature Film Storm Dominates Domestic BO in Opening Weekend
BELGRADE: The Serbian feature film Storm / Oluja by Miloš Radunović dominated the local box office charts in its opening weekend with 26,671 admissions, leaving Avatar: The Way of Water…
BOX OFFICE: Romanian Taxi Drivers Second After Avatar: The Way of Water in Its First Weekend in Romania
BUCHAREST: The independent comedy-drama Taxi Drivers / Taximetriștri by Bogdan Theodor Olteanu debuted as second at the domestic weekly box office, after Avatar: The Way of Water. This is the…
Film Industry in Malta Contributed 85 m EUR to Local Economy in 2022
VALLETTA: The film industry injected 85 m EUR in the Maltese economy in 2022, the largest amount in the last 10 years.
Filipino Rom-com Spring in Prague Ready to Shoot in Czech Capital
PRAGUE: The romantic comedy Spring in Prague, directed by Lester Dimaranan and starring Czech-Macedonian actress Sara Sandeva and Filipino actor Paolo Gumabao, will start shooting in the Czech capital on…