GRANTS: Wrocław Film Commission Supports Five Productions
WROCŁAW: The Wrocław Film Commission chose five projects to support with coproduction grants totaling 1.1 m PLN / 277,500 EUR, including new films from Borys Lankosz, Agnieszka Smoczyńska and Jan…
FNE/IDF DocBloc: It's Her Story
Asia Der and Sara Haragonics are directing a documentary about a 41-year-old woman who drastically changes her life and decides to adopt a Romany child.
FNE at Cannes 2017: Loveless / Nelyubov COMPETITION
CANNES: Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev follows up on his international art house hit Leviathan which looked at corruption in society with Loveless that looks at the breakdown of family values…
FNE at Cannes 2017: Wonderstruck (USA) COMPETITION
CANNES: Director Todd Haynes scores a slot in the Cannes competition line-up with this seventh feature Wonderstruck based on author Brian Selznick’s critically acclaimed 2011 epic fable for children. Selznick…
Prague Film Fund Announces Its First Call
PRAGUE: The Prague Film Fund, which was established in 2016 to support the positive presentation of the Czech capital abroad through film and television production, announced its first call on…
FESTIVALS: Glawogger’s Untitled Wins the 10th Beldocs Film Festival
BELGRADE: Untitled, the final, posthumously completed documentary by Michael Glawogger and Monika Willi, received the Award for Best Documentary in the International Competition. Gora by Stefan Malešević was awarded Best…
FESTIVALS: Animafest Unveils Competition Films
ZAGREB: The Croatian festival of animated films Animafest taking place 5 -10 June 2017, selected nine features and 44 short films for its main competition sections.
Polish TVP Signs Agreement with Chinese Chengdu Radio and Television
WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster TVP signed a co-operation agreement with one of the biggest Chinese broadcasters, Chengdu Radio and Television, during a Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fair held at Chengdu.
Wajda's Afterimage Opens in Bulgaria
WARSAW: Andrzej Wajda's last production, the biopic drama Afterimage, premiered in Bulgaria on 12 May 2017, distributed by 6 A Media Entertainment. The film has already been sold to Canada,…
PRODUCTION: German/Polish Drama The War Moves into Preproduction
WARSAW: Israeli director and screenwriter Hagar Ben-Ashar has begun the process of casting young actors for her new drama The War Has Ended. Production is planned to begin in the…
EFP Producer on the Move: Katarína Krnáčová, Slovakia
BRATISLAVA: Slovakia’s European Film Promotion Producer on the Move Katarína Krnáčová is a graduate of Ex Oriente 2009 and EAVE 2015. She had worked on such films as Mátyás Prikler's…
FESTIVALS: Cyprus Festival Call for Short Film Scripts
NICOSIA: The 12th Cyprus International Film Festival, which will run from 14 to 24 June in Paphos, has opened a call to script writers of short films to submit their…
FNE at Zlin Fest 2017: Competition Films Announced
ZLIN: The 57th International Film Competition of Children's Films in Zlin, running 26 May - 3 June 2017, has again lined up an international selection of films for the children…
EFP Producer on the Move: Pavla Janoušková Kubečková, Czech Republic
PRAGUE: Pavla Janoušková Kubečková (born 1985), who represents the Czech Republic at European Film Promotions’s Producers on the Move, studied Journalism and Media Studies at the Charles University and Film…
GRANTS: Serbia Announces First Round of Grants for 2017
BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia distributed 1,107,861 EUR / 136,400,000 RSD in its first round of grants for 2017, announced on 10 May 2017. The grants are co-financing grants for production…
Admissions Boom Across CEE
STRASBOURG: Central European territories claimed some of the largest increases in film admissions across the region in 2016, according the Europeam Audiovisual Observatory’s annual report.
