Estonian Sports Biopic Kalev Ready to Score Big in Domestic Cinemas
TALLINN: Kalev, a biopic about the legendary Estonian basketball team of the nineties, will be released domestically by Hea film on 22 September 2022, after a difficult production due to…
FNE Oscar Watch 2023: Bulgaria Selects Mother as Oscar Bid
SOFIA: Mother by Zornitsa Sophia has been selected as Bulgaria’s candidate for the 95th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International Feature Film category.
FNE TV: Venice 2022: Teona Strugar Mitevska: The Happiest Man in the World
VENICE: FNE spoke with Teona Strugar Mitevska about her new film The Happiest Man in the World, which is screening in the Orizzonti programme of the Venice Film Festival.
FNE TV Venice 2022: CICAE Arthouse Cinema Training: Marcin Pienkowski from Nowe Horyzonty in Wroclaw
VENICE: FNE spoke to Marcin Pienkowski from Nowe Horyzonty in Wroclaw, who is one of the trainers at the CICAE-International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas Training, which took place from 28…
FNE Oscar Watch 2023: January to Represent Latvia in Oscar Race
RIGA: The autobiographical history drama January by Viesturs Kairišs has been selected as Latvia’s candidate for the 95th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International…
Malta Film Studios Upgrades with Sound Stage and Environment-Controlled Indoor Water Tank
VALLETTA: A sound stage and an environment-controlled indoor water tank will be built at the Malta Film Studios in Kalkara following a project approved by the Planning Authority.
FNE TV Venice 2022: Pascal Diot Head of Venice Production Bridge
VENICE: FNE spoke to Pascal Diot Head of Venice Production Bridge about what has evolved over the past two years and what is new at this year’s edition.
FNE TV: CICAE Arthouse Cinema Training 2022: Trainees Share Their Experiences
VENICE: FNE spoke to four of the trainees at the CICAE-International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas Training about this year’s programme which took place from 28 August to 4 September 2022…
PRODUCTION: Māris Martinsons Shoots Latvian Period Drama In the Land That Sings
RIGA: The historical drama In the Land That Sings / Zeme, kas dzied directed by Māris Martinsons has just wrapped the third stage of shooting in Latvia. The film is…
FESTIVALS: BIAFF 2022 Announces Lineup
BATUMI: Ten titles have been selected for the International Feature Films Competition of the Batumi International Art house Film Festival, running 18-25 September 2022.
Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania Sign Film Cooperation Memorandum
BELGRADE: Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Film and Audiovisual Activities in the Western Balkans. The memorandum was signed in the scope of…
Third Season of Netflix’s Vikings: Walhalla to Be Filmed in Croatia
DUBROVNIK: The third season of Vikings: Walhalla, produced by Ireland’s Metropolitan Films International, Canada’s History Channel and USA’s MGM Television for Netflix, will be filmed in Dubrovnik in late September…
PRODUCTION: Serbian Actress/Director Mirjana Karanović Shoots Sophomore Feature
BELGRADE: The acclaimed Serbian actress Mirjana Karanović started shooting her sophomore feature as a director on 29 August 2022. Mother Mara / Majka Mara is a coproduction between Serbia, Luxembourg,…
Sir Anthony Hopkins Shoots Nicholas Winton Biopic in Prague
PRAGUE: One Life, a biopic of Nicholas Winton, who helped rescue almost 699 children on the eve of WWII (including the film director Karel Reisz), is currently shooting in Prague.…
Tenth Baltic Pitching Forum Announces Selected Projects
VILNIUS: Twelve projects have been selected for the 10th edition of the Baltic Pitching Forum, set to take place in Vilnius 5 – 8 October 2022. The forum welcomes participants…
Cercamon Picks Up Juraj Lerotić’s Award Winning Debut Feature Safe Place
ZAGREB: Safe Place / Sigurno mjesto, the first feature film by Croatian director Juraj Lerotić, has been acquired by Cercamon. The film is a Croatian coproduction produced in collaboration with…
Two Popular Streaming Websites Shut Down in Georgia
TBILISI: Adjaranet and iMovies, two of the most popular streaming websites in Georgia, which were acting illegally, were shut down on 23 August 2022. Their closing came a week after…
Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Josh O'Connor and Marion Cotillard to Shoot Lee Miller Biopic in Croatia
DUBROVNIK: The ruins of the abandoned Kupari military resort near Dubrovnik, which was heavily destroyed by shelling in the 1990s Croatian Homeland War, will serve as WW2 setting for the…
FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Kristina Janković Obućina, Executive Manager of Serbian Games Association
BELGRADE: FNE spoke to Kristina Janković Obućina, the executive manager of the Serbian Games Association (SGA), about the association’s current activities, as well as the state of the Serbian game…
The Crow Reboot Shoots in Czech Republic
PRAGUE: Rupert Sanders' The Crow reboot is currently shooting in the capital of the Czech Republic. The film stars Bill Skarsgard, FKA Twigs (Tahliah Debrett Barnett) and Danny Huston.
