NATPE Budapest International Starts Monday 27 June
BUDAPEST: NATPE Budapest International, the premier global business forum for content producers, buyers and distributors across all platforms, is taking place in Budapest 27-30 June 2022.
First Maltese Opera-Film Opens Domestically
VALLETTA: Malta’s first-ever opera-film Blat: The Island Fortress, directed by Alan Fenech, premiered in local cinemas on 24 June 2022.
PRODUCTION: Multi-national TV Series Estonia Shoots in Belgium
TALLINN: The TV drama series Estonia, a coproduction between Finland, Estonia, Belgium and Sweden, is currently shooting in Belgium. Estonia tells the tragic events of 28 September 1994, when the…
PRODUCTION: Macedonian TV Series Clear Water in Production
SKOPJE: Director Jani Bojadzi is filming the drama thriller TV series Clear Water / Bistra voda on several locations in Skopje from 2 June to 31 July 2022. The 12…
FNE Podcast: Hugo Rosák: Head of Film Industry Office of KVIFF
FNE correspondent and film critic Alexander Gabelia spoke to Hugo Rosák, head of film industry office of KVIFF, about the challenges they faced during the pandemic, as well as the…
GRANTS: Film Center Serbia Announces Grants
BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia has announced production grants for feature films, nationally-themed feature films, potentially commercial (repertoire) and/or genre features, as well as for debut features. A total of 2,812,8120…
FNE at TIFF 2022: The Goat and Her Three Kids
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Victor Canache’s debut feature The Goat and Her Three Kids / Capra cu trei iezi has its world premiere in the Romanian Days competition at the 21st edition of…
FESTIVALS: Transilvania IFF Team Announces New Film Festival
CONSTANȚA: The team behind the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) is launching a new festival, SUNSCREEN Film & Arts Festival, whose first edition will be held in Constanța from 8…
Alexandru Belc’s Metronom Racks Up International Sales
BUCHAREST: Alexandru Belc’s debut feature Metronom, winner of the Best Director Award at 2022 Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, has been sold by Paris-based Pyramide Films to several territories.
PRODUCTION: Ildikó Enyedi Shoots Pilot for Human Trafficking Hungarian Series
BUDAPEST: Golden Bear-winner Ildikó Enyedi starts shooting the pilot episode of the TV series Angel’s Trumpets / Angyaltrombiták at the end of June 2022. The bloody and humorous revenge story…
FNE at TIFF - Romanian Days: You Are Ceaușescu to Me
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Sebastian Mihăilescu’s long documentary You Are Ceaușescu to Me is screening in the Romanian Days competition at the 21st edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), running in…
FNE at TIFF - Romanian Days 2022: 1986: The Lost Year
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Ligia Ciornei’s debut feature 1986: The Lost Year / Anul pierdut 1986 is screening in the Romanian Days section of the 21st edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival…
FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary IFF 2022 Honours Geoffrey Rush and Benicio Del Toro
KARLOVY VARY: Geoffrey Rush will receive the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, while Benicio Del Toro will be presented with the Festival President's Award at the…
FESTIVALS: Paphos IFF 2022 Ready to Kick Off
PAPHOS: A total of 30 short films and documentaries will screen outdoors at the 7th Paphos International Film Festival from 24 to 26 June 2022.
PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Director Ivan Vladimirov Shoots Period Drama Plague
SOFIA: Bulgarian director Ivan Vladimirov has started shooting his third feature film Plague, a period drama about an early 19th century plague epidemic in the Balkans. Inspired by a short…
PRODUCTION: Georgian Director Ana Kvichidze in Production with Georgian/French Doc Heart, Don’t Be Afraid
TBILISI: Georgian director Ana Kvichidze is currently in production with her first long documentary, the Georgian/French coproduction Heart, Don’t Be Afraid. The film is supported by the Georgian National Film…
PRODUCTION: Jiří Strach Preps Slovak/Czech TV Series Hunter
BRATISLAVA: The mystery crime TV series Hunter / Lovec by Jiří Strach is getting ready for production. The total of eight episodes are produced by Slovak TRIGON PRODUCTION in coproduction…
GRANTS: Montenegro Supports Five Minority Coproductions
PODGORICA: The Film Centre of Montenegro has distributed 200,000 EUR as production grants for five minority coproductions.
GRANTS: Estonian Film Institute Announces Grants
TALLINN: The Estonian Film Institute has allocated 855,000 EUR for the production of two feature films and 124,500 EUR for the production or development of four TV series.
Czech Republic and Serbia in European Top 5 for Market Share of Domestic Films
BRUSSELS: Czech Republic and Serbia are the second and third in the national films market share top five in the Annual Report for 2021/2022 issued by the International Union of…
