Filming in Zagreb Free for Domestic Filmmakers, Reduced Prices for International Productions
ZAGREB: In support of the resumption of international and national audiovisual production in Croatia, the Mayor of Zagreb approved the request by the Zagreb Film Office to abolish or reduce…
GRANTS: Croatia Announces First Production Grants of 2020
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre distributed 3.6 m EUR /27.7 m HRK for the production of 33 short and feature films. This is the first round of grants for the…
FESTIVALS: The 67th Pula FF Announces New Dates
PULA: The 67th Pula Film Festival , which was earlier called off a few days before it was due to start on 18 July 2020, will eventually take place from…
FESTIVALS: Application Open for First Edition of Kutaisi International Short FF in Georgia
KUTAISI: Applications are open for the first edition of the Kutaisi International Short Film Festival, which will take place from 3 to 7 November 2020 in partnership with the Georgian…
PRODUCTION: Serbian Biopic on Serbian Pop-Folk Singer in Production
BELGRADE: Serbian biopic Toma, directed by Dragan Bjelogrlić and Zoran Lisinac, started production on 26 July 2020. Supported by Film Center Serbia the film is expected to premiere in the…
Polish/Swedish Coproduction Sweat Acquired by MUBI
WARSAW: Magnus von Horn’s sophomore feature Sweat has been acquired by the streaming platform MUBI for USA, Latin America, India and Turkey. This Polish/Swedish coproduction was selected in Cannes 2020…
Hungarian Film Classics in Cannes and Venice
BUDAPEST: The Upthrown Stone (1968) by Sándor Sára and Late Season by Zoltán Fábri have been selected in 2020 Cannes Classics and Venice Classics of the 73th Cannes Film Festival…
Film Production Resumes in North Macedonia within Strict Guidelines
SKOPJE: Macedonian film production is making a strong comeback after the pandemic lockdown with the start of the shooting of the domestic feature Sabattier Effect / Preeksponirano by Eleonora Veninova…
FNE at Sarajevo FF 2020: Sarajevo Film Festival Leads the Way Once Again
SARAJEVO: Sarajevo is getting prepared for a bit different Sarajevo Film Festival when it opens on 14 August 2020. It will have to be different because of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
FNE Podcast: Festivals in Crisis: Jovan Marjanović Head of Industry Sarajevo Film Festival
Jovan talks about the hybrid format for this year’s industry programme at the Sarajevo Film Festival with the first part taking place online and guests coming to Sarajevo for the…
Registrations Open for the 5th European Arthouse Cinema Day
BERLIN: Registration is open for the 5th edition of the European Arthouse Cinema Day, set to take place all over the world on 8 November 2020. The CICAE and Europa…
Institute of Documentary Film Launches East Doc Series
PRAGUE: The Institute of Documentary Film launches a brand new programme for docu-series focused on consultations and networking, connecting three European film markets. The first session of the East Doc…
PRODUCTION: Misho Antadze in Postproduction with Doc about Stalin and Guilt
TBILISI: Georgian director Misho Antadze is currently in postproduction with the documentary Ozymandias. Seventy years after his death, the statues of Stalin still populate the Georgian landscape. Looking and listening…
FESTIVALS: Record Submissions for 13th Fest Anča International Animation Festival
ZILINA: A total of 1,650 films from 65 countries have been submitted for the competitive sections of the 13th edition of the Fest Anča International Animation Festival, set to take…
FNE at Venice 2020: Films from FNE Partner Countries in the Official Selection of the 77th Venice FF
VENICE: Polish/German coproduction Never Gonna Snow Again by Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert, and the new film by Jasmila Žbanić, Quo Vadis, Aida?, a coproduction between Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria,…
PRODUCTION: Spanish /French/Lithuanian Coproduction Three in Preparation
VILNIUS: Lithuania’s Čiobreliai/M-Films is coproducing Juanjo‘s Gimenez debut feature Three / Tres, which will start shooting in Spain in September 2020. The film is a Spanish/French/Lithuanian coproduction. Juanjo Gimenez won…
PRODUCTION: Serbian Thriller Series Black Wedding Starts Production
BELGRADE: Serbian TV drama series Black Wedding / Crna svadba has started production on 15 July 2020. The release of this 10-part series is planned for the spring of 2021…
Reel Suspects Picks up Lithuanian Debut Feature Headed for Venice’s Critics’ Week
VILNIUS: Marat Sargsyan’s first feature The Flood Won’t Come has been acquired by the Paris-based sales agent Reel Suspects. The film will have its world premiere in the Critics’ Week…
PRODUCTION: Stanislav Kapralov in Postproduction with Horror Film Shot in Georgia
TBILISI: Ukrainian/ American director Stanislav Kapralov is in postproduction with the horror film Let It Snow, which he shot in the Georgian Gudauri Mountains in the winter of 2019. The…
GRANTS: The Lithuanian Film Centre Announces Second Production Grants for 2020
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Film Centre has distributed 2,515,685 EUR at its second session of financing for 2020. In all, 59 projects received funding for production and development. The government has…
