FESTIVALS: Seven Awards for I Still Hide to Smoke
PAPHOS: The big winner of the 12th Cyprus International Film Festival Golden Aphrodite in Paphos was I Still Hide to Smoke directed by Rayhana Obermeyer, taking seven of the festival’s…
GRANTS: Czechs Support Nine Doc Projects
PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund's Office announced development grants to nine documentary projects in its June 2017 session. A total of 22 projects applied, which is the most projects…
PRODUCTION: Creative Doc Greimas. The System of Bolts in Production
VILNIUS: A creative documentary by director Saulius Beržinis, Greimas. The System of Bolts / Greimas. Varžtų sistema is in production. Principle photography began in April 2017 and will wrap in…
FESTIVALS: Glory Takes Main Prize at 25th Art Film Fest
KOŠICE: The Bulgarian/Greek coproduction Glory directed by Petar Valchanov and Kristina Grozeva won the Best Film award at the closing ceremony of the 25th edition of Art Film Fest on…
PRODUCTION: Czech/Slovak Film Set in London in Development
BRATISLAVA: Slovak writer/director Jana Nemčeková is developing her debut feature film Made in Czechoslovakia as a Czech/Slovak coproduction.
GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Supports Animation Projects
PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund's Council gave grants to three Czech majority feature-length animated films in its June 2017 session. The results were announced on 20 June.
PRODUCTION: Marko Škop Preps Let There be Light
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director/writer Marko Škop is in preproduction with the feature film Let There be Light / Nech je svetlo. Principal photography is planned for the beginning of 2018.
A+E Networks Poland in Production with New Crime Series
WARSAW: A+E Networks is in production with the original locally-commissioned crime series Killer Women.
Asian Fest Moves Into Polish Distribution
WARSAW: The Warsaw based Five Flavours festival of Asian films announced it will launch as a distribution label in Poland.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Satanic Girls
A Czech documentary follows the story of a 1960's Czech female dixieland band that rose to fame in South America.
GRANTS: Latvia Supports Seven Projects in 2017
RIGA: The National Film Center of Latvia distributed 858,013 EUR to seven projects in its 2017 grant rounds.
First Bollywood Production To Benefit From Macedonian Tax Incentives
SKOPJE: The action thriller Vijay 61 by 33-year-old director Atlee Kumar is the first Bollywood film that will benefit from the film incentive programme available in the form of a…
FESTIVALS: 13th Asterfest Opens Next Week
STRUMICA: The 13th annual edition of International Film Festival ASTERFEST will open on 26 June 2017, running through 30 June in the city of Strumica in southeastern Macedonia. The festival…
China and Poland Launch Animation Coproduction
ANNECY: Poland’s Animoon Studio signed a preliminary agreement with China’s Animaex Animation to coproduce the next series of the Polish hit animated show Hug Me. The agreement was signed during…
Docu Talents Announces Karlovy Vary Line-up
PRAGUE: Ji.hlava IFF will introduce twelve documentary projects at the 13th edition of DOCU TALENTS @KVIFF on 4 July 2017 at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
PRODUCTION: Shooting Completed on The Riddle of Jaan Niemand
TALLINN: Director Kaur Kokk finished the principal shooting of his debut feature The Riddle of Jaan Niemand in June 2017. The film, produced by Homeless Bob Production, is one of…
dok.incubator Hosts Doc Distribution Workshop in Slovakia
PRAGUE: The documentary rough cut workshop dok.incubator is launching a new workshop on distributing documentaries to foreign territories. The workshop is aimed at filmmakers from the Visegrad territories: Poland, Czech…
Five Films Make the Docu Rough Cut Boutique Line-up
SARAJEVO: Sarajevo Film Festival and Balkan Documentary Center announced the five documentary projects in postproduction from Croatia, Hungary and Romania that will be presented as part of this year’s Docu…
GRANTS: Latvia Funds Three Coproductions
RIGA: The National Film Center of Latvia chose three projects to support with coproduction grants totaling 350,399 EUR, financing two fiction films and a TV documentary series.
TV Puls in Production with Millenial-themed Series
WARSAW: Polish private broadcaster TV Puls has commissioned a new scripted series about 20-year-olds beginning their professional careers. Artama is producing.
