FESTIVALS: Paphos IFF Brings Shorts and Docs to Cyprus
NICOSIA: The second annual Paphos International Film Festival (PIFF), which runs 16-18 June 2017, will screen short films and documentaries from around the world, as well as run workshops, master…
FESTIVALS: Nighthawk Wins Animafest Zagreb
ZAGREB: CEE animation fared well at the 27th Animafest Zagreb, which ran 5-10 June 2017, with the Grand Prix going to the Slovenian short film Nighthawk by Spela Cadez.
FNE at TIFF: Georgia Takes Top Awards at 16th TIFF
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The 16th Transilvania IFF (TIFF), which held its closing ceremony on 11 June 2017, has transformed itself into a budding industry powerhouse. That was in evidence in the two…
GRANTS: Mazovia Film Fund Supports Nine Productions
WARSAW: The Mazovia Film Fund chose three feature films and six documentaries to support with coproduction grants totaling 1.4 m PLN / 334,613 EUR, including new films from Kinga Dębska,…
FNE at TIFF: LIM Makes its International Debut at Transilvania IFF
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Less is More (LIM) held the international launch of its European development programme for limited budget feature films on 9-11 June 2017 at the 16th edition of the Transilvania…
Wajda's Afterimage Opens in Japan
WARSAW: Andrzej Wajda's last production, the biopic drama Afterimage, premiered in Japan 10 June 2017 distributed by Albatros. The film was already sold to Canada, USA, France, Czech Republic, Hungary…
PRODUCTION: Veiko Õunpuu Starts Shooting The Last Ones in August
TALLINN: Acclaimed Estonian director Veiko Õunpuu will start shooting his new film The Last Ones in August 2017 in Lapland. The film is produced by Homeless Bob Production and Bufo…
FNE at TIFF: HBO Kicks off Industry Section with Emphasis on Original Programming
CLUJ-NAPOCA: With fall 2017 season two renewals of its series in Romania, Poland and the Czech Republic, and a new Polish series scheduled to debut in 2018, HBO Europe is…
FNE at TIFF: Picture Tree Looks to Build CEE Library
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Berlin-based world sales company Picture Tree International is upping its CEE content, with buyer Rickard Olsson making his first trip to the Romanian Industry Days at the Transilvania IFF,…
FNE/IDF DocBloc: Rodeo
Kiur Aarma is producing and co-directing Rodeo, an Estonian/Finnish documentary about the first free elections in Estonia.
FNE and Creative Europe: FNE Introduces AV Innovation Team
FNE is introducing the first AV Innovation Team made up of Europe’s top specialists in Innovation to define what is cutting edge in the AV sector with a special emphasis…
Pretenders Sells Remake Rights to France
TALLINN: Pretenders has become the first Estonian film to sell remake rights, with a sale to one of the top French independent distribution and production companies, BAC films. The Estonian/Lithuanian/Latvian…
When the Day Had No Name Sold to Asian Territories
SKOPJE: Teona Struga Mitevska's When the Day Had No Name / Koga denot nemase ime was sold by Dubai based Cercamon to eight countries in Asia. This Macedonian/Belgian/Slovenian coproduction premiered…
Polish/German/French Marie Curie Gets Distribution in Spain
WARSAW: Marie Curie, the Polish/German/French coproduction about Maria Skłodowska-Curie directed by Marie Noëlle, opened in Spanish cinemas on 2 June 2017 distributed by Betta Pictures.
GRANTS: Silesia Film Fund Supports Six Productions
KATOWICE: Silesia Film Fund chose six projects to support with coproduction grants totaling 622,828 PLN / 148,000 EUR, including new films from Paweł Pawlikowski and Rafał Kapeliński.
FESTIVALS: Art Film Fest Košice Reveals Competition Titles
KOŠICE: Twelve films will compete at Art Film Fest, which runs 16 to 24 June in the eastern Slovak city Košice.
PRODUCTION: Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Czech Republic Producing WWII Drama Bille
PRAGUE: The Prague based post-production house Magiclab continues its foray into coproduction with the Latvian/Czech/Lithuanian/Polish family drama Bille directed by Inara Kolmane and based on the novel by acclaimed Latvian…
FESTIVALS: Art Film Fest Kosice Celebrates 25th Anniversary
KOSICE: Settling into its new home in the eastern Slovak city of Kosice, Art Film Fest marks its 25th anniversary with a selection of 12 films in its Slovak Season…
GRANTS: Czechs Fund Eight Films
PRAGUE: The State Cinematography Fund is granting 2,542,000 EUR / 67 m CZK to eight feature film projects with Czech majority participation to support their production. Most of the projects…
FNE at Krakow Film Festival 2017: Prize Winners
KRAKOW: The 57th edition of the Krakow Film Festival (28 May – 4 June 2017) wrapped with awards for the best documentary, short and animated films in one of Europe’s…
