Twentyfour Seven and Radioaktive Open Office in Vilnius
VILNIUS: Production service partners Twentyfour Seven and Radioaktive Film expand into Lithuania, where they plan to work on commercials and feature films.
Last Sentinel Sold to North America
TALLINN: The sci-fi thriller Last Sentinel by Estonian Academy Award nominated Tanel Toom has been sold by Altitude to Vertical for North American distribution. The film is a British/Estonian/German coproduction.
FESTIVALS: FNE at FEST 2023: A Fleeting Dream
BELGRADE: Serbian long documentary A Fleeting Dream / YU grupa – Trenutak sna directed by Darko Lungulov will have its world premiere in the FEST Fokus programme at the 51st…
FNE at Berlinale 2023: The Fabelmans (USA) Out of Competition
BERLIN: An new film by Steven Spielberg is always a special event and with the American director receiving an Honourary Golden Bear at this year’s Berlinale the out of competition…
FESTIVALS: FNE at FEST 2023: Three
BELGRADE: Petar Pašić’s sixth feature film Three / Troje will have its world premiere in the FEST 51 section of the 51st edition of the International Film Festival – FEST, …
GRANTS: Prague Audiovisual Fund Distributes 238,000 EUR to Six International and Domestic Projects
PRAGUE: The Prague Audiovisual Fund has distributed 238,000 EUR / 5.65 m CZK among six films, including international and domestic productions, feature films and documentaries. Len Wiseman’s Ballerina with Ana…
CEE Animation Workshop 2023 Announces Selected Participants
PRAGUE: Twelve projects in development with 32 participants have been selected for the 5th edition of the CEE Animation Workshop, whose first module will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia 27…
Emerging Producers 2024 Launches Call for Applications
BERLIN: European producers can apply to the 12th edition of the Emerging Producers programme till 31 March 2023, as announced at Berlinale’s European Film Market, where the Emerging Producers 2023…
FESTIVALS: Women’s Nights FF 2023 Focuses on Women’s Health
TALLINN: Women’s Nights Film Festival (NÖFF), a small sister of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, will focus its 5th edition on women’s health. The festival will take place in…
Interview with Peter Badač, New Director of Slovak Audiovisual Fund
BRATISLAVA: FNE spoke with Slovak producer Peter Badač, the new director of the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, about the first steps he intends to take and his priorities for the next…
PRODUCTION: Mickey Rourke in a Domestic Production Shooting in Romania
BUCHAREST: Mickey Rourke is currently shooting in Oradea, in Northwest Romania, the independent drama 21 Rubies / 21 rubini, directed by Romanian film director and Orthodox priest Ciprian Mega. The…
BOX OFFICE: Czech Film Island Tops Domestic Charts
PRAGUE: The adventure rom-com Island / Ostrov from Czech director Rudolf Havlík topped the domestic charts for the two weeks and is currently second with 181,338 admissions and 1,348,750 EUR…
Czech Viktor Prášil Gets BAFTA Award for All Quiet on the Western Front
PRAGUE: Czech Viktor Prášil received the award for best sound, together with Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte, for All Quiet on the Western Front at the…
FESTIVALS: FNE at FEST 2023: Tycoon S2
BELGRADE: The 51st edition of the International Film Festival – FEST running in Belgrade 24 February - 5 March 2023 will present the world premiere of the first episode of…
FNE at Berlinale 2023: Competition: Past Lives (USA)
BERLIN: New York based playwright, director and screenwriter Celine Song makes her cinematic debut with Past Lives which screens in the main competition in Berlin. The film already screened in…
PRODUCTION: Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert Prep Let Me Out
WARSAW: The internationally recognised duo Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert will take on the topic of transsexual transition with their new drama Let Me Out, which is currently in preproduction.…
VOD.pl Re-launched by TVN Warner Bros. Discovery and Ringier Axel Springer Polska
WARSAW: VOD.pl was re-launched as an AVOD service by a strategic partnership between TVN Warner Bros. Discovery and Ringier Axel Springer Polska (RASP) on 14 February 2023.
Maltese Minority Coproduction War Sailor to Stream on Netflix
VALLETTA: The period drama War Sailor / Krigsseileren directed by Gunnar Vikene, which was partly shot in Malta as a Maltese minority coproduction, will be released as a miniseries on…
FESTIVALS: FNE at FEST 2023: Where The Road Leads
BELGRADE: The first Serbian film to have its national premiere at the 51st edition of the International Film Festival – FEST running in Belgrade 24 February - 5 March 2023…
Hungexpo Studios: New Film Studio in Budapest City Centre
BUDAPEST: Hungexpo Budapest, originally an exhibition and event site, now also serves the film industry with its studios and locations for international productions. Since 2020 it has been dedicating its…
