WEMW Amps Up Industry Events
TRIESTE: When East Meets West (WEMW), the coproduction forum of the Trieste Film Festival which has a focus on production from CEE territories, has announced a series of workshops and…
FNE at Tallinn Black Nights FF 2021: Songs for a Fox
TALLINN: Kristijonas Vildžiūnas’s fifth feature film Songs for a Fox / Dainos lapei has its world premiere in the main competition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, which runs…
FNE at Tallinn Black Nights FF 2021: Perpetuity
TALLINN: The serially surprising Hungarian director György Pálfi premieres his post-apocalyptic drama Perpetuity in the main competition of the 25th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, running 12 – 28 November…
PRODUCTION: Snowing Darkness to Premiere at Tallinn Black Nights FF 2021
BUCHAREST: Gabriel de Achim’s third feature film Snowing Darkness / Uneori ninge cu zăpadă, alteori cu întuneric will have its world premiere on 25 November 2021 in the international competition…
FNE Visegrad YR2021: Slovak Exhibition: Audiences Return to Cinemas
BRATISLAVA: Cinemas in Slovakia remain open despite the rising numbers of Covid cases. They were allowed to restart operations, albeit under certain conditions, from 17 May 2021, according to a …
FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary IFF Launches New Competition Proxima
PRAGUE: The Karlovy Vary IFF has announced that it is replacing its second competition, East of the West, with a new competition under the name of Proxima.
Hungarian Production Designer Márton Ágh Secures EFA Award
BERLIN: The Hungarian production designer Márton Ágh will receive the European Production Design 2021 award from the European Film Academy at the European Film Awards, to be presented on 11…
CGA Belgrade Conference 2021 Embraces Metaverse
BELGRADE: The virtual conference CGA BelGrade is scheduled for 18-19 November, with its theme centered around Metaversity, a concept that blends the power of collective wisdom and the world beyond…
New Head Appointed at Romanian Public Television
BUCHAREST: Dan Turturică has been approved by the Romanian Parliament as the new general manager of the Romanian public television (TVR). He is replacing acting general manager Ramona Săseanu, whose…
Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event Launches TV Beats Forum
TALLINN: TV Beats Forum will present eight series projects as part of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event’s new TV Beats co-financing market. The industry programme of the Tallinn Film Festival, which…
Martin Scorsese Joins Kornél Mundruczó’s Evolution
BUDAPEST: Martin Scorsese has become the executive producer of Evolution, Kornél Mundruczó and Kata Wéber's next feature. Scorsese was a producer on Mundruczó’s Oscar-nominated film Pieces of A Woman. The…
Cinemas in Latvia Re-open after Four Weeks of Lockdown
RIGA: Cinemas were allowed to re-open in Latvia on 15 November 2021. The closure of cinemas and all other cultural venues, among other restrictions, had been in place since 21…
FNE Visegrad YR2021: Q&A on Hungarian Exhibition with Cinema City’s Andrea Buda
BUDAPEST: Andrea Buda, the marketing director of film theatre operator Cinema City, talks to FNE about how Hungarian exhibitors bounce back in 2021, as the vaccination rate increases and pandemic…
FESTIVALS: Lithuania’s Techno Mama Wins 2021 Scanorama New Baltic Cinema Short Film Competition
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian short film Techno, Mama (2021) by Saulius Baradinskas won the best film prize in the New Baltic Cinema (NBC) competition of short films at the European Film…
FESTIVALS: Bucharest Experimental IFF 2021 Launches National Competition
BUCHAREST: Thirty titles have been selected for the International Competition of the 11th edition of the Bucharest Experimental International Film Festival (BIEFF, 17 – 21 November 2021). For the first…
FNE at Ljubljana IFF 2021: Servants
LJUBLJANA: Slovak director/producer Ivan Ostrochovsky’s Servants will screen in the main competition of the 32nd Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe), which takes place in cinemas from 10 to 21 November…
FNE at Verzió Film Festival 2021: Arica Take Top Prize at Hungarian Doc Fest
BUDAPEST: Arica by Lars Edman and William Johansson Kalén won the best film award at the 18th edition of the Verzio Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, which concluded its in…
FNE Oscar Watch 2022: Lithuania Picks Isaac as Its Second Oscar Entry
VILNIUS: The Holocaust drama Isaac/Izaokas directed by Jurgis Matulevičius has been selected as Lithuania’s second candidate to for a 2022 Oscar nomination.
Malta’s National Book Council Announces Film Adaptation Fund Results
VALLETTA: Malta’s National Book Council (NBC) has awarded its 2021 Film Adaptation Fund to production company Take Two, who will be producing an adaptation of the Maltese novel Castillo written…
PRODUCTION: Lukas Nola Films Croatian/Macedonian/Kosovan Black Comedy Drama
ZAGREB: Filming on the Croatian/Macedonian/Kosovan coproduction Escort directed by Lukas Nola and produced by Kinorama began in Croatia in mid-October 2021. The film is being shot at several locations in…
