FNE at Black Nights FF and Baltic Event 2018: Awards Winners
TALLINN: The 22nd Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, held from 16 November to 2 December 2018 in the Estonian capital of Tallinn, awarded its top prize to the Columbian/French coproduction…
Filmmakers Call for Forming of Film Fund of Republika Srpska
BANJA LUKA: Film professionals underlined the urgent need for the establishment of a Film Fund of Republika Srpska at the first Film Forum Banja Luka, held on 29-30 November 2018.
FESTIVALS: The 19th Tbilisi Film Festival Kicks Off
TBILISI: Ten debut features will compete for the Golden Prometheus for best film and Silver Prometheus for best director in the main competition of the 19th Tbilisi Film Festival, running…
Review: The Mountain
American indie director Rick Alverson has scored a slot in the Venice competition lineup with his fifth and most ambitious film The Mountain. His earlier offbeat dark comedies Entertainmentand The…
GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Supports Three Debut Films
PRAGUE: Ten debut films with an overall request for 50m CZK applied for support in the call for first films. The Czech Film Fund allocated 10 m CZK in total…
FNE at Black Nights Industry@Tallinn: Baltic Works-in-Progress
TALLINN: Eleven new projects from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland were presented at the Baltic works-in-progress showcase on 28 November 2018 at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event at 22nd Tallinn Black…
OBITUARY: Macedonian Playwright and Screenwriter Goran Stefanovski
SKOPJE: The distinguished playwright and screenwriter Goran Stefanovski passed away on 27 November 2018 after a short illness in his home in the United Kingdom, at the age of 66.…
PRODUCTION: Stefan Arsenijević Films Strahinja
BELGRADE: Stefan Arsenijević started shooting his long-awaited new feature Strahinja as a coproduction between Serbia, France, Luxembourg and Bulgaria in early November 2018. His debut feature Love and Other Crimes…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Special Screening of My Granny from Mars
PRAGUE: My Granny from Mars by Aleksandar Mihalkovich, which was banned in Belarus, gets a special solidarity screening in Prague.
Lithuania Raises Tax Incentives to 30%
TALLINN: Lithuania will increase its film tax incentives to 30% in 2019, up from the current 20%, for a five-year period.
Planet Single 2 Dominates Polish Box Office
WARSAW: The sequel to box office hit Planet Single had over 1 m admissions and remains in the number one spot in Poland for the third week in a row.…
CAT&Docs Picks Up Lithuania’s I’ll Stand by You
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian/Italian documentary about the epidemic of suicides in rural areas, I’ll Stand by You written and directed by Virginija Vareikyte and Maxi Dejoie, has been picked up for…
Four Czech and Slovak Films in Slovak Top Ten
BRATISLAVA: Three Czech and Slovak films opened in the top ten on the weekend of 22 November 2018, while a fourth film stayed in the top ten for the third…
Balkan TV Series Shoots in Slovenia
LJUBLJANA: The Serbian historical thriller TV series set after WWI, Black Sun also known as Shadow over the Balkans, took advantage of the Slovenian cash rebate to shoot part of…
Whiskey Cavalier Gets Second Round of Czech Incentives
PRAGUE: The upcoming US series Whiskey Cavalier, which shot its pilot episode in Prague in March 2018, has been approved for a second boost of Czech film incentives.
Lithuanian Worm Opens at Number One at Local Box Office
VILNIUS: Domestic films continue to do well in Lithuania, with Worm / Sirdys directed by Justinas Kristiunas opening in the top spot on the 23-25 November 2018 weekend.
FESTIVALS: Slovak and Czech Films at 20th Bratislava IFF
BRATISLAVA: The 20th Bratislava IFF, which runs 29 November – 2 December, has transformed the Made in Slovakia section to a selection of Slovak and Czech films, with several Slovak/Czech…
Bosnian Film Forum Scheduled for 29-30 November
BANJA LUKA: Bosnian film professionals will gather in Banja Luka to discuss the state of the film industry in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 29 and 30 November 2018 at a…
Visegrad Animation Forum Expands and Rebrands
TREBON: The Central European networking initiative for the animation industry is changing its name as it expands its outreach. Formerly known as VAF, the Visegrad Animation Forum, it has been…
PRODUCTION: Volmer in Post-production with Biopic of Estonia’s First Filmmaker
TALLINN: Legendary Estonian film director Hardi Volmer is in post-production with a feature film about the first Estonian filmmaker, The Real Life of Johannes Pääsuke / Johannes Pääsukese tõeline elu,…
