GRANTS: Estonian Film Institute Announces First Grants for 2020
TALLINN: The Estonian Film Institute (EFI) gave out 1.8 m EUR for the production of three domestic features, and also 320,000 EUR for the production of seven minority coproductions.
FNE Market Analysis 2019: LATVIA
RIGA: The Latvian film Blizzard of Souls directed by Dzintars Dreibergs broke box-office records existing since the early 1990s, showing the continuing demand for local films, that was significantly boosted…
Zagreb Film Festival Launches New Online Platform For Croatian Short Films
ZAGREB: The Zagreb Film Festival has launched a unique online platform croatian.film as an extension of the Checkers, the festival’s competition of short films made by young Croatian filmmakers. The…
FNE Market Analysis 2019: CROATIA
ZAGREB: Domestic box office surged from 204,763 EUR in 2018 to 1 m EUR in 2019, with a total of 22 domestic releases in 2019, compared to seven in 2018.
FESTIVALS: Prague IFF 2020 Announces New Sections
PRAGUE: The 27th edition of the Prague International Film Festival adds a new Comedy Competition to its Main Competition and it divides its programme into 14 sections, including three new…
PRODUCTION: Georgian Director Giorgi Mukhadze Preps When You Are 17
TBILISI: Georgian writer/director Giorgi Mukhadze is currently in preproduction with his debut feature When You Are 17. Shooting is scheduled for August 2020.
New York DCR Finance Corp To Spend 454 m EUR on Film Production in Malta
VALLETTA: The New York film finance company DCR has teamed up with Italian producers and studios for an estimated 454 m EUR spend on TV and film production in Malta.…
FNE IDF DocBloc: East Doc Platform 2020: Awards
Find all about the awards that will be handed to the best projects at East Doc Platform 2020 (7–13 March 2020). Get your Industry Pass and join the event on…
Corpus Christi Dominates Polish Eagles Nominations 2020
WARSAW: Jan Komasa’s Academy Award nominated drama Corpus Christi received 15 nominations for the Polish Film Awards - The Eagles, announced on 5 February 2020. The nominations include Best Film,…
OBITUARY: Georgian Director Zaza Khalvashi
TBILISI: Acclaimed Georgian director and writer Zaza Khalvashi died at 62 on 4 February 2020. His latest film Rain on Two Sides is currently in postproduction.
Blitz Group Acquires 2i Films to Become Dominant Player at the Croatian BO
ZAGREB: The largest distributor of film and audiovisual content in the region, Blitz Group has acquired the Croatian distributor 2i film. Last year the two companies combined share of the…
FNE Market Analysis 2019: SERBIA
BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia maintained its standard pattern of financial support contests for the fourth year in a row, adding three new feature film categories – children’s films, debut films…
CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator 2020 Announces Call for Applications
PODGORICA: CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator launches the call for its exclusive one-year training programme 2020. Ten female directors or producers with a strong creative documentary project in any stage of…
DAFilms Expands to Poland and Slovakia
WARSAW: The international streaming service DAFilms opened new domains in Poland dafilms.pl and Slovakia dafilms.sk starting 3 February 2020.
CAT&Docs Picks Up Ukrainian/Lithuanian Doc The Earth Is Blue As An Orange
VILNIUS: The documentary The Earth Is Blue as an Orange by Iryna Tsilyk, which received the Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, has been picked…
Serbian Director Ognjen Glavonić and Hungarian Animation Filmmaker Réka Bucsi in Berlinale Juries
BELGRADE: Serbian director and writer Ognjen Glavonić will be one of the three members of the GWFF Best First Feature Award Jury, while Hungarian animation filmmaker Réka Bucsi will sit…
FNE Market Analysis 2019: LITHUANIA
VILNIUS: It was another great year for Lithuanian cinema, which continued to garner international attention. World premieres of Lithuanian films took place at internationally acclaimed festivals, including Cannes, Busan, Hot…
PRODUCTION: Serbian Director Ivan Ikić In Postproduction With The Users
BELGRADE: Ivan Ikić is entering the final stages of postproduction with his sophomore feature The Users / Korisnici, a coproduction between Serbia, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and France.
PRODUCTION: Georgian Writer/Director Data Pirtskhalava Preps A Long Break
TBILISI: Georgian writer/director Data Pirtskhalava is currently in preproduction with his debut feature A Long Break. Pirtskhalava won the Best International Short Award at the Locarno International Film Festival with…
FNE Market Analysis 2019: GEORGIA
TBILISI: Georgia had a great year with more awards at international festivals and more attention given to Georgian films. Georgian cinema days were held in Brussels, Rome, Boston, Poland and…
