PRODUCTION: Małgorzata Szumowska in Development with The Masseur
WARSAW: Małgorzata Szumowska is developing a Polish/German coproduction entitled The Masseur.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Central Bus Station Tops East Silver Viewers List
Czech docs topped the list of the most viewed films of the East Silver Video Market at Jihlava IDFF.
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018: New Film Incentives Raise the Bar for CEE Territories
COTTBUS: Before the pitching programmes at Karlovy Vary, Warsaw, Transylvania or Trieste, there was Connecting Cottbus, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Setting a goal of bringing together the industry…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018: 9th Step
COTTUBS: Lithuania for the first time is represented by two projects at Connecting Cottbus, running 8 and 9 November 2018. The first is presented by IN SCRIPT's producer Lukas Trimonis…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018: I Never Cry
COTTBUS: Producer Jan Kwiecinski of Akson Studio and director Piotr Domalewski are pitching the tragicomedy I Never Cry at the 20th edition of Connecting Cottbus, taking place 8-9 November 2018.
GRANTS: Latvia Gives Grants to Four Family Films
Riga: The National Film Centre of Latvia will distribute 1,240,417 EUR for the production of four family films.
Bulgaria to Sign Cooperation Agreement with Kosovo
SOFIA: The Bulgarian government has approved a coproduction agreement with Kosovo, Bulgarian news source Transmedium News reported.
FESTIVALS: Cinedays European Film Festival Opens in Skopje
SKOPJE: Fourteen European films will compete for the main prizes of the 17th edition of Cinedays Festival of European Film, running 8 - 18 November in Skopje. Eight films will…
PRODUCTION: Czech Comedy The Last Aristocrat Starts Casting
PRAGUE: A film version of the Czech bestseller The Last Aristocrat, directed by Jiří Vejdělek, is in preproduction for release in 2019.
PRODUCTION: The Despair Moves into Post-production
RIGA: Latvian Emerging Producer at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Lelde Pruse continues her collaboration with the award-winning director Karlis Lesins, who has completed shooting on his feature film…
Czech Animated Feature Film Selected for Cartoon Springboard
PRAGUE: Tony, Shelly & Genius, a 70-minute animated feature film, is among the 24 projects which will be pitched at Cartoon Springboard taking place 4-6 December in Valenciennes.
PRODUCTION: Slovak Staviarsky Family Moves into Film Production
BRATISLAVA: Slovak novelist/scriptwriter Vito Staviarsky along with his sons, director Richard Staviarsky and editor Juraj Staviarsky, and daughter, producer Marka Staviarska, are in post-production with their first feature film Loli…
FNE at Cottbus: Rejected Premieres in Competition
COTTBUS: The Kazakh film Rejected / Otvergnutye directed by Zhanna Issabayeva makes its world premiere in the main competition of the 28th Cottbus Film Festival, running 6 – 11 November…
FNE at Zagreb Film Festival: All Alone
ZAGREB: The Zagreb Film Festival, running 11-18 November, will screen Croatian writer/director Bobo Jelčić’s drama All Alone.
FESTIVALS: Animafest Zagreb Opens Applications
ZAGREB: Animafest Zagreb is accepting applications from short and feature length animated films for its 29th edition, running 3-8 June 2019.
PRODUCTION: Marko Skop in Post-production with Let There Be Light
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director/writer/producer Marko Škop is in post-production with his second feature film Let There be Light / Nech je svetlo.
Two Animations Among Latvian Films in Post-production
RIGA: Latvian production companies have a bonanza of films in post-production or completed and awaiting release. They include two animated films, both for children and family audiences.
FNE at Ljubljana IFF: My Last Year as a Loser
LJUBLJANA: Urša Menart's debut feature My Last Year as a Loser / Ne bom več luzerka, which was awarded Best Film at the 21st Festival of Slovenian Film in Potoroz,…
BOX OFFICE: South Wind Sets Record Opening for Serbian Film
BELGRADE: Miloš Avramović’s feature South Wind / Južni vetar has reached nearly 150,000 admissions in its first seven days of release in Serbia, making it the best opening of a…
Two Year Old Analog Vision’s International Vision
PRAGUE: Just off a double win at the Jihlava IDFF for the German/Czech coproduction Boy of War directed by Cyprien Clément-Delmas and Igor Kosenko, and currently presenting the international premiere…
