FNE IDF DocBloc: When the War Comes Wins Silver Eye
The Czech documentary When the War Comes by Jan Gebert won the Silver Eye Award at the Jihlava IDFF.
Review: First Man
Director Damien Chazelle makes a quantum shift with his Venice competition entry First Manafter his hugely successful, light-hearted homage to the Hollywood musical La La Land.
PRODUCTION: Patryk Vega Shoots Sequel to International Box Office Comedy Hit Women of Mafia
SZCZECIN: Patryk Vega is working on a sequel to his box-office hit Women of Mafia with an international cast and release planned for February 2019.
FESTIVALS: Zagreb Film Festival Selects Twelve Films for Main Competition
ZAGREB: Twelve directors’ first and second feature films are competing for the main award and a prize of 4,000 EUR at the Zagreb Film Festival, running 11-18 November
MIDPOINT TV Launch 2019 Selects 20 Participants
PRAGUE: Nine projects and two development executives account for the 20 participants selected for the 2019 edition of MIDPOINT TV Launch, a nine-month long programme which begins in November 2018…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Vacancy Wins Opus Bonum
JIHLAVA: The Belgian documentary Vacancy won the main award of the international competition Opus Bonum at the 22nd Jihlava IDFF, at the awards ceremony on 29 October 2018.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Regional Film Offices and Film Funds Expand Across Czech Republic
JIHLAVA: The new Vysocina Film Office, the latest addition to a growing list of film commissions and film funds in the Czech Republic, used the platform of the Jihlava IDFF…
PRODUCTION: Damjan Kozole Starts Shooting Slovenian/Macedonian/Serbian/Croatian Half-Sister
LJUBLJANA: Damjan Kozole began production on the Slovenian/Macedonian/Serbian/Croatian coproduction Half-Sister / Polsestra on 27 October 2018. The 32 days of filming are taking place in Ljubljana and the Slovenian fishing…
FESTIVALS: 7th CineDOC Tbilisi IDFF Calls for Films
JIHLAVA: CineDOC Tbilisi co-founders Artchil Khetagouri and Ileana Stanculescu are on a mission to create a new generation of Georgian documentary filmmakers through the platform of the seven-year-old festival.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Czech Docs Look Abroad
JIHLAVA: Czech documentary filmmakers are participating in international coproductions and taking on international topics and settings in increasing numbers. A clear example of this can be seen in the Czech…
Industry@Tallinn Presents 11 Projects at Baltic Event Works in Progress
TALLINN: Eleven projects in the advanced stages of production or post-production from the Baltic region will be presented at the 16th annual Baltic Event Works in Progress programme, taking place…
BOX OFFICE: Polish Films Break Attendance Records
WARSAW: Polish films have racked up a record 15 m admissions in 2018, breaking all previous annual records, with two months still to go.
FESTIVALS: Core of the World Wins Riga IFF
RIGA: Core of the World, a Russian/Lithuanian coproduction directed by Natalia Meshchaninova, won the Best Film Award at the Riga International Film Festival, which concludes on 31 October 2018.
PRODUCTION: Nermin Hamzagić in Postproduction with Debut Feature Full Moon
SARAJEVO: Nermin Hamzagić’s debut feature film Full Moon / Pun mjesec, which was shot in 15 days during the months of August and September, entered the postproduction phase with a…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Archival Materials in Spotlight as UNESCO Marks Day of Audiovisual Heritage
JIHLAVA: Increasingly detailed credits for archival materials in documentary films are getting a push from institutions such as the Czech National Film Archives, as detailed in a presentation on the…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Balkan Documentary Center Pitches Seven Films
JIHLAVA: Seven documentaries with Balkan stories were presented at the Balkan Documentary Center’s pitching platform at the 22nd Jihlava IDFF, running through 30 October 2018 as part of the BDC…
PRODUCTION: Milcho Manchevski Starts Shooting Willow in Macedonia
SKOPJE: Academy award nominated Macedonian film director Milcho Manchevski started shooting his sixth feature film Willow / Vrba, produced by Banana Film, in the Macedonian village Krushevica. The shooting, which…
PRODUCTION: Cinemania.MSHT-15 Goes into Production in Georgia
TBILISI: Georgian director Vakhtang Kuntsev-Gabashvili is in production with Cinemania.MSHT-15, a Georgianfull-length documentary shooting in Georgia.
Cypriot Company Signs Agreement with Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Enterprises
NICOSIA: The Cyprus News Agency (CAN) reports that a new Cyprus company, Screentale, has signed an agreement with Robert De Niro’s company Tribeca Enterprises NY.
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 26.10.2018.
WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry…
