HBO Europe Green-lights Original Czech Series Oblivious
KARLOVY VARY: HBO Europe will produce in the Czech Republic an original six-part espionage drama Oblivious, which will be directed by Ivan Zacharias.The announcement was made during an HBO Europe…
FESTIVALS: Krakow FF on the Oscar Documentary Feature Qualifying Festival List
KRAKOW: Krakow Film Festival has been included in the Documentary Feature Qualifying Festival List. The Golden Horn laureates will now be eligible to submit for Oscar consideration.
GRANTS: Montenegro Announces Public Call for Minority Coproductions Grants
PODGORICA: The Film Centre of Montenegro announced a public call for co-financing of minority coproductions. The deadline for submitting the applications is 30 July 2018.
GRANTS: Bulgaria Announces First Production Grants for 2018
SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center (NFC) distributed 1,801,900 EUR / 3,530,000 BGN at its first session in 2018. Nine feature films, including two with higher budgets and two with…
Eurimages Supports Thirteen CEE Projects
STRASBOURG: The Board of Management of the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund agreed to support 13 CEE projects from a total of 23 fiction, six documentary and one animated film…
FNE at KVIFF 2018: LUX Prix Official Selection Announced
KARLOVY VARY: The ten films in the official selection of the annual Lux Film Prix of the European Parliament were announced at the Karlovy Vary IFF on 1 July 2018.
FESTIVALS: Fest Anča Announces Winners
ZILINA: Danish Nothing Happens directed by Uri Kranot and Michelle Kranot was awarded the Anča Award at the 2018 Fest Anča, Slovakia's international festival of animated films, that ran from…
FESTIVALS: Butterflies Wins 2018 Bucharest IFF
BUCHAREST: Butterflies by Tolga Karacelik was awarded Grand Prix at the 2018 Bucharest International Film Festival. For the first time, the festival organised an international competition for short films.
GRANTS: Estonia Announces First Ever Development Grants for TV Miniseries
TALLINN: The Estonian Film Institute has allotted 40,000 EUR in its first ever round for TV-miniseries development, and the Cultural Endowment of Estonia has allotted seven production grants in the…
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian/Irish Drama The Castle Starts Shooting
VILNIUS: Lithuanian director Lina Lužytė began shooting her second feature film The Castle / Pilis on 28 June 2018. The coming-of-age drama is the first Lithuanian/Irish coproduction.
Georgian 3D Animated Film Geno Scores International Sales
TBILISI: The Georgian short animated film Geno has been sold to Japan, Korea, France, Spain and the United States.
Stray Dogs Picks Up KVIFF Competition Film Domestique
KARLOVY VARY: Young Paris-based sales company Stray Dogs has acquired the Czech/Slovak film Domestique by Adam Sedlák prior to its screening in the official competition of the Karlovy Vary IFF,…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Site Specific Doc at KVIFF
Occupation 1968 will have a site-specific Czech Premiere at the Karlovy Vary IFF.
FESTIVALS: Czech and Slovak Films Get Special Attention at Karlovy Vary
PRAGUE: Three Czech/Slovak coproductions and another six Czech films will vie in the three competitive sections of the Karlovy Vary IFF, which opens on 29 June 2018.
Lithuanian Series Wins NATPE Pitch & Play Live!
BUDAPEST: In the Dark (LNK), a reality format series, won the third edition of Pitch & Play Live! at the 2018 edition of NATPE Budapest on 27 June 2018.
MIDPOINT Opens Call for Short Film Workshop
PRAGUE: The script development programme MIDPOINT is accepting applications for its workshop for short fiction films in development.
Cold War Racks up International Sales
WARSAW: Cold War directed by Paweł Pawlikowski has been sold to over 15 countries in North America, Europe and Australia. The film which won Best Director for Pawlikowski in Cannes…
FNE at Paphos IFF: Iran and Belgium Win Top Prizes at Cyprus Fest
NICOSIA: The third Paphos International Film Festival (PIFF), which ended on 24 June 2018, announced the winners of the Audience International and Student short film awards.
HBO Acquires Broadcast Rights for Nineteen Bulgarian Films
SOFIA: HBO has signed a deal for the forthcoming broadcast of nineteen Bulgarian films produced after 1989. Sixteen of them are feature films, while three are documentaries. The deal is…
Coco Partners with Romania’s Avanpost
COTTBUS: Romanian post-production house Avanpost will be sponsoring the new Avanpost Pitch Packaging Award at the East-West coproduction market connecting cottbus, taking place 8-9 November 2018.
