Box Office Growth Across CEE Territories in 2017
BRUSSELS: UNIC reports an increase in box office in all CEE countries except Slovenia and the Czech Republic in its 2017 report.
Cinema Attendance Soars in Central and Eastern Europe
MILAN: Central and Eastern Europe registered a 10.1 percent rise in cinema attendance in 2017 according to the newly released report by MEDIA Salles.
PRODUCTION: First Estonian Children's Christmas Film Begins Shooting
ESTONIA: Eia's Christmas at Phantom Owl Farm, the last of the feature films that won the Estonia 100 film competition, is now in production. The second film by writer-director Anu…
Structural Constellation Master Class Open for Applications
Structural Constellations, an international residential master class is now accepting application through 10 March 2018 for its May and November programmes.
HBO Green-lights First Adria Region Original Drama
ZAGREB: HBO Europe has green-lit the six-part drama Success directed by Oscar-winner Danis Tanović. The Zagreb-set series is the first original series to come out of the Adria region. It…
CME Reports Continued Revenue Increases for 2017
HAMILTON, Bermuda: Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME) announced that net revenues rose nine percent in actual rates (six percent in constant rates) to USD 574.2 m in 2017.
The INSIDE PICTURES 2018 Programme Now Open for Applications
LONDON: Inside Pictures, the leading film industry business and leadership skills development programme, announces that applications are now open for its 2018 programme. The programme is designed to develop the…
PRODUCTION: Danish/Czech Coproduction Shot in Czech Republic
PRAGUE: The shooting on Kasper Torsting’s period drama In War and Love / I Krig & Kærlighed (working title) took place on Czech locations from 4 to 11 February 2018.…
OBITUARY: Serbian Actor Nebojsa Glogovac
BELGRADE: Popular Bosnian-born Serbian actor Nebojsa Glogovac, who recently starred in the awarded Constitution by Rajko Grlić, died in Belgrade at the age of 49 on 9 February 2018.
TVP Shoots New Drama Series
LUBLIN: The Polish public broadcaster TVP is currently shooting a costume drama series Roads to Freedom directed by Maciej Migas. The 13-episode series follows the lives of three sisters, who…
FESTIVALS: The 14th ZagrebDox Announces Lineup
ZAGREB: The most important documentary film festival in Croatia, ZagrebDox will screen 21 titles in its international competition from 25 February to 4 March 2018.
FNE ScripTeast at Berlinale Session: Red Dot by Michal Samir (Czech Republic), The Empty House by Rati Tsiteladze and Nino Varsimashvili (Georgia), The Last Train by Matej Mináč and David Mináč (Czech Republic)
WARSAW: Participants of the 12th edition of the ScripTeast scriptwriting workshop are gearing up for the next stage to be held at the Berlin International Film Festival from 17 to…
Alpha Violet Acquires Dovlatov Ahead of Its Berlin Premiere
BELGRADE: The Russian/Polish/Serbian coproduction Dovlatov directed by Aleksey German, Jr. has been acquired by the Paris-based sales company Alpha Violet ahead of its world premiere in the Competition of the…
Film Caravan Celebrates Centenary of Romanian Cinema
IAȘI: A caravan is travelling through Romania and the Republic of Moldova celebrating 100 years of Romanian cinema by screening 100 movies in 100 cities in a one year time.
FNE Country Report 2017: LITHUANIA
VILNIUS: Lithuanian film industry had a good year in 2017, with films made with the support of the Lithuanian Film Centre and selected for major festivals – Cannes, Toronto, Locarno,…
FNE Country Report 2017: BULGARIA
SOFIA: The year 2017 started with the appointment of a caretaker government by the Bulgarian president, General Rumen Radev, designated to act in a limited time. Centre-right GERB party won…
FNE IDF DocBloc: 4GenWomen
Paula Oneț is developing 4GenWomen, a global project gathering stories about families with four generations of women under one roof in different countries and cultures.
FNE ScripTeast at Berlinale Session: In Person by Arkadiusz Biedrzycki and Bartłomiej Konarski (Poland), My Short Encounter with Happiness by Andras Salamon (Hungary), Priceless by Piotr Domalewski (Poland)
WARSAW: Participants of the 12th edition of the ScripTeast scriptwriting workshop are gearing up for the next stage to be held at the Berlin International Film Festival from 17 to…
