FESTIVALS: Seven CEE Titles Complete Berlinale’s Panorama Selection
BERLIN: Seven titles from CEE countries will compete in the Panorama section of the 68th Berlin IFF (15-25 February 2018). These projects were produced or coproduced by an impressive list…
When East Meets West Announces Winners
TRIESTE: Italian project Small Body is the winner of the 8th When East Meets West, organised in the framework of the 29th Trieste Film Festival (19-28 February 2018). A total…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Best Documentary Projects Selected for East Doc Platform 2018
See an overview of the new edition of East Doc Platform, that will take place in Prague from 3 to 8 March 2018.
PRODUCTION: Michał Rosa in Development with Piłsudski Biopic
WARSAW: Michał Rosa is developing the first feature film about the Polish political leader Józef Piłsudski. The film, starring Dawid Ogrodnik, is produced by Studio Filmowe KADR and will be…
Macedonian and Georgian Short Films Awarded at Sundance
SKOPJE: Macedonian Would You Look at Her by Goran Stolevski and Georgia’s The Trader by Tamta Gabrichidze received two main prizes in the short competition of the 2018 Sundance Film…
Deadline Approaching for LET’S CEE Applications
VIENNA: Filmmakers up to 35 years of age from the CEE countries, the Caucasus region, Turkey and Austria can submit their productions to the Short Film Competition of the LET’S…
Front Page Midgets Tops Serbian Box Office
BELGRADE: Front Page Midgets / Patuljci sa naslovnih strana by Milorad Milinković topped the Serbian box office during its first weekend. The film released by Taramount Film on 18 January…
Loving Vincent and On Body and Soul Nominated for the 90th Academy Awards
WARSAW: The Polish/British animated film Loving Vincent directed by Dorota Kobiela and Britain’s Hugh Welchman was nominated for the 90th Academy Awards in the Best Animated Feature category, while the…
RE-ACT Announces Selected Projects
TRIESTE: Six projects received support in the third round of co-development funding RE-ACT. The winners, awarded 8,000 EUR each, were chosen from among 22 applications.
Record Number of Czech Filmmakers at East Doc Platform
PRAGUE: Nearly one third of the 50 projects from CEE countries selected for the 7th East Doc Platform have a Czech director or a Czech (co)producer. The 7th East Doc…
More CEE Films in 68th Berlin IFF's Main Programme
BERLIN: Milko Lazarov's Ága will have its world premiere in the Competition programme - Out of the competition at the 68th Berlin IFF, while the Slovak/Czech/Austrian coproduction The Interpreter directed…
FNE AV Innovation: Storytek Accelerator Calls for Applications
TALLINN: Storytek, a mentor-driven accelerator fully focused on the audiovisual sector and designed for companies engaged in digital entertainment formats, intellectual property and technology development, VR/AR, e-sports, data and algorithm…
MIDPOINT Feature Launch & Shorts 2018 Start in Trieste
TRIESTE: Nine projects including projects from the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Hungary and Serbia are participating in the first part of the feature film development platform MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2018,…
Films Targeted at Domestic Market Keep Breaking Records in Estonia
TALLINN: A total of 21 Estonian films premiered in cinemas in 2017 and two of them made it to the top ten. The Dissidents, directed by Jaak Kilmi and produced…
New Historical Drama Britannia Filmed in the Czech Republic
PRAGUE: The new historical drama Britannia, currently available on Sky Atlantic and Amazon, was largely filmed in and around Prague, using the Czech Republic as a stand-in for Britain of…
CEE Projects Announced for 20th Cartoon Movie
BORDEAUX: Projects from the Czech Republic, Poland, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia are among the 60 titles selected to be pitched at the 20th Cartoon Movie 2018 in Bordeaux,…
dok.incubator Submission Deadline 31 January 2018
PRAGUE: Submit your rough cut to dok.incubator until 31 January 2018 and you can be selected with your team (director, producer, editor) to the three one-week residential sessions of the…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update
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…
FNE AV Innovation: ARTE’s Kay Meseberg: The Future Starts Now
Kay Meseberg heads the ARTE unit dedicated to upcoming technologies. FNE invited him to tell us about the role innovative new technologies will play in the future.
Admissions for Domestic Films in Bulgaria Triple in 2017
SOFIA: Admissions to domestic films almost tripled in Bulgaria from 176,395 in 2016 to 512,521 in 2017, while the domestic films cashed in over 2 m EUR in 2017 compared…
