PRODUCTION: Borjan Zafirovski Filming Debut Feature The Happiness Effect
SKOPJE: The Macedonian/Albanian/Kosovan debut film The Happiness Effect by Borjan Zafirovski began a 30-day shoot in Skopje and Ohrid on 27 October 2017.
PRODUCTION: Serbia’s First Sc-Fi Erderlezi Rising in Postproduction
BELGRAD: The first Serbian genuine science fiction film, Erdelezi Rising by Lazar Bodroža, is in postproduction and its authors are eyeing a world premiere at one of the major world…
GRANTS: Polish Film Institute Supports Four Kids Films
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute chose four animated and youth films to support in the third funding session of 2017.
GRANTS: Estonia Announces Documentary and Minority Coproduction Grants
TALLINN: The Estonian Film Institute allotted 250,000 EUR in grants during the autumn 2017 sessions of documentary and minority coproduction. Six documentaries received production funding and nine received development funding.…
Poland Funds Scripts on Polish History
WARSAW: The Polish Ministry of Culture announced the results of a special competition held to find new and interesting feature film projects about Polish history. The winning screenwriters received 132,922…
Industry@Tallinn and Baltic Event Announce Works in Progress
TALLINN: Ten Baltic projects and an additional twelve international films will be presented at two Works in Progress sections taking place under the Industry@Tallinn event 27 November – 1 December…
Baltic Event Announces Its Largest Co-Production Market Selection
TALLINN: Twenty projects have been selected for the Co-Production Market taking place on 29 November – 1 December 2017, at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event during Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
New Head of the Bulgarian National Film Centre
SOFIA: Actress/producer Jana Karaivanova has been appointed as executive director of the Bulgarian National Film Centre on 27 October 2017. She took the post after an election call including three…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Opera about Poland Wins Between the Seas Competition
JIHLAVA: Director Piotr Stasik picked up the award for the best film from Central and Eastern Europe for Opera about Poland in the Between the Seas competition of the 21st…
FESTIVALS: IFF Bratislava Announces Competition Films
BRATISLAVA: Men Don’t Cry by Alen Drljević is the lone entry from CEE territories among the eight films competing at the 19th edition of IFF Bratislava. The main competition focuses…
FESTIVALS: Box Office Hits and Lauded Directors Compete at Cottbus
COTTBUS: The Slovak box office hit The Line by Peter Bebjak, Georgian director George Ovashvili’s Khibula and Slovenian director Jan Cvitkovic’s The Basics of Killing are among the 12 films…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Jihlava Mixes Industry, Intellectualism and Art in a Heady Brew
JIHLAVA: The rewarding and ever surprising experience that is the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (24-29 October 2017) is the result of a carefully conceived and evolving equation that balances…
GRANTS: Two Czech Debuts Get Grants
PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund announced grants for two debut feature films. Only four films applied for the latest round of funding.
Meciar Doc In Top 10 at Slovak Box Office
BRATISLAVA: Tereza Nvota’s documentary film Meciar, about the the populist former Slovak Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar, had 10,572 admissions in its first ten days of release in Slovakia. The film…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Rising Admissions and Festival Successes for Czech, Polish and Slovak Films
JIHLAVA: Czech, Polish and Slovak films are seeing a run of successes at their respective box offices as well as increasing recognition at international film festivals according to participants at…
FNE/IDF DocBloc: Chytilova Retrospective
Doclisboa is screening the largest ever retrospective of Czech filmmaker Vera Chytilova.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Festival Opens with Awards and a Blast to the Past
JIHLAVA: Awards for best short documentary and best reportage were presented at the opening ceremony of the 21st Jihlava IDFF, held on 24 October 2017.
Three Polish Projects at Connecting Cottbus
COTTBUS: Poland has a strong presence at the 2017 edition of the East-West coproduction market Connecting Cottbus, taking place 9 and 10 November 2017 during the Cottbus Film Festival, running…
FESTIVALS: Natas Wins Cyprus Short Film National Competition
LIMASSOL: Natas by Harry Ayiotis won the First Prize for Best Short Film in the national competition of the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, which concluded on 21 October…
FESTIVALS: Four Polish Projects Pitch at American Film Festival
WROCLAW: Four Polish projects have been selected to pitch at the 7th edition of US in Progress, which runs 25 - 27 October 2017, as a part of the 8th…
