MACEDONIA: Country Report 2016
In 2016 Macedonia celebrated 25 years of filmmaking as an independent country. Macedonian film production remained high in 2016 with an annual budget from the Macedonian Film Agency of 6.5…
FNE at Berlinale 2017 - Day 06: See how the FIPRESCI critics rate the programme so far
FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Berlinale to rate the films in the Main Competition, Panorama and Forum giving the films 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5…
GRANTS: Macedonia Announces Production Grants for 22 Films
SKOPJE: Macedonian Film Agency will distribute 1,952,171 EUR / 120,250,000 MKD in production grants for feature, short, animation films and documentaries.
First Films First Launches Scriptwriters Networking Platform
BELGRADE: First Films First program manager Stefan Arsenijević announced the launch of an online networking platform on 15 February 2017. The project, Meet the Scriptwriters, is a collaboration with Goethe…
The Catcher Was a Spy Shooting in Prague
PRAGUE: The drama The Catcher Was A Spy with Paul Rudd, Guy Pearce, Paul Giamatti and Jeff Daniels started shooting in Prague this week. The film produced by Animus Films,…
The Dissidents Opening in Estonia
TALLINN: Director Jaak Kilmi’s fast-paced action comedy The Dissidents opens in Estonian cinemas on 17 February. Kilmi is an awarded documentary director making a rare foray into fiction filmmaking.
Domestic Production Helps Estonian Box Office
TALLINN: Domestic crowd-pleasers are helping to boost local box office in Estonia, with national productions taking a double-digit share for the second consecutive year.
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Country Report 2016
The year 2016 started on an optimistic note for the film industry in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Death in Sarajevo by Danis Tanović, produced by SCCA/pro.ba in cooperation with Margo Films…
FNE at Berlinale 2017: Review COMPETITION The Other Side of Hope
BERLIN: Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki arrives in Berlin with a story a Syrian refugee in Helsinki that could not be more topical with his The Other Side of Hope which…
FNE at Berlinale 2017 - Day 05: See how the FIPRESCI critics rate the programme so far
FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Berlinale to rate the films in the Main Competition, Panorama and Forum giving the films 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5…
FESTIVALS: Jihlava IDFF Launches Doc Fund
BERLIN: The Jihlava IDFF announced the launch of the Ji.hlava Film Fund to provide in-kind grants for mid- and feature-length documentaries originating in CEE countries.
All or Nothing Scores at Slovak and Czech Box Office
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech romantic comedy All or Nothing by Marta Ferencová held on to third place in both Slovak and Czech cinemas during its fifth week in release.
Lost Country Wins ARTE Production Prize
BERLIN: The project Lost Country by Serbian director Vladimir Perišić and produced by KinoElektron (France), MPM Film (France) and Trilema Films (Serbia) won the ARTE International Prize at the Berlinale…
LET’S CEE Industry Days
Filmmaking in CEE and in Austria: Meeting Tomorrow’s Challenges
LATVIA: Country Report 2016
Latvian film industry continued to grow steadily in 2016. State funding for film industry reached 6.7 m EUR in 2016, indicating nearly 1 m EUR growth from 2015, one of…
FNE at Berlinale 2017 - Day 04: See how the FIPRESCI critics rate the programme so far
FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Berlinale to rate the films in the Main Competition, Panorama and Forum giving the films 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5…
Jakub Gierszał to Star in a Polish/German/Canadian Coproduction
BERLIN: Producers of The Adventures of the Mathematician directed by Thorsten Klein announced during the 67th Berlinale IFF, that the leading role of prominent Polish mathematician Stanislaw Ulam will be…
