FNE at Berlinale 2016: 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…
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Zero Days
BERLIN: Documentaries seems to be popping up ever more frequently in the main competitions of major A-list festivals and Berlin this year boasts two. Oscar-winning documentary maker Alex Gibney’s Zero…
Agnus Dei Sold to UK
WARSAW: The French/Polish coproduction Agnus Dei has sold UK distribution rights to Picturehouse.
Cinema City Romania Consolidates Position in Cineworld
BUCHAREST: Cinema City Romania will open four new multiplexes in four cities including Bucharest in 2016. In 2015 Cinema City Romania reached the third position in Cineworld after the UK…
Star Wars Sets Croatian Shoot
DUBROVNIK: The eighth film of the Star Wars franchise will film in Dubrovnik in March 2016.
OBITUARY: Andrzej Żuławski
WARSAW: Andrzej Żuławski, winner of the best director award at the 2015 Locarno Film Festival, died on 17 February 2016.
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Thursday 18 February and Friday 19 February
Thursday 18 February
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Genius
BERLIN: Successful London theatre director Michal Grandage makes an accomplished feature film debut with Genius a 1920s period piece set in the New York of the Roaring Twenties and boasting…
Ice Mother Acquired by Match Factory
PRAGUE: The Match Factory has acquired Bohdan Slama’s Ice Mother produced by Negativ , Artileria, Why Not Productions (FR) Czech Television, Barrandov Studio, RTVS.
Turkish Cypriot actor to star in Game of Thrones
NICOSIA: Turkish Cypriot actor Tamer Hassan will star in the sixth season of the American fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones, to be aired on 24 April 2016.
Tetrakyts Films Partners with US Parallel Lines
NICOSIA: Tetrakyts Films Ltd. will be cooperating with the USA distribution company Parallel Lines to distribute documentaries.
PRODUCTION: DeDe Wraps Production
LONDON: London-based production house Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) has wrapped production on DeDe, a Georgian/British/Croatian/Dutch coproduction which is part of the company’s current slate of ten films.
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Wednesday 17 February and Thursday 18 February
Party and Event Alert
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Death in Sarajevo
BERLIN: Oscar winning Bosnian director Danis Tanović, whose An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker screened in Competition at the Berlinale in 2013, is back with his timely…
PRODUCTION: Agnieszka Holland Finished Shooting Game Count
WARSAW: Agnieszka Holland has wrapped the third and final stage of the shoot for her crime thriller Game Count, a coproduction between Poland, Czech Republic, Germany and Sweden.
FESTIVALS: ZagrebDox Unveils 2016 Industry Events
ZAGREB: ZagrebDox Pro, the industry section of ZagrebDox running 21-28 February 2016, will host masterclasses, development workshops, a pitching forum, 4K technology presentation and one-on-one meetings.
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Tuesday 16 February and Wednesday 17 February
Screening Alert
PRODUCTION: Alien Film Develops Otto the Barbarian
BERLIN: Ruxandra Ghiţescu is participating in Berlinale Script Station within Berlinale Talent Campus (13-18 February 2016) with her debut feature, Otto the Barbarian. The film produced by Alien Film is…
Polish Gods Gets Distribution in Spain
WARSAW: The 2014 Polish box office hit Gods will premiere in Spain on 19 February 2016 distributed by Surtsey Films.
Tom Cruise Scouts Mummy Locations in Malta
VALLETTA: Malta media reports that Tom Cruise spent the 12-14 February 2016 week-end in Malta scouting locations for his 2017 film The Mummy.
