Slovak IGRIC Announces Annual Winners
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film Union, Literary Fund and Union of Slovak Television Creators (IGRIC) have announced their awards for the best Slovak films in 2014. This year the IGRIC prize…
Liviu Ciulei’s Films Forbidden in Romania by Director’s Son
BUCHAREST: Director/producer Thomas Ciulei, the son and legatee of the acclaimed director Liviu Ciulei, decided to forbid his father’s and his own work to be screened in Romania except for…
FNE at Golden Rose National Film Festival: 11th A Grade
VARNA: Michaela Komitova’s debut feature11th A Grade will have its world premiere in the main competion of the 33rd Golden Rose National Film Festival (6-11October 2015). Domestic release is planned…
FNE at Golden Rose National Film Festival: Viktoria
VARNA: Maya Vitkova’a debut feature Viktoria was originally scheduled to screen in the competition of the 32nd Golden Rose Film Festival in 2014 but as the president of the jury…
Estonia to Launch Cash Rebate Scheme
TALINN: Estonia will launch a cash rebate fund for incoming productions in 2016. The government has just earmarked 0.5 m EUR for a pilot year, which will be increased to…
FESTIVALS: Simshar Wins Cyprus International Film Festival
NICOSIA: Rebecca Cremona’s Simshar won the Golden Aphrodite Award for Best Film and Best Director at the 10th Cyprus International Film Festival Awards (CYIFF). The festival wrapped in Paphos on…
Maciej Karpinski Elected Member of the European Federation of Screenwriters
BRUSSELS: Maciej Karpiński, novelist, playwright, essayist, translator and chairman of the Writers Circle of the Polish Filmmakers Association, was elected member of the European Federation of Screenwriters (FSE).
FNE at Golden Rose Film Festival: Thirst
VARNA: Svetla Tsotsorkova’s debut feature Thirst will compete in the main competition at the 33rd Golden Rose National Film Festival (6-11 October 2015). The film had its world premiere in…
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2015: While Aya Was Sleeping
VARNA: Tsvetodar Markov’s second feature While Aya Was Sleeping will compete in the main competion at the 33rd Golden Rose NFF (6-11October 2015). The domestic release has not been announced…
FESTIVALS: LET'S CEE Film Festival Announces Line up
VIENNA: Eleven films are competing in the feature competition of the 4th edition of LET’S CEE Film Festival from 1 to 11 October 2015.
FESTIVALS: Bulgarian Golden Rose Film Festival Announces Line up
VARNA: Thirteen films will be screened in the national official competition of the 33rd Golden Rose Film Festival from 6 to 11 of October 2015. The most important film festival…
PRODUCTION: Dutch-Croatian-Belgian Coproduction Starts Shooting
ZAGREB: Nicole van Kilsdonk’s children film When My Father Became a Bush has started shooting in Zagreb. This Dutch-Croatian-Belgian coproduction will spend approximately 655,500 EUR / 5 m HRK in…
Christian Bale to Shoot in Malta
VALLETTA: According to the Maltese media, Christian Bale will shoot in Malta in the coming months.
FESTIVALS: Jihlava IDFF Announces Programme
JIHLAVA: The 19th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (JIDFF) announces the highlights of its programme. The festival takes place from 27 October to 1 November 2015.
FESTIVALS: Cyprus International Film Festival
CYPRUS: The tenth Cyprus International Film Festival (CYIFF) which runs 23-27 September is screening feature and short films in both Nicosia and Paphos.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Two New Czech Documentaries in the Czech Cinemas
Two new Czech documentaries, A Colourful Tail of a Flying Comet and Mills of God, were theatrically released in Czech Republic on 24 September 2015.
FESTIVALS: Warsaw Film Festival Announces International Competition Line up
WARSAW: Sixteen films have been selected in the International Competition of the 31st Warsaw Film Festival. The festival will take place from 9 to 18 October 2015.
Macedonian/Czech/Slovenian coproduction Selected as Macedonia Oscar Bid
PRAGUE: Ivo Trajkov's Honey Night is Macedonia's candidate in the Foreign-Language category at the 88th Academy Awards. The film is a Macedonian/Czech/Slovenian coproduction.
TVN to Produce More Feature Films
GDYNIA: Polish private broadcaster TVN announced during the 40th Film Festival in Gdynia that the company will increase its involvement in feature film production.
When East Meets West Opens Call for Entries for the Coproduction Forum and First Cut Lab
TRIESTE: When East Meets West, the Trieste based industry platform is accepting subsmissions for the sixth edition of the Coproduction Forum and for the second edition of the workshop First…
