Welcome to Chechnya Wins 2020 Online Edition of Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
THESSALONIKI: The 22nd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival gave its Golden Alexander award and a cash prize of 15,000 EUR to Welcome to Chechnya by David France (USA). The festival, which concludes…
FESTIVALS: Scanorama 2020 Accepts Submissions
VILNIUS: The European Film Forum Scanorama 2020 has announced that it will proceed as scheduled and opened its call for submissions. The festival will take place 5-22 November 2020.
GRANTS: Romania Announces Production Grants
BUCHAREST: The Romanian Film Centre (CNC) has distributed almost 3.9 m EUR / 18,832,000 RON as production grants for feature films, debut features, documentaries, animated films, short fiction films and…
CEE Projects Selected for dok.incubator 2020
PRAGUE: A Polish and a Balkan documentary are among the eight international projects that will participate in dok.incubator, which will have its next residential session 24 – 29 August in…
Sofia Meetings Works in Progress Goes Online
SOFIA: The 17th Sofia Meetings’ Works in Progress will be held online 27 – 31 May 2020.
Studio Agart Explores Remote Production Solutions
WARSAW: Studio AGART is adapting to the COVID-19 crisis by offering remote shoots for ad campaigns.
Lithuanian Analysis Of Tax Incentive Results
VILNIUS: An analysis of the impact of the Lithuanian tax incentives shows that five films have benefited from the Lithuanian Film Tax Incentive in 2020, despite the COVID-19 crisis. They…
PRODUCTION: Georgian Director Merab Kokochashvili in Production with Terzo Mondo
TBILISI: The venerated Georgian film director Merab Kokochashvili is currently in production with his feature film Terzo Mondo. His 1967 film Great Green Valley / Didi Mcvane Veli (1967) is…
HBO Europe Joins Cristian Mungiu for Second Edition of Write a Screenplay For… Contest
BUCHAREST: The TV mini-series The Untouchable / Intangibilul by Adina Sădeanu and German-American Kirsten Peters, and the feature film Is It Really Happened? / S-a întâmplat by Maria Avram are…
Lithuania Tallies COVID-19 Box Office Losses
VILNIUS: Lithuanian cinemas are expected to lose 8 m EUR in ticket sales and another 4 m in additional income in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, according…
PRODUCTION: Slovak Documentary Series About COVID-19 in Development
BRATISLAVA: Patrik Pašš is developing a documentary series under the working title 100 Days That Changed the World / 100 dní, ktoré zmenili svet through his company TRIGON PRODUCTION. The…
PRODUCTION: Marian Crișan Develops WWII Coming of Age Drama
BUCHAREST: The Romanian writer/director/producer Marian Crișan is currently in the financing stage with the feature film The Servant / Sluga, which is so far a Romanian/Hungarian coproduction between Crișan’s Rova…
Nu Boyana Film Studios to Restart Production in Bulgaria
SOFIA: Nu Boyana Film Studios are restarting production work after a break of nearly two months due to the COVID pandemic. Bulgaria lifted most of its confinement restrictions on 13…
ScripTeast Award Goes to Maciej Sobieszczański and Grzegorz Puda for Brother
WARSAW: The XIV Krzysztof Kieślowski ScripTeast Award for the Best Script from Eastern Europe went to the multiple-award-winning Polish screenwriter and director Maciej Sobieszczański and co-writer Grzegorz Puda for the…
Streaming Platform Cinesseum to Show New Serbian Films Worldwide
BELGRADE: Cinesseum is the first premium streaming service allowing people around the world to legally watch the latest Serbian films at the same time or shortly after they have been…
PRODUCTION: Giedre Zickyte Preps New French/Lithuanian/Latvian Doc MASHA
VILNIUS: Lithuanian director Giedre Zickyte is currently in preproduction with a new documentary MASHA / Maša. Main photography will take place in the autumn of 2020.
Lithuania to Resume Film Production
VILNIUS: Lithuania permits the continuation of film production that was suspended on 16 March 2020, along with the re-opening of cafes and other businesses as of 18 May and the…
FESTIVALS: Cyprus Short Film Fest Extends Deadline
LIMASSOL: The International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (ISFFC) is extending its application deadline.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Srbenka Premieres on KineDoc
The Croatian documentary Srbenka has its online premiere on KineDoc.
FNE AV Innovation: MUBI GO, MUBI’s Cinema-going Initiative and App
“Our goal is to build audiences for great cinema; with MUBI GO we have created a new experience for our subscribers to enjoy films on the big screen.” - Efe…
