Norwegian TV Series Occupied Films in Lithuania
VILNIUS: The third season of the hit Norwegian political series Occupied / Okkupert is filming in Lithuania using the newly increased 30% tax rebate. The local service-producer is Ramūnas Škikas…
FESTIVALS: Fest Anca Announces Competition Slate
ZILINA: The Slovak animation festival Fest Anca, running 27-30 June 2019, has announced its complete lineup of films, with a new section devoted to a panorama of Slovak films added…
Coco Opens Call for Projects
COTTBUS: The 21st edition of connecting cottbus, the longest-running East-West coproduction market, has opened its call for submissions to the event which runs 6-8 November 2019.
Laila Pakalnina Retrospective at Pompidou Centre
RIGA: Latvian director Laila Pakalnina receives a two week retrospective of her documentary films at the Paris Pompidou Centre, running through 17 May 2019.
FESTIVALS: Sons Of Denmark Wins Mastercard OFF CAMERA Grand Prix
KRAKOW: Sons Of Denmark by Ulaa Salim won the Grand Prix Krakow Film Award at the 12th Mastercard OFF CAMERA International Festival of Independent Cinema, held in Krakow 26 April…
PRODUCTION: Georgian Doc Adrift in Postproduction
TBILISI: Georgian directors Tamta and Salome Khalvashi have begun postproduction on Adrift, a feature length documentary that they shot in Georgia in 2017 and 2018. The film is produced by…
Polish HBO Series Gets US Release
WARSAW: HBO Europe’s Polish original drama series Blinded by the Lights has been made available to US subscribers of pay TV channel.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Communism by Karel Vachek
Karel Vachek is in post-production with his film novel Communism.
PRODUCTION: Ondricek Begins Shooting Zatopek
PRAGUE: Producer/writer/director David Ondricek has started filming Zatopek, a biopic of the legendary Czech athlete Emil Zatopek, winner of four Olympic medals. The film was originally planned for production in…
Decrease in CME 2019 First Quarter Ad Revenues
PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises reported a 7 percent decline in net revenues to 146.6 m USD and 10 percent decline in TV advertising revenues during the first quarter of…
PRODUCTION: Bohdan Sláma Shoots Shadow Land
PRAGUE: Bohdan Sláma, known mainly for his wry comedies, is trying his talent on a different genre this time, namely a period film. Shadow Land / Krajina ve stínu is…
MIDPOINT Storms Lithuania
VILNIUS: Three MIDPOINT programmes will take place in Lithuania 3 – 9 May 2019 presented in partnership with the Lithuanian Film Centre.
Pasikowski's War Thriller Courier Inspires Board Game
WARSAW: Władysław Pasikowski's biopic about Jan Nowak-Jeziorański entitled Courier has inspired a new WWII board game.
Paweł Pawlikowski Joins Cannes Jury
CANNES: Polish director and screenwriter Paweł Pawlikowski has been selected to serve on the prestigious jury of the Cannes Film Festival.
FNE AV Innovation: The Power of Metadata to Promote European Films
Metadata is a word you’ve probably heard mentioned, however it’s rarely understood, with even seasoned filmmakers often asking what is metadata? In its most basic form, metadata literally means a…
FNE at MIFF 2019: Prize Winners
MOSCOW: The Secret of a Leader (Kazakhstan) directed by Farkhat Sharipov took home the Golden George for Best Film at the 41st Moscow International Film Festival, but there was no…
FESTIVALS: Cannes Pays Homage to Milos Forman
PRAGUE: Cannes will pay tribute to Milos Forman a year after his death with a double bill of films, Loves of a Blonde and the documentary Forman vs. Forman by…
PRODUCTION: Georgia’s The Pig in Postproduction
TBILISI: Georgian writer/director Giga Liklikadze is in postproduction with The Pig, his low-budget debut feature film shot in October 2017.
FESTIVALS: Petr Koliha to Receive Lifetime Contribution Award at Zlin IFF
PRAGUE: Petr Koliha, executive director of the Czech children’s TV channel CT :D, will receive the Grand Prix of the 59th Zlin IFF for Children and Youth for his contribution…
FNE IDF DocBloc: New East Silver Films
East Silver has announced the addition of three new films.
