HBO Romania Announces Winners of its Original Series Script Contest
BUCHAREST: The Duty / Datoria by Laurenţiu Gabriel Rusescu won the first edition of the script contest for original series, The First Episode, launched by HBO Romania on 17 February…
More Than 1,000 Supporters Across Europe Sign Letter to Free Oleg Sentsov
In the face of a verdict of the Ukrainian filmmaker expected for tomorrow – prosecution has called for 23 years – supporters, institutional and individual, have gathered well over 1,000…
FESTIVALS: Istanbul Film Festival Appoints New Director
ISTANBUL: Azize Tan, who has been the director of the Istanbul Film Festival for the last nine years, will be replaced by her assistant Kerem Ayan.
Popular Italian TV Series to Be Shot in Malta
VALLETTA: Task Force 45 - Friendly Fire, a popular Italian TV series starring Raoul Bova, will be filmed in various locations in Malta starting this week. Ino Bonello of White…
SOFA Trains Eight Young Film Agents in Wroclaw
WROCLAW: SOFA, School of Film Agents has invited eight young film agents for a ten-day workshop training to Wroclaw, Poland, from 21 to 30 August 2015. The participants are from…
Papusza to Be Distributed in Spain
WARSAW: Papusza, the biopic by Krzysztof Krauze and Joanna Kos-Krauze, will be distributed in Spain by Piramide Films starting 28 August 2015.
Film New Europe Association Welcomes Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia And Herzegovina as Newest Member
SARAJEVO: The Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina has become the newest member of the Film New Europe Association.
Our Everyday Life as Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Oscar Bid
SARAJEVO: Ines Tanović's debut feature Our Everyday Life has been selected as Bosnia and Herzegovina's candidate for the Foreign Language Academy Award.
Game of Thrones 6 Will Not Shoot in Croatia
ZAGREB: HBO issued a statement confirming that the 6th season of the popular series Game of Thrones will not return to Croatia even if the fifth season is shot there…
Czech Box Office Hit Life is Life Rebounds in Cinemas
PRAGUE: Czech director Milan Cieslar’s hit comedy Life is Life showed a 21 percent uptick in Czech cinemas in its thirteenth week in release. The film topped the Czech box…
Netflix Coming to Poland
WARSAW: Netflix plans to enter the Polish market. No date has been made public, but according to Netflix’s website the service will soon be available to customers in Poland.
US in Progress Accepting Submissions
WARSAW: US in Progress is accepting applications from US-produced works in progress through 31 August 2015.
FNE at Venice 2015: Attention film critics coming to Venice Film Festival
This year FNE together with FIPRESCI will offer the ratings of all feature length films screening in the Main Competition, Orizzonti, Venice Days and Critics Week of the Venice Film…
FNE IDF DocBloc: The Dangerous World of Rajko Dolecek
A young director sets out to visit an old professor and asks him for recipes for the body and the soul.
PRODUCTION: Polish Director Krzyształowicz Working on New Crime Series
WARSAW: Marcin Krzyształowicz is working on Krakau, a WWII crime series set in 1944 Berlin and occupied Warsaw.
Latvia Announces International Film Coproduction Grants in 2015
RIGA: The National Film Centre of Latvia has announced its first grants for international coproductions, with 200,000 EUR going to eight projects.
New Europe Film Sells Rams to US
WARSAW: Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales has sold North American rights to Rams to Cohen Media Group.
European Film Academy Board Initiates Letter for Immediate Release of Oleg Sentsov
BERLIN: European Filmmakers Express Shock About Trial of Ukrainian Filmmaker Facing Up to 20 Years in Jail
PRODUCTION: Polish Star Borys Szyc Takes on Tadeusz Kantor Biopic
KRAKOW: Janusz Hryniak is directing a drama about the life and work of internationally renowned Polish theatre director Taduesz Kantor, with Borys Szyc in the lead role.
FNE at Sarajevo Film Festival: FAME’s Mike Downey Unveils New Slate of Southeast European Coproductions
SARAJEVO: FNE spoke with UK producer Mike Downey who helms the London based FAME (Film and Music Entertainment) as he gets ready to head for Sarajevo Film Festival where he…
