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…
Poland Scores Three Wins in Locarno
WARSAW: Polish director Andrzej Żuławski won the Best Director award in the main competition of the Locarno Film Festival which wrapped on 15 August 2015.
Baltic Sea Docs 2015 Selects 25 Projects
RIGA: The 19th Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries (BSD) taking place 2-6 September 2015 in Riga announced its final selection of 25 projects, representing 13 countries. They include six Latvian…
Dhallywood’s Bobby to Star in Malta Film
VALLETTA: Dhallywood actress Bobby is set to star in a film tentatively titled Malta which will begin filming in Malta on 15 October 2015.
New Chinese Feature to Be Shot in Czech Republic
Morning, Paris!, a new Chinese production starts shooting in Prague on 18 September 2015 using the Czech company Milk &Honey Films as line producer.
FNE at Sarajevo IFF: European Film Forum to Discuss Exhibition and Coproduction in the Borderless World
SARAJEVO: The European Film Forum hosted by the Sarajevo Film Festival's Regional Forum will discuss the future of the public funding of coproductions in the digital borderless world and the…
Romanian National Film Center Looks for New Director
BUCHAREST: The Romanian National Film Center (CNC) will organize a contest for a new general director on 3 September 2015.
KVIFF, Czech TV, Aerofilms to Launch New Distribution Label
PRAGUE: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), the Czech Television and the Aerofilms distribution company are working on the establishing a new distribution label, which will distribute films from around…
