Lithuanian Film Centre Launches First Airport Cinema
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Film Center, in collaboradtion with the Vilnius airport has launched the very first airport cinema in Eastern and Northern Europe. Lithuanian films will be available, free of…
FESTIVALS: First Valletta Film Festival Lineup Announced
VALLETTA: Europe's smallest capital is hosting its first film festival this year. The Valletta Film Festival will run from 15 to 21 June 2015.
Marion Hansel Shoots Latest Feature in Croatia
ZADAR: Actress and director Marion Hansel started filming in Razanac near Zadar this week. Her latest film River Upstream/En Amont du Fleuve is a psychological adventure story about two step…
Bulgarian Film Viktoria Makes it in America
SOFIA: Maya Vitkova's family drama set in communist Bulgaria, Viktoria, has been picked up for North American release by Brooklyn-based distributor Big World Pictures. The film was already the first…
Estonia Sets Admissions Record
TALLINN: Cinema admissions in Estonia reached 2.6 million in 2014, the highest number since it regained its independence in 1991, according to the Estonian Statistics Board.
Master and Tatyana Scoops Four Silver Crane Awards
VILNIUS: Giedrė Žickytė won best documentary film, best cinematography, best editing and best director for the documentary Master and Tatyana at the eigth Lithuanian Film and TV Silver Crane Awards…
FESTIVALS: 41 Films Compete in the National Competition in Krakow
KRAKOW: The 55th Krakow Film Festival has started. It will run from 30 May until the 7 June 2015. One of the oldest film events, dedicated to documentary, animated and…
German Distrib Begins Sales for Slovakia’s Koza
BRATISLAVA: Following its presentation at the European Film Market and Marche du Film, Ivan Ostrochovský’s debut feature Koza has been sold to Germany and the ex-Yugoslavian territories.
TVP and ZDF to Coproduce Mini-series
WARSAW: Poland’s public broadcaster TVP will co-produce a mini-series about Polish-German relations with Germany’s ZDF and 3Sat.
FESTIVALS: 55th Zlin FF Opens Today
ZLIN: The 55th edition of the Zlin Film Festival for Children and Youth opens 29 May and runs through 4 June 2015.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex-Oriente Heads to Croatia
Documentary filmmakers have until 1 June 2015 to submit their projects for Ex-Oriente, which will kick off in Croatia in July.
PRODUCTION: Polish-French-German Coproduction Marie Curie Shoots in Krakow
KRAKOW: Marie Curie, a biographical costume drama about Maria Skłodowska-Curie, is being shot at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.
PRODUCTION: Marko Skop Completes Eva Nova for Fall Release
BRATISLAVA: Slovak producer/writer/director Marko Skop is in postproduction with the dramatic feature Eva Nova starring the legendary Slovak actress Emilia Vasaryova.
PRODUCTION: Michalek Completing Holidays in Provence
PRAGUE: Czech director Vladimir Michalek is in postproduction with a comedy, Holidays in Provence, scheduled for release in September 2015.
Estonian Producers Union Joins FAIPF
TALLINN: The Estonian National Film Producers Union (ERPÜ) announced that it was accepted into the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) during organization’s General Assembly in Cannes on May…
PRODUCTION: Czech TV Backs Gangster Ka
PRAGUE: Producer Adam Dvorak of Movie is partnering with coproducer Czech TV on a two-part debut crime story, Gangster Ka and Gangster Ka: African.
PRODUCTION: Māris Martinsons in Preproduction with Magic Kimono
RIGA: Director Māris Martinsons will begin shooting a Latvian/Estonian/Japanese feature length modern-day fairytale, Magic Kimono / Maģiskais kimono, in August 2015. The film is a coproduction between Krukfilms in Latvia,…
Czech TV Debuts Nazi-era Reality Show
PRAGUE: A Vacation in the Protectorate, a new docu-reality show which places its participants in a Nazi-occupation type of setting premiered on Czech TV 23 May 2015.
FNE at Cannes 2015: Cannes Prize Winners
CANNES: The home team scored at the Cannes Film Festival which finished last night with French director Jacques Audiard winning the Palme d’Or for his Dheepan, Emmanuelle Bercot scooping the…
FNE FIPRESCI Cannes Critics: See how the critics rated the programme
FNE together with FIPRESCI have invited FIPRESCI critics in Cannes to rate the feature films in the official programme of the Cannes FF giving the films 1,2,3,4 or 5 stars…
