Slovak Tax Incentives Lure British and US TV Series to Shoot in Slovakia
BRATISLAVA: TV series Dracula and The Witcher will be partially shot on Slovak locations this spring. Dracula is coproduced by the BBC, Hartswood Films and Netflix, while The Witcher is…
Montenegro and Hungary Team Up on Film Studio in Montenegro
PODGORICA: The Minister of Culture of Montenegro Aleksandar Bogdanović and the Hungarian Minister of Human Resources Miklós Kásler have signed an agreement aiming, among others, at the establishment of a…
FNE at FEST 2019: Leeches
BELGRADE: Dragan Marinković’s fifth feature Leeches / Pijavice will have its national premiere in the Serbian film programme of FEST 2019, the most popular film festival in Serbia. The film…
MIDPOINT Intensive Lithuania Calls for Applications
KAUNAS: MIDPOINT and the Lithuanian Film Centre are organising a workshop for first or second Lithuanian feature film projects in Kaunas from 5 to 8 May 2019. The deadline for…
The Clergy and Cold War Win Golden Tapes for Best Domestic Film Released in 2018
WARSAW: The Clergy by Wojciech Smarzowski and Cold War by Paweł Pawlikowski were awarded ex-aequo with the Golden Tapes award for best domestic film released in Polish cinemas in 2018.…
FESTIVALS: One World Film Festival Announces Lineup
PRAGUE: Twelve titles will vie in the international competition of the 2019 One World International Human Rights Film Festival, taking place from 6 to 17 March 2019 in Prague and…
Banned Czech Doc Returns to Cinemas
PRAGUE: The Czech documentary The Road Leads to Tibet / Cesta vede do Tibetu by Vladimír Sís will return to cinemas more than 60 years after its premiere. Its renewed…
Awarded Croatian Film Hits Domestic Screens
ZAGREB: Lada Kamenski by Sara Hribar and Marko Šantić, which received four awards including best newcomer (Sara Hribar) at the 2018 Pula Film Festival, will be released in Croatian cinemas…
Domestic Teen Film Oh, Ramona! Breaks Opening Record in Romania
BUCHAREST: The teen film Oh, Ramona! by Cristina Jacob had 111,881 admissions and 470,142 EUR / 2,209,669 RON gross in the first weekend, a record for a Romanian film. This…
Serbian Hit South Wind Sold in Japan, France and China
BELGRADE: Miloš Avramović’s sophomore feature South Wind has been sold in Japan, France and China. This action thriller had nearly 600,000 admissions in Serbia and it was showcased in the…
FNE at Berlinale 2019: Prize Winners
BERLIN: The 69th Berlin Film Festival (7-17 February 2019) awarded its top prize in the main competition to the French/Israeli/German coproduction Synonyms directed by Nadav Lapid. The last Berlinale under…
Daniel Rafaelić Steps Down from HAVC
ZAGREB: Daniel Rafaelić has asked to be relieved of his duties as Chief Executive Officer of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC). He will continue his duties until a new director…
GRANTS: Georgia Announces Feature Film Production Grants
TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center has distributed 400,000 EUR / 1.2 m GEL as production grants for four feature films.
Zagreb Hosts International Conference on Women in Film Industry
ZAGREB: The Croatian Film Directors’ Guild (DHFR) is organising an International Conference on Women in Film Industry, which will be held at the Mimara Museum and the Croatian Film Directors’…
FNE at Berlinale 2019: See how the FIPRESCI critics rated the programme
BERLIN: FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Berlin Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Panorama and Forum giving the films 1, 2, 3,…
FNE at Berlinale 2019: See how the FIPRESCI critics rated the programme
BERLIN: FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Berlin Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Panorama and Forum giving the films 1, 2, 3,…
FNE at Berlinale 2019: See how the FIPRESCI critics rated the programme
BERLIN: FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Berlin Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Panorama and Forum giving the films 1, 2, 3,…
Domestic Comedy Dominates Polish Box Office
WARSAW: Miszmasz czyli Kogel Mogel 3 by Kordian Piwowarski, a revamped sequel of a popular comedy series of the 80s, is the most watched title in Poland with over 1.8…
Directors Temur and Gela Babluani to Launch Georgian-French Film School
TBILISI: The Georgian directors, father and son Temur and Gela Babluani plan to open by 2020 a Georgian-French cinema school in Georgia for approximately 300 international and local students.
Serbia Signs Cooperation Agreement with Iran
BELGRADE: The Head of Film Center Serbia Boban Jevtić and Deputy Head of Farabi Cinema Foundation for International Affairs Raed Faridzadeh signed an agreement to expand cooperation in film industry.
