Serbia Increases Tax Rebates
BELGRADE: Serbia has increased its cash rebate for film production from 20% to 25%, according to an offical announcement. The rebate applies to qualified Serbian spend for feature films, TV…
President Blanik Leads Slate of Domestic Hits at Czech Box Office
PRAGUE: President Blanik by Marek Najbrt, a satirical film based on a popular Czech sitcom, which opened in first place on 1 February 2018, held on to the second spot…
MIDPOINT Announces Serbian Workshop
PRAGUE: The MIDPOINT international script development programme is accepting applications for its first workshop to be held in Belgrade, MIDPOINT Intensive Serbia.
F&ME Lines Up Three CEE Titles
LONDON: The London-based production company Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) will partner on films with Georgian, Lithuanian and Slovak production companies in 2018.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Accreditations Open for East Doc Platform
East Doc Platform has announced its guest line-up for the 3-9 March event.
FNE at Berlinale 2018: 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, Panorana and Forum giving the films 1, 2, 3,…
Arclight Films Acquires Ederlezi Rising Ahead of its Serbian Premiere
BELGRADE: Independent sales company Arclight Films has acquired the rights for Ederlezi Rising by Lazar Bodroža, the first Serbian science fiction film. Arclight chairman Gary Hamilton announced that Ederlezi Rising…
TVP to Build New Sound Stages
WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster TVP plans to significantly expand its production halls in order to create more local content.
Box Office Growth Across CEE Territories in 2017
BRUSSELS: UNIC reports an increase in box office in all CEE countries except Slovenia and the Czech Republic in its 2017 report.
Cinema Attendance Soars in Central and Eastern Europe
MILAN: Central and Eastern Europe registered a 10.1 percent rise in cinema attendance in 2017 according to the newly released report by MEDIA Salles.
PRODUCTION: First Estonian Children's Christmas Film Begins Shooting
ESTONIA: Eia's Christmas at Phantom Owl Farm, the last of the feature films that won the Estonia 100 film competition, is now in production. The second film by writer-director Anu…
Structural Constellation Master Class Open for Applications
Structural Constellations, an international residential master class is now accepting application through 10 March 2018 for its May and November programmes.
HBO Green-lights First Adria Region Original Drama
ZAGREB: HBO Europe has green-lit the six-part drama Success directed by Oscar-winner Danis Tanović. The Zagreb-set series is the first original series to come out of the Adria region. It…
CME Reports Continued Revenue Increases for 2017
HAMILTON, Bermuda: Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME) announced that net revenues rose nine percent in actual rates (six percent in constant rates) to USD 574.2 m in 2017.
The INSIDE PICTURES 2018 Programme Now Open for Applications
LONDON: Inside Pictures, the leading film industry business and leadership skills development programme, announces that applications are now open for its 2018 programme. The programme is designed to develop the…
PRODUCTION: Danish/Czech Coproduction Shot in Czech Republic
PRAGUE: The shooting on Kasper Torsting’s period drama In War and Love / I Krig & Kærlighed (working title) took place on Czech locations from 4 to 11 February 2018.…
OBITUARY: Serbian Actor Nebojsa Glogovac
BELGRADE: Popular Bosnian-born Serbian actor Nebojsa Glogovac, who recently starred in the awarded Constitution by Rajko Grlić, died in Belgrade at the age of 49 on 9 February 2018.
