FESTIVALS: Wakhan Front Wins Motovun Film Festival
MOTOVUN: The French/Belgian war film Wakhun Front by Clement Cogitore won the main prize of the 18th Motovun Film Festival, which ran 25-28 July in the Croatian mountain town.
Cinema City Opens Second 4DX Cinema in Romania
CONSTANTA: Cinema City opened its second 4DX and its 19th cinema in Romania on 29 July 2015. The 10-screen multiplex located in City Park Mall Constanta had an investment of…
Beata Ryczkowska to Head Stopklatka TV
WARSAW: Beata Ryczkowska has been named the new Programming Director for Stopklatka TV.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Excursions
Documentary director Jan Gogola is in post-production with the 80-minute creative documentary Excursions.
FNE at T-Mobile new Horizons IFF: Polish Days
WROCŁAW: Polish Days, a special industry event,showcases six newly completed Polish projects including titles from Marcin Koszałka, Przemysław Wojcieszek and Bartosz Prokopowicz.
PRODUCTION: Award Winning Animator Edmunds Jansons in Production on Pigtail and Mr. Sleeplessness
RIGA: Award-winning animator Edmunds Jansons is working on his new short film Pigtail and Mr. Sleeplessness / Bize un Neguļa about a six year old girl known as Pigtail who…
Marion Hänsel Shoots Upstream in Croatia
ZAGREB: The Belgian/Dutch coproduction Upstream/En Amont du fleuve (working title) has completed a 29-day shoot in Croatia.
Czechs Draft Film Budget for 2016
PRAGUE: A draft budget including 800m CZK for film incentives and 400m CZK for new Czech film production has been put forward.
CME Revenues Rise in Quarter Two
PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) reported an 8 percent increase in net revenues for the second quarter ended 30 June 2015, at 166.8m USD.
PRODUCTION: Romanian/Bulgarian/French Debut Thriller Dogs Begins Filming
BUCHAREST: Dogs/Câini, the debut feature of Bogdan Mirică, started shooting on 27 July 2015. It is produced by Romania's 42 Km Film in coproduction with France's EZ Films and Bulgaria's…
Malta Signs Agreement with China
VALLETTA: Malta has signed a film coproduction agreement with China, according to the Times of Malta.
Czech, Bulgarian and Austrian Films Selected for San Sebastian New Directors Competition
SAN SEBASTIAN: Family Film from the Czech Republic, Thirst from Bulgaria, and One of Us from Austria will compete for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award and a prize of 50,000 EUR…
Still Time to Apply for ScripTeast
WARSAW: The 10th edition of the script development workshop ScripTeast is accepting applications through 31 July 2015.
PRODUCTION: Pevec in Postproduction with Feature Doc Home
LJUBLJANA: Award-winning Slovenian director Metod Pevec is completing work on his feature documentary Home (Dom) produced by Danijel Hocevar for Vertigo and supported by the Slovenian Film Center.
Foreign Productions Flock into Croatia
ZAGREB: Eight international productions have registered with the Croatian tax incentive scheme in the first half of 2015 and seven are in the pipeline through the end of the year.
Still Time to Sign-up for Baltic Event
TALLINN: Applications for the Baltic Event Co-Production Market and Works in Progress will be accepted until 1 August 2015. The event, which takes place 16-18 November 2015 in Tallinn, offers…
Colin Firth Shoots Donald Crowhurst Film in Malta
VALLETTA: In what is turning into a record-breaking year for film production in Malta, the Malta Film Commission has announced the fifth foreign film to shoot in the island nation…
Istria Film Commission Oversees Record Crop of Foreign Productions
PULA: With six foreign projects planning to shoot in the region in 2015, the Istrian Film Commission was launched at the 62nd Pula Film Festival.
FESTIVALS: The High Sun Wins 62nd Pula Film Festival
PULA: The High Sunwon the best film award and the best director award for Dalibor Matanić at the 62nd Pula Film Festival which concluded on 25 July 2016.
PRODUCTION:David’s Sling Goes into Postproduction in Bulgaria
SOFIA:Director Svetoslav Ovcharovis is working on postproduction of his 736,000 EUR war drama David's Sling.