FESTIVALS: Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy FF 2023 Announces Winners
HAAPSALU: The Dutch production Shut directed by Niels Bourgonje received the Silver Méliès for Best Film in the Méliès Short Film Competition of the 18th Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film…
Hungarian Film Day Celebrations on 30 April 2023
BUDAPEST: The initiative of the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI) to annually celebrate the day of 30 April, when the first film with dramatised scenes, A Táncz by Béla…
FESTIVALS: Six Long Films to Compete at Animafest Zagreb 2023
ZAGREB: Six long animated films, including My Love Affair with Marriage by Signe Baumane and White Plastic Sky by Tibor Bánóczki and Sarolta Szabó, will compete in the Grand competition…
Applications Open for ISI Training Programmes
VIENNA: The International Screen Institute (ISI) has recently opened applications for its new training programmes for European and international film and TV creatives and executives in 2023. The four courses…
Beta Cinema Picks Up Călin Peter Netzer's New Feature Film Familiar
BUCHAREST: Beta Cinema has acquired Golden Bear-winner Călin Peter Netzer’s upcoming feature Familiar, which is a Romanian/French/Taiwanese coproduction currently in postproduction. Pre-sales will start at the upcoming Marché du Film…
Teona Mitevska’s The Happiest Man in the World Sold to Key Territories in Europe and Brazil
SKOPJE: Pyramide Films has scored multiple sales for Teona Mitevska’s The Happiest Man in the World / Najsrekniotčoveknasvetot. The film, which premiered in the Orizzonti section of the 79th Venice…
FNE at Cannes 2023: Films from FNE Partner Countries Selected for Cannes’ Short Films and La Cinef Competitions
CANNES: Films from Hungary and Poland are among the 11 titles selected for Cannes’ Short Films competition, while the La Cinef selection counts 16 films among which two are from…
Men of Deeds Wins at 17th Gopo Awards
BUCHAREST: The Romanian/Bulgarian coproduction Men of Deeds / Oameni de treabă by Paul Negoescu received the Best Long Film Award at the 17th edition of the Gopo Awards held at…
FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary IFF 2023 Announces First Events
KARLOVY VARY: The digitally restored film Courage for Every Day (1964) by Evald Schorm, a key work of the Czechoslovak New Wave, will have its world premiere at the 57th…
GRANTS: Montenegro Announces Animation Production Grants
PODGORICA: The Film Centre of Montenegro has allotted 19,975 EUR for the production of the animation project Fable of the Chicken by Milo Bešović, which has a solid potential for…
FNE at Cannes 2023: Hungarian Filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi to Preside over Cannes’ Short Film and La Cinef Juries
BUDAPEST: Hungarian director and scriptwriter Ildikó Enyedi will chair the Short Film and La Cinef juries at the upcoming edition of the 76th Cannes Film Festival, which will be held…
Chinese Studio Supreme Expands to Europe with Estonian Branch
TALLINN: Shanghai-based Studio Supreme has opened its new European branch, in Estonia. Studio Supreme Films will provide a full range of video production services, from ideation to postproduction, for both…
Successful 12th Edition for A Sunday in the Country – Montenegro Programme
PODGORICA: The Film Centre of Montenegro, in cooperation with the European Film Academy, organised the 12th consecutive edition of the networking programme for film professionals A Sunday in the Country…
Netflix Miniseries Eric Starring Benedict Cumberbatch Shoots in Budapest
BUDAPEST: Benedict Cumberbatch is starring in a six-part limited series called Eric, created by Abi Morgan. The Netflix production is currently shooting in Hungary with local company Mid Atlantic Films…
PRODUCTION: Serbian Director Nemanja Ćeranić Shoots Sophomore Feature Sunday
BELGRADE: Serbian director Nemanja Ćeranić is currently shooting his sophomore feature Sunday / Nedelja, a biopic focusing on the life of the popular Serbian folk singer Džej Ramadanovski (1964-2020). Film…
National Film Centre of Latvia Announces Traditional Film Marathon for 4 May 2023
RIGA: The day of the restoration of Latvia’s independence, 4 May, is celebrated again in 2023 by the National Film Centre of Latvia with a film marathon held both online…
PRODUCTION: Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó in Postproduction with New Documentary Shot in Bhutan
BUDAPEST: Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó return to Bhutan with their new documentary Agent of Happiness / Bruttó Nemzeti Boldogság, which was supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary…
FNE at Cannes 2023: Polish/French Documentary In the Rearview Selected for ACID 2023 in Cannes
WARSAW: The Polish/French documentary In the Rearview by Maciek Hamela, which was shot in Ukraine, is among the nine titles selected for the 31st edition of the ACID Programme, taking…
RIGA IFF Launches Educational Online Project
RIGA: The Riga International Film Festival has launched, in cooperation with the Norwegian Film Clubs Association (NFK), the children and young audience educational project RIGA IFF Cinema Club, consisting of…
Kalev Wins Best Film at Estonian Film and Television Awards for 2022
TALLINN: Ove Musting’s Kalev received awards for best film, best director and best actor, among others, at the Estonian Film and Television Awards, organised by the Estonian Film Institute to…
