FESTIVALS: Tár Wins Golden Frog in Main Competition of 2022 EnergaCAMERIMAGE

TORUŃ: The American production Tár directed by Todd Field and lensed by Florian Hoffmeister received the Golden Frog in the Main Competition of the 30th edition of the EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival.
22-11-2022

Meetings on the Bridge Launches Call for Applications for Neighbours Platform

ISTANBUL: Meetings on the Bridge, the industry platform of the Istanbul Film Festival, has launched the call for applications for its Neighbours Platform. The deadline is 17 February 2022.
22-11-2022

FNE Film Meets Games: CD Projekt Red Brings Witcher 3 to Next Gen Consoles and Remakes Original Game

WARSAW: Poland’s CD Projekt Red has announced that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Edition will be released in December 2022 on a new generation of consoles including PlayStation…
21-11-2022

PRODUCTION: Ondřej Vavrečka in Production with Czech/Slovak Docufiction 1+1+1

PRAGUE: Ondřej Vavrečka is currently finishing production while already editing his docufiction 1+1+1, which is estimated to be finished in 2023. The Czech/Slovak project was presented at MIA Rome 2022…
21-11-2022

FESTIVALS: Juraj Lerotić’s Safe Place Wins 2022 Ljubljana IFF

LJUBLJANA: The Croatian/Slovenian coproduction Safe Place / Sigurno mjesto by Juraj Lerotić won the Kingfisher Award for best film in the Perspektives Competition of the 33rd Ljubljana IFF (9 -…
21-11-2022

FESTIVALS: PÖFF Shorts 2022 Announces Winners

TALLINN: The winners of the international short film and animation festival PÖFF Shorts (15 – 23 November 2022) were announced on 19 November 2022.
21-11-2022

PRODUCTION: Cyprus/USA Coproduction The Islander Enters Final Stage of Production in Cyprus

NICOSIA: Romantic comedy The Islander, directed by Stelana Kliris and produced by Meraki Films from Cyprus and US Uinta Productions, has entered the final stage of production. The film starring…
21-11-2022

PRODUCTION: Apolena Rychlíková in Postproduction with Czech/French/Slovak Doc The Limits of Europe

PRAGUE: Czech director/writer Apolena Rychlíková is currently in postproduction with her documentary The Limits of Europe / Hranice Evropy, which is estimated to be finished in 2023.
18-11-2022

New Latvian Film Classics Available Worldwide on National Film Centre’s Portal

RIGA: The list of Latvian classical films available for streaming on National Film Centre of Latvia’s portal has been supplemented with new titles. Currently, 30 titles including 18 feature films,…
18-11-2022

FESTIVALS: EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival 2022 Honours Jerzy Skolimowski and Andrzej Seweryn

TORUN: The 30th edition of the EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival (12 – 19 November 2022) is presenting Andrzej Seweryn with the Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Art of Acting and Jerzy…
18-11-2022

FESTIVALS: Black Czechs Awarded by Online Audience of 2022 Ji.hlava IDFF

JIHLAVA: Black Czechs by Martin Müller is the recipient of the award granted by the online audience of the 26th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, which took place in person…
18-11-2022

Extended Deadline for When East Meets West 2023

TRIESTE: The deadline for submissions to the open calls for Last Stop Trieste, This is IT, EAVE Slate and Inspirational Labs at 2023 When East Meets West (WEMW) has been…
18-11-2022

Latvia Sees Most Intense Season of Domestic Releases in Its History

RIGA: Latvia is seeing an abundance of 18 domestic theatrical releases in the last quarter of 2022, with cinemas fully operational in 2022 after two years of on and off…
17-11-2022

Producer Danijel Pek Appointed as Artistic Director of Pula FF

ZAGREB: Producer Daniel Pek was chosen from among seven candidates as the new artistic director of the Pula Film Festival, Croatia’s biggest festival dedicated to national production and coproduction.
17-11-2022

BOX OFFICE: Serbian WW2 Spy Thriller/Melodrama Vera Hits No. 2 in Weekend Charts

BELGRADE: Serbian WW2 spy thriller melodrama Vera by Nedeljko Kovačić scores second place in its opening box office weekend in Serbia with 14,075 admissions and 62,269 EUR / 7,303,004 RSD…
17-11-2022

FNE Podcast: Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event 2022: Triin Tramberg: Managing Director at Discovery Campus

FNE correspondent and film critic Alexander Gabelia spoke to Triin Tramberg, Managing Director of Discovery Campus, First Feature Competition programmer and Works in Progress & Script Pool project competition manager,…
17-11-2022

FESTIVALS: Cinemania 2022 Kicks Off in Bulgaria

SOFIA: Bulgaria’s main autumn event Cinemania (Kinomania) will take place in the towns of Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna between 17 November and 4 December 2022.
17-11-2022

FESTIVALS: New Film Festival in Serbia

BELGRADE: The first edition of the Fine Line Film Festival will be held 19 - 20 November 2022 in Belgrade. The festival will screen 13 short films from countries worldwide…
17-11-2022

SEE Cinema Network Funds Projects from FNE Partner Countries

SKOPJE: Films from North Macedonia, Romania and Montenegro have received funding from the South Eastern Europe Cinema Network (SEE Cinema Network) in the amount of 9,000 EUR each for development…
16-11-2022

PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Director Ignas Jonynas Shoots Border Wall

VILNIUS: Lithuanian director Ignas Jonynas is currently filming his third feature film Border Wall / Siena, which is supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre.
16-11-2022