Classic Romanian Animated Film Reaches North America
BUCHAREST: LA-based Deaf Crocodile Films has licensed North American home video rights to Romanian animated sci-fi film The Son of the Stars / Fiul stelelor (1987) by Calin Cazan and…
Marta Pajeks’s Short Animated Trilogy Impossible Figures and Other Stories Available for Free on Vimeo
WARSAW: Impossible Figures and Other Stories I, the first part of the award-winning animated trilogy by Marta Pajek, is available on Vimeo free of charge starting 8 November 2022. The…
FESTIVALS: Submissions Open for Animafest Zagreb 2023
ZAGREB: The World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb has opened the submissions for its 33rd edition set to take place 5 - 10 June 2023. All short and…
PRODUCTION: Croatian Rock Documentary Grandpa Guru Shoots in USA
ZAGREB: Croatian screenwriter/director Silvio Mirošničenko is currently filming Grandpa Guru, a long documentary produced by Croatia’s Točka kulture and coproduced by Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Produkcija Scena.
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Director Eglė Vertelytė Shoots Sophomore Feature Tasty
VILNIUS: Lithuanian writer/director Eglė Vertelytė started shooting her sophomore feature after her successful debut with Miracle / Stebuklas (2018). The comedy drama Tasty / Gardutė has already been acquired by…
European Film Academy Announces European Film Awards 2022 Main Nominations
BERLIN: Four coproductions from FNE partner countries have been nominated for the 35th European Film Awards in the European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI category. The European Film Academy announced the…
Cinematography Foundation Sarajevo Joins EFAD
SARAJEVO: The Cinematography Foundation Sarajevo has become the 37th member of the European Film Agency Directors association (EFAD). The Foundation will join as an associate member, a status for countries…
Cinema Attendance in Estonia Lowest in 16 Years
TALLINN: Admissions in Estonia fell to 1.39 m in 2021, which is the most modest result in the last 16 years.
Ballerina Starring Ana de Armas Starts Shooting in Prague
PRAGUE: Ballerina, a spinoff of the John Wick franchise directed by Len Wiseman and starring Ana de Armas and presumably Keanu Reeves, starts shooting in Prague on 7 November 2022,…
FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Magdalena Zimecka, Managing Director of Polish ORKA Film
WARSAW: FNE spoke to Magdalena Zimecka, managing director of Polish ORKA Film, about their current projects and activities.
PRODUCTION: Michal Hogenauer in Postproduction with Czech/Slovak Calm in the Canopy
PRAGUE: Czech director/writer Michal Hogenauer is currently in postproduction with his sophomore feature Calm in the Canopy / V korunách stromů je klid (working title), which is estimated to be…
CEE Animation Forum 2022 Announces Winners
PRAGUE: A total of 16 awards were announced at the CEE Animation Forum 2022, the largest pitching and networking event in Central and Eastern Europe. A total of 33 projects…
More than 60 European Companies to Attend NEM Zagreb 2022
ZAGREB: New Europe Market (NEM) Zagreb, which will be held this year at the Esplanade Zagreb Hotel 7 - 9 December 2022, will focus again on the CEE region.
FESTIVALS: Tbilisi International Animation Festival 2022 Announces Winners
TBILISI: Abandoned Village by Georgian director Mariam Kapanadze was awarded the Grand Prix at the 5th edition of the Tbilisi International Animation Festival, which was held in a physical format…
EFA Launches Month of European Film on 13 November 2022
BERLIN: The European Film Academy is celebrating European cinema through a series of events entitled Month of European Film, starting on 13 December and culminating with the 35th European Film…
Second Series Rough Pitch – The Balkan Way to Be Held Today
ZAGREB: Seven TV series projects in development were selected for the second edition of Series Rough Pitch – The Balkan Way, which takes place online on 7 November 2022 and…
SkyShowtime Announces Launch Dates for Central and Eastern Europe
SARAJEVO: The pan-European streaming service SkyShowtime will launch in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia on 14 December 2022, and it will expand to Czech Republic,…
Liam Hemsworth Replaces Henry Cavill in The Witcher Season 4
WARSAW: Liam Hemsworth will star as Geralt in the fourth season of Netflix’s The Witcher, which is based on the book series of the same name by Polish writer Andrzej…
Films Boutique Acquires Hungarian/Slovak Animated Sci-Fi White Plastic Sky
BUDAPEST: The Berlin-based outlet Films Boutique has picked up the post-apocalyptic animated sci-fi White Plastic Sky / Műanyag Égbolt directed by Sarolta Szabó and Tibor Bánóczki. The Hungarian/Slovak coproduction imagines,…
PRODUCTION: Tomáš Klein in Postproduction with Czech/Slovak A Sensitive Person
PRAGUE: Czech director/writer Tomáš Klein is currently in postproduction with his feature film A Sensitive Person / Citlivý člověk, which is based on the eponymous novel by Jáchym Topol. The…
