Romanian Online Ad Market to Decline
BUCHAREST: Romanian online ad market was 10.2 m EUR / almost 46 m RON in the first six months of 2015, on decline by 15% compared to the second half…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Projects Selected for Project Market 2016
Sixteen projects have been selected for Project Market, an event focusing on one-on-one meetings within East Doc Platform and taking place on 10-11 March 2016.
PRODUCTION: Ashes in the Snow Shooting in Lithuania
VILNIUS: Marius Markevičius began shooting the WWII drama Ashes in the Snow / Pelenai Sniege in Lithuania. The film is an American/Lithuanian coproduction based on the bestseller Between Shades of…
GRANTS: Estonia Announces Grants
TALLINN: The Estonian Film Institute gave almost 850,000 EUR as production grants for the new feature films by Jaak Kilmi and Katrin and Andres Maimik.
BIEFF Changes Dates
BUCHAREST: The 6th edition of Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival will take place in 2016 from 14 to 20 March.
Małgorzata Szumowska Joins Competition Jury at Berlin Film Festival
WARSAW: Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska, who won Silver Bear and Best Director ex-aequo for Body at Berlin Film Festival 2015, is joining the Competition Jury of the 66th edition of…
PRODUCTION: Sunrise in Kimmeria in Postproduction
NICOSIA: Cypriot writer/director Simon Farmakas is in the final stages of postproduction with his debut feature, the dramedy Sunrise in Kimmeria.
Emmy Winner to Finish Documentary in Georgia
TBILISI: Emmy winner, American director and artist James Higginson, is about to finish his documentary Devout about Georgian monks. He also plans to shoot an experimental feature, The Road to…
PRODUCTION: Ita Rina, A Film Star Who Refused an Invitation to Hollywood in Postproduction
LJUBLJANA: Marta Frelih entered postproduction with her long documentary Ita Rina: A Film Star Who Refused an Invitation to Hollywood, about the first Slovenian film actress who became famous outside…
PRODUCTION: Władysław Pasikowski in Development with Jan Nowak-Jeziorański Biopic
WARSAW: Polish director Władysław Pasikowski is working on a new historical thriller about Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, one of the most notable resistance fighters of the Home Army during WWII. The shooting…
Obituary: Director Ladislav Helge
PRAGUE: Film director and screenwriter Ladislav Helge, one of the members of the Czech New wave, passed away at 88 on 31 January 2016.
Marion Rathmann, New Appointment at Turner Broadcasting System in Central and Eastern Europe
Marion Rathmann was appointed Programming Director of entertainment channels at Turner Broadcasting System in Central and Eastern Europe on 1 February 2016.
The Wednesday Child Wins Trieste Film Festival
TRIESTE: The Wednesday Child by Lili Horváth received the Trieste Award for Best Feature Film at the 27th Trieste Film Festival which took place from 22 to 30 January 2016.
Two Polish Films Honoured at Sundance
WARSAW: Michał Marczak received the Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary for All These Sleepless Nights while Agnieszka Smoczyńska was awarded A World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Unique Vision…
Malta Determined to Boost Film Industry
VALLETTA: The minister of Tourism, Edward Zammit Lewis, expressed his firm commitment to work towards creating a sustainable film industry, while transforming Malta and Gozo into unique film destinations.
Slovenian Box Office on the Rise
LJUBLJANA: Admissions in Slovenia were up by six percent in 2015 compared to 2014 but domestic titles scored less than in the previous year.
Polish Coproduction to Open in France
WARSAW: Anne Fontaine’s drama Agnus Dei, a French/Polish/Belgian coproduction starring Agata Kulesza and Agata Buzek, will open in France on 10 February 2016. The film is distributed by Mars Films.
Star Wars Rumored to Shoot in Croatia
ZAGREB: The Croatian media is speculating that Star Wars: Episode VIII might be shot in Dubrovnik, as the Croatian Audiovisual Centre neither confirms nor denies it.
Pitbull. New Order, Best Domestic Opening in 2016
WARSAW: Pitbull. New Order, a sequel to Patryk Vega's crime series Pitbull, had 211,091 admissions in the opening weekend, setting a record for a domestic film in 2016.
FESTIVALS: ZagrebDox Announces Lineup
ZAGREB: More than 160 films have been selected for all the 17 categories of the 12th ZagrebDox, of which 24 titles will vie in the International Competition. The festival takes…
