Czech film producer and director Radim Procházka sat down with the Institute of Documentary Film to speak about the current state of Czech documentary film from the perspective of a film producer.

PRAGUE: Czech comedy/drama Smiles of Sad Men / Úsmevy smutných muzu by Dan Svátek opened on 12 July and went directly to number 3 in the local box office.

VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Film Centre distributed 781,153 EUR at its second grants session for 2018. There are six minority coproductions, directed by Anu-Laura Tuttelberg, Jivan Avetisyan, Dāvis Sīmanis, Davit Abramishvili, Edouard Montoute and Elina Panik, among the projects receiving grants.

 

BUDAPEST: Hungary will raise its production incentives from 25% to 30%. The submission of the Hungarian Film Fund approved by the European Commission aims at preserving its competitiveness in Europe.

The following production grants were announced by the Lithuanian Film Centre on 17 July 2018.

This is the last call for entries to the 26th edition of CAMERIMAGE, The International Film Festival Of The Art Of Cinematography. You can still submit music videos, student etudes and TV pilots.

RIGA: The 4th edition of the European Script Meeting (23-24 October 2018), the main industry event of the Riga International Film Festival (18-31 October 2018), launches call for applications.

Submissions are now open for one of the Riga International Film Festival's (RIGA IFF) core industry events – the 4th edition of European Script Meeting, which will take place on October 23-24, 2018.

The 21st Guanajuato International Film Festival will include the screenings of four Croatian films. Cyclists by Veljko Popović and ‘The Stranger’ In My Head by Petra Balekić will screen in competition, while Into the Blue by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović and The Lovetts by Igor Bezinović will screen out of competition. The festival will take place in Guanajuato and San Miguel from July 20th to 29th.