PRAGUE: Six Czech films are holding on to their spots in the top 20 at the local box office, with several in their sixth and seventh weeks in distribution. They are comprised of a diverse mix of genres, including fairy tale, drama, romantic comedy and animation.
The B'EST EAVE 2015 Producers Workshop ends today with the best project award announced at the Baltic Event reception in Cannes. The 12 000 Euros of development support is granted by the P.O.V. Film Development Fund. The award goes to producer Maxim Dashkin's (Russia) project The Longest Birthday.
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BUCHAREST: Romania has announced that it will offer tax incentives for films by the end of 2016. The system is being worked out by the Romanian Ministry of Culture and the Romanian National Film Centre.
TRIESTE: The coproduction forum When East Meets West (WEMW), taking place 22-24 January 2017, has announced its country focus, with Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania representing the East and France representing the West.
LONDON: Elvis Walks Home, a UK/Albanian/Croatian coproduction directed by Fatmir Koci, will begin shooting in Bosnia and Albania on 15 August 2016.
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CANNES: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre, FVG Audiovisual Fund and Slovenian Film Centre have announced the participants of the 2nd RE-ACT Workshop, an innovative co-development and training initiative launched by the three film funds in 2015.
TBILISI: LA-based director, Nick Agiashvili has been confirmed to direct the UK/Georgian co-production Shindisi, to be produced by Liberty Studio, 20 Steps and Lakumi in Georgia in partnership with UK’s Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME).
FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Cannes Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, Directors' Fortnight and Critics Week, giving the films 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 stars. 5 is the best and 1 is the worst. The ratings give an overview of critics opinions from a large number of countries and provide insights to what critics in many different countries think about the programme.
