TBILISI: Acclaimed Georgian writer and screenwriter Revaz (Rezo) Cheishvili passed away at 82. He wrote the script of Eldar Shengelaia's famous Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story (1983, Kartuli Pilmi), an adaptation of his own story.
Who’s Partying at: FIPRESCI Venice Awards Ceremony and FNE FIPRESCI Critics With Slovak Film Institute Materials
Region 14-09-2015Click HERE to see the photos
VENICE: FNE together with FIPRESCI invited FIPRESCI critics in Venice to rate the films in all four of the official competition programmes of the festival giving the films 1,2,3,4 or 5 stars.
TBILISI/VILNIUS: Levan Tutberidze's Moira and Alanté Kavaïté’s The Summer of Sangaile have been selected by Georgia and Lithuania to compete in the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language film.
ZAGREB: Jérôme Salle’s The Odyssey/ L'Odyssée, a big budget French film about the life of the explorer Jacques Cousteau is currently shooting on the island of Hvar. The film stars Lambert Wilson, Pierre Niney and Audrey Tautou.
The Zookeeper’s Wife Starring Jessica Chastain and Daniel Brühl to Shoot in Prague
Czech Republic 11-09-2015PRAGUE: Niki Caro's adaptation of Diane Ackerman’s novel The Zookeeper’s Wife, set against the backdrop of the holocaust during WWII, is shooting in Prague. The Czech capital will double for Warsaw where the story is set.
VIENNA: Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, a Bollywood film starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma which is currently shooting in London will also shoot in Austria in October 2015.
With the opening of a seventh screening hall at Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (JIDFF), the festival’s capacity is now expanding by over 400 seats.
