Apply to Balkan Watchers – Media Programme for Documentary Films and Podcasts

SOFIA: The Balkan Documentary Center has launched a new initiative: Balkan Watchers – Media Programme for Documentary Films and Podcasts. Submission deadline is 1 March 2024.
05-02-2024

OBITUARY: Hungarian Film Director and Producer László Vitézy

BUDAPEST: Renowned Hungarian film director and producer László Vitézy died at the age of 83. He had received the Grand Prize of the Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival for Peacetime / Békeidö…
05-02-2024

Industry Veteran Nikolaj Nikitin as New Head of Finance and Operations at T-PORT

BERLIN: The online market for short films T-Port has announced that the lauded film curator and distribution expert Nikolaj Nikitin is joining their team as Head of Finance & Operations.
05-02-2024

BOX OFFICE: New Domestic Titles in Slovenian Box Office

LJUBLJANA: The top title in the Slovenian box office in the last week of January was the domestic film Gepack by Žiga Kukovič with 14,598 admissions and 99,660 EUR gross.
02-02-2024

BOX OFFICE: One Domestic Film in Macedonian Top Ten 2023

SKOPJE: The domestic low budget comedy Te Dua, I Swear / Te dua, zimi mene by Marjan Gavrilovski finished the year 2023 among the Top 10 most watched films in…
02-02-2024

Polish Filmmakers Association Takes Legal Action Against Government Over Missed EU Directive on Internet Royalties

WARSAW: In a significant move, the Polish Filmmakers Association (SFP) has reported a suspected crime related to Mateusz Morawiecki's government's failure to adopt the EU directive on internet royalties. This…
02-02-2024

PRODUCTION: Jan Sebechlebský Starts Shooting Czech/Slovak Secret Delivery

BRATISLAVA: Jan Sebechlebský has just started shooting the historical family road film Secret Delivery / Tichá pošta. The film is a production between Czech´s 8Heads Productions and Slovak´s ARINA FILM,…
02-02-2024

FNE at Berlinale 2024: Talents from FNE Partner Countries Among European Shooting Stars 2024

BERLIN: Margarita Stoykova (Bulgaria), Džiugas Grinys (Lithuania), Kamila Urzędowska (Poland) and Salome Demuria (Georgia) are among the ten European Shooting Stars 2024 presented by European Film Promotion (EFP) at the…
02-02-2024

BOX OFFICE: Cinema Attendance in Bosnia and Herzegovina Rises by 15% in 2023

SARAJEVO: With 4,512,856 EUR / 8,826,380 KM gross and 1,284,834 admissions, the cinema market in Bosnia and Herzegovina saw a 20 percent increase in revenue in 2023 and 15 percent…
31-01-2024

National Film Institute-Hungary Brings Domestic Cinema to Rural Communities

BUDAPEST: The National Film Institute-Hungary (NFI) plans to organise a series of 10 free film clubs in 180 rural communities by the summer of 2024 under the programme Moziklub –…
31-01-2024

Montenegro Continues Cinema Digitalisation

PODGORICA: The halls of cultural centres in Podgorica (KIC "Budo Tomović"), Tuzi (Malesia Culture Center), Danilovgrad (Culture Center Danilovgrad) and the first summer scene in Montenegro within the Bar Cultural…
31-01-2024

FESTIVALS: Winners of 2024 Trieste Film Festival

TRIESTE: The Ukrainian/German/Polish/Slovak coproduction Stepne directed by Maryna Vroda received the Trieste Prize for Best Feature Film at the 35th edition of the Trieste Film Festival, which took place 19…
31-01-2024

Acclaimed Filmmakers to Attend 2024 Visegrad Film Forum in Bratislava

BRATISLAVA: Indian-born British-American film editor Tariq Anwar, British cinematographer / photographer Peter Suschitzky and Icelandic screenwriter / director Rúnar Rúnarsson will be coming to Bratislava for the 11th Visegrad Film…
31-01-2024

BOX OFFICE: Two Domestic Films in Czech Top Ten 2023

PRAGUE: Domestic comedies ONEMANSHOW: The Movie and The Island / Ostrov finished the year 2023 in the third and ninth place respectively in the Czech charts.
29-01-2024

PRODUCTION: Latvian Director Armands Zacs in Postproduction with Youth Eternal

RIGA: Latvian director/writer Armands Zacs is in the final stage of postproduction with his debut feature Youth Eternal / Mūžīgi jauni.
29-01-2024

FNE Podcast: Salome Alexi-Meskhishvili and David Vashadze: Georgian Film Institute

TBILISI: FNE spoke to Salome Alexi-Meskhishvili, president of the Georgian Film Institute (GFI) and David Vashadze, executive director, about the general goals and activities of the organisation, which has recently…
29-01-2024

FESTIVALS: Mikhail Gorobchuk’s Violet Country Wins 2024 Kustendorf Film & Music Festival

BELGRADE: The Golden Egg Award at the 17th Kustendorf Film & Music Festival in Serbia went to the Russian film Violet Country directed by Mikhail Gorobchuk. The Kustendorf Film &…
29-01-2024

Two Projects from FNE Partner Countries Receive Support from New Pilot Programme for Series Co-production

STRASBOURG: Belgian/Slovenian Arcanes, and Greater Adria, a joint project between Croatia, Italy, Germany and Belgium, are among the seven projects receiving support under the Council of Europe’s new Pilot Programme…
29-01-2024

BOX OFFICE: Outstanding Domestic Opening for Nemanja Ćeranić’s Biopic Sunday

BELGRADE: Serbia can boast about its yet another domestic blockbuster, as the biopic Sunday / Nedelja pulled 87,162 admissions during the course of its first cinema distribution weekend, grossing 419,482…
26-01-2024

Soviet Jeans Leads Nominations for Latvian National Film Awards Lielais Kristaps

RIGA: Staņislavs Tokalovs’ and Juris Kursietis’ TV series Soviet Jeans received 12 nominations for the Latvian National Film Awards Lielais Kristaps, whose ceremony will be held on 4 February 2024.
26-01-2024