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Prešeren Award 2019 to Honour Filip Robar Dorin and Bjanka Adžić Ursulov

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2019-01-15

LJUBLJANA: Prešeren Award 2019, the top Slovenian accolade for arts, will go to filmmaker Filip Robar Dorin and costume designer Bjanka Adžić Ursulov. Only two filmmakers have been awarded the…

Sharp Decline in Domestic Film Admissions in Croatia

Iulia Blaga Croatia 2019-01-15

ZAGREB: Admissions to domestic films in Croatia decreased from 121,205 in 2017 to 55,709 in 2018, as the number of theatrically released domestic films dropped drastically from 16 in 2017…

Two Bosnian Films in Berlinale Shorts

FNE Staff Bosnia-Herzegovina 2019-01-15

SARAJEVO: A German/Bosnian short film directed by Clarissa Thieme will compete for the Golden Bear, while a film from 2000 by Jasmila Žbanić will screen out of competition in Berlinale…

FESTIVALS: The 30th Trieste Film Festival Ready to Kick Off

FNE Staff Region 2019-01-15

TRIESTE: Nine films from Central and Eastern Europe will vie in the Feature Film Competition of the 30th edition of Trieste Film Festival. The festival will run from 18 till…

Polish Ministry of Culture to Merge Public Film Studios

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-01-14

WARSAW: The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage plans to merge the Documentary and Feature Film Studios (WFDiF) and four other public production studios into one big film production center…

FESTIVALS: The 12th Küstendorf Film and Music Festival Kicks Off

Zoran Janković Serbia 2019-01-14

MEĆAVNIK: Twenty one short films were selected for the Competition Programme of the 12th edition of the Kustendorf Film and Music Festival, taking place in Mećavnik from 11 to 16…

Two Polish Coproductions Selected for Berlinale Co-Production Market

FNE Staff Poland 2019-01-14

WARSAW: Two Polish coproductions have been chosen for the Official Selection of the Berlinale Co-Production Market 2019 and for Rotterdam-Berlinale Express. The 16th edition of the Berlinale Co-Production Market will…

PRODUCTION: Šarūnas Bartas Shoots In The Dusk

Aukse Kancereviciute Lithuania 2019-01-11

VILNIUS: The acclaimed Lithuanian director Šarūnas Bartas is currently shooting a new historical drama In The Dusk / Sutemose, focusing on the Lithuanian partisan war, which took place after WWII.…

God Exists, Her Name is Petrunija by Teona Strugar Mitevska

Teona Strugar Mitevska and Agnieszka Holland in Berlinale’s Competition

FNE Staff Macedonia 2019-01-11

SKOPJE: God Exists, Her Name is Petrunija by Teona Strugar Mitevska and Mr. Jones by Agnieszka Holland have been selected for the Competition of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival.…

Maltese, Bulgarian and Polish Films Nominated for National Film Awards UK 2019

FNE Staff Malta 2019-01-11

VALLETTA: The Maltese film director Winston Azzopardi has been nominated with The Boat for the best director award at the UK National Film Awards 2019, while the Bulgarian film Revolution…

Bulgaria Celebrates National Cinema Day

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2019-01-11

SOFIA: Bulgaria’s National Film Center is organising the celebration of the National Cinema Day on 13 January 2019. The official event will be once again performed in close collaboration with…

FNE IDF DocBloc: Projects Selected for East Doc Platform 2019

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2019-01-11

Here are the projects selected for the 8th edition of East Doc Platform, the largest coproduction, funding and distribution platform tailor-made for Central and East European documentaries, which will take…

Record Number of Projects Apply for New Romanian Rebate Scheme

Iulia Blaga Romania 2019-01-10

BUCHAREST: A total of 41 projects applied for rebates in Romania in October-December 2018, of which seven have already been approved, two have been rejected and the rest of them…

GRANTS: Film Center Serbia Supports Three New Feature Films

Zoran Janković Serbia 2019-01-10

BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia distributed 810,950 EUR / 96 m RSD for the production of three feature films in the final round of grants for 2018.

Four BAFTA Nominations for Cold War

FNE Staff Poland 2019-01-10

WARSAW: Cold War by Paweł Pawlikowski landed four nominations for the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) 2019. The nominations were announced on 9 January 2019.

Admissions and BO in Bosnia and Herzegovina Increase for Second Year in a Row

Tina Smalcelj Bosnia-Herzegovina 2019-01-09

SARAJEVO: Total admissions increased by 7.85 percent and total box office increased by 7.07 percent in 2018, according to Sarajevo Film Festival’s Statistics and Analysis Department. Bosnia and Herzegovina also…

Domestic Hits Drive Increase in Serbian Admissions in 2018

Zoran Janković Serbia 2019-01-09

BELGRADE: Total admissions in Serbia increased considerably, from 3,754,368 in 2017 to 4,193,755 in 2018, mostly due to the blockbusters South Wind / Južni vetar by Miloš Avramović, distributed by…

TVP to Buy Showmax

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-01-09

WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster TVP is negotiating the purchase of the Showmax VOD service from Naspers, following the owner's decision to leave the Polish market by the end of January…

Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time by Stere Gulea

Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time Boosts Domestic Film Admissions in Romania

Iulia Blaga Romania 2019-01-08

BUCHAREST: Admissions to domestic films increased from 280,910 in 2017 to approximately 380,000 in 2018 in Romania due to Stere Gulea’s Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time / Moromeții…

OBITUARY: Croatian Actor Ivo Gregurević

FNE Staff Croatia 2019-01-08

ZAGREB: The acclaimed Croatian film and theatre actor Ivo Gregurević has died at age 66. In 1998 he received Croatia's highest cultural honour, the Vladimir Nazor Award for his contribution…