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Loli Paradicka by Richard Staviarsky, Víťo Staviarsky

PRODUCTION: Slovak Staviarsky Family Moves into Film Production

FNE Staff Slovakia 2018-11-06

BRATISLAVA: Slovak novelist/scriptwriter Vito Staviarsky along with his sons, director Richard Staviarsky and editor Juraj Staviarsky, and daughter, producer Marka Staviarska, are in post-production with their first feature film Loli…

FNE at Cottbus: Rejected Premieres in Competition

Cathy Meils Region 2018-11-06

COTTBUS: The Kazakh film Rejected / Otvergnutye directed by Zhanna Issabayeva makes its world premiere in the main competition of the 28th Cottbus Film Festival, running 6 – 11 November…

FNE at Zagreb Film Festival: All Alone

FNE Staff Croatia 2018-11-06

ZAGREB: The Zagreb Film Festival, running 11-18 November, will screen Croatian writer/director Bobo Jelčić’s drama All Alone.

FESTIVALS: Animafest Zagreb Opens Applications

FNE Staff Croatia 2018-11-06

ZAGREB: Animafest Zagreb is accepting applications from short and feature length animated films for its 29th edition, running 3-8 June 2019.

PRODUCTION: Marko Skop in Post-production with Let There Be Light

FNE Staff Slovakia 2018-11-05

BRATISLAVA: Slovak director/writer/producer Marko Škop is in post-production with his second feature film Let There be Light / Nech je svetlo.

Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs by Edmunds Jansons

Two Animations Among Latvian Films in Post-production

FNE Staff Latvia 2018-11-05

RIGA: Latvian production companies have a bonanza of films in post-production or completed and awaiting release. They include two animated films, both for children and family audiences.

FNE at Ljubljana IFF: My Last Year as a Loser

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2018-11-05

LJUBLJANA: Urša Menart's debut feature My Last Year as a Loser / Ne bom več luzerka, which was awarded Best Film at the 21st Festival of Slovenian Film in Potoroz,…

BOX OFFICE: South Wind Sets Record Opening for Serbian Film

Zoran Janković Serbia 2018-11-02

BELGRADE: Miloš Avramović’s feature South Wind / Južni vetar has reached nearly 150,000 admissions in its first seven days of release in Serbia, making it the best opening of a…

Boy of War by Cyprien Clément-Delmas and Igor Kosenko

Two Year Old Analog Vision’s International Vision

Cathy Meils Czech Republic 2018-11-02

PRAGUE: Just off a double win at the Jihlava IDFF for the German/Czech coproduction Boy of War directed by Cyprien Clément-Delmas and Igor Kosenko, and currently presenting the international premiere…

FNE IDF DocBloc: When the War Comes Wins Silver Eye

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-11-02

The Czech documentary When the War Comes by Jan Gebert won the Silver Eye Award at the Jihlava IDFF.

PRODUCTION: Patryk Vega Shoots Sequel to International Box Office Comedy Hit Women of Mafia

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2018-10-31

SZCZECIN: Patryk Vega is working on a sequel to his box-office hit Women of Mafia with an international cast and release planned for February 2019.

FESTIVALS: Zagreb Film Festival Selects Twelve Films for Main Competition

FNE Staff Croatia 2018-10-31

ZAGREB: Twelve directors’ first and second feature films are competing for the main award and a prize of 4,000 EUR at the Zagreb Film Festival, running 11-18 November

MIDPOINT TV Launch 2019 Selects 20 Participants

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-10-31

PRAGUE: Nine projects and two development executives account for the 20 participants selected for the 2019 edition of MIDPOINT TV Launch, a nine-month long programme which begins in November 2018…

FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Vacancy Wins Opus Bonum

Cathy Meils Czech Republic 2018-10-30

JIHLAVA: The Belgian documentary Vacancy won the main award of the international competition Opus Bonum at the 22nd Jihlava IDFF, at the awards ceremony on 29 October 2018.

FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Regional Film Offices and Film Funds Expand Across Czech Republic

Cathy Meils Czech Republic 2018-10-30

JIHLAVA: The new Vysocina Film Office, the latest addition to a growing list of film commissions and film funds in the Czech Republic, used the platform of the Jihlava IDFF…

Urša Menart and Liza Marija Grašič as Half-Sisters

PRODUCTION: Damjan Kozole Starts Shooting Slovenian/Macedonian/Serbian/Croatian Half-Sister

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2018-10-30

LJUBLJANA: Damjan Kozole began production on the Slovenian/Macedonian/Serbian/Croatian coproduction Half-Sister / Polsestra on 27 October 2018. The 32 days of filming are taking place in Ljubljana and the Slovenian fishing…

FESTIVALS: 7th CineDOC Tbilisi IDFF Calls for Films

Cathy Meils Georgia 2018-10-30

JIHLAVA: CineDOC Tbilisi co-founders Artchil Khetagouri and Ileana Stanculescu are on a mission to create a new generation of Georgian documentary filmmakers through the platform of the seven-year-old festival.

FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Czech Docs Look Abroad

Cathy Meils Czech Republic 2018-10-30

JIHLAVA: Czech documentary filmmakers are participating in international coproductions and taking on international topics and settings in increasing numbers. A clear example of this can be seen in the Czech…

Industry@Tallinn Presents 11 Projects at Baltic Event Works in Progress

FNE Staff Estonia 2018-10-30

TALLINN: Eleven projects in the advanced stages of production or post-production from the Baltic region will be presented at the 16th annual Baltic Event Works in Progress programme, taking place…