TALLINN: The Fencer, a Finnish/Estonia coproduction directed by Klaus Härö, is competing in the Golden Globes Best Foreign Language Film category.
PRAGUE: Czech telecom company O2 has moved into digital film production, following its launch of a sports channel in mid-2015.
BERLIN: Picnic by Croatian director Jure Pavlović won the short film award and Polish film editor Jacek Drosio was recognized for his editing of the film Body at the European Film Academy ceremony in Berlin on 12 December 2015.
Georgian National Film Center script development grants for feature films dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
Czech director Miroslav Janek is receiving an online retrospective through Doc Alliance through 20 December 2015.
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival breaks attendance record, sparks sales deals
Festivals 10-12-2015The 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (BNFF) broke last year’s attendance record of 77,500 with a total of 80,066 admissions. Audience enthusiasm has also prompted three deals on Tridens First Features Competition title Loev, directed by Sudhanshu Saria, to be signed less than 10 days after the festival. Filmmaker enthusiasm for the fest was also expressed when The Throne team gave back their Grand Prix award money for BNFF to use for next year.
PRAGUE: Czech production services company Wilma Film has completed production on three German films which shot in the Czech Republic throughout fall 2015.
PRAGUE: Doc Alliance Academy, a new portal offering documentary films and teaching materials for secondary schools and universities is launching in the Czech Republic.
LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Film Centre is teaming up with RTV Slovenia to present the second Short Film Night on 21 December 2015.
When the 28th European Film Awards return to Berlin on 12 December, there will be an impressive line-up of European actors and actresses presenting the individual awards: Among them will be actresses Laura Birn (Finland), Elisa Sednaoui (Italy), Ana Ularu (Romania) and Carice van Houten (the Netherlands) and their male colleagues Carlos Areces (Spain), Johannes Bah Kuhnke (Sweden), Daniel Brühl (Germany), Javier Cámara (Spain), Jesper Christensen (Denmark), Grigoriy Dobrygin (Russia), Sasson Gabay (Israel), Jakub Gierszał (Poland), Johan Heldenbergh (Belgium), Reda Kateb (France), Ulrich Matthes (Germany), Alexander Skarsgård (Sweden). They will also be joined by directors Isabel Coixet (Spain), Stephen Daldry (UK), François Ozon (France) and Paweł Pawlikowski (Poland) as well as EFA Chairwoman Agnieszka Holland and EFA President Wim Wenders.
