OBITUARY: Serbian Producer Tea Korolija
BELGRADE: Serbian producer Tea Korolija passed away at the age of 49, after a long battle with an illness. She produced the megahit Besa through the Serbian production company Adrenalin.
Miniseries The Gray House Halts Shooting in Romania Due to SAG-AFTRA Strike
BUCHAREST: The TV miniseries The Gray House directed by Roland Joffe, produced by Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman, and starring Marie Louise Parker and Christopher McDonald has stopped midway shooting…
GRANTS: Lithuanian Film Centre Announces Second Grants for 2023
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Film Centre has distributed 330,000 EUR for 24 projects in production and development in its second batch for 2023.
PRODUCTION: Estonian Director Margit Lillak Shoots Becoming Roosi
TALLINN: Estonian director Margit Lillak is currently in production with her long documentary Becoming Roosi / Varastatud tulevik, which has been shot in Estonia, Sweden, Germany, Denmark and France.
PRODUCTION: Indiegogo Campaign for Dimitar Kotzev’s Feature Film The Answer to All Questions
SOFIA: Bulgarian director Dimitar Kotzev is in postproduction with his third feature film The Answer to All Questions, which he is independently producing through Kontraplan. An Indiegogo fundraising campaign launched…
PRODUCTION: Croatian Documentary Snajka: Diary of Expectations in Postproduction
ZAGREB: Tea Vidović Dalipi is in final postproduction with her long documentary Snajka: Diary of Expectations, which is a coproduction between Croatia, Italy and Kosovo supported by the Croatian Audiovisual…
Full Moon Creative Lab Launches Call for Applications
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Scriptwriters from all EU member countries can apply for the Full Moon Creative Lab, a project dedicated to film professionals specialising in genre TV series: thriller, horror and fantasy.…
Brad Pitt in Hungary for Joseph Kosinski's Apex
BUDAPEST: Brad Pitt will visit Hungary in July 2023 for the shooting of Apex directed by Joseph Kosinski, which will be serviced in Hungary by Mid Atlantic Films and will…
PRODUCTION: Latvian Animation Director Kārlis Vītols Preps The Northern Star
RIGA: Latvian animation director/artist Kārlis Vītols is currently in preparation with his long animated film The Northern Star / Ziemeļu Zvaigzne, whose production is due to start in September 2023.
PRODUCTION: Filip Peruzović Shoots Happy People in Zagreb
ZAGREB: The shooting of a feature film with the working title Happy People, directed by Filip Peruzović and produced by Dinaridi film with support from the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC),…
GRANTS: Film Center Serbia Announces Feature Film Production Grants
BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia has distributed 1,077,000 EUR / 126,286,250 RSD for the production of three feature films. New projects directed by Mirjana Karanović, Kosta Đorđević and Hadži-Aleksandrar Đurović received…
Polish Days 2023 Announces Selected Projects
WROCŁAW: New films by DK Welchman, Jan P. Matuszyński and Damian Kocur are among the projects selected for Polish Days 2023. The biggest industry event in Poland will be held…
FESTIVALS: Croatian Projects to Be Showcased at Pula Pro within Pula Film Festival 2023
PULA: Nine feature and documentary film projects directed by Igor Bezinović, Ivan Salaj and Goran Dević, among others, will be showcased at the industry programme Pula Pro, which will be…
PRODUCTION: Slovenian Director Klemen Dvornik Starts Shooting Children's Film Block 5
LJUBLJANA: Slovenian director Klemen Dvornik started shooting his fourth feature film Block 5 / Blok 5 on 8 July 2023. The 30-days shooting of this Slovenian/Croatian/Serbian/Czech coproduction will take place…
New Cinema Opens in Macedonian Town of Štip after 30 Years
ŠTIP: A new one-screen cinema opened in Štip, North Macedonia, on 8 July 2023, being the first cinema in this town in 30 years.
FESTIVALS: Motovun Film Festival Will Never Be the Same
MOTOVUN: The Motovun Film Festival celebrates its 25 years under a new name, Cinehill, and in two segments: one to be held in Motovun 22 - 24 July 2023 and…
FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Mindaugas Jokūbaitis, Producer at Lithuanian OAK9 Entertainment, UAB
VILNIUS: FNE spoke to Mindaugas Jokūbaitis, producer at OAK9 Entertainment, UAB, about their current activities, as well as the state of the Lithuanian animation and game development industries.
OBITUARY: Serbian Scriptwriter and Film Director Srđan Koljević
BELGRADE: Prominent Serbian scriptwriter, director and university professor Srđan Koljević passed away on 8 July 2023 at 56, after a long battle with a disease.
FESTIVALS: European Film Festival Palić 2023 Ready to Kick Off
PALIĆ: Over 150 film professionals from Serbia and abroad are expected to attend the 30th edition of the European Film Festival Palić, which will be held in Palić and Subotica…
Streaming Platforms to Contribute to Czech Audiovisual Fund
PRAGUE: Streamers including both domestic and foreign streamers, will be obliged under a new plan put forward by the Czech Ministry of Culture to allocate 2% of their revenues to…
