FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary IFF 2023 Announces Lineup
KARLOVY VARY: Nine world and two international premieres have been selected for the Crystal Globe Competition of the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which will take place 30 June…
Johnny Depp to Shoot Sophomore Directorial Project in Budapest
BUDAPEST: Johnny Depp’s Amedeo Modigliani biopic Modi starring Riccardo Scamarcio, Pierre Niney and Al Pacino, will start shooting in Budapest in the autumn of 2023. Proton Cinema will handle the…
FESTIVALS: Scanorama 2023 Opens Call for European Short Film Competition
VILNIUS: The European Film Forum Scanorama has launched an open call for its European short film competition Glimpses of Europe. The 21st edition of the European Film Forum Scanorama will…
Open-Air Film Screenings Season to Kick Off in North Macedonia
SKOPJE: The outdoor cinema season in North Macedonia will kick off on 31 May 2023 with the reopening of the open-air cinema of the Cinematheque of North Macedonia. Bringing a…
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Director Arturas Jevdokimovas in Postproduction with Lithuanian /Danish/Georgian Doc Life and Death of a Christmas Tree
VILNIUS: Lithuanian director/screenwriter Arturas Jevdokimovas is working on his new project, the Lithuanian/Danish/Georgian long documentary Life and Death of a Christmas Tree / Kalėdų eglutės gyvenimas ir mirtis. The film…
Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event Opens Accreditations
TALLINN: Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event has opened accreditations for its main programme, which will be held in Tallinn 13 – 17 November 2023. The upcoming edition will introduce a new…
FNE at Cannes 2023: Full List of Prize Winners
CANNES: The Hungarian/French coproduction 27 by Flóra Anna Buda received the Palm d’or for a short film at the 76th Festival de Cannes (16 – 27 May 2023). Polish minority…
FNE Malta Focus 2023: Malta Film Commission Creates 100,000 EUR Short Film Fund
VALLETTA: The Malta Film Commission has launched a 100,000 EUR grant for a single filmmaker to develop a 15-minute short film.
Professionals from FNE Partner Countries in EFP’s New Board of Directors
CANNES: The new Board of Directors of the European Film Promotion (EFP) was elected by EFP’s General Assembly at its meeting during the Cannes Film Festival. Markéta Santrochová, Head of…
FNE at Cannes 2023: See how the FIPRESCI critics rated the programme
FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Cannes Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, Directors' Fortnight and Critics Week, giving the…
Romania to Legally Re-launch Cash Rebate Scheme
BUCHAREST: The Romanian Government approved on 24 May 2023 an emergency ordinance for the re-start of the local cash rebate scheme, which had been officially launched in October 2018, halted…
PRODUCTION: Jesse Eisenberg Shoots A Real Pain Starring Himself and Kieran Culkin in Poland
WARSAW: Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin play two cousins discovering their Polish roots in A Real Pain directed by Eisenberg. Polish Extreme Emotions is coproducing.
FESTIVALS: Art Film Fest Košice 2023 Announces Lineup
KOŠICE: Nine films will compete for the main prize, the Blue Angel, in the International competition of the 29th Art Film Fest Košice, which will take place 16 – 23…
FNE at Cannes 2023: See how the FIPRESCI critics rate the programme
FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Cannes Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, Directors' Fortnight and Critics Week, giving the…
FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Dovydas Vilkelis, CEO and Producer of Animatrix
VILNIUS: FNE spoke to Dovydas Vilkelis, CEO and producer of Animatrix, about their current activities, as well as the state of the Lithuanian animation and game development industries.
FNE Malta Focus 2023: Thriller Last Breath Starring Woody Harrelson Shoots in Malta
VALLETTA: The American thriller Last Breath starring Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, Finn Cole and Cliff Curtis is currently filming in Malta.
FNE at Cannes 2023: Competition: Asteroid City (USA)
CANNES: Asteroid City is the third film of American scriptwriter and director Wes Anderson to screen in competition in Cannes. His Moonrise Kingdom screened in competition in Cannes in 2012…
Nominees for Doc Alliance Award 2023 Announced in Cannes
CANNES: Sixteen documentaries have been selected by Doc Alliance, the creative partnership of seven European documentary festivals including the Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, for the Doc Alliance Award 2023. The…
NEM Dubrovnik 2023 Releases Full Agenda
DUBROVNIK: Ten keynotes, more than 60 speakers, exclusive screenings and special announcements are in the programme of New Europe Market Dubrovnik, which will take place from 5 to 8 June…
Last Call for dok.incubator HU 2023
BUDAPEST: Applications for the Visegrad coproduction forum and the Open programme of dok.incubator HU are still open till 26 May and 5 June 2023, respectively. dok.incubator HU will be held…
