Oct 27, 2024 · SIBIU: The Czech/Polish documentary Forest by Lidia Duda received the award for Best Film in the Central and Eastern Europe section, while Rising up at Night by Nelson Makengo was awarded Best Film in the Emerging Voices in Documentary competition at the 31st International Documentary Festival Astra Film, held in Sibiu 20 – 27 October 2024.

Sep 1, 2024 · SIBIU: Over 100 documentaries from all over the world have been selected for the 31st edition of the International Documentary Festival Astra Film, which will be held in Sibiu 20 – 27 October 2024. The festival is organising competitions in the categories New Voices in Documentary Cinema, Central an...

Dec 18, 2024 · The Croatian/Lithuanian/Slovenian coproduction Sandbag Dam / Zečji nasip directed by Čejen Černić Čanak has been selected for Generation 14plus.. Polish minority coproductions Köln 75 by Ido Fluk and The Ugly Stepsister by Emilie Blichfeldt will screen in the Berlinale Special and Panorama, respectively.. Films …

Dec 18, 2024 · BUCHAREST: The Romanian-American actor Sebastian Stan will play a main character in the new film by the Romanian Palme d’or winner Cristian Mungiu. Fjord will start shooting in the spring of 2025 in Norway. The project received the biggest amount of 703,538 EUR / 3.5 m RON at the latest batch of the...

Jan 19, 2025 · LONDON: The Latvian majority coproduction Flow directed by Gints Zilbalodis has been nominated in the Animated Film category as well as in the new Children’s and Family Film category at the BAFTA (British Film Academy Awards) 2025.The Brutalist, shot in Hungary with Proton Cinema servicing and using the local tax rebate, has nine nods including for Best Film.

Dec 5, 2024 · ZAGREB: NEM Zagreb, whose 2024 edition will be held from 9 to 12 December 2024, has announced the finalists for the NEM Awards 2024. This competition serves to create opportunities for new television and film projects from the CEE region, coproductions between CEE countries and coproductions between...

Sep 19, 2024 · 1. CO-PRODUCTION FORUM —deadline: October 18, 2024. WEMW 2025 will select 20 projects in development (live-action features, creative documentaries and short animated projects) from all over Europe and beyond, with special attention to the 2025 East & West spotlight countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

Sep 26, 2024 · The Film New Europe (FNE) Association is the networking platform for film professionals in the CEE/SEE/Baltics region. The webportal and FNE newswire was chosen as the MAIN TOOL to achieve the network’s objectives of the sharing of know how, visibility of regional cultural diversity and finally the VOICE of the region.

Oct 20, 2024 · ZAGREB: Zagreb Film Festival (4 – 10 November 2024) will showcase 10 feature films in its main programme, of which nine competing for the festival’s top honour, the Golden Pram. Pedro Almodóvar’s 2024 Golden Lion award winner The Room Next Door was included in the Main Programme, but it will screen...

Oct 31, 2024 · TALLINN: Sixteen films, including six world premieres and two international premieres, will screen in the Baltic Film Competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF, 8 – 24 November 2024). "The Baltic Film Competition has two missions: to debut the freshest and boldest Baltic films...