FNE Visegrad Prix Regulations 2011

2011 Regulations The Film New Europe Visegrad Prix recognizes the fiction and documentary films of the Central European region, promotes mutual cultural understanding and promotes professional co-operations international co-productions. The…
04-09-2011

FNE VISEGRAD PRIX 2011

Obsurantist Wins FNE Visegrad Prix at Jihlava JIHLAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC: Obscurantist and His Lineage or the Pyramids' Tearful Valleys(Tmář a jeho rod aneb Slzavé údolí pyramid, Czech Republic/Slovakia, 2011)by legendary…
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FNE VISEGRAD SPECIAL : Coproductions in Slovakia 2010

The year 2010 has seen a major slowdown in production in general, compared to 2009. This was partly anticipated because of the gap caused by the closing of Audiovizia program…
11-11-2010

FNE VISEGRAD SPECIAL : Coproductions in Slovakia 2010

The year 2010 has seen a major slowdown in production in general, compared to 2009. This was partly anticipated because of the gap caused by the closing of Audiovizia program…
11-11-2010

Czech Co-Productions 2010

On average around 20 Czech full length feature films are released in Czech cinemas every year, most of them supported by grants from the Czech Ministry of Culture´s State fund…
08-11-2010

FNE Visegrad 2010 Country Focus Poland

The last year of the decade marks a great turn-around for Polish cinema, which overcame an initial fall in production in 2000-2004 and maintained a constant growth despite the international…
04-11-2010

Launch of Film New Europe Visegrad Prix for Best Co-Production

WARSAW: Film New Europe together with the International Visegrad Fund has announced a new prize to for best feature and best documentary co-production from a Visegrad country. The prize is…
05-10-2010

FNE Visegrad Prix 2010

Winner of Film New Europe Visegrad Prix for Best Documentary Co-Production WARSAW: Film New Europe together with the International Visegrad Fund has announced the winner of the first-ever prize to…
23-08-2010

FNE VISEGRAD FORUM: Film Festivals in Poland

Art of the Docs DocBoat ERA New Horizons IFF Euroshorts Film Festival Jewish Motifs IFF Krakow Film Festival Planete Doc Review Plus Camerimage Polish Film Festival In Gdynia Two Riversides…
08-12-2009

FNE VISEGRAD FORUM: Slovakia transitions from Audiovisual program to Audiovisual Fund

In 2009 the Slovak film industry saw one of its most relevant transitions: the creation of an independent audiovisual funding body. On November 5, 2008, Act 516/2008 Coll. on the…
01-12-2009

FNE VISEGRAD FORUM: Slovak film and the global financial crisis

While commercial Slovak television, led by CME's Markiza TV, has seen a dramatic downturn in advertising revenues due to the global economic crisis, the Slovak film industry has so far…
01-12-2009

FNE VISEGRAD FORUM: Czechs host Instutute of Documentary Film

For the past nine year, Prague's Institute of Documentary Film has been reaching out to CEE documentary directors and producers, promoting and enabling the rise of documentary films from across…
01-12-2009

FNE Visegrad Country Focus: Hungary 2009

Hungary has become one of Europe's international coproduction hubs over the past five years since the passage of important legislation that set up a tax rebate system that allows producers…
30-11-2009

FNE Visegrad Country Focus: Czech Republic 2009

As 2009 draws to a close the Czech film industry is poised for a "make or break" new film law that if approved would set up a government backed plan…
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FNE Visegrad Country Focus: Slovakia 2009

Slovakia made a giant step forward in 2009 with the adoption of the Euro as its national currency and long awaited audiovisual legislation that established a new Audiovisual Fund. The…
30-11-2009

FNE Visegrad Focus: Foreign productions in the Czech Republic

The Czech Republic has seen big budget foreign productions mostly dry up in 2009 following a long decline. In 2003, Hollywood and European filmmakers spent more than 5 bilion crowns…
28-11-2009

FNE VISEGRAD FORUM: Czech film production and releases

Domestic films, particularly comedies, continued to outperform Hollywood at the box office in 2009. On average 20-25 Czech full length feature films are released in Czech cinemas, most are supported…
28-11-2009

FNE Visegrad Country Focus: Interview Agnieszka Odorowicz General Director of the PISF

1 What was the most important development in the Polish film industry over the past year? Since the establishment of the Polish Film Institute in autumn of 2005 the Polish…
28-11-2009

FNE VISEGRAD Country Focus: Film production in Poland

Despite the economic crisis, 2009 was a strong year for Polish film production. with 48 features completed.While down from the 60 produced in 2008, this year's productions included big international…
28-11-2009