FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: About a Girl
COTTBUS: The Romanian/Swiss production company Elefant Films tackles difficult and sensitive subject matter in About a Girl, helmed by Ruxandra Zenide. The film was pitched at connecting cottbus, 6 –…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Coproductions and Film Incentives Drive Film Growth in CEE Territories
COTTBUS: Coproductions are at the root of growing local film industries in Croatia, Montenegro and Poland, in the forms of coproductions with neighbouring countries and more distant partners coming in…
WORKING TOGETHER - Filmmaking is a Collaborative Process - Workshop
Following the success of the first edition, FOCAL proposes a second edition of the Workshop WORKING TOGETHER - Filmmaking is a collaborative process, which will take place near Geneva from…
FNE at Venice 2019: Review: Joker
VENICE: Director Todd Phillips enters the Venice competition lineup with what just might be the first Batman film that is for non-Batman fans. His film Joker takes the usual Hollywood…
FNE at FilmFestival Cottbus 2019: By a Sharp Knife
COTTBUS: By a Sharp Knife / Ostrým nožom, the debut film by Teodor Kuhn, screens in the main competition at FilmFestival Cottbus, which runs 5 – 10 November 2019.
FNE AV Innovation: MaNaBu - Encourage Leaders of the Future - Today
We have asked Sten-Kristian Saluveer, founder and CEO of Storytek Creative Hub, to introduce some of the hottest new projects from Storytek, so that FNE readers have the chance to…
FNE at FilmFestival Cottbus 2019: Full Moon
SARAJEVO: Nermin Hamzagić’s debut feature film Full Moon / Pun mjesec is one of the 12 films competing at the 29th FilmFestival Cottbus, which takes place 5 – 10 November…
FNE AV Innovation: Always Engage Right Audiences With Cinuru Research
We have asked Sten-Kristian Saluveer, founder and CEO of Storytek Creative Hub, to introduce some of the hottest new projects from Storytek, so that FNE readers have the chance to…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 23.10.2019.
WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry…
CEE Films Nominated for EFA Short Film 2019
BERLIN: The Romanian/Spanish coproduction The Christmas Gift / Cadoul d Craciun by Bogdan Muresanu is one of the five films nominated for the European Film Academy Short Film 2019.
GRANTS: Eurimages Supports 16 Films
STRASBOURG: Four animation films and one documentary were among the 16 films receiving support from Eurimages, announced on 21 October 2019. A total of 4.8 m EUR was handed out…
FNE at FilmFestival Cottbus 2019: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia and Poland Get Coveted Competition Slots at Cottbus
COTTBUS: Debut films from Georgia and from Bosnia & Herzegovina are among the 12 films competing for the top prize at the 29th FilmFestival Cottbus, which takes place 5 –…
Maciej Karpinski Elected Vice President of European Federation of Screenwriters
AMSTERDAM: The European Federation of Screenwriters elected Polish writer Maciej Karpinski as its Vice President during the organisation’s general assembly in Amsterdam on 11 October 2019.
FNE at Venice 2019: Review: The Laundromat
VENICE: Director Steven Soderbergh’s film The Laundromat, which screens in the main competition in Venice, is based on the book Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 03.10.2019.
WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry…
RE-ACT Open for Applications
TRIESTE: The fifth edition of RE-ACT (Regional Audiovisual Cooperation Training) is accepting applications for its 2020 programme from Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian and Italian filmmakers through 15 November 2019.
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update
WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry…
FNE Oscar Watch 2020: CEE Films Selected as Oscar Candidates
WARSAW: Here is the full list of the CEE countries' candidates for the 92nd Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the best international feature film category. The…
connecting cottbus 2019 Announces Lineup
COTTBUS: Thirteen projects in development and six works in progress have been selected for the East-West coproduction market connecting cottbus, that takes place from 6 to 8 November 2019 during…
FNE TV Venice 2019 Report
The 76th Venice Film Festival opened with a pre-festival screening of the restored Czech classic Extase directed by Gustav Machaty and a Czech and Slovak film The Painted Bird screened…
