FNE at Cottbus Film Festival 2016: Zoology Wins Best Film
COTTBUS: Ivan I. Tverdovsky’s award winning metaphorical Russian drama Zoology picked up the 25,000 EUR main prize of the 26th Cottbus Film Festival at the closing ceremony on 12 November…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2016: Pitching Forum Expands into New Venue
COTTBUS: A larger venue, new programmes and an increase in coproduction funding initiatives opened the path to a 25% increase in attendance at the 18th edition of connecting cottbus (9-11…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2016: Money and Marketing at coco Panels
COTTBUS: Poland and Romania are working on tax incentives, and Serbia will double the cap on incentives in 2017, representatives of film funds told the audience at the connecting cottbus…
FNE AV Innovation: Ten innovative ways indie cinemas are attracting new audiences
PARIS: Last year, we did a European Tour of Cinemas during 120 days visiting 100 cinemas looking for cinemas in reinvention. What we wanted was to find inspiration and advice…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2016: Macedonia, Ukraine Take coco Awards
COTTBUS: The Ukrainian/Swiss Wild East crime comedy Voroshilovgrad won the best pitch award at connecting cottbus on 10 November 2016 and the Macedonian drama Sister received the coco Post Pitch…
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival 2016: Triffonova Preps Pre-WWI Film as Prosecutor Eyes Foreign Sales
COTTBUS: Bulgarian director Iglika Triffonova, who attended the 26th Cottbus Film Festival, running through 13 November 2016, for the competition screening of her film The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2016: Sister
COTTBUS: Macedonia arrived at connecting cottbus on 10 November with Sister, an intimate drama about testing the limits of friendship. The film is produced by List Production and directed by…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2016: Hornet in a Bottle
COTTBUS: Czech director Vit Zapletal and producer Mikulas Novotny of Background Films presented the 1970’s era drama Hornet in a Bottle at the 2016 edition of connecting cottbus on 10…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2016: Berliner
COTTBUS: Romanian dynamic production company Mandragora and rising director Marian Crisan pitched Crisan’s political black comedy Berliner at connecting cottbus on 10 November 2016.
FNE at connecting cottbus 2016: Heirs
COTTBUS: Cottbus has been working aggressively toward strengthening the German-Polish connection in the film industry. This year one example of that partnership is the connecting cottbus project Heirs.
FNE DocBloc: Reversing Oblivion
Reversing Oblivion, a documentary about an American who discovers and tries to rehabilitate an estate in Upper Silesia that once belonged to her grandparents, will have its world premiere in…
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival 2016: Opening Night Award for Kirsten Niehuus
COTTBUS: Kirsten Niehuus of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg was the surprise winner of the Cottbus Film Festival’s Lubina award at the festival’s opening night, 8 November 2016.
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 08.11.2016
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 at Cottbus Film Festival 2016: Anna’s Life
COTTBUS: Georgian director Nino Basilia’s debut feature Anna’s Life (previously under the working title The Naked) is one of a pair of Georgian films selected for the main competition of…
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival 2016: House of Others
COTTBUS: House of Others, a debut film by Georgian director Rusudan Glurjidze, will screen in the main competition of the Cottbus Film Festival, which opens on 8 November 2016. The…
Toni Erdmann Leads EFA Nominations
WROCLAW: Toni Erdmann received five European Film Academy nominations including the best European film category. The German/Austrian film directed by Maren Ade was coproduced by Romania’s Hi Film Productions.
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival 2016: The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son
COTTBUS: Iglika Triffonova’s The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son aka False Witness will screen in the main competition of the 26th Cottbus Film Festival, which opens on…
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival 2016: Nightlife
COTTBUS: Nightlife / Nočno življenje by Damjan Kozole, who won the Best Director Award at the 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, will be screened in the competition of the…
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival 2016: Dogs
COTTBUS: Dogs / Câini, the debut feature of Bogdan Mirică, which won the FIPRESCI Award in Cannes's Un Certain Regard, screens in the main competition of the 26th Cottbus Film…
FNE AV Innovation: Virtual Reality: On The Verge of a New Form of Time Travel
FNE continues its series on the development of cutting edge innovation and how new ideas are transforming the AV industry. Today innovation specialist Peeter Nieler inspires us with the possibilities…
