FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2012: House of Others
COTTBUS: Georgian director Rusudan Glurjidze and her coproducer Zurab Magalashvili of Cinetech Production (www.cinetech.ge) pitched a Cuacasus post-war drama, House of Others, at the 14th edition of Connecting Cottbus (www.connecting-cottbus.de).
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival 2012: Poland Takes Top Prizes in Cottbus
COTTBUS: A strong Polish presence at the 22nd Film Festival Cottbus (www.filmfestivalcottbus.de) was validated with three of the festival’s top awards, including the main best film award with a prize…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2012: Cottbus Pitches a Strong Field of Contenders
COTTBUS: Projects from Hungary, Poland, Serbia and Kyrgyzstan generated strong interest at the 14th edition of Connecting Cottbus, also known informally as CoCo (www.connecting-cottbus.de).
PRODUCTION: Petr Zelenka’s CoCo Pitch Winner in Preproduction
COTTBUS: Lost in Munich directedy by Petr Zelenka, the Czech film which won the 2011 Connecting Cottbus (www.connecting-cottbus.de) Best Pitch Award, is in preproduction for a June 2013 shoot.
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2012: Film Funding Opportunities Increase for CEE
COTTBUS: New film funding opportunities for filmmakers in Central and Eastern Europe are emerging across the region, including backing for minority coproductions which is crucial especially in smaller countries.
FNE at Cottbus 2012: Kosovo, Turkey Win Connecting Cottbus Awards
COTTBUS: Three Windows and a Hanging, the first project from Kosovo to be presented at Connecting Cottbus (www.connecting-cottbus.de), won the coco Best Pitch Award voted on by the attendees of…
FESTIVALS: Young Polish and German Directors Compete at Cottbus
COTTBUS: Six films are competing for a 1,500 EUR prize in the third U-18 German-Polish Youth Film Competition of new films from German and Poland as part of the Cottbus…
Connecting Cottbus Hosts Eurimages Workshop
COTTBUS: The East European pitching forum connecting cottbus (www.connecting-cottbus.de) takes on the topic of Eurimages’s revised distribution support programme during its two-day presentation, 8-9 November 2012.
Thirteen Projects Pitch at Connecting Cottbus
COTTBUS: The 14th edition of the East-West coproduction market connecting cottbus (www.connectingcottbus.de) taking place 8-9 November will present 13 films representing 12 countries, with participants pitching to an industry audience…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Poland Triumphs at East Silver
JIHLAVA: Poland took home two Silver Eye awards, and Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovakia were also among the winners at the East Silver film market.
FNE AVP Live !: Interview with John Dick, Head of Sector Distribution of EACEA
LYON: FNE spoke with John Dick, head of Sector Distribution at the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) (www.eacea.ec.europa.eu) during the Europa Distribution (www.europa-distribution.org) conference in Lyon on the…
Europa Distribution Backs MEDIA Strand Proposals for Creative Europe
LYON: European distributors from 26 countries have backed the proposals of the EU Commission for the MEDIA strand of the new Creative Europe programme, which is currently being discussed by…
FNE at Red Square Screenings 2012: Gulfstream success spawns new Russian Latvian coproduction
MOSCOW: Horosho Productions is developing another Latvian production after its successful work on Gulfstream Under the Iceberg.
FNE at Red Square Screenings 2012: Central European filmmakers rediscover Moscow
MOSCOW: The Red Square Screenings (15-19 October 2012) brought many central European producers to Moscow for the first time as the event teams up with CentEast Moscow (www.centeast.eu).
CentEast Moscow Market in Red Square
MOSCOW: The fourth annual CentEast Moscow Market (www.centeast.eu) has found a slot in the new Red Square Screenings, (15-19 October 2012) a new initiative backed by the Russian Cinema Fund.
Hungary, Romania on EFA Short Film List
Six films from Central Europe have been nominated for the European Films Academy’s (www.europeanfilmacademy.org) Short Film 2012 award.
FNE AVP Live ! Doris Pack, Chair Culture and Education Committee, European Parliament
FNE AVP Live ! Interview with Doris Pack, Chair Culture and Education Committee, European Parliament. FNE asks Pack about the future of the audiovisual industry in Europe and the Creative…
FNE AVP Live ! Aviva Silver, Chair of MEDIA Committee of the European Commission.
FNE EXCLUSIVE: FNE asks Silver about Create Europe and what it means for the European audiovisual industry.
New Pay TV Channels Launch in CEE
Fox International Channels (www.foxinternationalchannels.com) plans to introduce its pay TV Fox channel in nine Balkan countries on 15 October 2012.
CEE Selects Oscar Hopefuls
Leading up to the 1 October 2012 deadline for the Oscar’s Best Foreign Language Film submissions, Central Europeans unveiled their Oscar contenders. The following films have been selected to represent…
