Films from FNE Partner Countries on Oscar 2022 Shortlist

LOS ANGELES: Three minority coproductions from Estonia, Poland and North Macedonia have been selected for the Academy Awards International Feature shortlist. One Polish film and one Romanian minority coproduction are…
19-01-2022

Trieste Film Festival 2022 Announces Lineup

TRIESTE: The 33rd edition of the Trieste Film Festival, running in person this year on 21 – 30 January, has announced its competition programme lineup.
17-01-2022

WEMW 2022 Announces Full Lineup of Work in Progress Sections, Slate Market and Inspirational Labs

TRIESTE: When East Meets West kicks off on 24 January 2022 in the frame of the Trieste Film Festival, in a unique hybrid format combining digital connections and real emotions.
14-01-2022

Twenty Two New Untold Stories Will Be Revealed at Upcoming HybrId Edition of Trieste Co-Production Forum

TRIESTE: A total of 22 film projects from 18 countries will be presented at the 12th edition of When East Meets West, the Italian Co-Production Forum taking place in a…
09-01-2022

FESTIVALS: Films from FNE Partner Countries Selected for Sundance FF 2022

PARK CITY: The Hungarian feature film Gentle by László Csuja and Anna Nemes, and Romanian short film Love Stories on the Move by Carina-Gabriela Dașoveanu have been selected to compete…
15-12-2021

Triple Win for Quo Vadis, Aida? at European Film Awards

BERLIN: Bosnian film director Jasmila Žbanić scored the Best Director award for her harrowing and textured drama Quo Vadis, Aida? The film, a coproduction between Bosnia-Herzegovina, Austria, the Netherlands, France,…
13-12-2021

Eleven Films from FNE Partner Countries Receive Eurimages Grants

STRASBOURG: Four coproductions from Slovakia and the Czech Republic were among the eleven films from FNE member countries that received funding in the December 2021 round of Eurimages grants.
10-12-2021

FERA Moves Annual Conference Online

FRANKFURT: FERA, the Federation of European Screen Directors, has announced that it will move its annual conference online and postpone its in-person gathering in Frankfurt to 11-13 May 2022.
08-12-2021

FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 02.12.2021

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…
03-12-2021

FNE Interview with Christina Tynkevych, Director of How is Katia?

FNE spoke with Ukrainian director Christina Tynkevych, who makes her feature film debut with How is Katia?
29-11-2021

FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 18.11.2021

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…
19-11-2021

WEMW Amps Up Industry Events

TRIESTE: When East Meets West (WEMW), the coproduction forum of the Trieste Film Festival which has a focus on production from CEE territories, has announced a series of workshops and…
18-11-2021

Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event Launches TV Beats Forum

TALLINN: TV Beats Forum will present eight series projects as part of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event’s new TV Beats co-financing market. The industry programme of the Tallinn Film Festival, which…
17-11-2021

Films From FNE Partner Countries Nominated for European Film Academy Awards

BERLIN: Quo Vadis, Aida? by Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić has been nominated for four 2021 European Film Academy Awards, including European film and European director. Compartment No. 6, a Finnish/Russian/Estonian/German…
10-11-2021

FESTIVALS: Peter Kerekes Takes Top Prize at 2021 FilmFestival Cottbus

COTTBUS: Peter Kerekes’s hybrid film 107 Mothers, which weaves documentary into fiction, won the Main Prize of the 31st Cottbus Film Festival, which concluded on 7 November 2021.
08-11-2021

FNE at connecting cottbus 2021: Projects from FNE Partner Countries at coco WIP

COTTBUS: Five projects from FNE partner countries were among the six coco Works In Progress projects showcased at the 23rd edition of connecting cottbus (coco), the East-West coproduction market at …
08-11-2021

coco 2021 Best Pitch Goes to Poland’s She

COTTBUS: The Best Pitch Award of the East-West co-production market connecting cottbus (coco) went to the Polish project She presented by director Agnieszka Zwiefka and producer Izabela Igel from Harine…
08-11-2021

connecting cottbus 2021 Announces Winners

COTTBUS: The Polish project She directed by Agnieszka Zwiefka received the coco Best Pitch Award at the 23rd edition of connecting cottbus (coco), the East-West coproduction market of the FilmFestival…
05-11-2021

FNE at connecting cottbus 2021: Projects from FNE Partner Countries at cocoPITCH

COTTBUS: Nine projects from FNE partner countries are among the 14 cocoPITCH projects showcased at the 23rd edition of connecting cottbus (coco), the East-West coproduction market at FilmFestival Cottbus, held…
05-11-2021

FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 03.11.2021

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…
04-11-2021