FNE TV: Vivre Indren Head of sector Development for Creative Europe-MEDIA sub-programme
FNE spoke to Vivre Indren about the first call for the new Creative Europe-MEDIA that will be published in December and what will be the biggest changes that MEDIA applicants…
Deadline Approaches for Maia Workshops 2014 Package
Maia Workshops, the intensive European training programme for emerging producers, is offering a package deal for its three 2014 workshops, with a 13 December 2013 deadline.
FNE TV: Nico Simon President Europa Cinemas
FNE asked Nico Simon why Europa Cinemas is important for European film and what are the new challenges exhibitors are facing in the new digital age. Simon is also head…
FNE TV: Susan Wendt head of Europa International
FNE spoke to Susan Wendt head of sales at TrustNordisk, Denmark and recently elected head of the sales agents’ organisation Europa Internationa,l about why they are teamed up with Europa…
FNE at Europa International Athens 2013: Sales agents focus on new distribution platforms
ATHENS: The focus was on digital distribution and the new opportunities that new platforms like VOD can provide for European films at the second annual Europa International conference in Athens.
FNE TV: Xavier Troussard Head of Unit for Creative Europe-MEDIA programme, European Commission
FNE asked Xavier Troussard what changes the Central and Eastern European film industry can expect to see under his leadership as the new head of Creative Europe-MEDIA programme at the…
EU Parliament adopts Creative Europe
WARSAW: The European Parliament has adopted the new Creative Europe. The members of parliament voted 650 in favour, 32 against and there were 10 abstentions to approve the new programme…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2013: The Load
COTTBUS: A Serbian film project, The Load, a gripping story of a truck driver who learns that the cargo he’s been transporting from Kosova to Belgrade contains the bodies of…
3DFM Lines up Participants
LIEGE: Fifteen filmmakers will present their projects at the third edition of the 3D Content Financing Market (3DFM) taking place 4 and 5 December 2013 in Liège, Belgium, during the…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2013: City of Birds
COTTBUS: Russia writer/director Alena Alova pitched the tale of a young Russian émigré who falls in love with an Italian girl and ruins his family’s chance to immigrate, City of…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2013: Marriage
COTTBUS: Marriage, the winner of the best pitch award at Connecting Cottbus is a love triangle that touches on a taboo topic in Kosovo: homosexuality.
FNE at Cottbus IFF 2013: Russia Takes Top Prizes
COTTBUS: Russian films took the Best Film and Best Director awards at the 23rd Cottbus IFF which concluded on 9 November 2013, with The Geographer Drank His Globe Away by…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2013: Kosovo Takes Pitching Prize
COTTBUS: For the second year running, newcomer Kosovo received the pitching prize of Connecting Cottbus , voted on by the attendees of the 15 year old CEE pitching forum.
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2013: 2014 Brings Changes for CEE Film Funding
COTTBUS: Countries across the CEE region are gearing up for major changes in funding in 2014, as outlined by a panel at the 15th edition of Connecting Cottbus (CoCo) held…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus: Kai
COTTBUS: Ukrainian production company CryCinema brings the drama Kai to the Connecting Cottbus pitching forum, taking place 7-8 November 2013 during the Cottbus Film Festival.
FNE at Connecting Cottbus: Pipeline
COTTBUS: Azerbaijan and Germany are teaming up Pipeline, a coproduction in the scriptwriting and development stage being pitched at Connecting Cottbus.
FNE at EFP Westwind 2013: Russian market for European arthouse fare unpredictable
MOSCOW: Russian distributors at the European film Promotion’s (EFP) Westwind (23-27 October 2013) showcase of European arthouse fare said the Russian market was too unpredictable to bank on.
FNE at EFP Westwind 2013: Intramovies tests the Russian market with screening of Polish film Life Feels Good
MOSCOW: The Italian sales agents Intramovies were in Moscow to rep the Polish film Life Feels Good directed by Maciej Pieprzyca and the black comedy In the Name of the…
FNE at EFP Westwind 2013: EFP launches Westwind showcase with MEDIA backing
MOSCOW: The first edition of the European Film Showcase WESTWIND has been launched in Moscow with the backing of the MEDIA programme to help to introduce the Russian market to…
Eurimages Re-elects Plog
Strasbourg, 22.10.2013 – The Eurimages Board of Management re-elected Jobst Plog for a second two-year term as President, until 19 November 2015.
