FESTIVALS: GoEast Spotlights Ethical Filmmaking with Oppose Othering
WIESBADEN: The 2018 edition of the goEast film festival, running 18-24 April, will put a focus on ethical filmmaking with the third annual section Oppose Othering, dedicated to opposing all…
First East West Golden Arch Film Prize for Loveless and Life Time Achievement Award for Krzysztof Zanussi
MOSCOW: The Oscar nominated Loveless directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev won awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Music and Best Cinematography at the first ever edition of the East West…
FESTIVALS: LET’S CEE FF Starts Today
VIENNA: Twelve films are competing in the Feature Film Competition of the 6th edition of LET’s CEE, that will take place in Vienna and also in Graz, Salzburg and Villach…
Polish and Georgian Coproductions in the Competition of 2018 Cannes Film Festival
WARSAW: Paweł Pawlikowski’s British/Polish/French coproduction Cold War and French/Belgian/Georgian/Swiss coproduction Girls of the Sun directed by Eva Husson were selected for the Competition of the 71th Cannes Film Festival, set…
FNE at Moscow FF 2018: MIFF Announces Main Competition Programme
MOSCOW: The Moscow International Film Festival will take place 19-26 April 2018 this year after being kicked out of its usual June slot by the 2018 FIFA Football, which is…
LET’S CEE Announces Industry Days 2018
VIENNA: Two panel discussions, 12 high-class presentations, a series of pitchings and much more are in the menu of the 2nd edition the LET’S CEE Industry Days, set to take…
FESTIVALS: goEast Announces Lineup
WIESBADEN: Sixteen films, including ten feature films and six documentaries, were selected for the competition of the 18th edition of goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film in…
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…
CEE Films Selected for THE CHANGING FACE OF EUROPE at Hot Docs Toronto
HAMBURG: Docs from Estonia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Kosovo, Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina are among the ten European documentaries selected by the European Film Promotion (EFP) and Hot Docs…
Five CEE Projects Receive Eurimages Coproduction Funding
STRASBOURG: Five international coproductions involving Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Romania, Poland, Croatia and Bulgaria are among the winners of the coproduction funding announced by the Board of Management of the…
FNE EXCLUSIVE: Analyst Julio Talavera Tells Us Why Cinema Attendance is Growing in Central and Eastern Europe Despite Less Access to Screens
STRASBOURG: Film New Europe spoke exclusively with Julio Talavera, the author of the analysis Measuring Access to Theatrically Screened Films in Eastern Europe, published by the European Audiovisual Observatory in…
Review: Downsizing
Actor Matt Damon might be in danger of over-exposure if such a thing were possible in today’s Hollywood. The very much “in demand” actor appears as a leading character in…
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…
Czech Republic with Biggest Growth Rate of SVOD Subscribers in 2015-2016
STRASBOURG: The Czech Republic is the EU country with the biggest growth rate of SVOD subscribers in 2015-2016 (226%), according to the analysis Trends in the EU SVOD market published…
Romania, Bulgaria and Latvia with Best Production Growth in 2007-2016
STRASBOURG: Romania, Bulgaria and Latvia are the EU countries with the best production growth from 2007 to 2016, according to the report Film production in Europe. Production volume, co-production and…
European Genre Forum Announces 2018 Projects
AMSTERDAM: Eight Projects were selected for the second edition of the European Genre Forum, that will span throughout 2018 starting 16 April 2018.
FNE at Berlinale 2018: Female Directors from Poland and Romania Triumph in Berlin
BERLIN: The top prizes at the 68 Berlin International Film Festival’s Main Competition went to female directors from Romania and Poland with Adina Pintilie’s Touch Me Not winning the Golden…
Dovlatov Sold to Netflix and Several Territories
BELGRADE: Alexey German Jr.’s Russian/Polish/Serbian coproduction Dovlatov, which was awarded the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at the 2018 Berlinale, was sold by Alpha Violet to Netflix for English-speaking…
FESTIVALS: Silver Bear and Berliner Morgenpost Readers Award for “Dovlatov” Polish Coproduction of Message Film with Cinematography by Lukasz Zal
BERLIN: The film had been already sold to 23 countries, Netflix is among the distributors.
FNE at Berlinale 2018: See how the FIPRESCI critics rated the programme
BERLIN: FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Berlin Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Panorana and Forum giving the films 1, 2, 3,…
