FNE at Connecting Cottbus: Producers Address Women’s Issues in Filmmaking in Europe
COTTBUS: The glass ceiling is budgets. That was the message coming from the first Female Producers Roundtable organised by Connecting Cottbus, 9 – 10 November 2017. For countries with larger…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus: The Russian Doctor
COTTBUS: Georgian director Vano Burduli pitched his third feature film The Russian Doctor at Connecting Cottbus, which took place 9 – 10 November 2017.
FNE at Connecting Cottbus: Zana
COTTBUS: Macedonia, Croatia and Bulgaria are lining up to come on board Zana, a feature film from Kosovo directed by Antoneta Kastrati. The project was presented as part of the…
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival: Poland Sweeps Cottbus Awards
COTTBUS: The power of Polish cinema was on display in Cottbus, with Anna Jadowska’s drama Wild Roses winning the Best Film prize at the 27th Cottbus Film Festival, and its…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus: Film Center Serbia Increases Film Funding
COTTBUS: Film Center Serbia, which partnered with Connecting Cottbus (9 – 10 November 2017) as one of this year’s new events, will see an increase in funding rising to 10…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus: Leave No Traces
COTTBUS: Polish director Jan P. Matuszynski, who won the best debut prize at last year’s Cottbus Film Festival with The Last Family, returned to Cottbus to pitch his historical thriller…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus: Sorry, Poland
COTTBUS: Poland’s second project, which was pitched at Connecting Cottbus taking place 9 – 10 November alongside the Cottbus Film Festival, is from coco alum Kuba Czekaj, whose last film…
Bulgaria, Poland, Ukraine Take coco Awards
COTTBUS: The 19th edition of the pitching forum connecting cottbus handed out awards to two Ukrainian films, one Bulgarian project and one Polish project at the celebratory dinner on 9…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus: Images of Love
COTTBUS: Pink, a relatively new company with an eye toward international productions, teams up with Polish director Tomasz Winski on his debut feature, Images of Love. Producer Radovan Sibrt and…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus: I Hate Berlin
COTTBUS: Romanian director Valentin Hotea pitched his dark comedy I Hate Berlin at Connecting Cottbus, running 9 – 10 November in partnership with the Cottbus Film Festival.
FNE at Connecting Cottbus: Blok 62
COTTBUS: Vanja Vascarac is directing his debut feature Bloc 62 for producers Danijek Pek and Stjepan Hundic of the Croatian company Antitalent. The project is being pitched at Connecting Cottbus,…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus: Cat in the Wall
COTTBUS: The production company Activist38, which produced the Bulgarian documentary Uncle Tony, are pitching their first fiction feature film Cat in the Wall at Connecting Cottbus on 9 November 2017.
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…
Stereopsia World Immersion Forum Unveils 2017 Schedule
BRUSSELS: The 9th edition of the international Streopsia “World Immersion Forum” dedicated to immersion in the form of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, as well as 3D cinema and sound,…
Audiovisual Media Services Directive: EFADs Recommendations for the trilogue meetings
The European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) would like to thank the three institutions participating in the trilogue negotiations for their positive positions on Article 13 in the proposal revising the…
Bulgaria and Poland Get EFA Nominations
BERLIN: Three Bulgarian coproductions and two Polish films, along with one Romanian short film, are among the films nominated for the 2017 European Film Awards.
FESTIVALS: Box Office Hits and Lauded Directors Compete at Cottbus
COTTBUS: The Slovak box office hit The Line by Peter Bebjak, Georgian director George Ovashvili’s Khibula and Slovenian director Jan Cvitkovic’s The Basics of Killing are among the 12 films…
Three Polish Projects at Connecting Cottbus
COTTBUS: Poland has a strong presence at the 2017 edition of the East-West coproduction market Connecting Cottbus, taking place 9 and 10 November 2017 during the Cottbus Film Festival, running…
Eurimages Supports 30 New Coproductions
STRASBOURG: The 148th meeting of the Eurimages Fund decided to support 30 coproductions, consisting of 22 fiction films, 7 documentaries and one animation.
CME Boosts Revenues in Q3 Results
PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises announced net revenues of 119.4 m USD in the third quarter of 2017, up 4.8 percent in constant rates from the Q3 2016 results. Net…
