European Commission Launch Crowdsourcing Subtitling Preparatory Action
BRUXELLES: European Commission is launching a 1 m EUR hunt to find out how crowdsourcing or other innovative solutions can reduce the costs of obtaining subtitles and increase the exposure…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: DOKU.ARTS Sees Architectures in Motion
The ninth edition of DOKU.ARTS entitled Architectures in Motion will take place in the Zeughauskino of the Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin from 9 to 27 September 2015.
EFA Expresses Shock About the 20-Year Verdict for Oleg Sentsov
More Than 1,000 Supporters Across Europe Signed Letter to Free Oleg Sentsov
More Than 1,000 Supporters Across Europe Sign Letter to Free Oleg Sentsov
In the face of a verdict of the Ukrainian filmmaker expected for tomorrow – prosecution has called for 23 years – supporters, institutional and individual, have gathered well over 1,000…
FNE at Venice 2015: Attention film critics coming to Venice Film Festival
This year FNE together with FIPRESCI will offer the ratings of all feature length films screening in the Main Competition, Orizzonti, Venice Days and Critics Week of the Venice Film…
European Film Academy Board Initiates Letter for Immediate Release of Oleg Sentsov
BERLIN: European Filmmakers Express Shock About Trial of Ukrainian Filmmaker Facing Up to 20 Years in Jail
CME Revenues Rise in Quarter Two
PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) reported an 8 percent increase in net revenues for the second quarter ended 30 June 2015, at 166.8m USD.
Czech, Bulgarian and Austrian Films Selected for San Sebastian New Directors Competition
SAN SEBASTIAN: Family Film from the Czech Republic, Thirst from Bulgaria, and One of Us from Austria will compete for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award and a prize of 50,000 EUR…
FNE TV: Julie-Jeanne Regnault, CNC and EFADs
FNE spoke to Julie-Jeanne Regnault EFADs board member and responsible for EU Affairs at Centre National du Cinema about copyright reform and the Digital Single Market
FNE: Invitation to How to Coproduce With France Event in Karlovy Vary (Note new address for event ! Congress Hall Hotel Krivan, Sadova 5, entrance Zahradni Street)
KARLOVY VARY: The Film New Europe Association will be hosting the Event: How to Coproduce With France on Wednesday 8 July 2015 in Karlovy Vary this year. Participants and partners…
New French CNC Distribution Support Scheme to Include CEE Countries
PARIS: The French National Center of Cinematography, the CNC with the support of the European Commission's Creative Europe - MEDIA, is launching a new funding body that aims to promote…
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Xavier Henry-Rashid
This month we take a break from out usual distributors list and we speak with Xavier Henry-Rashid, Managing Director at Film Republic, a London-based world sales agency specialised in art…
CEE Projects to be Pitched at the 26th Cartoon Forum in Toulouse
TOULOUSE: Projects from Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia will be pitched at the 26th edition of Cartoon Forum, the coproduction platform for European animation series (15-18 September 2015).
FERA Publish Five Point Plan on Single Digital Market
BRUSSELS: The Federation of European Film Directors (FERA), which represents film and television directors from 29 countries across Europe, is publishing a five point plan aimed at highlighting the important…
FNE at Cannes 2015: Cannes Prize Winners
CANNES: The home team scored at the Cannes Film Festival which finished last night with French director Jacques Audiard winning the Palme d’Or for his Dheepan, Emmanuelle Bercot scooping the…
FNE FIPRESCI Cannes Critics: See how the critics rated the programme
FNE together with FIPRESCI have invited FIPRESCI critics in Cannes to rate the feature films in the official programme of the Cannes FF giving the films 1,2,3,4 or 5 stars…
FNE at Cannes 2015: Dheepan
CANNES: With boatloads of desperate immigrants bound for Europe in the news daily throughout Cannes French director Jacques Audiard’s drama about a former soldier, a young woman and a little…
FNE at Cannes 2015: The Assassin
CANNES: Chinese art film director art Hou Hsiao-Hsien successfully combines a beautifully shot historical film of 9th century China with a martial arts genre film in his Cannes competition entry…
FNE at Cannes 2015: Party and Screening Alert: Friday 22 May, Saturday 23 May and Sunday 24 May
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EFADs Adopts Position on Single Digital Market
CANNES: The Association of European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) has spoken out about the European Commission’s plans for a Digital Single Market (DSM) which has been one of the most…