Made in AshBRATISLAVA: Slovakia has entered Made in Ash as its contender for the Oscar’s Best Foreign Language Film category, and will also be represented in the short animation category with The Last Bus.
Made in Ash (www.madeinash.com) was selected by the Slovak Film and Television Academy (www.sfta.sk). The debut film was directed by Iveta Grófová and produced by Protos Productions (www.protos.sk), Endorfilm (www.endorfilm.cz), and Punkchart Films.
The Last Bus (www.poslednyautobus.sk) by Ivana Laučíková and Martin Snopek (www.feelmefilms.com) qualified for the Academy Awards by winning Grand Prix awards at the festivals of short films in Tampere and in Stuttgart.
The Film New Europe (FNE) Association is the networking platform for film professionals in the CEE/SEE/Baltics region. The webportal and FNE newswire was chosen as the MAIN TOOL to achieve the network’s objectives of the sharing of know how, visibility of regional cultural diversity and finally the VOICE of the region.
FNE’s objectives include VISIBILITY for the region and AUDIENCES for films by providing a special focus on the region.