FNE TV: Bernd Buder Artistic Director Cottbus Film Festival
FNE spoke to Bernd Buder, long time director of Connecting Cottbus, about his new role as the director of Cottbus Film Festival.
FNE TV: Rebekka Garrido Programme Director Connecting Cottbus
FNE spoke to Rebekka Garrido, the new Programme Director, about what changes we can expect at this event in 2015.
FESTIVALS: Istanbul Film Festival Announces Lineup
ISTANBUL: A total of 204 films from 62 countries will be screened at the 34th Istanbul Film Festival from 4 to 9 April 2015.
Crossing Dreams Call for Application
LEIPZIG: Crossing Borders and Dare to Dream have joined forces and are calling for hour-long or feature-length documentary projects for the international training initiative Crossing Dreams.
Eurimages to Support Projects from Eight CEE Countries
STRASBOURG: A total of 18 feature films and two documentaries were granted 4.44 m EUR by Eurimages. The list includes eight CEE coproductions directed by Peter Greenaway, Nae Caranfil, Rainer…
Dodgeball Sets Opening Record
PRAGUE: Petr Nikolaev’s new feature Dodgeball opened in Czech cinemas on 12 March setting a record for a domestic film in 2015. The adaptation of Michael Viewegh’s bestseller has also…
FESTIVALS: Febiofest Ready to Kick Off
PRAGUE: The 22nd edition of the International Film Festival Prague – Febiofest will screen 159 films from 56 countries in 562 screenings from 19 to 27 March 2015.
Michael Bay to Shoot 13 Hours in Malta
VALLETTA: Michael Bay will start shooting the rescue drama 13 Hours on location in Morocco and Malta at the beginning of April. The film will star John Krasinski and David…
Aferim! With Best Domestic Opening in 13 Years
BUCHAREST: Radu Jude's third feature, Aferim! opened in Romania on 13 March selling 20,039 tickets in the first weekend and beating the record set in 2013 by Calin Peter Netzer's…
FNE TV: Mira Staleva Director of Sofia Meetings and Deputy Director of Sofia International Film Festival
FNE spoke to Mira Staleva about how bringing together pan-European AV organizations like FERA, Europa Cinemas and Europa Distribution is helping to build audiences for European film.
King Khan Starts Shooting in Croatia
DUBROVNIK: Fan, an upcoming Indian drama starring Shahrukh Khan, will be partially filmed in Dubrovnik from 16 to 24 March. Formula Film is providing services.
FESTIVALS: Vilnius International Film Festival Ready to Kick Off
VILNIUS: Vilnius International Film Festival Kino Pavasaris will celebrate its 20th anniversary from 19 March to 2 April 2015.
FNE at Sofia IFF 2015: Sofia Film Festival Prize Winners
SOFIA: The big winner at the 19th Sofia International Film Festival held 5-15 March 2015 was the Bulgarian/Greek coproduction The Lesson directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, who won…
FNE at Sofia Meetings 2015: Winning Projects Announced
SOFIA: Prizes of the 12th edition of Sofia Meetings, which took place from 12 to 15 March 2015, were handed out for projects from the UK, Turkey, Bulgaria, Georgia and…
Scripps Networks to Buy TVN Majority Stake
WARSAW: Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. agreed to buy a 52.7 percent stake in Poland’s TVN SA for 584 m EUR and to assume 840 m EUR of debt. The stake…
Visegrad Film Forum Wraps
BRATISLAVA: The 4th Visegrad Film Forum wrapped after four full days of screenings, case studies, masterclasses and lectures.
PRODUCTION: Juliet and Alfa Romeo in Postproduction
LJUBLJANA: Blaz Zavrsnik is in postproduction with his second feature, Juliet and Alfa Romeo/Julija in Alfa Romeo, a love story set to be released by its Slovenian distributor Fivia in…
New Head of the Bulgarian National Film Center
SOFIA: Film director and manager Pavel Vasev was appointed as acting director of the Bulgarian Film Center on 10 March 2015. He is replacing acting director Georgy Cholakov, who was…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Apply for Sheffield Doc/Fest MeetMarket and Crossover Market
Need funding, co-producers and sales deals for your project? Do you have a digital or interactive media project, or a project that's funding or distributing outside of the traditional film…
Ghoul Tops Czech Cinema Attendance
PRAGUE: Two weeks after its release in the Czech Republic, the Czech-Ukrainian horror film Ghoul directed by Petr Jákl and produced by J.B.J. Films reached an attendance of 67,149 last…
