PRODUCTION: The Beauteous Pitches at KVIFF
KARLOVY VARY: Director/scriptwriter Jan Kobler makes his feature film debut with The Beauteous, a drama about two young gay men who meet and separate on a single night.
Artcam Picks up KVIFF Winner
PRAGUE: Czech art house distribution company Artcam has acquired Corn Island, the grand prize winner of the Karlovy Vary film festival (KVIFF).
PRODUCTION: The Adventures of a Dutiful Daughter in Production
BUCHAREST: Ana Lungu is in production with her debut feature, The Adventures of a Dutiful Daughter / Aventurile unei fete cuminţi (working title), an independent production of Mandragora.
FNE at KVIFF 2014: CEE Films Dominate Awards
KARLOVY VARY: Films from Central and Eastern Europe swept most of the top awards at the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (4-12 July 2014) with the Georgian film Corn…
FNE at KVIFF 2014: FNE FIPRESCI Critics; See how the critics rated the programme
This year FNE and FIPRESCI invited film critics attending the attending the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition and the East of the…
GRANTS: Croatia Funds Five Coproductions
ZAGREB:.The Croatian Audiovisual Center (HAVC) announced five grants of 369,477 EUR/2,812,824 HRK for minority coproductions and production funding for animated films.
Romanian Minister of Culture Resigns
BUCHAREST: The resignation of Kelemen Hunor, deputy prime minister and minister of Culture on 11 July 2014 has frozen activity of the Romanian Film Center which has been without a…
Visegrad TV Channels Move Closer to Coproductions
KARLOVY VARY: The heads of the public TV stations in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland are using Scandinavia as a model for developing series coproduced by the Visegrad countries.
German Productions Line up for Prague
PRAGUE: The increase in the cap on Czech film incentives is encouraging German productions to shoot in the Czech Republic, Wilma Film producer Filip Herling told FNE.
FNE TV at KVIFF 2014: Karel Bartak Creative Europe Coordinator – European Commission
FNE spoke to Karel Bartak Creative Europe Coordinator – European Commission about the results of the first six months of the new Creative Europe programme and what are the implications…
FNE TV at KVIFF 2014: Jozko Rutar Director Slovenian Film Center and Film New Europe Association Board Member
FNE spoke to Jozko Rutar about the new Creative Europe programme and its impact on the smaller countries of the EU and what needs to be done to ensure a…
FNE TV at KVIFF 2014: Doris Pack LUX Prize coordinator
FNE spoke to Doris Pack LUX Prize coordinator and former Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament in 2009-2014
Roger Moore and Jane Seymour Shooting in Romania
BUCHAREST: Alex Zamm's romance A Royal Christmas is currently shooting entirely in Romania. The film is produced by Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA) with Romania's Castel Film Studios as…
PRODUCTION: Păunescu in Postproduction with Pioneers Palace
BUCHAREST: Director Bobby Păunescu (Francesca) finished shooting Pioneers Palace on 8 May 2014. The story is set in 1992 and involves a group of highschool friends witnessing the drama of…
PRODUCTION: Prosenc Develops Follow up to KVIFF Debut
KARLOVY VARY: Slovenian director Sonja Prosenc, in Karlovy Vary to premiere her first film The Tree in the East of the West competition, spoke with FNE about her next project…
Hypermarket Goes Exotic with Gajdo and North Korean Tales
KARLOVY VARY: Czech producer Filip Remunda, the former enfant terrible of Czech documentary filmmaking, was in Karlovy Vary to present his upcoming films, the Romany ghetto doc Gajdo and the…
PRODUCTION: Award Winner Lehotsky Developing Erik
KARLOVY VARY: Slovak director Juraj Lehotsky, whose 2013 film Miracle received the Special Mention when it premiered at the Karlovy Vary IFF last year, was back at the festival this…
TV Projects Receive Bulk of HAVC 2014 Development Grants
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Center allotted 238,361 EUR/1.81 m HRK in project development grants to 15 projects and 20 script development grants. The Center received applications from 92 projects.
Latvia to Double Film Distribution Grants nearly doubled
RIGA: The Latvian Film Centre has nearly doubled the amount to be given in grants for local film promotion, to 40,000 EUR.
