FESTIVALS: CineLink Co-production Market Reveals Lineup for 2019
SARAJEVO: The Sarajevo Film Festival’s coproduction market CineLink announced additional projects included in 2019 Lineup.
FNE at Karlovy Vary 2019 Industry Days: Docs in Progress
KARLOVY VARY: Five CEE films were among the eight projects presented in Karlovy Vary IFF's Industry Days programme. They represent an impressive array of documentary talents from Romania, Poland, Latvia…
Cartoon Springboard's Call for Scholarships
VALENCIA: Cartoon Springboard has opened a call for scholarships for its fifth edition taking place 30 September – 2 October 2019 in Valencia, Spain. Cartoon Springboard is providing a special…
Call for Cinema Hub Proposals
BRUSSELS: The European Commission is launching a 2 m EUR call for proposals to create innovative cultural hubs around cinema theatres, notably in areas where there is limited cinema and…
Filmmakers from Poland, Lithuania and Romania Selected for 14th Aristoteles Workshop
BUCHAREST: Young filmmakers from Poland, Lithuania, Romania and Hungary are among the 12 selected participants of the 14th edition of the Aristoteles documentary workshop, set to take place in Beliș,…
PRODUCTION: Ukrainian/Lithuanian The Earth is Blue as an Orange in Production
VILNIUS: The creative documentary The Earth is Blue as an Orange by Iryna Tsylik is currently in production. The film is a coproduction between the Ukrainian company Albatros Communicos and…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 09.07.2019.
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…
FNE at New Horizons 2019: Polish Days Announces Lineup
WROCŁAW: Five complete films, eight works-in-progress and ten pitching projects will participate in the 19th New Horizons IFF's Polish Days programme. The festival takes place in Wrocław 25 July –…
PRODUCTION: Slovak Director Jaro Vojtek in Preproduction with Anesthesia
BRATISLAVA: The renowned Slovak documentary filmmaker Jaro Vojtek is in preproduction with his second feature film Anesthesia / Anestéza (working title). According to the producer Mátyás Prikler from MPhilms, the…
PRODUCTION: Katarzyna Rosłaniec Develops Polish/Swedish Coproduction Salt Lake
WARSAW: Berlinale Crystal Bear winning director Katarzyna Rosłaniec is in development with Salt Lake, a Polish/Swedish coproduction that has received funding from Creative Europe - MEDIA.
FNE at Karlovy Vary 2019 Works in Development: A Sensitive Man
KARLOVY VARY: Masterfilm is producing the black comedy A Sensitive Man, the feature debut of writer/director Tomas Klein. The Czech film is planned as a coproduction with Slovakia’s Punchart Films…
FNE at Karlovy Vary 2019 Works in Development: Traces
KARLOVY VARY: The Croatian company Kinorama is in late development with writer/director Dubravka Turic’s debut feature film Traces. The project was presented by the director and by producer Ira Cecic…
FNE at Karlovy Vary 2019 Works in Development: Rattlesnakes
KARLOVY VARY: Serbia’s Biberche Productions presented director Nikola Ljuca’s second film project Rattlesnakes during the Karlovy Vary IFF 2019 Industry Days. The drama is planned as a coproduction with Croatia…
FNE at KVIFF 2019: Prize Winners: Bugaria’s The Father Wins Grand Prix
KARLOVY VARY: The Bulgarian film The Father / Bashtata (Bulgaria, Greece) directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov took home the Crystal Globe and a cash prize of 25, 000…
FNE at KVIFF 2019: Pro-DIGI Leads the Charge to Transform Czech Cinemas
KARLOVY VARY: Pro-DIGI, z.s., a Czech company that was in the vanguard of digitalisation, is taking its goal of transforming the Czech cinema-going experience to the next stage by engaging…
Polish Film Institute Announces New Script Competition
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute announced a competition for a screenplay for a full-length feature film on any subject, with the main prize of 7,000 EUR / 30,000 PLN. The…
PRODUCTION: Pakalnina Begins Shooting Latvian/Lithuanian In the Mirror
RIGA: Latvian director Laila Pakalniņa is starting principal shooting for a Latvian/Lithuanian feature film, In the Mirror.
FNE at Karlovy Vary 2019 Works in Development: Grey Skies
KARLOVY VARY: Georgian producer Elene Margvelashvili from Parachute Films and co-writer/co-director Konstantine Kalandadze presented their coming-of-age feature film project Grey Skies during the Karlovy Vary IFF's Industry Days programme.
FNE at KVIFF 2019: See How the Critics Rated the Films
KARLOVY VARY: This year for the sixth time FNE teamed up with KVIFF and critics attending the festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, the East of the…
FESTIVALS: Transatlantyk Festival Announces Lineup
ŁÓDŹ: The 9th Transatlantyk Festival will take place from 12 to 19 July 2019 in Łódź with a programme of over 200 films, including a selection of international premieres in…