FNE at New Horizons IFF 2018: Holiday Wins Grand Prize
WROCLAW: Swedish director Isabella Eklöf won the Grand Prize in the International Competition for her drama Holiday at the 18th edition of the New Horizons International Film Festival. The festival…
FNE at New Horizons IFF 2018: New Projects by Anna Kazejak, Leszek Dawid and Piotr Domalewski at Polish Days Pitching
WROCLAW: One of the key events of the 7th Polish Days held at the 18th New Horizons IFF was the pitching session showcasing 11 upcoming projects including international coproductions and…
Serbia Announces Commercial Feature Film Production Grants
BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia has allocated 847,471 EUR / 100 m RSD for the production of three potentially commercial feature films, including one sequel.
FESTIVALS: The 12th Two Riversides Film and Art Festival Announces Winners
KAZIMIERZ DOLNY/JANOWIEC: French film Lower Heaven, directed by Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi, was awarded the First Prize in the Short Films Competition of the 12th edition of Film and Art Festival…
Romania Launches Lucian Pintilie Film Fund
BUCHAREST: Lucian Pintilie Film Fund, the first project initiated by the newly established Fundația9, aims at honouring the memory of the great Romanian director as well as encouraging art house…
FNE at New Horizons IFF: Komasa, Borcuch and Lankosz Projects at Polish Days Works in Progress
WROCŁAW: Nine Polish projects currently in production and postproduction were showcased on during the last day of Polish Days, an industry event held at New Horizons IFF, including new films…
When East Meets West Announces the 2019 East and West Focus
TRIESTE: The 2019 edition of When East Meets West will have a new exciting East and West focus on Central Eastern Europe (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine) and Benelux.
Romania Selects I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians as Oscar Candidate
BUCHAREST: Radu Jude’s I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians has been chosen as the official candidate from Romania for an Academy of Motion Pictures…
FNE at New Horizons IFF: Polish Days Completed Films
WROCŁAW: The 7th edition of Polish Days Completed Films (30 July-1 August 2018) within the 18th New Horizons International Film Festival showcased five completed Polish projects including the new titles…
PRODUCTION: Macedonian Director Igor Aleksov Shooting Debut Feature Lena and Vladimir
SKOPJE: Macedonian director Igor Aleksov is currently shooting his debut feature Lena and Vladimir, which has been supported by the Macedonian Film Agency. The film is a 100% domestic production.
Aristoteles Workshop Kicks Off in Romania
BARU: Young participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Romania were selected for the Romanian Aristoteles Workshop, whose 13th edition started in the…
FNE AV Innovation: TX-Mirror: Swaps Time and Space in Cinema
VIENNA: Real-time installation by Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich, 2018
PRODUCTION: Alexandre Aja Shoots Paramount Pictures Production Crawl in Serbia
BELGRADE: USA- based French director Alexandre Aja has just started shooting his new feature film Crawl in the capital city of Serbia with Work in Progress company servicing. Sam Raimi…
FNE at New Horizons 2018: New Horizons Studio+ Focus on Marketing
WROCŁAW: Weronika Czołnowska, Head of Industry at 18th New Horizons IFF, talked to FNE about the 9th edition of the New Horizons Studio+ workshop (27-30 July 2018 ) and explained…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Cineplexx Palas, Banja Luka
This month we speak with Aida Begić-Ljevar, the manager of Cineplexx Palas in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Poland Introduces 30% Cash Rebate for Film Productions
WARSAW: The Polish Government has approved a new draft bill offering a 30% cash rebate on qualifying film production expenses. The Polish Film Institute will have a 200m PLN /…
PRODUCTION: Ewa Puszczyńska and Ada Solomon Team Up for New Tomasz Wasilewski Drama
WROCŁAW: Ewa Puszczyńska is developing Tomasz Wasilewski new drama Fools/Głupcy (working title), which will be a Polish/Romanian coproduction together with the Romanian Ada Solomon and lensed by Romanian Oleg Mutu.…
SOFA School of Film Agents 2018 Announces Participants
WARSAW: Participants from Poland, Lithuania, Georgia, Hungary, Israel and Ukraine have been selected for the 6th edition SOFA School of Film Agents, set to take place in Warsaw from 26…
PISF and EAVE Scholarship Available for Polish Producers
WROCLAW: Polish Film Institute and EAVE will grant for the third year a scholarship to one Polish producer for the EAVE 2019 Producers Workshop. The winner will be chosen among…
Call for Projects for Tallinn Industry and Baltic Event
TALLINN: Calls for projects for Script Pool Tallinn, Baltic Event Co-Production Market and POWR Baltic Stories Exchange are open.