PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Director Kostadin Bonev In Postproduction With Away from the Shore
SOFIA: Bulgarian director Kostadin Bonev is completing postproduction on his new feature film Away From the Shore (aka Wolves around Us). This Bulgarian/Ukrainian coproduction is a personal interpretation of the…
PRODUCTION: First Serbian/Chinese Coproduction Belgrade Escape Starts Shooting
BELGRADE: Belgrade Escape by Wang Zhongyan, the first Serbian/Chinese coproduction, started shooting in Belgrade on 26 July 2018. The film is a coproduction between Chinese Fujian Broken Films and Serbian…
New Europe Film Sales Picks-up Israeli/Polish/German Coproduction The Delegation
WARSAW : Polish sales agent New Europe Film Sales has acquired Asaf Saban’s Israeli/Polish/German coproduction The Delegation which is still in development.
FESTIVALS: Killing Jesus Wins the 21st Motovun Film Festival
MOTOVUN: Laura Mora’s Killing Jesus (Colombia, Argentina) was awarded Propeller of Motovun for Best Film at the 21st edition of Motovun Film Festival. After winning the prestigious Doc Alliance award…
FESTIVALS: Sarajevo’s CineLink 2018 Announces Work in Progress Selection
SARAJEVO: Eight feature films and two documentaries have been selected in the Sarajevo Film Festival's CineLink co-production market Work in Progress section. The list includes projects from Romania, Bulgaria and…
Polish Film Festival in Gdynia Launches One-Minute Video Competition
GDYNIA: Legal Culture Foundation and the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia are launching a video competition for one-minute films made using a camera, the phone or an animated technique.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Martin Horyna: There Is Still a Reason to Separate Documentary Films
Click HERE to read an interview with documentary film expert Martin Horyna, member of the Programme Department at the Karlovy Vary IFF and one of the three main persons selecting…
FNE at Venice 2018: CEE Films at the 75th Venice Film Festival
VENICE: Jacques Audiard’s The Sisters Brothers, the first minority coproduction for Cristian Mungiu’s Mobra Films, and Sunset by Hungarian László Nemes, with Romanian actor Vlad Ivanov in the lead, were…
FNE at Venice 2018: 75th Venice Film Festival Full Programme Lineup
VENICE: Jacques Audiard’s The Sisters Brothers, the first minority coproduction for Cristian Mungiu’s Mobra Films, and Sunset by Hungarian László Nemes, with Romanian actor Vlad Ivanov in the lead, were…
PRODUCTION: Czech Director Julius Ševčík’s The Glass Room with International Cast Wraps Shooting
PRAGUE: Czech/Slovak coproduction The Glass Room, directed by Julius Ševčík, has wrapped shooting. The film stars acclaimed European and Czech actors. Renowned Polish editor Jaroslaw Kaminski (Ida and Cold War,…
Scholarships Available for CEE Professionals at European VoD Meetings - Venice Workshop
VENICE: Professionals from EuroVoD Members and from European countries of low audiovisual production capacity will be given priority for the scholarships provided by the European VoD Meetings- Venice Workshop. The…
Ivan Salatić Completes Montenegrin/Serbian Coproduction You Have the Night
PODGORICA: Montenegrin director Ivan Salatić has just completed his debut feature You Have the Night/ Ti imaš moć which has been selected in the Critics’ Week programme at the Venice…
PRODUCTION: Croatian Director Danilo Šerbedžija's Teresa 33 Wraps
ZAGREB: A new feature film by Croatian director Danilo Šerbedžija, Teresa 33,wrapped shooting in Split on 22 July 2018.
Serbian Doc The Other Side of Everything among the Three LUX Prize Finalists
ROME: The Serbian Documentary The Other Side of Everything by Mila Turajlić and feature films Styx by Wolfgang Fischer and Woman at War by Benedikt Erlingsson have been selected as…
PRODUCTION: Finnish/Estonian Coproduction Maria’s Paradise Starts Shooting in Estonia
TALLINN: Maria’s Paradise a new project by the acclaimed Finnish director Zaida Bergrot is currently shooting in Estonia. This Finnish/Estonian coproduction is based on the real events of Åkerblom's movement,…
GRANTS: Polish Film Institute Announces New Production Grants
WARSAW: Polish Film Institute (PISF) distributed 4.2 m EUR / 18.4 m PLN for the production of eight feature films, four animated films and nine documentaries. This is the second…
FESTIVALS: The 43rd Gdynia Film Festival Announces Lineup
GDYNIA: Sixteen titles will compete in the main competition of the 43rd Gdynia Film Festival. The festival which is the biggest annual showcase of new Polish film will take place…
UNIC Policy Update: EU Copyright Directive Vote
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…
Applications for ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum 2018 Still Open
ŁODZ: The second edition of the ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum is welcoming projects of animated short films and TV special episodes made with the use of puppet technique. The deadline…
PRODUCTION: Swiss/Belgian/French Coproduction Starring Laetitia Casta Starts Shooting in Macedonia
BITOLA: Swiss/Belgian/French coproduction Beyond the Horizon / Le Milieu de l'horizon, directed by Delphine Lehericey and starring Laetitia Casta, Jalil Lespert and Clémence Poésy, is currently shooting in Macedonia. The…
