FESTIVALS: Sore Eyes for Infinity Wins Fest Anča Award
ŽILINA: Sore Eyes for Infinity by Finnish director Elli Vuorinen received the main award at the 10th Fest Anča International Animation Festival held from 29 June to 2 July 2017.
FESTIVALS: Closeness Wins the 13th Bucharest IFF
BUCHAREST: Closeness by Russian filmmaker Kantemir Balagov was awarded best film and best script at the 13th edition of Bucharest IFF (28 June - 2 June 2017), the oldest festival…
FESTIVALS: Wednesday with Goddard Wins the 16th Countryside Animafest Cyprus Views of the World Festival
NICOSIA: The British short film Wednesday with Goddard directed by Nicolas Menard was awarded best film in the International Competition of the 16th Countryside Animafest Cyprus Views of the World…
GRANTS: Bulgaria Announces First Production Grants for 2017
SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center allotted 1,856,000 EUR / 3,630,000 BGN at its first session on 29 June 2017. Seven projects, including two feature films with higher budgets, one…
LUX FILM PRIZE Official Selection Unveiled
KARLOVY VARY: One Polish film and no less than three Bulgarian coproductions are among the ten films selected for the Official Selection of the LUX FILM PRIZE. The Official Selection…
PRODUCTION: French/Moroccan/Polish Documentary Coproduction Wraps Shooting in Poland
ŁÓDŹ: Documentary The Director’s Chair, Mostafa Derkaoui / Fauteuil de cinéaste, Mostafa Derkaoui directed by Sophie Delvallée wrapped shooting in Poland. The film is a French/Moroccan/Polish coproduction with Poland’s Entertain…
dok.incubator Hosts Three Slovak Films in Production Stage
MOJMÍROVCE: Three Slovak projects were presented during this year's edition of international workshop platform dok.incubator in Mojmírovce. The workshop was held from 26 June to 1 July 2017.
PRODUCTION: Vitkova Preps Second Feature Film
SOFIA: Bulgarian director Maya Vitkova is writing the second draft of her sophomore feature, Afrika, through her production company Viktoria Films.
PRODUCTION: Estonia Coproduces The Man Who Surprised Everyone
TALLINN: Estonia’s Homeless Bob Production is coproducing the Russian/Estonian/French film The Man Who Surprised Everyone from directors Natalya Merkuloa and Alexey Chupov.
PRODUCTION: Finland Buys TV Rights to Kharms
SKOPJE: The Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE has acquired TV rights to the Russian/Lithuanian/Macedonian coproduction Kharms / Хармс by Ivan Bolotnikov from ANT!PODE Sales & Distribution. The film will have its…
FNE Exclusive: Daniel Rafaelić, Head of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
ZAGREB: Daniel Rafaelić spoke to FNE about his main objectives and the challenges that lay ahead. In May 2017, he was named director of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) for…
FNE at MIFF 2017: Prize Winners
MOSCOW: The 39 Moscow International Film Festival (22-29 June 2017) awarded its main prize the Golden George for Best film to Crested Ibis / Yuan Shang (China) directed by Lian…
PRODUCTION: Wojciech Smarzowski in Preproduction with New Drama
CRACOW: Wojciech Smarzowski is working on a new crime drama about the Catholic Church reform in Poland under the working title 3. The shoot is planned to launch in August…
United States of Love to Open in Spain
WARSAW: Tomasz Wasilewski’s drama United States of Love, awarded the Silver Bear for Best Script at the 2016 Berlinale, will premiere in Spain on 7 July 2017 distributed by Golem…
New Minister of Culture Appointed in Macedonia
SKOPJE: Skopje based researcher, cultural manager and culture critic Robert Alagjozovski was appointed as the Minister of Culture under new Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. He succeeds Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska, who ran…
FNE IDF DocBloc: The Sound is Innocent
A Czech/Slovak/French documentary explores electronic music and its relationship to the tape recorder.
New Romanian Minister of Culture Makes Film Law a Priority
BUCHAREST: Lucian Romaşcanu has been named the new Minister of Culture, announced by the Romanian Prime Minister Mihai Tudose on 28 June 2017. Romaşcanu said that a new film law…
GRANTS: Poland Announces Grants for Animation and Children’s Films
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute chose 5 new animated films and films for the youth audience to support in the 2nd funding session of 2017, including new projects from Magdalena…
Memories of Fear Wins Bulgarian Film Academy Awards
SOFIA: The Bulgarian Film Academy announced its annual awards with Ivan Pavlov’s black and white Memories of Fear (produced by Art 47) winning the Best Film award for 2016. Krassimir…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 27.06.2017
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…
