EFP Producers on the Move: Slovenia’s Petra Vidmar
LJUBLJANA: Petra Vidmar, producer at the Slovenian production company Gustav Film, will attend this year's Cannes Film Festival as a part of Producers on the Move initiative organised by the…
EFP Producer on the Move: Bulgaria's Mila Voinikova
SOFIA: Mila Voinikova represents Bulgaria as a European Film Promotion 2017 Producer on the Move. For eight years she has been working at Miramar Film founded in 2001 by Ilian…
FESTIVALS: Park Film Fest Unveils Debut Edition Programme
BRATISLAVA: The freshly formed Park Film Fest Trenčianske Teplice is building upon the Slovak spa town’s film tradition as the host of 23 editions of Art Film Fest and last…
FESTIVALS: New Horizons Association and Gutek Film Launch Podlase SlowFest
WARSAW: Podlasie SlowFest, a new initiative from Roman Gutek, organised by the New Horizons Association and Gutek Film, will take place from 1 June to 17 September in Supraśl in…
FESTIVALS: Debuts Dominate 16th Transilvania IFF Competition
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Eight feature debut films are among the twelve films selected for the official competition of the 16th Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF). The festival, which takes place 2 -…
PRODUCTION: Karel Vachek Shooting Communism
PRAGUE: Karel Vachek, the head of the documentary department at FAMU and one of the most original Czech filmmakers known for his experimental, enormously lengthy film essays, is shooting the…
FESTIVALS: Beldocs Kicks Off Full Industry Programme
BELGRADE: The 10th jubilee edition of the Beldocs Film Festival will screen 87 documentaries in eleven thematic categories from 8 to 15 May 2017. The novelty in this year’s edition…
Poland's Last Family Opens in Czech Republic and Hungary
WARSAW: Locarno IFF Best Actor winner Last Family will premiere on 11 May 2017 in the Czech Republic distributed by Aerofilms and on the same date in Hungary distributed by…
FNE at Vilnius Meeting Point 2017: The Horizons
VILNIUS: The Serbian film The Horizons / Horizonti, Svetislav Dragomirović’s debut feature, is expected to complete postproduction in July 2017. The film was presented at the “Coming Soon New Talents”…
FNE at Vilnius Meeting Point 2017: To Be Continued
VILNIUS: Legendary Latvian helmer Ivars Seleckis is close to completing production on the documentary To Be Continued / Turpinajums. The project was presented at the “Coming Soon from Baltics” pitching…
Young CEE Directors Selected for Future Frames
HAMBURG: Ten film students and graduates will present their films to industry professionals during European Film Promotion’s Future Frames taking place 2-5 July 2017 during the Karlovy Vary IFF.
FNE at Cyprus Film Days International Festival: Rosemarie wins 2017 Festival
NICOSIA: Cypriot director Adonis Florides’ production Rosemarie won the Glocal Images Best Film Award at the 15th Cyrus Film Days International Festival held in Limassol and Nicosia from 27 April…
Daniel Rafaelić to Head Croatian Audiovisual Centre
ZAGREB: Daniel Rafaelić was named director of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre for a four year term, after a unanimous vote at a meeting of the Board of Directors.
FNE at Anifilm 2017: France Takes Top Animation Awards
TREBON: The growing international recognition of the Czech Republic’s beloved animation festival Anifilm was evidenced in the awarding of prizes, with the best animated feature for adults going to France’s…
New Minister of Culture Appointed in Bulgaria
SOFIA: Former Deputy Minister of Culture Boil Banov was appointed as the new Minister of Culture on 5 May 2017 under Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. He succeeds Rashko Mladenov, Minister…
FESTIVALS: Last Family wins Netia Off Camera Grand Prix
CRACOW: Last Family by Jan Matuszyński won the Gand Prix Krakow Film Award and Audience Award at the 10th Netia Off Camera Film Festival held in Cracow 28 April -…
FNE EXCLUSIVE: Radu Jude Preps Is This What You Were Born For?
BUCHAREST: Acclaimed Romanian helmer Radu Jude is set to start shooting his new feature film Is This What You Were Born For? with his regular producer Ada Solomon at Hi…
FNE at Visegrad Animation Forum 2017: CEE Animators Pitch TV Programmes
TREBON: The artistic and production team behind Slovakia’s success animated TV series Mimi & Lisa were among the five CEE presenters pitching new animated TV projects to the international jury…
Arkadiusz Biedrzycki and Bartłomiej Konarski win SCRIPT PRO 2017
CRACOW: Arkadiusz Biedrzycki and Bartłomiej Konarski won the Special Award Canal+ at SCRIPT PRO 2017 for their script In Person / We własnej osobie.
VSMU Hosts Visegrad Film Forum
BRATISLAVA: The VSMU film school in central Bratislava was the heart of the 6th edition of the Visegrad Film Forum, hosting master classes with film and TV professionals for an…
