FESTIVALS: Prague Festival Stretches Film Boundaries
PRAGUE: The National Gallery in Prague has teamed up with a pilot festival of films shot in the portrait format for smartphone screens, Vertifilms, to be held on 3 November…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2016: Georgian Film Debuts in East Silver Market
JIHLAVA: Anuna Bukia, one of a new generation of female Georgian documentary filmmakers, premiered her debut film I Swam Enguri at the East Silver Market of the Jihlava IDFF, which…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2016: Accolades for CEE Docs at Jihlava’s 20th Anniversary
JIHLAVA: The prizes at the closing ceremony spanned Europe, but the biggest prize of the 20th anniversary of the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival should go to the festival itself.…
Polish Film Shortlisted for Oscars
WARSAW: A documentary by a Polish film student has made the first cut in the Oscar Race. Zofia Kowalewska’s Close Ties is one of ten films still in the running…
FESTIVALS: Poland Awards US Projects with Postproduction Prizes
WROCLAW: In a bid to bring more American producers to Poland, the 7th American Film Festival (which ran through 30 October 2016) handed out a bevy of postproduction awards to…
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival 2016: Dogs
COTTBUS: Dogs / Câini, the debut feature of Bogdan Mirică, which won the FIPRESCI Award in Cannes's Un Certain Regard, screens in the main competition of the 26th Cottbus Film…
Five Companies Compete to Renovate Malta Film Studio
VALLETTA: The Malta Film Commission has invited five companies to present proposals to renovate and operate the film studios in Kalkara.
FNE AV Innovation: Virtual Reality: On The Verge of a New Form of Time Travel
FNE continues its series on the development of cutting edge innovation and how new ideas are transforming the AV industry. Today innovation specialist Peeter Nieler inspires us with the possibilities…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2016: Taskovski Picks up Normal Autistic Film
JIHLAVA: London based sales company Taskovski Films has picked up Jihlava IDFF competition documentary Normal Autistic Film directed by Miroslav Janek.
Board of Poland's National Film Center Announced
ŁÓDŹ: Nine people have been selected to the Board of the newly created National Film Centre, designed to showcase Polish cinema. The NFC will start its activities in November 2016.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Jihlava Looks Ahead in 20th Anniversary Edition
JIHLAVA: If there’s been one constant in the 20 years of Jihlava IDFF’s existence, it’s the festival’s forward looking approach. That constant is the overriding theme of this year’s festival,…
FNE at Regiofun 2016: Will-o’-the-Wisp in Development
KATOWICE: Czech Director Vita Prochazka is in development with Will-o’-the-Wisp, a Czech fantasy film. Will-o’-the-Wisp was showcased at the Look for Fund meeting hosted by the 7th International Regiofun Film…
FESTIVALS: Zagreb Announces Competition Line-up
ZAGREB: Thirteen films will screen in the competition of the 14th Zagreb Film Festival, 12 – 20 November 2016.
FNE DocBloc: Jihlava Fest Films Online
Doc Alliance is screening a selection of films from the Jihlava IDFF in honor of the festival's 20th anniversary.
Macedonian TV Revenues Drop
SKOPJE: The Macedonian Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services reported that all commercial and public broadcasters generated total revenues of 3,102,260,000 MKD (around 50 million EUR) in 2015, which…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2016: Strelkova to Leave Slovak Film Institute
JIHLAVA: Alexandra Strelkova announced that she will leave her position as head of promotion at the Slovak Film Institute at the end of 2016.
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival 2016: Planet Single
COTTBUS: The Polish comedy Planet Single by Slovenian director Mitja Okorn will vie in the main competition of the 26th Cottbus Film Festival, which runs 8 - 13 November 2016.…
Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2017: Natia Guliashvili, Jan Macola, Marek Urban
JIHLAVA: FNE has teamed up again with the 20th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (25-30 October 2016) to introduce you to some of the exciting new talents that will be…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 25.10.2016
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…
CME Reports Third Quarter Growth
PRAGUE: Strong performances in the Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia led to a 5% growth in TV advertising revenues in the third quarter of 2016, TV powerhouse Central European Media…
