FNE at CineLink Sarajevo FF: Awakenings

SARAJEVO: Croatian director Jure Pavlović is developing his debut feature, Awakenings. This Croatian/German/Slovenian/Serbian coproduction has been selected for CineLink Co-production Market, set to take place 17-18 August 2016, during the…
16-08-2016

PRODUCTION: Second Hand in Production

VILNIUS: Lithuanian director Arturas Jevdokimovas is in production with the docudrama Second Hand, a Lithuanian/Irish/Swiss coproduction. Principal photography is expected to wrap on 30 November 2017.
16-08-2016

EFADs and CACI to Launch Europe-Latin America Co-production Grant

SAN SEBASTIAN: Association of the European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) and the Conference of Ibero-American Cinematographic Authorities (CACI) will launch a jointly funded co-development grant at the 64th San Sebastian…
16-08-2016

SOFA– School of Film Agents Ready to Kick Off

WROCLAW: Cultural managers and film agents from Lithuania, Czech Republic, Georgia and Poland are participating in the 4th edition of SOFA – School of Film Agents, set to take place…
16-08-2016

FESTIVALS: Bulgarian Godless Wins Locarno Film Festival

LOCARNO: Ralitza Petrova’s Godless won the Golden Leopard and Radu Jude’s Scarred Hearts the Special Jury Prize at the 69th edition of Locarno Film Festival held 3-13 August 2016.
15-08-2016

PRODUCTION: Rouzie Hassanova in Postproduction with Radiogram

SOFIA: Rouzie Hassanova is in postproduction with her debut feature, Radiogram, a Bulgarian/Polish/Turkish coproduction. Based on personal memories, the film follows a father who walks almost 100 km to buy…
15-08-2016

FNE at CineLink Sarajevo FF: Dustcatcher

SARAJEVO: Dustcatcher, the debut feature by Bulgarian writer/director Pavel G. Vesnakov, will be one of the 15 projects presented at the CineLink Co-production Market, set to take place 17-18 August…
15-08-2016

FNE at CineLink Sarajevo FF: Book of Hours

SARAJEVO: Georgian director Dea Kulumageshvili is developing her debut feature Book of Hours, which has been selected for CineLink Co-production Market, set to take place 17-18 August 2016, during the…
15-08-2016

PRODUCTION: Andrey Chertov in Postproduction with Silent Movie

SOFIA: Andrey Chertov is completing postproduction on Silent Movie, a feature film based on many documentary elements. The story follows the life of the famous Bulgarian composer, jazz performer and…
12-08-2016

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino Sloboda, Croatia

This month we speak with Đive Galov, the programme manager of Kino Sloboda, Dubrovnik.
12-08-2016

FNE at CineLink Sarajevo FF: The Heroes Were Dancing

SARAJEVO: Serbian writer/director Nikola Ljuca will be presenting his next project The Heroes Were Dancing at the CineLink Co-production Market, set to take place 17-18 August 2016, during the 22nd…
12-08-2016

FNE at CineLink Sarajevo FF: My Name is Damian

SARAJEVO: Slovenian Maja Weiss’s My Name is Damian, which is adapted from the novel by Suzana Tratnik, an acclaimed Slovenian writer and activist for LGBT rights, is one of 15…
12-08-2016

FNE IDF DocBloc: Submit Your Documentary Projects from Central and Eastern Europe to East Doc Platform 2017

The Institute of Documentary Film is looking for documentary projects in development/production/postproduction for the 6th edition of East Doc Platform, set to take place in Prague from 6 to 12…
12-08-2016

FNE at CineLink Sarajevo FF: God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija

SARAJEVO: Acclaimed Macedonian director Teona Strugar Mitevska is presenting her fifth feature film project God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija at the CineLink Co-production Market, set to take place 17-18…
11-08-2016

FNE at CineLink Sarajevo FF: Illyricvm

SARAJEVO: Director/art director/ CGI artist/animator/graphical designer Simon Bogojević Narath is developing his first feature film Illyricvm, that has been selected for the CineLink Co-production Market, set to take place 17-18…
11-08-2016

The 11th FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project Opens Applications

WARSAW: Applications for the 11th FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project, a training programme for young critics and film journalists from Central and Eastern Europe coordinated by the Warsaw Film Foundation and…
11-08-2016

FNE at Sarajevo Film Festival 2016: Touch Me Not

SARAJEVO: Adina Pintilie is participating with her debut feature Touch Me Not / Nu mă atinge-mă in the Sarajevo Work in Progress sessions, set to take place within CineLink on…
10-08-2016

FNE at Sarajevo Film Festival 2016: Otto the Barbarian

SARAJEVO: Ruxandra Ghiţescu is participating in the CineLink Co-production Market with her debut feature, Otto the Barbarian. The film produced by Alien Film is set to be shot in 2017.
10-08-2016

FESTIVALS: The 4th Triq Cinemoon Festival Ready to Kick Off

VALLETTA: The 4th edition of Triq Cinemoon Festival, an unusual open air festival with the selection based on the audience’s vote, will kick off on 11 August 2016.
10-08-2016

FESTIVALS: Robert De Niro and Stephen Frears to Be Awarded at Sarajevo FF

SARAJEVO: Robert De Niro will receive the First Honorary Heart of Sarajevo – Lifetime Achievement Award, while Stephen Frears will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award at the 22nd…
09-08-2016