PRODUCTION: Cvitkovič Starts Filming Our Family
LJUBLJANA: Acclaimed Slovenian director Jan Cvitkovič is beginning production on his fifth feature film Our Family. Shooting, which started yesterday, 6 July 2016, will take place in the Slovenian capital…
PRODUCTION: Florin Șerban Preps Dog
BUCHAREST: Florin Șerban is in preparation with Dog/Câine, a drama/thriller set to start shooting on 22 August 2016.
Czechs Choose Home Viewing over Cinemas
PRAGUE: Almost a half of Czechs go to the cinema less often than once a year or even not at all. Czechs prefer watching films at home to visiting cinema,…
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Czech/US Doc Sells to Sundance Global
KARLOVY VARY: Czech and US based producer Jeffrey Brown concluded a deal at the Karlovy Vary IFF (running through 9 July) to sell the documentary film Yallah! Underground to Sundance…
Slovenian Government and Filmmakers Clash Over Appointment of Director of Slovenian Film Centre
LJUBLJANA: A clash between the Slovenian government and the board of the Slovenian Film Center has left the institution without a director.
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Balkan Projects Win Pitching Prizes
KARLOVY VARY: Slovenian director Miha Knific and Croatian producer Sinisa Juricic of Nukleus Film won the very first Eurimages Lab Project Award with their project Perseverance. The cash award of…
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Interview with Danijel Hočevar
LJUBLJANA: In recognition of Slovenian Day at the Karlovy Vary IFF on 6 July 2016, FNE asked Slovenian producer Danijel Hočevar to reflect on his experience with the festival and…
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Jihlava Announces 2017 Emerging Producers
KARLOVY VARY: The Jihlava IDFF doc festival used the occasion of its Docu Talents from the East pitching forum to announce the 2017 participants of its fourth Emerging Producers programme,…
FNE at KVIFF 2016: SOFA Announces 2016 Film Agents
KARLOVY VARY: Eight young-career film professionals from Central and Eastern Europe have been selected for the 2016 edition of SOFA, the School for Film Agents taking place in Wroclaw 19-28…
Andrew Vajna Wins Romanian TV Licenses
BUCHAREST: Hungarian Film Commissioner and media czar Andy Vajna, is extending his influence into neighboring CEE countries. The National Audiovisual Council of Romania gave satellite licenses to the Romanian company…
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Jean Reno Shooting Adventurers in Karlovy Vary
KARLOVY VARY: Jean Reno, currently a guest of Karlovy Vary IFF, will stay in the Czech Republic after visiting the festival to play a role of a French policeman in…
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Cottbus and CoCo Announce Plans and Changes
KARLOVY VARY: Connecting Cottbus, the East-West coproduction platform, is “bringing in a fresh, new team ,” programme director Rebekka Garrido told FNE, and moving the pitching forum to the historic…
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Training Programmes Add New Projects
KARLOVY VARY: The heavy hitters from four leading training programmes available to CEE filmmakers and professionals unveiled an array of new opportunities in a presentation held on 4 July 2016…
OBITUARY: Ani Bakalova
SOFIA: Beloved Bulgarian film and theatre actress Ani Bakalova passed away on 3 July 2016 at the age of 76.
Cinema Mediterranean Caravan Revives Dalmatian Cinema
SPLIT: The biggest challenge of Cinema Mediterranean, the project of cinema revival in Dalmatia aiming to renew movie theaters and bring movie screenings to smaller towns, is to keep the…
PRODUCTION: Stephan Komandarev’s Compatibility Gets Coproduction Support
SOFIA: The Macedonian Film Agency decided to support Compatibility, the new low budget film by writer/director Stephan Komandarev, with 55,400 EUR (3 400 000 MKD). This is the second minority…
Antipode Picks Up Eastern Business
BUCHAREST: Igor Cobileanski’s Eastern Business/Afacerea est, the first Romanian/Lithuanian/ Moldavian coproduction, has been acquired by the Russian sales agent Antipode Sales & Distribution.
Connecting Cottbus 2016 Accepting Applications
COTTBUS: The East-West coproduction market connecting cottbus is accepting applications through 30 July 2016.
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Lux Film Prize Unveils Official Selection
KARLOVY VARY: The 10 films of the 2016 Lux Film Prize Official Selection for 2016 have been announced at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Frank Daniel Institute Unveiled
KARLOVY VARY: Frantisek Daniel, aka Frank Daniel, arguably the most influential and one of the least known Czech filmmakers of all time, will finally get the recognition his many acolytes…
