FNE at Cannes 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Saturday 14 May and Sunday 15 May
Party and Event Alert
PRODUCTION: Georgia and UK Team up on Shindisi
TBILISI: LA-based director, Nick Agiashvili has been confirmed to direct the UK/Georgian co-production Shindisi, to be produced by Liberty Studio, 20 Steps and Lakumi in Georgia in partnership with UK’s…
FNE Teams Up with UNIC For EU Cinema Policy News
CANNES: 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…
FNE at Cannes 2016: Review: Sieranevada
CANNES: Romanian director Cristi Puiu makes his debut in competition in Cannes with the darkly perplexing Sieranevada. But the director is no stranger to Cannes.
PRODUCTION: Hit Director Marko Nabersnik Begins Shooting Slovenian/Macedonian Coproduction
LJUBLJANA: Slovenian director Marko Naberšnik began filming his fourth feature film Slovenia, Australia and Tomorrow the World, a Slovenian/Macedonian coproduction, on 11 May 2016.
PRODUCTION: First Lithuanian/Brazilian Doc in Production
VILNIUS: The documentary El Padre Medico by director Vytautas Puidokas is in production. Principle photography began in March 2016 and will wrap in September.
FESTIVALS: Romanian Days TIFF 2016 Announces Lineup
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Romanian Days, the showcase of the most recent Romanian feature films, short films and documentaries within Transilvania IFF (TIFF), announced its 2016 lineup. Six feature films will have their…
FNE at Cannes 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Friday 13 May and Saturday 14 May
Party and Event Alert
FNE IDF DocBloc: The Future Arrives in Krakow
Carl Guyenette will conduct a discussion at the Krakow Film Festival Doc Tank.
GRANTS: Latvia Announces Centennial Celebration Grants
RIGA: The National Film Centre of Latvia confirmed 1,610,000 EUR for eleven projects in the first round of the Latvia’s Centennial grants session in 2016.
FNE at Cannes 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Thursday 12 May and Friday 13 May
Party and Event Alert
FNE at Cannes 2016: EFP Producer on the Move: Klaudia Śmieja
WARSAW: Poland’s Producer On The Move Klaudia Śmieja from the production company Madants is a seasoned film professional specialising in international coproductions. She is currently working on new films by…
PRODUCTION: Omerzu Develops Coming of Age Road Movie
PRAGUE: The Prague-based award-winning young Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu is developing his third film, Jackdaws on the Road, a Czech/Slovenian/Slovak coproduction. Omerzu is working once again with producer Jiří Konečný…
PRODUCTION: Jiří Strach’s The Angel of God 2 Sets Christmas Release
BRATISLAVA: Czech/Slovak coproduction The Angel of God 2, the sequel to director Jiří Strach’s 2005 fairy-tale comedy, is completing production in preparation for a Christmas holiday season theatrical and TV…
FNE at Cannes 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Wednesday 11 May and Thursday 12 May
Wednesday 11 May
FNE at Cannes 2016: EFP Producer on the Move: Roberts Vinovskis
RIGA: Latvian producer Roberts Vinovskis, a 2016 European Film Promotion Producer on the Move, has been in the film production business since the early 2000’s but is best known for…
PRODUCTION: Slovak Animated Series Pitches on Kickstarter
BRATISLAVA: The new Slovak/Swedish animated series for children Vincent & Sheep is nearing the end of its Kickstarter campaign. The production is seeking 27,000 EUR.
Irina Radu Appointed General Manager of Romanian Public Broadcaster
BUCHAREST: Irina Radu was elected by the Romanian Parliament as the president/general manager of the Romanian public broadcaster (SRTV) on 10 May 2016.
FESTIVALS: Anifilm Awards Anomalisa
TREBON, CZECH REPUBLIC: The Czech festival of animation Anifilm, which concluded on 8 May 2016, gave its best adult animated film award to Anomalisa by Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman.
HBO Begins Production on Valley of Silence in Romania
BRASOV, ROMANIA: HBO Europe began principal photography on the four-part hour long series Valea Mută / Valley of Silence on 10 May 2016, in Romania’s Carpathian Mountains.
