FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kauno Kino Centras Romuva, Lithuania
This month we speak with Monika Inčerytė, the acting director of Kauno Kino Centras Romuva, the oldest working cinema in Lithuania and a new member of Europa Cinemas.
FESTIVALS: Transilvania IFF Announces 2016 Lineup
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Twelve films are competing for the Transilvania Trophy in the Official Competition of the 15th edition of Transilvania International Film Festival taking place from 27 May to 5 June…
F&ME Locks up Sales Companies for DeDe and The Constitution
LONDON: London-based production house Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) announced that WIDE Management has picked up the Georgian coproduction DeDe by Mariam Khatchvani and Antonio Saura’s Latido will handle international…
PRODUCTION: Marko Sosič Finishes Postproduction on A Comedy of Tears
LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian drama A Comedy of Tears by Marko Sosič is being readied to be presented at the Market of the Cannes Film Festival. “Basically the film is completed.…
Croatia Touts Stability and Success in Annual Report
ZAGREB: Hrvoje Hribar, director of the Croatian Audiovisual Center, introduced HAVC’s annual performance report and said that the recent period of continuity is responsible for the success of Croatia’s film…
FNE at Cannes 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Wednesday 11 May
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Malta Introduces Tax Reduction Scheme
VALLETTA: Malta will offer 150% tax deductions to companies that invest in local film production and training initiatives offered by the Malta Film Commission.
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Transilvania Film, Romania
FNE and Europa Distribution are launching a new chapter in our Distributor of the Month section focusing on the new trends and challenges of film distribution. In the coming months…
FNE at Cannes 2016: EFP Producer on the Move: Aet Laigu
TALLINN: Aet Laigu is this year’s Estonian representative in the European Film Promotion’s (EFP) Producers on the Move programme. Laigu works as a producer and screenwriter at her own production …
FNE at Cannes 2016: EFP Producer on the Move: Boštjan Ikovic
LJUBLJANA: Boštjan Ikovic, a producer at the Slovenian production company Arsmedia, will attend this year's Cannes Film Festival as a part of European Film Promotion’s 2016 Producers on the Move.
FNE at Cannes 2016: EFP Producer on the Move: Adis Đapo
SARAJEVO: Last year the Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina became a member of European Film Promotion (EFP) and this year Adis Đapo has been selected as the first…
Mitja Okorn’s Planet Singles Tops Slovenian Box Office
LJUBLJANA: The Polish romantic comedy Planet Singles by Slovenian director Mitja Okorn continued to dominate Slovenian box office and attendance for the second week with a spectacular 30,521 admissions.
Pope Versus Hitler filming in Lithuania
VILNIUS: Castle Pictures of New York and local coproducer Baltic Film Services have started principle photography on the docudrama Pope Versus Hitler on locations around Vilnius for National Geographic.
PRODUCTION: Heart of a Tower Gets Media Support
BRATISLAVA: Heart of a Tower/Srdce veže by director and animator Peter Budinský has received a 60,000 EUR grant from the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme. Its premiere is set for 2020.
Nominations Announced for UCIN Awards Gala
BUCHAREST: Radu Jude’s Aferim!, Tudor Giurgiu’s Why Me? and Dan Chișu’s Bucharest NonStop are nominated for Best Film and the UCIN Trophy at the UCIN Awards Gala organised by the…
Latvia Cash Rebates Rise
RIGA: The National Film Center of Latvia and the Riga Film Fund have increased their total cash rebate to 2.3 m EUR for 2017.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Polish Doc Gets Prague Screening
The Polish documentary Casa Blanca will be shown in Prague on 9 May 2016.
FNE at Cannes 2016: EFP Producer on the Move: Dagnė Vildžiūnaitė
VILNIUS: Lithuania’s European Film Promotion (EFP) Producer on the Move Dagnė Vildžiūnaitė is a graduate of EAVE 2012, Ex Oriente 2011 and EURODOC 2010, and she holds a B.A. in…
PRODUCTION: Posthumous Post-production for Nemec’s Final Film
PRAGUE: Acclaimed Czech New Wave filmmaker Jan Němec, the writer and director of the upcoming film The Wolf from the Royal Vineyard Street, died in March this year shortly before…
Premium Films Picks up Caranfil Film for Cannes Market
BUCHAREST: Paris-based Premium Films has acquired the latest feature film by Romanian writer/director Nae Caranfil 6.9 on the Richter Scale / 6,9 pe scara Richter. The film will screen in…
