FNE Cannes 2015: EFP Producer on the Move: Zivile Gallego
VILNIUS: Zivile Gallego has received her MA degree in European Affaires Management at South Bank University, London and Leonardo da Vinci University, Paris. She took filmmaking course at New York…
FNE at Cannes 2015: Party and Screening Alert: Wednesday 13 May
Wednesday 13 May
Films Boutique Acquires Muntean's One Floor Below
BUCHAREST: Radu Muntean's psychological drama One Floor Below/Un etaj mai jos has been picked up for international sales by Films Boutique. The film will have its world premiere in the…
PRODUCTION: Bojanov to Helm Bulgarian Coproduction I Want to Be Like You
SOFIA: Award-winning Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov will go into production with his second film in July 2015, I Want to Be Like You, a Danish/UK/Belgian/Bulgarian coproduction which features an international…
Giurgiu’s Why Me? Joins Romania’s VOD Release Line-up
BUCHAREST: Tudor Giurgiu’s political triller Why Me?/ De ce eu? was launched for the international audience on VOD on the official website of the film, deceeu.ro.
FNE at Anifilm 2015: Spain, Latvia Take Top Awards
TREBON: Spanish director Sam Conflictivos won the Anifilm Grand Jury Prize in the competition of animated films for adults for his claymation film Possessed and the special recognition went to…
Public TV Broadcasters in Slovenia and Slovakia Animate Content Funding
TREBON: Speaking at a panel consisting of TV broadcaster from across the CEE region, representatives from the public broadcasting channels in Slovakia and Slovenia said that recent new sources of…
Attention all FIPRESCI members coming to Cannes: Limited Edition Turkish DVD Box Set
Be one of the first 5 to sign up for the FNE FIPRESCI Cannes Critics ratings and we will send you a beautiful box set of DVDs of the Best…
Closer to the Moon Wins Big at UCIN Awards
BUCHAREST: Nae Caranfil's Closer to the Moon was awarded Best Film and received the Trophy of the Romanian Filmmakers Union (UCIN) for 2014.
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Hans König, Polyfilm
FNE together with Europa Distribution is launching a new chapter of the Distributor of the Month section. This time we focus on new strategies in film distribution and the importance…
Cartoon Forum Launches First International Cooperation with Visegrad Animation Forum
TREBON, Czech Republic: Central Europe’s animation pitching forum, the Visegrad Animation Forum (VAF), will send the winners of its TV series pitches to Cartoon Forum in September.
Red Planet Wins Wajda Script Pro 2015 Prize
KRAKOW: Jaroslaw Marszewski won the 2015 SCRIPT PRO competition organized by the Wajda School and awarded in Krakow on 6 May for his script Red Planet White Flag.
PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Coproduction Debut The Woman of My Life in Postproduction
SOFIA: Bulgarian director Antoniy Donchev is in postproduction with his first feature film The Woman of My Life coproduced by Bulgarian Ars, Macedonia’s KT Film & Media, Romania’s Peter Film…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Doc Award at Plzen
PLZEN: Czech and Slovak films shared the documentary prizes handed out in Plzen.
International Conference on Film and Media Education
WARSAW: The international conference ‘Film and media education in Poland and the world – systemic solutions and case studies’, which was organized by the Polish Film Institute and Centre for…
European Film Industry Voices Concerns over Single Digital Market Strategy
WARSAW: European film industry professionals and organisations have voiced strong concerns about the strategy for the creation of a single digital market across the EU adopted on 6 May by…
FESTIVALS: Transilvania Film Festival Announces 2015 Lineup
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Five debut features and seven films made by second time directors are competing for the Transilvania Trophy at the 14th Transilvania IFF (29 May -7 June 2015).
BEST OF LET’S CEE: Slovenian Film Days 2015 in Graz
VIENNA: Austria’s LET’S CEE Film Festival will once again put a spotlight on neighbouring Slovenia with the second edition of Slovenian Film Days taking place in Graz on 9 and…
PRODUCTION: Ankica Jurić Tilić Develops Debut Drama The Staffroom
ZAGREB: Producer Ankica Jurić Tilić from Kinorama is currently developing The Staffroom/Zbornica, the debut feature of Sonja Tarokić, set for shooting in autumn 2016.
CME Remains Optimistic as OBIDA Climbs to Black
HAMILTON, BERMUDA: Central European Media Enterprises touted a healthy rise in revenues minus operating costs to 11.4m USD in Q1 2015, compared with a loss of -3.4m USD for the…
