FNE at Cannes FF 2013: Croatia and France sign Coproduction Agreement
CANNES: The Minister of Culture of the Republic of Croatia Andrea Zlatar Violić, and Minister of Culture of the French Republic Aurélie Filippetti signed the Coproduction Agreement between the Government…
FNE Cannes Critics 2013: 25 May 2013
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PRODUCTION: A Patriotic Man in Postproduction
ZAGREB: Finnish writer/director Arto Halonen (Princess, Pavlov’s Dogs) is in postproduction with the first Finnish-Croatian coproduction, a comedy about the doping-phenomenon notable for the casting of Canadian Olympic athlete Ben…
PRODUCTION: Opus Film to Coproduce Fatih Akin Film
WARSAW: Polish producer Opus Film may join the international coproduction of the drama The Cut by German director Fatih Akin. Opus Film was also a coproducer on the sci-fi film…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Germany Wins Planete Doc
East Silver selected film Forget Me Not won the main prize of the Warsaw/Wroclaw Planete Doc Film Festival. Read the full story on Dokweb.
FNE at Cannes FF 2013: Scripteast Award goes to The Mute
CANNES: The prestigious Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award for the Best Eastern and Central European Script was awarded to Polish scriptwriting duo Bartosz Konopka and Przemyslaw Nowakowski for their screenplay The…
FNE at Zlin IFF: 16 Films Screen in Diverse International Competitions
PRAGUE: Eight films representing five continents will compete in each the two main international competitions of films for children and youth at the 53rd Zlin IFF running 27 May –…
FNE at Cannes 2013: Behind the Candelabra
CANNES: Director Steven Soderbergh has said that the Liberace bio-pic, Behind the Candelabra will be his last film and if there was ever a case of quitting while you are…
FNE at Cannes FF 2013: The Great Beauty
CANNES: Rome, the eternal city, has inspired some of cinema’s greatest classics and Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty, follows in the tradition of Frederico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita and Roberto…
European Film under threat in US EU Free Trade Talks warn film professionals
CANNES: Thousands of audiovisual industry professionals have called on the European Commission to take film funding off the table in EU US trade negotiation talks warning the measures threaten the…
Hordila Joins EFP Board
Cristian Hordila, Managing Director of Romanian Film Promotion, has joined the incoming Board of Directors of European Film Promotion.
Hungary Gives Grants for Development
BUDAPEST: Two films received development support in the latest round of grants from the Hungarian National Film Fund, in addition to four films which received production support and six films…
Solar Studios Launched in Romania
The former Kentauros Studios, located 20 km from central Bucharest, will be relaunched as Solar Studios in a joint venture between Solar Entertainment Group and Romanian real estate developer Dragos…
Growth Spurs Cinema City Profits
CEE exhibitor Cinema City saw a 14.1 percent rise in revenues, to 71.3 m EUR, and 6.3 percent rise in ticket sales (9.1 m) in Q1 2013 over Q1 2012…
FNE at Cannes FF 2013: Inside Llewyn Davis
CANNES: Directors Ethan and Joel Coen return to Cannes with a strong, if not their strongest film, with Inside Llewyn Davis. The film follows a week in the life of…
