FNE Market Analysis 2019: NORTH MACEDONIA
SKOPJE: It was a truly exciting year for Macedonian cinematography with great box office results, international success for feature and documentary films, worldwide distribution for domestic titles and their participation…
FNE IDF DocBloc: KineDok Films at Screenshot
Alternative distribution platform KineDok and Prague screening room Screenshot have prepared a month long journey (2-27 February 2020) through European documentary films in 15 screenings.
Camerimage European Film Center To Be Built In Toruń
TORUŃ: The headquarters of the new Camerimage European Film Center is to be built in Toruń by 2025 as a joint investment of the National Treasury and the Municipality of…
FESTIVALS: Czech Animated Film Daughter Wins At Sundance
PRAGUE: Czech student film Daughter directed by Daria Kashcheeva received the Short Film Jury Award: Animation at the Sundance Film Festival (23 January-2 February 2020). The film was produced by…
Projects From FNE Partner Countries at Cartoon Movie 2020
BORDEAUX: Titles from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Poland, Romania and Hungary are among the 66 projects from 20 countries selected for the 22nd edition of Cartoon Movie, which…
Maša Nešković’s Serbian/Slovenian/Italian Asymmetry Hits Serbian Cinemas
BELGRADE: Maša Nešković’s debut feature Asymmetry / Asimetrija, a Serbian/Slovenian/Italian coproduction, enters regular distribution in Serbia on 30 January 2020. The film had its world premiere at the Sao Paulo…
Short Films from Georgia and Lithuania Nominated for European Film Awards 2020
WARSAW: Films from Georgia and Lithuania are among the first eight titles announced by the European Film Academy as candidates for the 2020 European Film Awards.
BOX OFFICE: Big Gains at Serbian Box Office in 2019
BELGRADE: Admissions to domestic films in Serbia increased from 864,177 in 2018 to 958,980 in 2019. Total admissions in Serbia also went up from 4,476,043 in 2018 to 4,784,598 in…
BOX OFFICE: Latvian/Czech/Lithuanian City On The River Tops Latvian BO
RIGA: The historical drama City on the River / Pilsēta pie upes, the fourth feature film directed by Viesturs Kairišs, has dominated the Latvian box office for two consecutive weekends…
PRODUCTION: Romanian Andrei Dăscălescu In Postproduction With Holy Father
BUCHAREST: Awarded Romanian documentary director Andrei Dăscălescu is in the last stages of postproduction with Holy Father / Tatăl nostru, a personal journey he undertook to discover what it takes…
Kino Polska To Launch VOD Service
WARSAW: Polish private broadcaster Kino Polska plans to launch its own VOD service that would showcase its original content.
RE-ACT Selects Six Projects In Its 5th Round Of Co-development Funding
TRIESTE: Six projects, directed by Gregor Božič, Darko Stante, Hana Jušić, Anja Kofmel, Otto Reuschel and Debora Vrizzi, have been selected from among 28 applications to receive 10,000 EUR each…
BOX OFFICE: Pasikowski's Dogs 3 Tops Polish Box Office
WARSAW: The third instalment of Władysław Pasikowski’s crime series Dogs tops the overall box office in Poland with 800,000 admissions, of which 400,000 admissions in its opening weekend. The film…
PRODUCTION: Hana Jušić Develops Croatian/Slovenian/Italian Sophomore Feature God Will Not Help
ZAGREB: The award-winning Croatian director Hana Jušić is in development with her second feature film God Will Not Help, produced by Kinorama in coproduction with Gustav film from Slovenia and…
FNE Market Analysis 2019: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
SARAJEVO: Bosnian and Herzegovinian film industry didn’t see any significant changes in 2019. There is still no Film Centre, and no indications that one might be established soon, and the…
FNE AV Innovation: Storytek: Sten-Kristian Saluveer Introduces Votemo: The Future Of Content: Micro-attention vs Audience Engagement Through Interactivity
We have asked Sten-Kristian Saluveer, founder and CEO of Storytek Creative Hub, to introduce some of the hottest new projects from Storytek, so that FNE readers have the chance to…
Slovenia Ratifies CoE Revised Convention On Cinematographic Coproduction
LJUBLJANA: Slovenia has ratified Council of Europe’s (CoE) revised convention on cinematographic coproduction, and will be available for coproductions with countries which are not CoE members starting 1 May 2020.
BOX OFFICE: Great Year at the Box Office for Lithuanian Films
VILNIUS: The comedy Fake Millionaire / Pats Sau Milijonierius from Lithuanian writer/director Tadas Vidmantas was the most profitable Lithuanian film at the box office in Lithuania in 2019. The film,…
FNE Market Analysis 2019: ROMANIA
BUCHAREST: Admissions to domestic films more than doubled in Romania compared to 2018, especially due to four titles: Oh, Ramona! by Cristina Jacob, 5GANG: Another Christmas by Matei Dima, Mary,…
Poland Supports 26 Projects With Over 12 m EUR Under Its Incentive Scheme
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute granted over 12 m EUR to 16 national and 10 international projects as part of the incentive scheme that was introduced in Poland in February…
