FNE Exclusive: Phoenix Productions CEO Joanna Michalec: Leading Distributor of Polish Box Office Hits in International Markets
Polish films have been scoring slots in the box office top 10 in the UK and Ireland as well as other countries over the past few years making the leap…
GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Gives Highest Funding to Havel Biopic
PRAGUE: The Czech Film Fund will support the production of eight feature films with a total sum of 2,474,386 EUR / 64 m CZK. The highest support of 560,603 EUR…
GRANTS: Macedonian Film Agency Announces Second Production Grants for 2018
SKOPJE: The Macedonian Film Agency distributed 1,694,308 EUR / 104,200,000 MKD to five feature films, including two feature films with higher budgets, one debut feature and two minority feature films…
Actors from CEE Countries Among European Shooting Stars 2019
BERLIN: Actors from Estonia, Macedonia, Poland and Serbia are among the ten European Shooting Stars 2019, who will be presented during the Berlinale from 8 to 11 February 2019.
FESTIVALS: Crystal Swan Wins 19th Tbilisi Film Festival
TBILISI: Crystal Swan, a coproduction between Belarus, USA, Germany and Russia directed by Darya Zhuk, was awarded the Golden Prometheus at the 19th Tbilisi Film Festival, running from 3 to…
FESTIVALS: III Wins Big at 15th Animateka International Animated Film Festival
LJUBLJANA: Polish animated film III directed by Marta Pajek was awarded the Jury Grand Prix and the DSAF Audience Award at the 15th edition of Animateka International Animated Film Festival,…
FESTIVALS: Valletta Film Festival 2019 Announces Small Nations Competition
VALLETTA: The Valletta Film Festival is launching a competition selection for productions originating from 34 small nations in Europe, Middle East and North Africa at its next edition, which will…
Film Grain Foundation Launches Valletta Film Lab
VALLETTA: Film Grain Foundation is launching Valletta Film Lab, a training and development platform open to filmmakers from Malta and other European small nations.
FNE at Tallinn 2018: FNE TV: Rolandas Kvietkauskas
FNE asked Rolandas Kvietkauskas, Director of the Lithuanian Film Centre, about the effectiveness of the Lithuanian tax incentives and what will be new in 2019.
GRANTS: Bulgaria Announces Second Production Grants for 2018
SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center distributed 1,804,860 EUR / 3,530,000 BGN to 10 feature films including two feature films with higher budgets, two feature films with lower budgets, two…
Barrandov Studio to Coproduce Four New Czech Films
PRAGUE: Barrandov Studio will coproduce new projects by Agnieszka Holland, Zdeněk Jiráský and David Ondříček, and also an animated film by Denisa Grimmová and Jan Bubeníček in 2019.
dok.incubator Calls for Applications
PRAGUE: Long documentaries in the rough-cut stage can apply for the dok.incubator workshop 2019 until 30 January 2019.
FNE IDF DocBloc: From Miner to Programmer: “I’ve Overcome My Own Prejudice,” Says Jindřich Andrš
Click HERE for the interview with Jindřich Andrš, the director of the documentary The Last Shift of Thomas Hisem, about the eponymous worker’s last day of work before a coal…
BOX OFFICE: Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time Most Popular Romanian Film of 2018
BUCHAREST: Stere Gulea’s Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time / Moromeții 2 is about to become the most successful film of the year, with 154,137 admissions and 429,013 EUR…
AMP Filmworks Puts Cyprus on Film Map
NICOSIA: Cypriot production house AMP Filmworks had a big break-through when its feature film Smuggling Hendrix directed by the company’s founder Marios Piperides had its world premiere and won the…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 5.12.2018.
WARSAW: 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…
PRODUCTION: Jonáš Karásek Wraps Shooting on Sophomore Feature
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Jonáš Karásek wrapped shooting on his second feature film Amnesty / Amnestie focusing on the turbulent period around and right after the Velvet Revolution. This Slovak/Czech coproduction…
Films from CEE Countries Selected for Arte Kino Online Festival
WARSAW: Mug by Poland's Małgorzata Szumowska and For Some Inexplicable Reason by Hungary's Gábor Reisz are among the ten films available online for free in 45 European countries within the…
MIDPOINT Shorts 2019 Selection Announced
PRAGUE: Four projects from the Czech Republic and Hungary have been selected for the MIDPOINT Shorts 2019 programme.
New Philip Noyce Project Among Six Projects to Benefit From New Romanian Cash Rebate Scheme
BUCHAREST: Six projects have been approved for cash rebate in the scheme launched in Romania in October 2018. They include international and Romanian projects, including David Berman’s War by Philip…
