PRODUCTION: Macedonian TV Series on Poet Kosta Racin in Postproduction
BITOLA: Macedonia’s Sektor Film is in postproduction with The Red Poet, a TV series by Nikolce Popovski about the famous Macedonian poet Kosta Racin. The first episode will be aired…
EAVE Announces Selection for Producers Workshop 2017
LUXEMBOURG: Producers from ten FNE countries are among the 52 participants selected for the EAVE Producers Workshop 2017. The first part of the workshop will take place in Luxembourg from…
Extended Deadline for the 3rd RE-ACT Workshop
ZAGREB: New deadline for the 3rd RE-ACT workshop is 20th December 2016. RE-ACT workshop will take place in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy in March 2017 alongside the brand new TorinoFilmLab…
FNE IDF DocBloc: East European Forum 2017 Announces Selected Projects
Nine documentary projects have been selected for the17th East European Forum that will take place within the East Doc Platform in Prague from 6 to 12 March 2017.
GRANTS: Slovak Audiovisual Fund Increases Funding in 2017
BRATISLAVA: Slovak Audiovisual Fund (AVF) will increase funding up to 7m EUR in 2017, representing a 12% increase compared to 2016. Also, international projects benefitting of the 20% cash rebate,…
Latvia, Slovenia, Romania and Poland Actors Tipped for EFP Shooting Stars 2017
BERLIN: Actors from Latvia, Slovenia, Romania and Poland are among the ten Shooting Stars 2017 announced by the European Film Promotion (EFP). The 20th Shooting Stars will be showcased during…
PRODUCTION: Missing in Europe Wraps Production in Serbia
BELGRADE: US helmer Tamar Halpern has wrapped production on Missing in Europe, a thriller about human trafficking entirely shot in Belgrade. The project is currently in postproduction with the premiere…
Pitch the Doc, New Internet Platform for Documentary Professionals
WARSAW: Pitch the Doc, an innovative online documentary platform, is open free of charge from December 2016 as its official launch is scheduled for February 2017.
Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson Appointed Lithuania’s Minister of Culture
VILNIUS: Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson was appointed Minister of Culture in Lithuania. She was previously the head of Department of Film Promotion, Information and Heritage in the Lithuanian Film Centre.
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 13.12.2016
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…
GRANTS: Georgia Announces Low Budget Feature Film Grants 2016/2017
TBILISI: Georgian National Film Center granted 169,383 EUR / 480,000 GEL to five low budget feature films set for shooting in 2016/2017.
GRANTS: Romania Distributes Almost 4.5 m EUR at Its Second Session in 2016
BUCHAREST: Romanian Film Centre distributed 4,439,766 EUR / 21,440,000 RON at its second session in 2016. Documentaries by Radu Jude and Alexander Nanau, and new feature film by Agnes Kocsis…
Toni Erdmann Gets Golden Globe Nomination
LOS ANGELES: German/Austrian/Romanian coproduction Toni Erdmann, directed by Maren Ade, was nominated for the Golden Globe in the Foreign Language Film category.
Digital Project Premiered in Cyprus
NICOSIA: Life Routes: Cyprus, a research project by five young people from Cyprus exploring spaces of everyday life, division and co-existence in their country, premiered in Nicosia on 12 December…
Programmer Marcin Łuczaj Joins New Europe Film Sales
WARSAW: Marcin Łuczaj has joined the team of New Europe Film Sales as Acquisitons Executive and Head of Short Film Sales.
FNE at EFA Awards 2016: Toni Erdmann Sweeps Top Prizes
WROCLAW: German/Austrian/Romanian coproduction Toni Erdmann, directed by Maren Ade, made a clean sweep of the top prizes at the annual European Film Awards held in Wroclaw on 10 December 2016
PRODUCTION: Stephan Komandarev’s Directions Wraps Shooting
SOFIA: Acclaimed director, scriptwriter and producer Stephan Komandarev completed the shooting of his low budget feature film Directions aka Compatibility on 5 December 2016. The film is a Bulgarian /German/…
Polish and German Funds Sign Landmark Partnership Agreement
WROCLAW: Polish Film Institute has signed an agreement with German film funds that will boost the annual budget of the Polish-German Film Fund from 300,000 EUR to 500,000 in 2017.
PRODUCTION: Malta Hosts German/Austrian Coproduction
VALLETTA: Austrian director Wolfgang Fischer has wrapped a 33 day shoot in Malta for his sophomore film Styx. A coproduction between Berlin’s Schiwago Film and Amour Fou in Vienna, with…
GRANTS: Serbia Announces Production Grants
BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia distributed 1,522,965 EUR / 188 m RSD in its latest round of grants for 2016, announced on 7 December 2016. The grants are co-financing grants and…
