FNE at KVIFF 2016: Debuts Dominate East of the West Competition
PRAGUE: Ten debut films and two second films have been selected for the East of the West competition of the 51st Karlovy Vary IFF, which opens on 1 July 2016.
Poland Opens Podkarpackie Film Commission
WARSAW: Poland introduced its seventh regional film commission, located in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship in southeastern Poland. The Podkarpackie Regional Film Fund is planned to launch in 2017.
PRODUCTION: François Lunel in Postproduction with Those Dark Nights
SARAJEVO: Seventeen years after the premiere of Peaceful Days in Sarajevo (1999, Promenades Films) in the ACID Programme at Cannes Film Festival and two feature films later François Lunel is…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: CINEMAX, Slovakia
This month we speak with Barbora Menzl Drobna, Special Project Coordinator with CINEMAX, a family company running 12 cinemas in Slovakia, which is celebrating 10 years of existence. CINEMAX was…
FESTIVALS: Anca Damian Wins Animafest 2016
ZAGREB: Magic Mountain by Romanian director Anca Damian won the Grand Prix for Best Feature Film at the 26th edition of the Croatian festival of animated films Animafest, which concluded…
FNE at Valletta Film Festival 2016: Prize Winners and Small Nations Conference
VALLETTA: The second edition of the Valletta Film Festival (VFF), held from 3 to 11 June in the Maltese capitol, wrapped with The Yard (Sweden) directed by Mans Mansson taking…
PRODUCTION: Jan Svěrák Preps Barefoot in a Stubble
PRAGUE: The Oscar-winning Czech director Jan Svěrák is in preproduction with Barefoot in a Stubble / Po strništi bos based on the book by his father Zdeněk Svěrák.
Cyprus Joins European Film Promotion
NICOSIA: The Republic of Cyprus has become the 37th member country to join European Film Promotion (EFP) following the decision by the General Assembly of EFP members at the Cannes…
Losers Wins Bulgarian Film Academy Awards
SOFIA: Ivailo Hristov’s ironical black and white film Losers (produced by Pro Film) won six awards including film of the year, topping the list of fourteen feature films from 2015…
FNE at Cinema in Sneakers Film Festival 2016: Balcony and Hordur Take Top Prizes
WARSAW: The Cinema in Sneakers Film Festival, which took place in Warsaw 1-12 June 2016, gave its main prizes to films from Germany and the UK. The juries of the…
FNE at Cinema in Sneakers Film Festival 2016: Interview with Festival Director Anna Stadnik
WARSAW: Artistic Director of Cinema in Sneakers Film Festival, which concluded on 12 June 2016, talks exclusively with FNE on how we can raise better young viewers and why Scandinavian…
TVP Launches Call for TV Series
WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster TVP launched a new search aimed at finding original series ideas for its channels.
PRODUCTION: Frozen Ignat in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: Director/producer Dinu Tănase (At the End of the Line, Studioul Cinematografic București) is in postproduction with Frozen Ignat (working title), a drama set to be released in spring 2017.
FESTIVALS: Gdynia Honours Kieslowski with New Competition
GDYNIA: The 41st Gdynia Film Festival, which will take place 19-24 September 2016, is honouring the 20th anniversary of the death of Krzysztof Kieslowski with a competition of one minute…
FNE at Valletta IFF 2016: Conference Cinema of Small Nations Kicks Off
MALTA: A conference entitled The Cinema of Small Nations is being organised by the Film Grain Foundation in conjunction with the Malta Film Commission and will be held in Valletta,…
FNE at MIFF 2016: Films from Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria and Poland Score Competition Slots
MOSCOW: The 38th edition of the Moscow International Film Festival will go on from 23-30 June presenting a vast selection of programmes and films despite running two days less than…
Bodo Kox and Nancy Spielberg Receive Mazovia Funding Support
WARSAW: The Mazovia Film Fund has announced that Bodo Kox and Nancy Spielberg will shoot their next films with the support of the fund.
EAVE Workshop Heads to Lithuania
VILNIUS: The second workshop of the EAVE Producers Workshop programme 2016 will take place in Druskininkai, Lithuania, 13-20 June 2016. The workshop, which is organised in partnership with the Lithuanian…
PRODUCTION: Wojciech Smarzowski Finishes Shooting Volyhnia
WARSAW: It's a wrap for Wojciech Smarzowski's new history drama Volyhnia set to premiere in October 2016.
