GRANTS: Croatia Announces Grants
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre allotted 337,846 EUR / 2,537,050 HRK as development funding for feature films, documentaries and animated films, as well as for short films production on 1…
Cercamon World Sales Acquires By the Rails
BUCHAREST: Cătălin Mitulescu's romantic comedy By the Rails / Dincolo de calea ferată has been acquired by the sales agent Cercamon World Sales.
FNE at TIFF 2016 Romanian Days: Discordia
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Discordia, the debut feature by the film critic Ion Indolean, is an independent film produced by a company from Cluj-Napoca, Hola Media. The film will screen in the Romanian…
FNE at TIFF 2016 Romanian Days: Dream Images
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Sorin Luca’s first documentary Dream Images / Imagini din vis, a portrait of an electronic rock artist persecuted during communism, will screen in the Romanian Days at the 15th…
FNE at ZLIN IFF 2016: Festival Ale Kino! Plans International Industry Pro Section
ZLIN: The International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! will launch an Industry Pro Section supported by the Polish Film Institute. The section will include masterclasses with international filmmakers, pitching…
FNE at ZLIN IFF 2016: National Film Archive Digitises 14 Czech Films
ZLIN: The Czech National Film Archive is set to premiere 14 digitised iconic films of the Czech cinema in the next 10 months and plans to open an in-house digitisation…
GRANTS: Romania Announces First Grants of 2016
BUCHAREST: The Romanian National Film Center has allotted approximately 6.8 m EUR / 30.5 m RON in its first session in 2016. Fifteen feature films including new projects by Radu…
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Karlovy Vary Returns to its Roots
PRAGUE: The 51st edition of the Karlovy Vary IFF, running 1-9 July 2016, resumes its mantel as the world’s gateway to Central and Eastern Europe, with eight of the twelve…
FNE TV: B’EST EAVE Award for Russian director Maxim Dashkin
FNE spoke to B’EST EAVE head of studies Riina Sildos and Natalia Drozd, the head of the St Petersburg based P.O.V. Film Development Fund, about working together on the EU…
FNE at TIFF 2016 Romanian Days: The Last Day
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Gabriel Achim's second feature The Last Day / Ultima zi, an independent thriller about faith, fidelity and forgiveness, will screen in the Romanian Days at the 15th edition of…
FNE at TIFF 2016 Romanian Days: The Magic Mountain
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Using the same mix of animation techniques as she did in Crulic - The Path to Beyond (Aparte Film), Anca Damian tackles the second part of her trilogy on…
Last Call for Baltic Sea Forum
RIGA: Documentary projects applications for the 20th Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries, the annual co-financing forum for documentary projects, are due by 7 June. The forum is organised by the…
PRODUCTION: Red Sunset in Development
TBILISI: Dea Kulumbegashvili is developing her debut feature, Red Sunset / Daisi (working title), set for shooting in fall/winter 2017.
FNE TV: Michal Bregant Director of the Czech National Film Archive
FNE asked Michal Bregant about why the Cannes Film Festival has chosen Ikarie XB 1 by Jindřich Polák to screen in its prestigious Cannes Classics programme this year and about…
FNE at TIFF 2016 Romanian Days: Orizont
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Marian Crişan’s Orizont, which is loosely based on the classical Romanian novella The Mill of Good Luck / Moara cu noroc by Ioan Slavici, will screen in the Romanian…
FNE at TIFF 2016 Romanian Days: In Search of the Lost Father
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Ionut Țeianu's documentary In Search of the Lost Father / În căutarea tatălui pierdut will have its world premiere in the Romanian Days at the 15th edition of Transilvania…
FNE at Zlin IFF 2016: Nika
LJUBLJANA: Slobodan Maksimović’s Nika, a teen family drama about a 16-year-old go-cart driver who wins the most important race of her life, makes its debut in the international competition of…
FNE at Silver Crane 2016: Bartas Film Takes Five Awards
VILNIUS: Sharunas Bartas‘ film Peace to Us in Our Dreams won awards in five categories, including Best Feature, Best Director, Best Cinematographer, Best Editing and Best Supporting Actress at the …
Švankmajer Crowdfunds Insects
PRAGUE: Internationally acclaimed Czech surrealist and animator Jan Švankmajer has launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for his new feature length project Insects. The campaign was launched via his production company…
FNE Teams Up with UNIC For EU Cinema Policy News
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…
