FNE at Transilvania IFF 2016 Romanian Days: Illegitimate
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Adrian Sitaru's incest drama Illegitimate, awarded the C.I.C.A.E. Award in Berlin’s Forum and Prix Sauvage at L’Europe autour de l’Europe Festival in Paris, will screen in the Romanian Days…
FNE at Transilvania IFF 2016 Romanian Days: Two Lottery Tickets
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Paul Negoescu's independent feature Two Lottery Tickets / Două lozuri will screen in the Romanian Days at the 15th edition of Transilvania IFF (TIFF, 27 May - 5 June…
FNE at Zlin IFF 2016 European Debut Competition: Thirst
ZLIN: Svetla Tsotsorkova’s debut feature Thirst is competing in the international competition of European first films at the 56th Zlin IFF for Children and Youth, which runs through 3 June…
European Film Festival Wraps a Successful 20th Edition
BUCHAREST: Little England by Pantelis Voulgaris (Greece) won the Audience Award at the 20th European Film Festival organised by the Romanian Cultural Institute. The festival took place in six Romanian…
Romania Increases Lottery Cinema Funding
BUCHAREST: Romania will double the percentage of taxes collected from gambling and lottery which is allotted to the Film Fund from the current 1 percent to 2 percent according to…
PRODUCTION: Czech TV Continues ARTE Partnership with My Uncle Archimedes
PRAGUE: Following their successful coproduction projects – the TV series Jan Hus by Jiří Svoboda and Life According to Vaclav Havel by Andrea Sedláčková – Czech TV and the French-German…
FNE at Zlin IFF 2016: Juries Ready for Zlin Opening Night
ZLIN: Ten juries consisting of 21 adults and 14 children are arriving in Zlin for the opening of the 56th International Film Festival for Youth and Children on 27 May…
Wajda, Polański and Pawlikowski and Bromski Honoured by Polish Filmmakers Association
WARSAW: Polish Filmmakers Association celebrated its 50th anniversary and awarded the most influential Polish filmmakers and film professionals.
EC Adopts AVMSD Revisions
BRUSSELS: The European Commission adopted new legislative proposal amending the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) on 25 May 2016.
connecting cottbus 2016 Calls for Applications
COTTBUS: The East-West co-production market connecting cottbus (coco) is accepting project submissions for its 2016 pitching session until 30 July.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Vachek Takes Communism to Marseilles
Czech director Karel Vachek will present his project Communism at FIDlab in Marseilles in July.
Domestic Release for Mungiu's Graduation After Cannes Premiere
BUCHAREST: Cristian Mungiu’s Graduation/Bacalaureat, awarded Best Director ex-aequo for its Cannes premiere, sold 9,671 tickets in the first weekend. The film was released on 19 May 2017.
PRODUCTION: Srđan Šarenac in Pre-production with Prison Beauty Queen Contest
SARAJEVO: Srđan Šarenac, the award winning documentary filmmaker whose film Village Without Women (2010, Les Films du Balibari) was screened at 70 film festivals worldwide and won 14 prizes, has…
FNE at Transilvania IFF 2016 Romanian Days: Eastern Business
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The dark comedy Eastern Business/Afacerea est from Moldavian director Igor Cobileanski will screen in the Romanian Days at the 15th edition of Transilvania IFF (TIFF, 27 May - 5…
FNE at Transilvania IFF 2016 Romanian Days: Cinema, Mon Amour
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Alexandru Belc's long documentary Cinema, Mon Amour, a Romanian/Czech coproduction, will screen in the Romanian Days at the 15th edition of Transilvania IFF (TIFF, 27 May - 5 June…
FESTIVALS: Pula IFF 2016 Announces Competition Films
PULA: Thirteen films will compete in the Croatian Programme of the 63rd Pula Film Festival taking place 9 – 16 July 2016.
FNE at Zlin IFF 2016: Zlin Fetes Studio’s 80th Anniversary
ZLIN: The 56th Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth, taking place 27 May – 3 June, will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the film studio in Zlin, which…
PRODUCTION: Maria Sadowska Shooting The Art Of Love
WARSAW: Maria Sadowska is in production with The Art of Love, a biopic of Michalina Wisłocka, a famous Polish sexuologist who revolutionised the sex life of Poles.
FNE at Transilvania IFF 2016 Romanian Days: Dogs
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Dogs / Câini, the debut feature of Bogdan Mirică, recently awarded with the FIPRESCI Award in Cannes's Un Certain Regard, will screen in the competition and also in the…
FNE at Transilvania IFF 2016 Romanian Days: Sieranevada
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Following its world premiere in competition at Cannes on 12 May 2016, Cristi Puiu’s Sieranevada will screen out of competition in the Romanian Days section of the 15th edition…
