Sonita Wins Audience Award at One World
PRAGUE: Sonita, a documentary by the Iranian film director, Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami, won the AVAST Foundation Audience Award at One World in Prague. Like other films that became favourites of…
Transylvania IFF Generates 7.5 m EUR for the Local Economy
CLUJ-NAPOCA: According to a study by the Business Faculty from the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, Transilvania International Film Festival generates 7.5 m EUR for the local economy.
The Red Captain Sets Opening Record in Slovakia
BRATISLAVA: Michal Kollár’s The Red Captain, an adaptation of a popular crime detective novel by Dominik Dán, sets an opening weekend record of domestic fiction films in Slovakia with 36,328…
Eurimages to Support Six CEE Coproductions
STRASBOURG: The Board of Management of the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund agreed to support 13 feature films and three documentaries includings six projects from Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovenia, Georgia…
Agnus Dei to Be Released in the Netherlands
WARSAW: Anne Fontaine’s drama Agnus Dei starring Agata Kulesza and Agata Buzek will be released by Imagine in the Netherlands on 17 March 2016.
Europa Distribution Organises Workshop at Sofia Meetings
SOFIA: For the sixth year in a row, Europa Distribution is hosting a distribution workshop within the Sofia Meetings of the Sofia International Film Festival on 17-20 March 2016.
FNE Congratulates ScripTeast on its 10th Anniversary
Film New Europe and Independent Film Foundation are celebrating the 10th anniversary of ScripTeast with a series of weekly interviews with scriptwriters and key players involved in ScripTeast activity. This…
3sat Acquired TV Rights for When the Earth Seems to Be Light
TBILISI: German Public Broadcaster 3sat has acquired TV rights for the Georgian/German documentary When the Earth Seems to Be Light by Salome Machaidze, Tamuna Karumidze and David Meskhi.
A Syrian Love Story Wins One World
PRAGUE: A Syrian Love Story by the British director Sean McAllister won Best Film at the 18th One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival. The Estonian documentary Out of…
PRODUCTION: Grzegorz Jonkajtys Preps Animated Film Floppy Bear
WARSAW: Grzegorz Jonkajtys is in preproduction with a full-feature animated film inspired by one of the most popular Polish children's programmes, Floppy Bear. The production of this 3D stop motion…
FNE at East Doc Platform 2016: Awards Winners
PRAGUE: The fifth edition of the East Doc Platform held in Prague from 7 to 13 March awarded at its closing ceremony the best of the projects in development participating…
FNE TV: Ivana Pauerová Milošević documentary maker and Institute of Documentary Film board member
FNE asked Ivana Pauerová Milošević about the role of television and how internet is changing the way documentaries reach audiences.
Ted Kotcheff Plans a Film on King Boris III
SOFIA: Acclaimed Canadian-Bulgarian director Ted Kotcheff, who was awarded the honorary Golden Age – Star by Bulgaria’s Ministry of Culture on 11 March 2016, plans to shoot a film dedicated…
FNE TV: Filip Remunda Czech documentary maker and Institute of Documentary Film cofounder and board member
FNE asked Filip Remunda how the ways documentaries are produced and how they are reaching audiences is changing in Central and Eastern Europe.
PRODUCTION: Călin Peter Netzer Starts Shooting Ana, Mon Amour
BUCHAREST: The new project Ana, Mon Amour from the acclaimed writer/director Călin Peter Netzer, a Romanian/German/French coproduction, started shooting in Bucharest on 10 March 2016.
FilmEstonia Cash Rebate Fund Announces First Grant
TALLINN: The Estonian Film Institute announced that the first grant from the country’s new cash rebate fund FilmEstonia will go to the historical drama The Eternal Road by the Finnish…
FESTIVALS: BUZZ CEE Calls for Applications
BUZĂU: The first edition of the BUZZ CEE International Film Festival dedicated to Central and Eastern European cinema will take place in the Romanian town of Buzău on 4-8 May…
FNE IDF DocBloc: To Run Away from the Nazis and from the Islamic State Is Almost the Same Thing
On 28 April 1945, a unique cinematic report was shot about the arrival of prisoners freed from the German concentration camps to the refugee camp in Malmö.
PRODUCTION: Korean Series Shooting in Piran
LJUBLJANA: A South Korean crew is currently shooting approximately 50 minutes for the popular TV series Dear Friends in Piran, an old Slovenian town on the coast near Portoroz, where…
PRODUCTION: Bulgarian National Television Wraps Under Cover
SOFIA: Bulgarian National Television announced that the most popular Bulgarian TV series Under Cover, which is currently shooting, will come to an end in 2016. According to the BNT Programming…
