FESTIVALS: German Short Just a Guy Wins 2020 Animafest
ZAGREB: The 30th World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest 2020, the biggest Croatian film festival and a leading animation festival worldwide, gave its top prize to Just a Guy…
Lithuanian Film Centre Supports Cinemas and Film Distributors With 2.8m EUR for COVID Losses
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Film Centre granted support of 2.8 m EUR for cinemas and film distributors to compensate for losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In all, 18 cinemas, operating…
Bucharest and Galați Close Cinemas As Pandemic Numbers Rise
BUCHAREST: Cinemas will close in Bucharest and the Eastern Romanian city of Galați starting on 7 October 2020. Bucharest is also closing theatres, indoor cafés and restaurants. They will re-open…
PRODUCTION: Serbian Feature Golden Boy Starts Filming
BELGRADE: The production of the Serbian feature Golden Boy / Zlatni dečko directed by Ognjen Janković and supported by Film Center Serbia, started on 30 September 2020.
PRODUCTION: Georgian Director Alexander Koridze In Production With Atonal Glow
TBILISI: Georgian director Alexander Koridze is currently in production with his long documentary Atonal Glow. The first shoot started in Tbilisi in July 2019. The project is funded by the…
FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film 2020: Paradise – A Second Life
LJUBLJANA: Davide Del Degan's crime comedy Paradise – A Second Life / Paradise – Una nuova vita / Paradiž – novo življenje will be screened in the competition of the…
Nicolas Cage Comedy Films in Dubrovnik
DUBROVNIK: Nicolas Cage and Pedro Pascal lead the cast of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, a humorous meta-comedy directed by Tom Gormican, that’s currently being filmed in the luxurious…
Looking Back At 17th CICAE Training Programme
VENICE: The 17th edition of the international training course "Art Cinema = Action + Management" organised by CICAE took place last month, from 31 August to 6 September, on the…
Poland, Hungary and Montenegro Win 2020 Kids Kino Industry Prizes
WARSAW: The 2020 Kids Kino Industry annual pitching session awarded its top prize to the Polish project Let’s Go Grandpa! produced by Karolina Galuba from Furia Film and written by…
FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film 2020: Don't Forget to Breathe
LJUBLJANA: Martin Turk's third feature film Don't Forget to Breathe / Ne pozabi dihati will be screened in the competition of the 23nd Festival of Slovenian Film in Ljubljana (6-11…
FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film 2020: Exemplary Behaviour
LJUBLJANA: Audrius Mickevičius and Nerijus Milerius's long documentary Exemplary Behaviour will be screened in the competition of the 23rd Festival of Slovenian Film in Ljubljana (6-11 October 2020). This Lithuanian/Bulgarian/Slovenian/Italian…
Poland Grants 88 m EUR for Construction of New European Film Centre CAMERIMAGE
TORUN: The Polish government has agreed to grant 88 m EUR / 400 m PLN for the construction of the new European Film Centre CAMERIMAGE in Toruń.
PRODUCTION: Dalibor Matanić Films TV Series The Last Socialist Artefact
ZAGREB: Croatian helmer Dalibor Matanić started filming his new TV series The Last Socialist Artefact / Područje bez signala, based on the book of the famous Croatian writer Robert Perišić.…
FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film 2020: Arson
LJUBLJANA: Majda Širca's fifth documentary Arson / Požig will be screened in the competition of the 23rd Festival of Slovenian Film in Ljubljana (6-11 October 2020). This Slovenian long documentary…
FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film 2020: Breakthrough
LJUBLJANA: Dejan Babošek's third feature Breakthrough / Preboj will be screened in the competition of the 23rd Festival of Slovenian Film in Ljubljana (6-11 October 2020). This Slovenian war drama…
FESTIVALS: Cyprus Short Film Fest's 2020 Programme
LIMASSOL: The International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, which takes place 10 – 16 October 2020, will have a special focus on 50 Short vs COVID-19 Cypriot films, which were…
Save Arthouse Cinemas -Ensure Film Diversity
CICAE appeals to all levels of government to support cinemas
FNE INTERVIEW with Csaba Káel, Head of National Film Institute - Hungary
BUDAPEST: Film New Europe talked to Csaba Káel, the Head of the National Film Institute - Hungary (NFI), about the priorities of the institution established in January 2020 and how…
FNE at Golden Rose 2020: Ivailo Hristov’s Fear Wins Best Feature Film Award in Varna
VARNA: Ivailo Hristov’s feature film Fear, produced by Pro Film, won the top award of the 38th Golden Rose National Film Festival (24 September - 1 October 2020). This is…
Bulgaria, Poland and Slovenia Send Participants to Writers Room
PRAGUE: MIDPOINT has selected Bulgarian Slava Doytcheva, Poland's Agnieszka Kruk, and Slovenian Miha Subic to participate in the 10-day Writers Room workshop.
