Maja Komorowska to Receive Polish Eagle Lifetime Achievement Award
WARSAW: The Polish Film Academy has announced that this year's recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award will be the legendary Polish actress Maja Komorowska. The Polish Eagles 2020 gala will…
FESTIVALS: Cottbus 30th Anniversary Edition Spotlights Czech Films
BERLIN: Bernd Buder, programme director of FilmFestival Cottbus, announced that the 30th anniversary edition of the festival will have spotlights on Czech film, the anniversary of German reunification, and Lusatia…
FNE at Berlinale 2020: Review: Never Rarely Sometimes Always
BERLIN: American director Eliza Hittman takes on the issue of teenage pregnancy and abortion in here lately film Never Rarely Sometimes Always which is screening in the main competition in…
Honeyland to Be Released in Australia and New Zealand
SKOPJE: North Macedonia’s Oscar-nominated documentary Honeyland / Medena zemja by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubo Stefanov will be released by Umbrella Films in Australia and New Zealand from 5 March 2020.
PRODUCTION: Aleksandra Trepińska Begins Production on Other People
WARSAW: Other People, a Warner Bros.- Madants coporoduction, will be the debut for director Aleksandra Trepińska. The film is based on a bestselling novel and is made with the support…
Poland, Latvia and Czech Republic Compete for Cartoon Movie's Producer of the Year
BORDEAUX: Three CEE production companies are competing for Cartoon Movie’s European Producer of the Year.
Films Boutique Presents Agnieszka Holland’s Charlatan in Berlin
BERLIN: Agnieszka Holland’s Charlatan will have its world premiere and receive four screenings at the Berlinale, on 27, 28 and 29 February 2020.
FNE at Berlinale 2020: Review: Siberia
BERLIN: Two famous film veterans director Abel Ferrara and actor Willem Dafoe make the Italian, German, Mexican coproduction Siberia a tour de force fantasy that has earned the film a…
FNE Rebranding in 2019-2020: FNE has commissioned some of the top specialists in the region to create a new design and new look for FNE and FNE Daily
The “new look” will include both technical and design updates. But don’t worry, the factual and accurate information about the film industry in the region, that has made FNE the…
Polish Cash Rebate Scheme Supports 30 Projects With 13.2 m EUR
WARSAW: In the first year of operation of the production support cash rebate system, the Polish Film Institute awarded over 13.2 m EUR / 57 m PLN to support 30…
PRODUCTION: Mariana Čengel Solčanská Preps Slovak/Czech/Slovenian The Enchanted Cave
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Mariana Čengel Solčanská is finishing preproduction on the fairytale The Enchanted Cave / Zakliata jaskyňa. Shooting of the Slovak/Czech/Slovenian coproduction is planned for the summer of 2020.
FNE at Berlinale 2020: Review: Undine
BERLIN: This is the fifth time in the main competition for German director Christian Petzold who has scored a slot in the lineup with Undine based on the myth of…
Oscar Nominee Corpus Christi Opens in North America
WARSAW: The biggest Polish distribution success of 2019, the Oscar-nominated drama Corpus Christi from Jan Komasa, has been sold to over 50 territories including the UK, Scandinavia, France, Russia and…
FESTIVALS: Oscar Nominated Daughter Competes at Slovakia’s Febiofest
BRATISLAVA: Twenty films will compete in the Heart of Europe – Competition of Short Films at the 27th edition of Febiofest, taking place 11 – 17 March 2020 in Bratislava,…
Russian/Estonian Doc Wins EFCA Award
TALLINN: How Big is the Galaxy by Ksenia Elyan, a Russian/Estonian coproduction, won the EFCA Doc Award 2020, presented by the European Children’s Film Association.
FNE at Berlinale 2020: Georgian Film in Berlin
The Georgian pavilion will be present for the 15th time this year at the European Film Market (EFM) (The Georgian Pavilion number is 126 and it will be located in…
