Czech/Slovak Old Timers Wins 2019 Czech Film Critics‘ Awards
PRAGUE: Old Timers / Staříci won the Czech Film Critics’ Award for Best Film while its directors, Ondřej Provazník and Martin Dušek, were awarded Best Director. The Best Screenplay Award…
BOX OFFICE: Four Estonian Films In Overall 2019 BO Top Ten
TALLINN: Year 2019 broke another record in Estonia as four domestic films made it to the overall top ten. Tanel Toom’s Truth and Justice / Tõde ja õigus became the…
BOX OFFICE: Bosnian and Herzegovinian BO Increases For Third Consecutive Year
SARAJEVO: Admissions and box office in Bosnia and Herzegovinia increased for the third year in a row with a 10.26% growth in admissions and 12.7% increase in gross in 2019,…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update
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…
GRANTS: Georgia Launches Call For Feature Film Minority Coproduction Grants
TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center has launched the 2020 competition for feature film minority coproductions. The deadline is 16 March 2020.
Croatian Minority Coproduction Chris the Swiss Hits Spanish Cinemas
ZAGREB: Croatian minority coproduction Chris the Swiss directed by Anja Kofmel will be released by DocsBarcelona Distribution in 70 Spanish cinemas on 6 February 2020.
Romanian Radu Jude’s Uppercase Print Picked Up By Belgian Best Friend Forever
BUCHAREST: Uppercase Print / Tipografic majuscul, one of the two films by Radu Jude selected for 2020 Berlinale’s Forum section, has been picked up by the Belgian sales company Best…
FNE Market Analysis 2019: NORTH MACEDONIA
SKOPJE: It was a truly exciting year for Macedonian cinematography with great box office results, international success for feature and documentary films, worldwide distribution for domestic titles and their participation…
FNE IDF DocBloc: KineDok Films at Screenshot
Alternative distribution platform KineDok and Prague screening room Screenshot have prepared a month long journey (2-27 February 2020) through European documentary films in 15 screenings.
Camerimage European Film Center To Be Built In Toruń
TORUŃ: The headquarters of the new Camerimage European Film Center is to be built in Toruń by 2025 as a joint investment of the National Treasury and the Municipality of…
FESTIVALS: Czech Animated Film Daughter Wins At Sundance
PRAGUE: Czech student film Daughter directed by Daria Kashcheeva received the Short Film Jury Award: Animation at the Sundance Film Festival (23 January-2 February 2020). The film was produced by…
Projects From FNE Partner Countries at Cartoon Movie 2020
BORDEAUX: Titles from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Poland, Romania and Hungary are among the 66 projects from 20 countries selected for the 22nd edition of Cartoon Movie, which…
Maša Nešković’s Serbian/Slovenian/Italian Asymmetry Hits Serbian Cinemas
BELGRADE: Maša Nešković’s debut feature Asymmetry / Asimetrija, a Serbian/Slovenian/Italian coproduction, enters regular distribution in Serbia on 30 January 2020. The film had its world premiere at the Sao Paulo…
Short Films from Georgia and Lithuania Nominated for European Film Awards 2020
WARSAW: Films from Georgia and Lithuania are among the first eight titles announced by the European Film Academy as candidates for the 2020 European Film Awards.
BOX OFFICE: Big Gains at Serbian Box Office in 2019
BELGRADE: Admissions to domestic films in Serbia increased from 864,177 in 2018 to 958,980 in 2019. Total admissions in Serbia also went up from 4,476,043 in 2018 to 4,784,598 in…
BOX OFFICE: Latvian/Czech/Lithuanian City On The River Tops Latvian BO
RIGA: The historical drama City on the River / Pilsēta pie upes, the fourth feature film directed by Viesturs Kairišs, has dominated the Latvian box office for two consecutive weekends…
PRODUCTION: Romanian Andrei Dăscălescu In Postproduction With Holy Father
BUCHAREST: Awarded Romanian documentary director Andrei Dăscălescu is in the last stages of postproduction with Holy Father / Tatăl nostru, a personal journey he undertook to discover what it takes…
Kino Polska To Launch VOD Service
WARSAW: Polish private broadcaster Kino Polska plans to launch its own VOD service that would showcase its original content.
RE-ACT Selects Six Projects In Its 5th Round Of Co-development Funding
TRIESTE: Six projects, directed by Gregor Božič, Darko Stante, Hana Jušić, Anja Kofmel, Otto Reuschel and Debora Vrizzi, have been selected from among 28 applications to receive 10,000 EUR each…
BOX OFFICE: Pasikowski's Dogs 3 Tops Polish Box Office
WARSAW: The third instalment of Władysław Pasikowski’s crime series Dogs tops the overall box office in Poland with 800,000 admissions, of which 400,000 admissions in its opening weekend. The film…
