GRANTS: Slovenia Announces Production Grants
LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Film Centre has distributed 4,330,000 EUR for the production of seven feature films including two debut features and four titles directed by female directors.
International Documentary Astra Film Festival 2024 Announces Official Selection
SIBIU: Over 100 documentaries from all over the world have been selected for the 31st edition of the International Documentary Festival Astra Film, which will be held in Sibiu 20…
Awards of 2024 International Film Festival Love Is Folly
VARNA: The Argentinian/German coproduction Adios Buenos Aires by German Kral received the Grand Prix Golden Aphrodite at the 32nd edition of the International Film Festival Love is Folly, which took…
FNE at Venice 2024: Orizzonti Competition: Review: Wishing On A Star (Italy / Croatia / Austria / Slovakia / Czech Republic)
VENICE: Slovak documentary maker Peter Kerekes’ new film Wishing On A Star screens in the Orizzonti Competition of the Venice Film Festival this year. His previous film, the docudrama 107…
FNE TV at Venice 2024: Director Agnieszka Holland, Member of 81 Venice Film Festival Jury
FNE asked Agnieszka Holland how it felt to be back in Venice after her Special Jury Prize win in Venice for Green Border in 2023.
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Director Mantas Verbiejus in Production with Sand in Your Hair
VILNIUS: Lithuanian director/writer Mantas Verbiejus is currently in production with his feature film Sand in Your Hair, whose development and production have been supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre.
The 20th Anniversary Edition of CineFest Miskolc IFF Ready to Take Off
MISKOLC: Thirteen titles including January 2 by Zsófia Szilágy and Vulture’s Wake by Szabolcs Hajdu have been selected for the Feature Film Competition of the CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival,…
FNE at Venice 2024: Venezia 81 Competition: Review: Baby Girl (USA)
VENICE: Director Halina Reijn’s Baby Girl starring Nicole Kidman and Antonio Banderas screens in the main competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival with its red carpet star power making…
FNE at Venice 2024: Venice Days Suspends Screenings of The Antique
VENICE: The Venice Film Festival sidebar Venice Days has suspended the screenings of the second film of Georgian filmmaker Rusudan Glurjidze The Antikvari / The Antique pending the final outcome…
FNE at Venice 2024: Goodfellas Handles Rights to Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Abortion Drama April, Running in Competition
VENICE: The French/Italian/Georgian coproduction April directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili will have its world premiere on 5 September 2024 within the Competition of the 81st Venice Film Festival (28 August –…
Guardians of the Formula Wins 2024 Herceg Novi Film Festival in Montenegro
HERCEG NOVI: The Serbian/Slovenian/Montenegrin/ Macedonian coproduction Guardians of the Formula directed by Dragan Bjelogrlić was awarded with the Golden Mimosa for the Best Film in the Feature Film Competition of…
FNE Podcast: Edward Berger: Director and Screenwriter
FNE together with German Films has launched the Year of German Central European Films 2024 with a special focus on German films in Central and Eastern European countries plus Cyprus…
FNE at Venice 2024: Venice 81 Competition: Maria (Italy / Germany / USA)
VENICE: Chilean director Pablo Larrain’s third film in his trilogy about famous women, Maria screens in competition at the 81 Venice Film Festival. The film stars Angelina Jolie as the…
FNE at Venice 2024: Star Studded Opening for Venice Film Festival
VENICE: The 81st Venice Film Festival got off to a glittering start with a star studded opening ceremony on Wednesday evening 28 August. After the actors and writers strike of…
FNE TV at Venice 2024: Pascal Diot, Head of the Venice Production Bridge
FNE asked Pascal Diot how the Venice Production Bridge has evolved since it started nine years ago.
FNE at Venice 2024: Elle Driver Handles Sales on Alexandros Avranas’s Estonian and German Minority Coproduction Quiet Life
TALLINN: The rights to the new work by the Greek director Alexandros Avranas, Quiet Life (aka Apathy), which had its world premiere on 29 August 2024 in the Horizons section…
Successful Crowdfunding Campaign for Hungarian Independent Film Lesson Learned
BUDAPEST: The independent Hungarian film Lesson Learned directed by Bálint Szimler and involving 10 production companies and 19 producers received 5,317 EUR / 2.09 m HUF through a crowdfunding campaign…
Successful Wrap for Largest Edition to Date of CICAE Arthouse Cinema Training
BERLIN: The 21st edition of the Arthouse Cinema Training organised by CICAE gathered in Berlin 48 participants from 27 countries and six continents, and more than 20 trainers from a…
FNE at Venice 2024: Out of Competition: Review: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (USA / UK)
VENICE: Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Tim Burton’s sequel to his much loved 1988 cult comedy classic Beetlejuice, was the opening film at the 89 Venice Film Festival, setting the scene for what…
BOX OFFICE: Domestic Comedy We're Going to Team Building Has Most Admissions in Slovak Cinemas in 2024
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech coproduction We're Going to Team Building by Zuzana Marianková had the best admissions in Slovak cinemas in the first half of 2024. With 246,659 admissions and 1,846,694…
