Polish 303 Squadron Opens in UK and Ireland
WARSAW: The Polish/British WWII drama about Polish fighter pilots, 303 Squadron directed by Denis Delić, opened in 16th place, and was the second strongest foreign film in the UK and…
Lithuanian Moonmakers with Two Films in Post-production
VILNIUS: Moonmakers producer/director Giedre Zickyte, who participated in Emerging Producers at the recent Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, is completing her film The Jump, a Lithuanian/Latvian/French/US coproduction, at the end…
FNE IDF DocBloc: IDF Films Head to IDFA
Docs from IDF's programmes are part of the line-up at IDFA in Amsterdam.
Slovak Mimi & Lisa: Christmas Lights Mystery to Premiere in France
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech animated short film Mimi & Lisa: Christmas Lights Mystery will premiere on 21 November in France, a day later in Slovak cinemas, on 6 December in the…
CineStar Opens Miniplex in Pula
ZAGREB: The Croatian multiplex chain Blitz CineStar opened a three-screen miniplex in Pula, the first one in the city, on 7 November 2018.
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018: Barriers to Promoting CEE Films Disappear
COTTBUS: The differences in marketing films from CEE territories versus Western Europe have largely disappeared.
Serbian Films Dominate Box Office
BELGRADE: In its second week in release Miloš Avramović’s feature South Wind / Južni vetar held on to the number one spot at the Serbian box office, taking in 964,000…
Bille Wins Best Film at Latvian National Film Awards
RIGA: Inara Kolmane’s family film Bille, a Latvian/Lithuanian/Czech coproduction, won the Best Film award at the 30th Lielais Kristaps Latvian national film awards on 12 November 2018.
PRODUCTION: Awarded Estonian Director Vallo Toomla Works on Portrait Documentary
TALLINN: Estonian director Vallo Toomla is currently filming a portrait documentary under the working-title Marju Lepajõe. Words of the Days / Marju Lepajõe. Päevade sõnad, which will premiere in 2019.
Austria’s Cineplexx Enters Romania
VIENNA: The Austrian cinema chain Cineplexx will build eight cinemas with 50 screening salles in Romania.
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: ArtKino Metro, Trenčin
This month we speak with Branislav Holly and Hana Kutlikova from ArtKino Metro in Trenčin, Slovakia. Branislav Holly is the manager and the main programmer of the cinema, while Hana…
PRODUCTION: Slovenian/Croatian Corporation Starts Filming in Slovenia
LJUBLJANA: Corporation, the second feature film from director Matej Nahtigal, began filming on 9 November 2018. A 30-day shooting schedule is planned, ending on 23 December.
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018: Men of Deeds
COTTBUS: Producers Anamaria Antoci and Ana-Maria Voicu of Tangaj Production and Papillon Film pitched the Romanian project Men of Deeds directed by Nicolae Constantin Tanase at the 20th edition of…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018: Paralysis
COTTBUS: Producer Marija Razgute of M-Films and director Andrius Blazevicius presented their second feature film together Paralysis, one of two Lithuanian films selected for the 20th edition of Connecting Cottbus,…
EFA 2018 Nominations for Poland, Georgia, Romania and Bulgaria
SEVILLE: Cold War by Pawel Pawlikowski received five nominations for the European Film Academy 2018 awards, in the categories for European Film, Director, Actor, Actress and Scriptwriter.
FNE at Cottbus 2018: Ayka Wins Best Film at 28th Cottbus Film Festival
COTTBUS: The Russian/German/Polish/Kazakh/Chinese coproduction Ayka directed by Sergei Dvortsevoy won the main prize for best film at the 28th Cottbus Film Festival, which concluded on 11 November 2018. The award…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018: The Ugly Mandarine
COTTBUS: Producer Michal Kracmer of Analog Vision and director Piaayu Xie presented the Czech/Slovak project The Ugly Mandarine at the 20th edition of Connecting Cottbus, which took place 8-9 November…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018: Patchwork
COTTBUS: Cyprus makes a rare appearance at the 20th edition of Connecting Cottbus, taking place 8-9 November 2018, with producer Janine Teerling of AMP Filmworks and director Petros Charalambous pitching…
PRODUCTION: Jiri Madl Completes On the Roof for 2019 Premiere
PRAGUE: The popular Czech actor-turned-director Jiri Madl is completing his second film On the Roof to debut in 2019, a year after originally scheduled.
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…
