FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018: Pitching Awards Go to Romania and Lithuania
COTTBUS: The Best Pitch Award of the 20th edition of the East-West coproduction market Connecting Cottbus (8 and 9 November 2018) went to the Romanian project October from director Cristian…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018 Works in Progress: Brighton 4
COTTBUS: Six works in progress presented at the 20th edition of Connecting Cottbus, taking place 8 and 9 November 2018, stretched the territorial range of the iconic East-West coproduction market,…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018: Mira
COTTBUS: Producer Maria Blicharska of Donten & Lacroix Films and director Anna Jadowska are pitching the Polish dark comedy Mira at the 20th edition of Connecting Cottbus, taking place 8-9…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018: Victim
COTTBUS: Producer Jakub Viktorin of the Slovak half of the young Czech/Slovak production company nutprodukcia and director Michal Blasko are presenting their project Victim at the 20th edition of Connecting…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018: The Myth of a Real Man
COTTBUS: Producer Adi Dizdarevic of Dart Film and director Lee Filipovski are pitching the Serbian drama The Myth of a Real Man at the 20th edition of Connecting Cottbus, taking…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018: October
COTTBUS: Romanian producer Oana Giurgiu of Libra Film Production and director Cristian Pascariu presented the Romanian project October at the 20th edition of Connecting Cottbus, taking place 8-9 November 2018.…
PRODUCTION: Małgorzata Szumowska in Development with The Masseur
WARSAW: Małgorzata Szumowska is developing a Polish/German coproduction entitled The Masseur.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Central Bus Station Tops East Silver Viewers List
Czech docs topped the list of the most viewed films of the East Silver Video Market at Jihlava IDFF.
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018: New Film Incentives Raise the Bar for CEE Territories
COTTBUS: Before the pitching programmes at Karlovy Vary, Warsaw, Transylvania or Trieste, there was Connecting Cottbus, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Setting a goal of bringing together the industry…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018: 9th Step
COTTUBS: Lithuania for the first time is represented by two projects at Connecting Cottbus, running 8 and 9 November 2018. The first is presented by IN SCRIPT's producer Lukas Trimonis…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018: I Never Cry
COTTBUS: Producer Jan Kwiecinski of Akson Studio and director Piotr Domalewski are pitching the tragicomedy I Never Cry at the 20th edition of Connecting Cottbus, taking place 8-9 November 2018.
GRANTS: Latvia Gives Grants to Four Family Films
Riga: The National Film Centre of Latvia will distribute 1,240,417 EUR for the production of four family films.
Bulgaria to Sign Cooperation Agreement with Kosovo
SOFIA: The Bulgarian government has approved a coproduction agreement with Kosovo, Bulgarian news source Transmedium News reported.
FESTIVALS: Cinedays European Film Festival Opens in Skopje
SKOPJE: Fourteen European films will compete for the main prizes of the 17th edition of Cinedays Festival of European Film, running 8 - 18 November in Skopje. Eight films will…
PRODUCTION: Czech Comedy The Last Aristocrat Starts Casting
PRAGUE: A film version of the Czech bestseller The Last Aristocrat, directed by Jiří Vejdělek, is in preproduction for release in 2019.
PRODUCTION: The Despair Moves into Post-production
RIGA: Latvian Emerging Producer at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Lelde Pruse continues her collaboration with the award-winning director Karlis Lesins, who has completed shooting on his feature film…
Czech Animated Feature Film Selected for Cartoon Springboard
PRAGUE: Tony, Shelly & Genius, a 70-minute animated feature film, is among the 24 projects which will be pitched at Cartoon Springboard taking place 4-6 December in Valenciennes.
PRODUCTION: Slovak Staviarsky Family Moves into Film Production
BRATISLAVA: Slovak novelist/scriptwriter Vito Staviarsky along with his sons, director Richard Staviarsky and editor Juraj Staviarsky, and daughter, producer Marka Staviarska, are in post-production with their first feature film Loli…
FNE at Cottbus: Rejected Premieres in Competition
COTTBUS: The Kazakh film Rejected / Otvergnutye directed by Zhanna Issabayeva makes its world premiere in the main competition of the 28th Cottbus Film Festival, running 6 – 11 November…
FNE at Zagreb Film Festival: All Alone
ZAGREB: The Zagreb Film Festival, running 11-18 November, will screen Croatian writer/director Bobo Jelčić’s drama All Alone.
