FESTIVALS: BIAFF Announces Lineup
BATUMI: Ten films will run in the international feature film competition at the 12th edition of the Batumi International Arthouse Film Festival, set to take place from 17 to 24…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: Sly Foxes
PORTOROŽ: Sly Foxes / Stekle lisice directed by Boris Jurjašević will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož (12-16 September 2017). The film stars…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: Charlatan Magnifique
PORTOROŽ: Maja Pavlin’s documentary Charlatan Magnifique / Charlatan Magnifique will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož (12-16 September 2017). The film tells the…
FNE at 2017 Gdynia Film Festival: Volta
GDYNIA: Juliusz Machulski’s crime comedy Volta will screen in the competition of the 42nd Gdynia Film Festival (18-23 September 2017). The film was released domestically by Kino Świat on 7…
FNE at Venice 2017: Prize Winners
VENICE: The Golden Lion, the top prize of the 74 Venice Film Festival went to Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water. The top prize in the Orizzonti section went…
FNE at Venice 2017: See how the critics rated the programme
FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Venice Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Orizzonti, Venice Days and Critics giving the films 1, 2,…
Poland Selects Spoor as Oscar Bid
WARSAW: Agnieszka Holland’s awarded drama Spoor / Pokot was selected as Poland's official entry for an Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film…
Lithuania Selects Frost as Oscar Candidate
VILNIUS: Frost / Šerkšnas by Sarunas Bartas has been chosen as the official candidate from Lithuania for an Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences nomination in the Best Foreign…
FESTIVALS: The 35th Golden Rose Film Festival Announces Lineup
VARNA: A total of 16 feature films will be screened in the national official competition of the 35th Golden Rose National Film Festival (30 September-7 October 2017). Five feature films…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: Ivan
PORTOROŽ: The Slovenian/Croatian drama Ivan by Janez Burger will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož (12-16 September 2017). Maruša Majer, the Slovenian Shooting…
FNE at 2017 Gdynia Film Festival: The Fastest
GDYNIA: Łukasz Palkowski’s new biopic The Fastest, based on the life of the triathlon champion Jerzy Górski, will premiere at 42nd Gdynia Film Festival (18-23 September 2017).
GRANTS: Prague Film Fund Supports Four Foreign Projects Including New Xavier Dolan Project
PRAGUE: The Prague Film Fund is distributing 203,000 EUR / 5.3 m CZK to four international projects coming from India, Canada, France and Germany it its first call. The fund…
Estonia Selects November as Oscar Bid
TALLINN: Rainer Sarnet’s adult fairy-tale November has been unanimously chosen as the official candidate from Estonia for an Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences nomination in the Best Foreign…
Mungiu’s Graduation Vies for EFA People’s Choice Award 2017
BERLIN: Cristian Mungiu’s contemporary drama Graduation is the only film from the CEE among the nine titles submitted for the EFA People's Choice Award 2017. The vote is open and…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: Let Him Be a Basketball Player
LJUBLJANA: The youth comedy Let Him Be a Basketball Player / Košarkar naj bo by Boris Petkovič will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: Slovenia, Australia and Tomorrow the World
PORTOROŽ: Marko Naberšnik’s fourth feature film Slovenia, Australia and Tomorrow the World / Slovenija, Avstralija in jutri ves svet will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film…
FNE at 2017 Gdynia Film Festival: Silent Night
GDYNIA: Piotr Domalewski’s debut feature Silent Night will premiere at the 42nd Gdynia Film Festival (18-23 September 2017). This dark comedy will be domestically released by Forum Film in autumn…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Daliborek, Jágr and Tarzan Added to East Silver Caravan
East Silver Caravan included three new films in its selection. They are the challenging film The World According to Daliborek by Vít Klusák, student film Jágr Republic by Ondřej Šálek…
Romania Selects Fixer as Oscar Candidate
BUCHAREST: Adrian Sitaru's Fixer / Fixeur has been chosen as the official candidate from Romania for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences nomination in the Best Foreign Language…
When East Meets West 2018 Opens Call for Entries
TRIESTE: When East Meets West 2018 opens applications for the Co-production Forum and First Cut Lab. The upcoming edition of WEMW will take place from 21 to 23 January 2018.