FNE at Venice 2017: Review: Suburbicon
VENICE: The honourary Italian from Lake Como George Clooney is back on the Lido with a quirky film called Suburbicon with a script by the Coen brothers that he has…
FNE at Venice 2017: Review: First Reformed
VENICE: Director Paul Schrader joins a group of films in this year’s Venice Main Competition that are concerned with the destruction of our planet’s environment via greed and over-exploitation with…
FNE at Venice 2017: Review: The Shape of Water
VENICE: Director Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape of Water is a much needed antidote to cynicism in an increasingly cynical world. This may just be Del Toro’s best film in…
PRODUCTION: Czech Director Martin Krejčí Shoots His Debut Feature in US
LOS ANGELES: Czech film director Martin Krejčí starts shooting his debut feature The True Adventures of Wolfboy, starring John Turturro, in the US at the beginning of September 2017.
FNE at Venice 2017: FNE TV: Pascal Diot, Head of the Venice Production Bridge
FNE asked Pascal Diot how the Venice Production Bridge has evolved since its inception six years ago and what he thinks of VR in the context of the European film…
FESTIVALS: Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož Announces Lineup
PORTOROŽ: Eleven feature films will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož, which will run from 12 to 16 September 2017. The Badjura Lifetime…
FESTIVALS: The 7th Nikozi International Animation Film Festival Starts Today
NIKOZI: The 7th Nikozi International Animation Film Festival, which will take place from 1 to 7 September 2017, gathers animation film experts, international festival representatives and filmmakers in the small…
FNE IDF DocBloc: The Bay
Croatian director Bruno Pavić is developing The Bay, a documentary set at the Bay of Kastela, near the city of Split, where there are dangerous industrial facilities with mercury flowing…
FNE at Venice 2017: Review: Downsizing
VENICE: Actor Matt Damon might be in danger of over-exposure if such a thing were possible in today’s Hollywood. The very much “in demand” actor appears as a leading character…
Latvian Family Film Breaks Admissions Record in Opening Week
RIGA: Varis Brasla's family film Grandpa Is More Dangerous than the Computer has become the most successful domestic family film in the opening week with over 13,000 admissions. The film,…
PRODUCTION: Andrzej Jakimowski in Postproduction with Once in November
WARSAW: Acclaimed Polish writer/director Andrzej Jakimowski is in postproduction with Once in November / Pewnego razu w listopadzie, a drama inspired by the political climate in Poland. The film will…
Amazon’s Series Carnival Row to Be Shot in the Czech Republic
PRAGUE: Carnival Row, an eight-episode fantasy noir series co-directed by Paul McGuigan and Guillermo del Toro, and starring Orlando Bloom, is set to begin filming in the Czech Republic in…
Georgia Selects Scary Mother as Oscar Candidate
TBILISI: Ana Urushadze’s debut feature Scary Mother has been chosen as the official candidate from Georgia for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences nomination in the Best Foreign…
FESTIVALS: The 12th Cinematik FF Announces Lineup
PIEŠŤANY: Ten films will vie in the main competition of the 12th Cinematik International Film Festival, set to take place in the spa city of Piešťany from 12 to 17…
FNE at Venice 2017: Invitation for all FIPRESCI and SNCCI Members attending the Venice Film Festival 2017
VENICE: During the Venice Festival critics will be able to rate any film in all feature length films screening in the Main Competition, Orizzonti, Venice Days and Critics Week (1…
BIAFF Industry Platform Alternative Wave 2017 Announces Selected Projects
BATUMI: The industry platform Alternative Wave of the Batumi International Art house Film Festival announced projects selected for its 2017 edition. The 12th edition of BIAFF will run from 17…
Animateka to Host Workshop for CEE Producers
LJUBLJANA: The Animateka International Animated Film Festival in Ljubljana will host a workshop for animated film producers from Central and Eastern Europe from 2 to 6 December 2017. A total…
Alfredson‘s Trilogy Intrigo Wraps Slovenian Shoot After Winning First Cash Rebate
LJUBLJANA: Trilogy Intrigo directed by Daniel Alfredson and starring Ben Kingsley has wrapped its shoot in Slovenia, which ran May to August 2017. This German/US/Belgian coproduction serviced by Slovenia's Pakt…
PRODUCTION: Stere Gulea Preps Sequel to Acclaimed Moromeții
BUCHAREST: Stere Gulea is in preparation with a sequel to Moromeții, 30 years after his first adaptation of the novel by Marin Preda in one of the most acclaimed Romanian…
PRODUCTION: Krzysztof Lang in Postproduction with Crime Drama
WARSAW: Krzysztof Lang is currently in postproduction with Sleep Darling / Ach śpij kochanie, a crime drama inspired by one of the most notorious Polish serial killers.
