ACID to Screen Young Serbian Cinema
PARIS: The ACID (Association of Independent Cinema for its Diffusion) opens a new window of programming during the Cannes film festival, offered to a foreign association of independent filmmakers involved…
Kidnapping Heads toward 1.5 m EUR at Slovak Box Office
BRATISLAVA: Mariana Cengel Solcanska’s fourth feature film Kidnapping / Unos is on target to hit the 1.m EUR mark by the end of the Easter week. The film reached 1.465…
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Transilvania Film, Romania
FNE and Europa Distribution are launching a new chapter in our Distributor of the Month section. In the coming months we will talk with European distributors about their lineup, their…
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…
FESTIVALS: Cyprus Film Days Announces 2017 Films
NICOSIA: The 15th Cyrus Film Days International Festival, which takes place 27 April - 6 May 2017 in Nicosia and Limassol, will showcase 11 films from across the globe, including…
FNE at Finale Plzen 2017: The Noonday Witch
PRAGUE: Jiří Sádek's horror film The Noonday Witch / Polednice will screen at the 30th Finale Plzen, which runs 20 – 26 April 2017.
FNE at Finale Plzen 2017: In Your Dreams
PRAGUE: The Czech/Slovak/Bulgarian coproduction In Your Dreams / Ani ve snu! directed by Petr Oukropec will screen at the 30th Finale Plzen, running 20 – 26 April 2017.
Art Of Love Opens Strong in UK and Ireland
WARSAW: The Polish film Art of Love directed by Maria Sadowska reached 4th place during its opening weekend in the UK and Ireland, and took 11th place in the overall…
GRANTS: Polish-German Film Fund Supports Three Productions
WARSAW: The Polish-German Film Fund supported three films with a total of 240,000 EUR for project development and production.
PRODUCTION: Dalibor Matanić Preps TV Series The Last Socialist Artefact
ZAGREB: Acclaimed Croatian director Dalibor Matanić is currently developing a six-part TV series The Last Socialist Artefact, set for shooting in 2018. The project is a Croatian/Serbian coproduction produced by…
Macedonian Indie Horse Riders Sets May Premiere
SKOPJE: The independent production Horse Riders / Javachi na konji by Marjan Gavrilovski will have its theatrical release on 5 May in the Cinematheque of Macedonia.
FESTIVALS: The 6th Cinepolitica IFF Ready to Kick Off in Bucharest
BUCHAREST: Seven feature films and documentaries are competing for the main prize at the 6th edition of Cinepolitica International Film Festival, set to take place in Bucharest from 20 to…
The Teacher Wins Best Feature Film at the Sun in a Net Awards
BRATISLAVA: The Teacher directed by Jan Hřebejk won five awards, including best film, at the Sun in a Net awards. But it was outshone by A Prominent Patient by Julius…
Modern Times Group to Sell Nova TV in Bulgaria
SOFIA: Swedish digital entertainment company Modern Times Group (MTG) is on the point of liquidating its business in Bulgaria. According to several domestic publications, quoting the Swedish business magazine Dagens…
Cyprus Puts New Focus on Film Industry
NICOSIA: A planned visit by a delegation of Bollywood producers could inspire the Cyprus government to establish conditions suitable for growing a film services industry.
Berlinale Awarded Spoor Opens in Slovakia
WARSAW: Agnieszka Holland's drama Spoor opened in Slovak cinemas on 6 April distributed by Asociácia Slovenských Filmových Klubov.
Last Chance to Comment on Creative Europe
BRUSSELS: The European Commission is still accepting public consultation to evaluate the Creative Europe programme.
GRANTS: Poland Supports Eight Minority Coproductions
WARSAW: The minority international coproduction funding scheme created by the Polish Film Institute will give support totalling over 3.9 m PLN / 920,901 EUR to eight international projects.
FNE at Vilnius: The Last Family Wins Kino Pavasaris
VILNIUS: The Last Family, the debut feature by Jan P. Matuszyński, won Best Film in the New Europe – New Names Competition of the 22nd Vilnius International Film Festival Kino…
Bulgarian National TV To Broadcast Animated Films in Prime Time
SOFIA: On 9 April 2017 Bulgaria’s public TV channel BNT starts airing the first segment of a total of 1000 minutes of national animated films. The series is part of…
