Projects from Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria Selected for 4th FILM+
BUCHAREST: Sixteen feature, short and documentary independent film projects from Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria and the Republic of Moldova have been selected for the 4th edition of the workshop FILM+, set…
FESTIVALS: International Short Film Festival of Cyprus 2019 Announces Competition Films
LIMASSOL: The 9th International Short Film Festival Competition will take place in Limassol at the Rialto Theatre 12 to 18 October 2019 with a multi-dimensional programme of films from 38…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 03.10.2019.
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…
FNE at Riga IFF 2019: Lithuania's Animus Animalis (A Story about People, Animals and Things)
VILNIUS: Aistė Žegulytė's first feature-length documentary Animus Animalis (a Story about People, Animals and Things) / Animus Animalis (istorija apie žmones, žvėris ir daiktus), which has recently opened in cinemas…
MIDPOINT Open Lectures in Montenegro
PODGORICA: The first edition of the script development workshop MIDPOINT to be held in Montenegro will offer lectures open to local filmmakers. MIDPOINT Intensive Montenegro will take place 12 –…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Silver Eye Juries and Films
The 2019 Silver Eye juries and films have been announced.
FESTIVALS: Lithuanian Other Side of Silence Competes at Riga IFF
VILNIUS: One of the most famous Lithuanian film directors, Algimantas Puipa will show his new drama Other Side of Silence / Kita tylos pusė in the Baltic Sea Region competition…
FNE at Warsaw Film Festival 2019: Georgian Shindisi Competes at Warsaw FF
TBILISI: The Georgian war drama Shindisi directed by Dito Tsintsadze will screen in competition at the 35th edition of the Warsaw Film Festival, 11-20 October 2019.
FNE at Warsaw Film Festival 2019: Proceder
WARSAW: Proceder, a drama directed by Michał Węgrzyn, will screen in the main competition of the 35th Warsaw Film Festival, running from 11 to 21 October 2019. The film will…
FNE at Warsaw Film Festival 2019: Valley Of The Gods
WARSAW: Lech Majewski’s adult fantasy Valley of the Gods will screen in the main competition of the 35th Warsaw Film Festival, running from 11 to 21 October 2019. The film…
FESTIVALS: Warsaw Loses Wisdom Tooth
WARSAW: The Warsaw Film Festival has announced that the Chinese film Wisdom Tooth directed by Ming Liang has been withdrawn from the festival’s International Competition. The screening would have been…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kosmos Cinema, Katowice
WARSAW: This month we speak with Bożena Perska, the deputy manager of the Kosmos Cinema in the Polish city of Katowice. The cinema opened in 1965 in a building that…
FESTIVALS: Nova Lituania Competes at Riga IFF
VILNIUS: Writer/director Karolis Kaupinis's first feature film Nova Lituania will screen in the Baltic Sea competition at the Riga IFF, which runs 17 – 27 October 2019.
FESTIVALS: Krakow FF Opens 2020 Submissions
KRAKOW: The Krakow Film Festival is accepting submissions for its 60th edition, which will run 31 May to 7 June 2020.
Slovenia's Let Him Be a Basketball Player 2 Opens in First Place at Domestic Box Office
LJUBLJANA: The sequel to Slovenia’s 2017 hit film, Let Him Be a Basketball Player 2 / Kosarkar naj bo 2, had an unsurprising first place opening in Slovenia for the…
FNE at Warsaw Kids Film Forum 2019: Bumblebee’s Flight
WARSAW: The Croatian live action family adventure film Bumblebee’s Flight was pitched at the Warsaw Kids Film Forum, which concluded on 27 September 2019. The project was presented by producer…
RE-ACT Open for Applications
TRIESTE: The fifth edition of RE-ACT (Regional Audiovisual Cooperation Training) is accepting applications for its 2020 programme from Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian and Italian filmmakers through 15 November 2019.
FNE at Kids Kino International Film Festival: Record Attendance and Canadian Win in Warsaw
WARSAW: The Canadian animated film Racetime directed by Benoît Godbout won the main audience award at the 6th Kids Kino International Film Festival. A record number of over 28,000 viewers…
GRANTS: Romania Announces First Grants in 2019
BUCHAREST: The Romanian Film Centre (CNC) will distribute 4,176,495 EUR / 19,853,000 RON as production grants for feature films, debut feature, short fiction, documentary, animated and thematic films in its…
The Interpreter Wins Slovakia's IGRIC Award
BRATISLAVA: Slovak filmmaker Martin Šulík was awarded the main IGRIC prize for directing the feature film The Interpreter / Tlmočník. The ceremony of the 30th edition of annual national film…
