Baltic Sea Docs in Riga
RIGA: A total of 25 projects take part in the new edition of Baltic Sea Docs, the co-financing forum of international documentary projects held in Riga from 3 to 7…
FNE at Venice 2019: Film New Europe Celebrates Innovation with Cocktail on VR Island
VENICE: Film New Europe celebrated European audiovisual innovation with a cocktail in the garden of the Venice VR Island on Sunday. FNE and several members of its team invited participants…
PRODUCTION: Action Film Back 2 Back Shoots in Romania
CONSTANȚA: Back 2 Back directed by Kader Ayd is currently shooting in Constanța, on the Black Sea coast. According to Romanian media, this action film is an original Netflix production.…
FESTIVALS: Donbass Wins 9th Timisoara Central European FF
TIMIȘOARA: Romanian minority coproduction Donbass directed by Sergei Loznitsa was awarded the Grand Prix of the 9th edition of the Timișoara Central European Film Festival, running from 28 August to…
PRODUCTION: Georgian Eco Doc The Other Neighbors In Postproduction
TBILISI: Georgian director Nika Tsiklauri is in postproduction with The Other Neighbors, an observational documentary filmed in the capital of Georgia and commissioned by The German Society for International Cooperation…
FNE at Venice 2019: FNE TV: Michal Bregant Director Czech National Film Archives
VENICE: FNE spoke to Michal Bregant, Director of Czech National Film Archives, about the selection of Extase (Czechoslovakia, 1934) directed by Gustav Machaty for Venice Classics section of this year’s…
Vote for EFA People's Choice Award Open
WARSAW: Paweł Pawlikowski's Cold War is among the 12 films nominated for the EFA People’s Choice Award. The vote has started and film fans can win a trip to the…
FNE at Venice 2019: Review: The Laundromat
VENICE: Director Steven Soderbergh’s film The Laundromat, which screens in the main competition in Venice, is based on the book Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money…
PRODUCTION: Slovak Drama Who‘s Next? Exposes Cyberbullying
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak drama Who´s Next? / Kto je ďaľší, written, directed and produced by Miro Drobný, was shot in China, South Korea, Hong Kong, France, the Czech Republic and…
PRODUCTION: Lost Script Inspires Feature Film and Series Bad Blood
BELGRADE: Shooting on the feature film and TV series Bad Blood / Nečista krv based on the 1910 novel of famous classic Serbian writer Bora Stanković is scheduled to start…
PRODUCTION: Polish Maciej Bochniak Shoots Magnesia
WARSAW: Maciej Bochniak is currently shooting Magnesia. The feature film produced by Aurum Film will be a mix of a detective story, comedy and western. The music will be composed…
FNE at Venice 2019: FNE TV: Pascal Diot, Head of Venice Production Bridge
FNE asked Pascal Diot what is new this year at the Venice Production Bridge and how it has evolved since its inception as well as what are some of the…
FNE at Venice 2019: Review: Joker
VENICE: Director Todd Phillips enters the Venice competition lineup with what just might be the first Batman film that is for non-Batman fans. His film Joker takes the usual Hollywood…
FNE at Venice 2019: Review: Ad Astra
VENICE: American indie filmmaker James Gray is not the first name that springs to mind when you think of a Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster, but Ad Astra, which boasts Hollywood mega-star…
FNE at Venice 2019: Review: Marriage Story
VENICE: Director Noah Baumbach already has ten feature films to his credit so it is no surprise that this already accomplished and respected filmmaker has landed in the Venice competition…
PRODUCTION: Gérard Depardieu in Lordan Zafranović’s Biopic of Alexander Dubček
BRATISLAVA: Gérard Depardieu is slated to play Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in Human Face - Freedom or Death / Ľudská tvár – Sloboda alebo smrť, directed by Croatian director Lordan…
PRODUCTION: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović Debut Feature Backed by Martin Scorsese
DUBROVNIK: Murina, a debut feature by Croatian director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, has started filming on the Croatian coast. The film is produced by Croatia’s Antitalent and Brazil’s RT Features of…
FESTIVALS: Solo Wins the 10th Makedox 2019
SKOPJE: Czech/French/Argentinian/Austrian coproduction Solo, directed by Artemio Benki won the Onion Award for best film in the main competition of the 10th edition of Festival of Creative Documentary Film Makedox.…
BIAFF Industry Platform Alternative Wave Announces Selected Projects For 2019 Edition
BATUMI: Eight projects have been selected for the industry platform Alternative Wave of the 2019 Batumi International Art house Film Festival (15-22 September 2019). The industry programme is set to…
FNE/IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Film 2019-2020: How I Became a Partisan
Take a closer look at the documentary project How I Became a Partisan / Ako som sa stala partizánkou by Vera Lacková, which was selected for the 17th edition of…
