FNE AV Innovation: ARTE’s Kay Meseberg: The Future Starts Now
Kay Meseberg heads the ARTE unit dedicated to upcoming technologies. FNE invited him to tell us about the role innovative new technologies will play in the future.
Admissions for Domestic Films in Bulgaria Triple in 2017
SOFIA: Admissions to domestic films almost tripled in Bulgaria from 176,395 in 2016 to 512,521 in 2017, while the domestic films cashed in over 2 m EUR in 2017 compared…
PRODUCTION: Agnieszka Holland and Kasia Adamik Start Shooting First Netflix Series in Polish
WARSAW: The first Polish Netflix series started shooting in Warsaw on 16 January 2018. The 8-episode series, which doesn’t have a title yet, is set in a world where the…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Projects Selected for East Doc Platform 2018
See the complete list of projects selected for East Doc Platform 2018.
Ice Mother Tops Czech Lions Nominations
PRAGUE: Ice Mother, Barefoot and Milada received the most nominations for the 25th annual Czech Lion awards, organised by the Czech Film and Television Academy. The winners will be announced…
Admissions and Box Office on the Rise in Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO: Admissions to domestic films in Bosnia and Herzegovina show 46.9 percent increase, while total admissions increased by 17.81 percent. Two domestic films were theatrically released in 2017 compared to…
PRODUCTION: I Olga Hepnarova Team Develop Nobody Likes Me
PRAGUE: Tomáš Weinreb and Petr Kazda, authors of the critically acclaimed I, Olga Hepnarova, are developing the love story Nobody Likes Me / Nikdo mě nemá rád. This Czech/French coproduction…
Romanian 2017 Admissions Up, Admissions for Domestic Films Down
BUCHAREST: Romania saw a dramatic decrease in admissions for domestic films, from 484,739 in 2016 to an estimated 250,000 in 2017. Total admissions increased by 11.25 percent, while total gross…
Georgia Sees Major Increase in Domestic Films Admissions and Box Office
TBILISI: Domestic films admissions increased by 86.97 percent, while box office of domestic films increased by 77.25 percent in 2017. This is due to the release of more Georgian films…
Romanian Feature Film Released on Vimeo
BUCHAREST: Daniel Sandu’s debut feature One Step Behind the Seraphim / Un pas în urma serafimilor is one of the few Romanian feature film released on the Vimeo platform. It…
Czech Republic Launches Script Consulting Incubator
PRAGUE: Script Consulting Incubator, a programme commissioned by the Czech Film Fund and organised by MIDPOINT, will have two separate branches, Training the Script Consultants and Development of Czech Scripts.
PRODUCTION: Rati Tsiteladze Develops The Empty House
TBILISI: Writer/director/producer Rati Tsiteladze is in the advanced development stage with The Empty House, an international coproduction set for shooting at the end of 2018. The project was selected for…
Macedonia Boosts TV Production in 2017
SKOPJE: A total of ten TV series were produced in 2017, which is an increase of 50% compared to 2016, when five series premiered on Macedonian national TV channels.
Romanian Debut Feature Selected for Berlinale’s Competition
BUCHAREST: Adina Pintilie’s debut feature Touch Me Not / Nu mă atinge-mă was selected for the Competition of the 68th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival (15-25 February 2018).…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino Usmev, Kosice, Slovakia
This month we spoke with Barbora Tóthová, PR Manager of Kino Usmev (Cinema Smile). This one screen art house cinema located in the center of Košice (Slovakia) is run by…
Estonian and Hungarian DoPs Nominated for American Society of Cinematographers Award
TALLINN: Estonian Mart Taniel, the cinematographer of Rainer Sarnet’s November, and Hungarian Mate Herbai, who shot Ildiko Enyedi’s On Body and Soul, are nominated for the American Society of Cinematographers’…
All-time Record Year for Polish Cinema
WARSAW: Polish cinema saw another record breaking year with an all-time best result of 56 m total admissions and two domestic titles topping the overall box office. Total gross was…
PRODUCTION: Mladen Kovačević in Production with Serbian/French/Swedish Coproduction
BELGRADE: Mladen Kovačević is currently in production with his third long documentary Merry Christmas, Yiwu / Srećna Nova, Yiwu. This Serbian/French/Swedish coproduction is the first Serbian film ever to be…
Projects from Czech Republic, Poland and Georgia Selected for Berlinale Co-Production Market 2018
PRAGUE/WARSAW/TBILISI: Nobody Likes Me by Czech directors Tomas Weinreb and Petr Kazda, as well as Polish minority coproduction The War Has Ended by Hagar Ben Asher were selected for the…
Georgian Short Documentary The Trader to Be Broadcast on Netflix
TBILISI: A Georgian short documentary The Trader / Sovdagari directed by Tamta Gabrichidze will be broadcast on Netflix starting 9 February 2018.
