FESTIVALS: Sofia Film Festival 2022 Ready to Kick Off with Sofia Meetings Postponed
SOFIA: The 26th Sofia International Film Fest will take place from 10 to 31 March 2022, going back to its traditional form of a physical event. A total of 80…
FNE at FEST 2022: Winners of FEST Forward Industry Programme
BELGRADE: The jury of FEST Forward has chosen and announced the winners of this year's edition after three intensive days of the industry programme, which is an integral part of…
Polish Filmmakers Association Offers Aid to Ukrainian Refugee Filmmakers
WARSAW: The Polish Filmmakers Association offers help in finding employment in the productions of its Munk Studio to representatives of the film industry among the refugees from the Ukraine.
New Minister of Culture Appointed in North Macedonia
SKOPJE: Bisera Kostadinovska-Stojcevska, MP, Doctor of Science, former Vice Dean of the Faculty of Pedagogy in Bitola, has been appointed as Minister of Culture of North Macedonia by the Parliament.…
UNIC Women's Cinema Leadership Programme Names IMAX and Vista Group Its 2022 Champions
BRUSSELS: The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) has announced IMAX Corporation and Vista Group as principal sponsors of the fifth Women’s Cinema Leadership Programme, and opened a call for mentors…
FNE Podcast: Visegrad YR2022: Distributor Jan Jílek
FNE’s Georgian correspondent Alexander Gabelia spoke to Czech distributor Jan Jílek, who is programme Director of AČFK, about the challenges he has faced as a distributor during the pandemic, as…
FNE Stands in Solidarity With Ukrainian People
Statements in support of Ukraine from European Film Organisations
FNE at FEST 2022: FEST Forward in Belgrade In Progress
BELGRADE: FEST Forward is an international coproduction market and networking platform focusing on empowering European coproductions in the Balkan region. The new edition of the market is running, from 27…
New Documentaries from SFP Munk Studio on VOD
WARSAW: Four new documentaries produced by SFP Munk Studio as part of the First Documentary programme are available on VOD on DAfilms, a curated platform specialising in original documentary cinema.
FESTIVALS: IFF Febiofest Bratislava 2022 Returns to Cinemas
BRATISLAVA: The 29th edition of the International Film Festival Febiofest Bratislava is ready to return to cinemas after 2 years with a full programme. The competition section In the Heart…
BOX OFFICE: Radivoje Andrić’s How I Learned to Fly Leads Serbian BO
BELGRADE: Serbian hitmaker Radivoje Andrić’s fourth feature How I Learned to Fly / Leto kada sam naučila da letim, which premiered nationally on 16 February in Belgrade’s Kombank Hall /…
Peter Todorov Appointed New Director of Bulgarian National Film Center
SOFIA: Petar Todorov, experienced manager of independent cinemas and international film festivals, has been appointed Executive Director of the Bulgarian NFC for a five-year term. This happened after he successfully…
FNE at FEST 2022: Belgrade’s FEST Ready to Kick Off in Person
BELGRADE: This year's International Film Festival – FEST is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and will be held from 25 February to 6 March at the Belgrade Festivals Centre. This edition's…
FNE Innovation: Pitch the Doc: Online Hub for Documentary Professionals and Industry Events
Pitch the Doc is an innovative online platform dedicated to documentary projects, that provides functionalities based on international pitching standards and allows to keep presentations of documentary film projects complete,…
Ada Smyk's Short Doc Backstage to Premiere Internationally at SXSW in Austin
WARSAW: The short documentary Backstage by Ada Smyk, produced as part of the SFP First Documentary programme, has been selected for the competition of one of the most important and…
ZagrebDox 2022 Is Coming-of-Age in Its Spring Edition
ZAGREB: The 18th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival ZagrebDox is set to take place 3-10 April 2022 with around thirty films vying in the international and regional competition…
Deadline is Approaching for 2022 Dot.on.the.map Industry Days
LIMASSOL: The call for projects for the coproduction, training and networking platform for film professionals Dot.on.the.map Industry Days, that will take place on 14 - 16 April 2022 in the…
Ivan Ostrochovský's Servants Leads 2022 Sun in a Net Awards Nominations
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Romanian/Czech/Irish coproduction Servants / Služobníci directed by Ivan Ostrochovský leads the 11th Sun in a Net awards nominations with 12 nods, followed by The Man with Hare Ears…
GRANTS: Estonian Film Institute Distributes Over 1.5 m EUR in 2022 First Round of Project Support
TALLINN: The Estonian Film Institute (EFI) has distributed over 1.5 million EUR in the first financing rounds of 2022. Two feature films, Lioness by Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo and Dog by Rasmus…
GRANTS: Estonian Cultural Endowment Supports 32 Film Projects
TALLINN: The Estonian Cultural Endowment Fund had 659,160 EUR to distribute in the last round of financing for 2021, out of which 454 216 Euro went to support different film…
