Kino Lorber Releases Miklós Jancsó's Films in USA
BUDAPEST: Kino Lorber has released six films by Hungarian director Miklós Jancsó, with screenings taking place at the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles in November 2021.
FNE Visegrad YR2021: Hungarian Exhibitors See Return of Audiences After COVID Closures
BUDAPEST: The number of cinema-goers has been rising only slowly in 2021, following the period of shut down forced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
BOX OFFICE: Girls From Dubai Tops Polish Box Office
WARSAW: Maria Sadowska's film Girls from Dubai had over 600,000 admissions in its first two weeks in release, making it the most watched local production of 2021.
FERA Moves Annual Conference Online
FRANKFURT: FERA, the Federation of European Screen Directors, has announced that it will move its annual conference online and postpone its in-person gathering in Frankfurt to 11-13 May 2022.
Krzysztof Zanussi Honoured by Polish Filmmakers Association
WARSAW: Krzysztof Zanussi received the Special Award of the Polish Filmmakers Association at a ceremony held on 7 December 2021.
BOX OFFICE: Danis Tanović's Not So Friendly Neighbourhood Affair Tops Box Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO: The latest comedy directed by Oscar winner Danis Tanović, Not So Friendly Neighbourhood Affair, which premiered at the opening of the Sarajevo Film Festival, followed by a week of…
FNE at Tbilisi IFF 2021: Winter Blues
TBILISI: Georgian writer/director Tamaz (Tazo) Narimanidze’s debut feature Winter Blues, screens in the main competition of the 21st edition of the Tbilisi International Film Festival, which opened in an online…
Czech Lions Announce 2022 Date
PRAGUE: The Czech Lion awards of the Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA) will take place on 5 March 2022. The awards recognise the best achievements of the national film…
FNE Visegrad 2021: Polish Film Production Recovers From COVID Pandemic
WARSAW: Polish producers have adapted to working under COVID restrictions and production has continued to recover during 2021.
Salome Jashi's Taming the Garden Opens in German and Swiss Cinemas
TBILISI: Salome Jashi’s documentary film Taming the Garden debuted in cinemas in Germany and Switzerland on 2 December 2021. The film was shortlisted for this year's European Film Awards.
FNE at Animateka 2021: Impossible Figures and Other Stories Wins Grand Prix
LJUBLJANA: Marta Pajek's short animated film Impossible Figures and Other Stories won the Grand Prix of the 18th edition of Slovenia’s festival of animated films Animateka, which was held in…
PRODUCTION: Czech Comedy The Island Filming in Thailand
PRAGUE: The Czech comedy The Island / Ostrov by by Rudolf Havlík is currently shooting in Thailand and will spend almost the entire time of the production there.
FESTIVALS: Vilnius Short FF 2022 Announces Competition Films
VILNIUS: Ten films have been selected for the national competition of the Vilnius International Short Film FestivalShort Film Festival, running 12 – 18 January 2022, and another 29 films have…
FESTIVALS: Omar El Zohairy Wins 2021 Auteur Film Festival in Belgrade
BELGRADE: Omar El Zohairy’s feature Feathers won the Grand Prix at the 27th edition of the Author's Film Festival, which was officially closed in Belgrade’s Kombank Hall on 3 December…
Czech Republic Ranks Sixth in European Animated Film Production
PRAGUE: A new report from the European Audiovisual Observatory ranked the Czech Republic sixth in the number of animated films produced between 2015 to 2019, with an average of four…
FNE at Tbilisi IFF 2021: What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?
TBILISI: The German/Georgian coproduction What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? by Alexander Koberidze screens in the main competition of the 21st edition of the Tbilisi International…
FNE at Tbilisi IFF 2021: Otar's Death
TBILISI: Georgian director Ioseb Bliadze’s debut feature film Otar’s Death screens in the main competition of the 21st edition of the Tbilisi International Film Festival, which opened in an online…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 02.12.2021
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 Tbilisi IFF 2021: Brighton 4th
TBILISI: Brighton 4th, the third feature film by Levan Koguashvili, screens in the main competition of the 21st edition of the Tbilisi International Film Festival, which opened in an online…
FNE at Animateka 2021: No One Ever Looked at Elephants as You Do Wins Pitching Prize
LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian project No One Ever Looked at Elephants as You Do won the fifth edition of Animateka PRO Pitch that took place on 30 November as part of…
