PRODUCTION: Polish/American Coproduction Wraps Shooting in Poland
WARSAW: My Name Is Sara, a Polish/American coproduction directed by Steven Oritt, wrapped shooting in the Podlasie region and is set to premiere by the end of 2018.
FNE Country Report 2017: ESTONIA
TALLIN: Estonian cinema had a successful year in 2017 and continued to break records. Total admissions reached an all-time high of 3.51 m, a 6.3 percentage-point increase from 2016. Another…
FNE Country Report 2017: ROMANIA
BUCHAREST: The most important accolades for the Romanian cinema in 2017 were the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution for editing received by Călin Peter Netzer’s Ana, mon amour, and…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Accreditations for East Doc Platform 2018 Still Open
Accreditations for East Doc Platform 2018 are opened until 20 February 2018. The event, organised by the Institute of Documentary Film in association with the One World International Human Rights…
Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission Launches Film the Book
WARSAW: The Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission will launch Film the Book, an event and platform that will join film with literature. The first edition is set to take place in…
FNE Country Report 2017: POLAND
WARSAW: Polish cinema had a strong and challenging year in 2017, with record-breaking box office results, the celebration of 70 years of Polish animation, international success of feature and documentary…
FNE Country Report 2017: SERBIA
BELGRADE: For the second year in a row Film Center Serbia maintained its regular schedule of financial support contests and at the end of 2017 the Goverment granted a total…
Slovak Films Set Box Office Records in Domestic Cinemas in 2017
BRATISLAVA: Slovak films had nearly 1.5 m admissions in domestic cinemas in 2017, which is the strongest attendance in the history of independent Slovakia. The most popular films were All…
Doc & Film International Acquires Touch Me Not
BUCHAREST: Adina Pintilie’s debut feature Touch Me Not / Nu mă atinge-mă, which was selected for the Competition of the 68th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival (15-25 February…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 30.01.2018
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…
FESTIVALS: One World Updates the System
PRAGUE: The International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival One World is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a new Updating the system logo, a new visual identity and new sections. The…
GRANTS: Macedonian Film Agency Grants 1.2 m EUR for Milcho Manchevski’s New Project
SKOPJE: The Macedonian Film Agency granted 1.2 m EUR for Willow / Vrba by the acclaimed Milcho Manchevski, who will come back to shoot in Macedonia after eight years. A…
Pluto Film Acquires Serbian/Macedonian The Witch Hunters
BELGRADE: Raško Miljković’s debut feature The Witch Hunters / Zlogonje has been acquired by the Berlin-based company Pluto Film and a market screening will take place during the 2018 Berlin…
PRODUCTION: Janusz Majewski Develops Black Mercedes
WARSAW: Janusz Majewski is in development with an adaptation of his novel Black Mercedes. This crime story is set for shooting in 2018.
George Ivașcu Appointed Minister of Culture in Romania
BUCHAREST: Actor and theatre director George Ivașcu has been named the new Minister of Culture in Romania, as the Social Democratic Party (PSD) changed its third Prime-Minister since it won…
FESTIVALS: Arrhythmia Wins 29th Trieste Film Festival
TRIESTE: Arrhythmia by Boris Khlebnikov won the Trieste Award for Best Feature Film at the 29th Trieste Film Festival (19-28 January 2018).
Filthy Wins Czech Film Critics’ Award
PRAGUE: Filthy / Špína directed by Tereza Nvotová was awarded Best Film and the Innogy Award for the Discovery of the Year at the Czech Critics´Awards 2017, while Little Crusader…
PRODUCTION: Władysław Pasikowski Develops Courier
WARSAW: Władysław Pasikowski is in the last stages of development with a war biopic about Jan Nowak-Jeziorański (1914-2005), who was one of the most notable resistance fighters of the Home…
FNE AV Innovation: Immersify – Innovative Technologies for Virtual Reality
PARIS: Immersify, a European R&D consortium made up of the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC, Poland), Spin Digital Video Technologies GmbH (Germany), le Marché du Film – Festival de…
FilmBox Channel Expands in Czech Republic
PRAGUE: The FilmBox channel reaches almost two million subscribers in the Czech Republic after its addition to the Skylink’s digital package on 22 January 2018.
