FNE at Black Nights 2014: Lucifer Takes Grand Prix, but Estonian Crosswind Blows away the Competition
TALLINN: With less than three months to put together an international competition programme, after FIAPF accredited the Black Nights Film Festival, held 18-30 november 2014, as the 15th member of…
Another Bollywood production shooting in Poland
WARSAW: Indian director Vikas Bahl is shooting an elaborate group wedding scene for his new movie Shaandaar at the Zamoyski Palace.
FNE at Golden Rhyton 2014: Bulgarian Doc and Animated Films Fest Registers Record Number of Entrants
PLOVDIV: The 21st edition of the most important national film festival for documentary and animated films Golden Rhyton, which kicks off on 1 December 2014 in Plovdiv, will screen over…
Jacek Bromski to Head the Board of Polish Film Institute
WARSAW: Renowned Polish film director, screenwriter and producer Jacke Bromski was named the Head of the Polish Film Institute Board by Minister of Culture and National Heritage Małgorzata Omilanowska.
FNE at Baltic Event 2014: Polish and Czech Productions Pick up Awards
TALLINN: A Czech/Slovak/Greek coproduction Kids from the East and a Polish film project about a man with Alzheimer’s Disease were among the winners of the Baltic Event awards handed out…
FNE at Baltic Event 2014: Cvitkovic in Preproduction with Our Family
TALLINN: Slovenian producer Ales Pavlin of PERFO Production was at the Baltic Event taking place in Tallinn through 28 November 2014 to pitch Jan Cvitkovic’s fifth film Our Family.
FNE at Cinemania 2014: Cinemania Expands into New Theatres
SOFIA: The 28th edition of the annual film fest Cinemania, running in the three biggest Bulgarian towns of Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna, is showing 57 new international hits and auteur…
Taskovski Films Picks up Sugar Blues
PRAGUE: London film sales company Taskovski Films has picked up the Czech documentary Sugar Blues directed by Andrea Culkova.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Three DOK.Incubator films nominated at IDFA 2014
The nominations for the best films in IDFA’s competition programs have just been announced.
FNE at Baltic Event 2014: A Breakthrough Year for Estonian Films
TALLINN: A trio of films put Estonia on the international map in 2014, Estonian Film Institute head Edith Sepp told FNE.
FNE at Baltic Event 2014: Northern Europe Converges on Tallinn’s Dynamic Industry Forum
TALLINN: When it comes to Tallinn’s film industry meeting point, the Baltic Event running 24-28 November 2014, Estonia is punching way above its weight. FNE spoke with Marge Liiske, managing…
FNE at Baltic Event 2014: Lithuanian Tax Incentives Soar
TALLINN: The new Lithuanian tax incentives scheme for films, introduced just 11 months ago, “is working quite well,” Lithuanian Film Centre project manager Kristina Vildziunaite said at a presentation taking…
PRODUCTION: Pakalnina Rises with Dawn
TALLINN: Latvian auteur and producer Laila Pakalnina is in postproduction with Dawn, a Latvian/Estonian/Polish coproduction which participated in the Baltic Event Works in Progress presentation on 26 November 2014.
FNE at Baltic Event 2014: Estonians Discover Film Treasure in Russia
TALLINN: A diplomatic breakthrough trip by a delegation from the Estonian Film Institute has turned up what may be the first fiction film shot in Estonia, a 1913 comedy titled…
PRODUCTION: Banat in Preproduction
BUCHAREST: Italian director/screenwriter Adrian Valerio is in preparation with his first feature Banat, a coproduction between Italy, Romania, Bulgaria and Macedonia set for shooting in 2015.
FNE at Black Nights 2014: Industry@Tallinn Launches Digital Corner
TALLINN: “From the country that gave the world Skype.” Those words from Black Night Film Festival’s Industry@Tallinn director Stan-Kristian Saluveer kicked off the launch of the festival’s new Digital Corner,…
FNE at Baltic Event 2014: Kousaar in Preproduction with Nordic Instinct
TALLINN: Estonian writer/director Kadri Kõusaar will begin shooting her third feature, the Estonian/Swedish/Norwegian coproduction Nordic Instinct in early 2015 in Estonia and Norway.
PRODUCTION: Dinu Tănase Develops Who Killed Christmas
BUCHAREST: Dinu Tănase’s Who Killed Christmas, a drama about cruelty and violence in the countryside, is set for shooting in November 2015.
Dates Set for Czech Lions
PRAGUE: The nominations for the 22nd annual Czech Lion awards will be announced on 14 January 2015.
New Horizons Cinema Hits 1 Million Mark
WARSAW: The biggest art-house in Europe celebrated its 1 million viewer this week.
