Romania to Legally Re-launch Cash Rebate Scheme
BUCHAREST: The Romanian Government approved on 24 May 2023 an emergency ordinance for the re-start of the local cash rebate scheme, which had been officially launched in October 2018, halted…
PRODUCTION: Jesse Eisenberg Shoots A Real Pain Starring Himself and Kieran Culkin in Poland
WARSAW: Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin play two cousins discovering their Polish roots in A Real Pain directed by Eisenberg. Polish Extreme Emotions is coproducing.
FESTIVALS: Art Film Fest Košice 2023 Announces Lineup
KOŠICE: Nine films will compete for the main prize, the Blue Angel, in the International competition of the 29th Art Film Fest Košice, which will take place 16 – 23…
FNE at Cannes 2023: See how the FIPRESCI critics rate the programme
FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Cannes Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, Directors' Fortnight and Critics Week, giving the…
FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Dovydas Vilkelis, CEO and Producer of Animatrix
VILNIUS: FNE spoke to Dovydas Vilkelis, CEO and producer of Animatrix, about their current activities, as well as the state of the Lithuanian animation and game development industries.
FNE Malta Focus 2023: Thriller Last Breath Starring Woody Harrelson Shoots in Malta
VALLETTA: The American thriller Last Breath starring Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, Finn Cole and Cliff Curtis is currently filming in Malta.
FNE at Cannes 2023: Competition: Asteroid City (USA)
CANNES: Asteroid City is the third film of American scriptwriter and director Wes Anderson to screen in competition in Cannes. His Moonrise Kingdom screened in competition in Cannes in 2012…
Nominees for Doc Alliance Award 2023 Announced in Cannes
CANNES: Sixteen documentaries have been selected by Doc Alliance, the creative partnership of seven European documentary festivals including the Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, for the Doc Alliance Award 2023. The…
NEM Dubrovnik 2023 Releases Full Agenda
DUBROVNIK: Ten keynotes, more than 60 speakers, exclusive screenings and special announcements are in the programme of New Europe Market Dubrovnik, which will take place from 5 to 8 June…
Last Call for dok.incubator HU 2023
BUDAPEST: Applications for the Visegrad coproduction forum and the Open programme of dok.incubator HU are still open till 26 May and 5 June 2023, respectively. dok.incubator HU will be held…
FNE at Cannes 2023: Competition: Fallen Leaves (Finland)
CANNNES: Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves, the fourth part of working-class trilogy Shadows in Paradise, Ariel, and The Match Factory, screens in competition in Cannes although one could ask…
FNE Malta Focus 2023: First Mediterrane Film Festival Announces Lineup
VALLETTA: Nine films from each of MED9 nations, including Carmen by Valerie Buhagiar, DOG by Yianna Americanou, Safe Place by Juraj Lerotić and Orchestra by Matevž Luzar, are in the…
OBITUARY: Croatian Producer Sanja Ravlić
ZAGREB: Croatian producer Sanja Ravlić, a member of the team that founded the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC), passed away on 19 May 2023.
FNE Classics: Films from FNE Partner Countries in 4th ACE’s A Season of Classic Films Programme
CANNES: Nine films from FNE partner countries are among the titles selected for the 4th edition of A Season of Classic Films programme organised by ACE (Association of European Film…
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Director Eimantas Belickas In Postproduction with Documentary Generation.eu
VILNIUS: The new project by Lithuanian director/editor Eimantas Belickas, the long documentary Generation.eu / Karta.eu, is built around the fact that on 1 May 2004, some 50 children were born…
The Art of Falling Receives Best Film Award at Vasil Gendov Awards
SOFIA: The Art of Falling by Оrlin Milchev received the Best Feature Film Award at the closing ceremony of the second edition of the National Film Festival “Vasil Gendov” -…
Death of a Unicorn Starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega Set to Start Shooting in Hungary
BUDAPEST: A24’s Death of a Unicorn directed by Alex Scharfman and starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega, is reported to start shooting in Budapest in July 2023.
FNE at Cannes 2023: Competition: May December (USA)
CANNES: American director, scriptwriter and producer Todd Haynes screens in competition with May December a film about a May December romance with a very interesting twist. Haynes is well known…
FNE at Cannes 2023: Competition: About Dry Grasses
CANNES: Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan has become a Cannes regular since his film Uzak (Distant) won the Cannes Grand Prix in 2003. Since then he has racked up prizes…
BOX OFFICE: Admissions in Macedonian Cinemas Increased by 78.8 % in 2022
SKOPJE: General admissions soared from 141,767 in 2021 to 262,402 in 2022, and the total gross rose from 453,978 EUR / 28 m MKD in 2021 to 750,940 EUR /…