FNE Podcast: Tonia Mishiali: Co-Artistic Director of Cyprus Film Days IF
FNE's Georgian correspondent and film critic Alexander Gabelia spoke to Tonia Mishiali, artistic director of the Cyprus Film Days IF, about the 20th edition of the festival in Cyprus, which…
Małgorzata Szumowska’s First American Film Starring Naomi Watts Opens in USA
WARSAW: Infinite Storm, the first American film by Małgorzata Szumowska, opened on 1,500 screens in the USA on 25 March 2022. This is the first Polish film in years to…
Applications Open to CICAE International Mentoring Programme for Art House Cinema Exhibitors
BERLIN: The International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas (CICAE) is launching a brand new six-month mentoring programme for senior exhibitors starting April 2022. Exhibitors and programmers of independent cinema theatres worldwide…
FNE Visegrad 2021-2022: Czech Distributors Keen to Maximise Revenue in Market Shifting to SVOD
PRAGUE: Digital Video-On-Demand (VOD) revenues are expected to keep increasing in the Czech Republic, according to some film distributors in the country, even as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes across Europe…
FNE Market Analysis 2021: ESTONIA
TALLINN: The COVID-19 pandemic continued to shape the local film landscape in 2021. Both the ticket revenue and attendance hit a new low for the past 10 years, partly due…
Malta Launches New Cash Rebate Scheme for International Productions
VALLETTA: The Government of Malta has recently upgraded the cash rebates for filmmakers, making the financial guidelines more attractive to the film industry. Productions which satisfy the cultural test can…
FESTIVALS: ZagrebDOX 2022 Announces Programme
ZAGREB: The 18th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival ZagrebDOX will screen 86 films in 11 sections at the Kaptol Boutique Cinema in Zagreb from 3 to 10 April…
Transilvania Pitch Stop Opens Call for Applications
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Transilvania Pitch Stop, the coproduction platform of the Transilvania IFF (TIFF), has opened the call for applications for its 2022 edition announced for 23-25 June. The deadline is 10…
FNE at IFF Febiofest Bratislava 2022: Fakir Wins Best Pitch Award at Industry Days
BRATISLAVA: Fakir / Pokiaľ ja žijem, a Slovak documentary in preproduction by Roman Ďuriš, won the main prize at the 7th edition of the IFF Febiofest Bratislava Industry Days.
Polish Drama Other People Starts Sales as It Hits Local Cinemas
WARSAW: Aleksandra Terpińska’s debut feature Other People has been sold by Polish New Europe Film Sales to British Magnetes Pictures, which will release it not only in the UK and…
Meeting Point Vilnius 2022 Ready to Kick Off
VILNIUS: Twenty projects from 18 countries will take part in the Coming Soon pitching session within Meeting Point Vilnius, the industry platform of the Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris, which will…
FNE Visegrad YR2021-2022: Czech Cinema Operators Register Uneven Post-pandemic Recovery
PRAGUE: Despite some reprieve from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, Czech film exhibitors recorded market instability throughout last year and the beginning of 2022, with theatres unable to attract pre-crisis…
Dot.on.the.Map Industry Days 2022 Announces Programme
LIMASSOL: Seven feature film projects have been selected for the Dot.on.the.Map Meeting Point Co-production Forum 2022, which will take place within Dot.on.the.Map Industry Days 14-16 April 2022.
PRODUCTION: Balázs Lóth Preps Historical Adventure with Record High Production Grant
BUDAPEST: Balázs Lóth is currently in preproduction with the historical adventure film Now or Never! / Most vagy soha!, for which he received a record amount of funding of 12.2…
FESTIVALS: Febiofest Bratislava 2022 Announces Winners
BRATISLAVA: The Austrian short film How to Disappear directed by Total Refusal (Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner and Michael Stumpf) was awarded Best Film in the In the Heart of Europe…
FNE Podcast: Ana Chubinidze: Georgian Illustrator and Animation Filmmaker
TBILISI: FNE correspondent Alexander Gabelia spoke with Ana Chubinidze, award winning Georgian animation filmmaker and illustrator, about her work and the development and challenges of Georgian animated cinema.
Projects from Georgia, Bulgaria and Czech Republic in Cannes’s L’Atelier
CANNES: New projects by Georgian Levan Koguashvili (Guria), Bulgarian Stephan Komandarev (Made in EU) and Czech Tomas Weinreb & Petr Kazda (The Forest) are among the 15 projects selected for…
FESTIVALS: Riga IFF 2022 Opens Call for Applications
RIGA: The Riga International Film Festival has launched the call for applications for its new edition set for 13 - 23 October 2022. Feature, short, and children's films, as well…
PRODUCTION: György Kristóf in Postproduction with Dystopian Dance Thriller
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director György Kristóf is currently in postproduction with his sophomore feature Bunker (working title). The film will use dance as cinematic language and it is a coproduction between…
PRODUCTION: Serbian Director Luka Mihailović Wraps Shooting on Indigo Crystal
BELGRADE: Young Serbian film director Luka Mihailović has just wrapped up the shooting of his debut feature, the urban crime drama Indigo Crystal / Indigo Kristal, in his hometown of…
