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FNE Rebranding in 2019-2020: FNE has commissioned some of the top specialists in the region to create a new design and new look for FNE and FNE Daily

FNE Staff Region 2019-11-12

The “new look” will include both technical and design updates. But don’t worry, the factual and accurate information about the film industry in the region, that has made FNE the…

FNE AV Innovation: Zelos Activates Film Festival Volunteers

Johanna-Mai Riismaa Region 2019-11-12

We have asked Sten-Kristian Saluveer, founder and CEO of Storytek Creative Hub, to introduce some of the hottest new projects from Storytek, so that FNE readers have the chance to…

Anatori: Village of the Dead by Giorgi Gogichaishvili

PRODUCTION: Georgian Director Giorgi Gogichaishvili Preps Anatori: Village of the Dead

Alexander Gabelia Georgia 2019-11-12

TBILISI: Georgian director Giorgi Gogichaishvili is starting preproduction on the Georgian feature film Anatori: Village of the Dead, a love story set in a village suffering from the black plague.

PRODUCTION: Romanian/German/US Coproduction Chopin's Wunderkind in Development

Iulia Blaga Romania 2019-11-12

BUCHAREST: Brigitte Drodtloff is in development with her debut feature Chopin's Wunderkind, a biopic of piano prodigy Carl Filtsch, who was born in today’s Romania and became the protégé of…

FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Wet Monday

Cathy Meils Region 2019-11-12

COTTBUS: The Polish film Wet Monday, the feature film debut of Justyna Mytnik, aspires to take the subject of a teenage girl dealing with the trauma of a past rape…

Conrad Mericoffer and Radouan Leflahi in Poppy Field by Eugen Jebeleanu

FNE at connecting cottbus 2019 WIP Projects: Poppy Field

Cathy Meils Region 2019-11-12

COTTBUS: Poppy Field, presented in connecting cottbus’ Works in Progress section on 7 November 2019, confronts the still-prevalent topic of homophobia in Romania in a tight 24-hour story of a…

FNE at FilmFestival Cottbus 2019: Sister Takes Top Prize at Cottbus

Cathy Meils Region 2019-11-11

COTTBUS: The Bulgaria/Qatar coproduction Sister / Sestra by Sveta Tsotsorkova won Best Film at the 29th edition of FilmFestival Cottbus, which concluded on 10 November 2019.

Forever Hold Your Peace by Ivan Marinović

FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Forever Hold Your Peace

Cathy Meils Region 2019-11-11

COTTBUS: Montenegro and Serbia team up on the farcical comedy Forever Hold Your Peace produced by Marija Stojanovic and directed by Ivan Marinovic. The film was pitched at connecting cottbus,…

FNE at connecting cottbus 2019 WIP Projects: Celts

Cathy Meils Region 2019-11-11

COTTBUS: Serbian writer/director Milica Tomovic presented her low-budget film Celts at the connecting cottbus Works in Progress block, which took place 6 – 8 November 2019. The project won the…

Some Interviews on Personal Matters by Lana Gogoberidze

PRODUCTION: Lana Gogoberidze's Georgian/French Golden Thread in Postproduction

Alexander Gabelia Georgia 2019-11-11

TBILISI: The venerated Georgian film director Lana Gogoberidze is completing postproduction on the Georgian/French feature drama Golden Thread. Her 1978 film Some Interviews on Personal Matters (1978) is one of…

Honeyland by Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska

North Macedonia and Latvia Get EFA 2019 Doc Nominations

FNE Staff Region 2019-11-11

BERLIN: Two documentaries from CEE territories landed 2019 European Film Academy Nominations: Honeyland by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska, and Putin’s Witness by Vitaly Mansky.

FESTIVALS: Applications Open for Cyprus Film Days

FNE Staff Cyprus 2019-11-11

LIMASSOL: The 2020 edition of Cyprus Film Days is accepting applications until 6 January 2020.

FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Moldova Takes Best Pitch Prize, Montenegro Snares Most Meetings

Cathy Meils Region 2019-11-08

COTTBUS: The Moldovan black comedy Carbon won the Best Pitch Award at the 21st edition of the connecting cottbus pitching forum at the awards ceremony on 7 November 2019. The…

Roman Polański Coming to Poland for 24th CINERGIA Cinema Forum

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-11-08

LODŹ: Oscar winner Roman Polański will be the guest of the closing gala of the 24th European Cinema Forum CINERGIA, despite skipping Venice, where the inclusion of his film An…

FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Polish German Coproduction Funding Encourages Cross-Border Partnerships

Cathy Meils Region 2019-11-08

COTTBUS: Germany has discovered Poland, and Polish filmmakers are reaching out to German coproductions partners as a result of the Polish-German Film Fund and the new Polish film incentives. Some…

FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 07.11.2019.

FNE Staff Region 2019-11-08

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…

Magnus von Horn’s Sweat Picked Up by New Europe Film Sales

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-11-08

WARSAW: An upcoming drama from Magnus von Horn Sweat was picked up by Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based sales outlet New Europe Film Sales, that will manage world sales for the title.…

FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Vesper Seeds

Cathy Meils Region 2019-11-08

COTTBUS: Rising Lithuanian director Kristina Buozyte teams up with French Bruno Samper as writers/directors of an English language sci-fi/coming-of-age film Vesper Seeds, with plans to shoot the 2 m EUR…

FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Rattlesnakes

Cathy Meils Region 2019-11-08

COTTBUS: Serbia’s Biberche is working on the political thriller Rattlesnakes directed by Nikola Ljuca and produced by Nikolina Vucetic-Zecevic and Maja Ilic, as a coproduction with France and Croatia The…

FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Traces

Cathy Meils Region 2019-11-08

COTTBUS: Director Dubravka Turic is working on her debut feature film Traces, a drama with mystical elements that encompasses the four seasons of a single year, which is produced by…