WEMW Co-Production Forum 2022 Extends Deadline

TRIESTE: The WEMW Co-Production Forum, running on 24 – 28 January 2022, has extended the deadline for submissions until 7 November 2021, as a result of strong interest in the…
02-11-2021

FESTIVALS: FilmFestival Cottbus 2021 Ready to Return to Cinemas

COTTBUS: Twelve films will compete for the Lubina awards for Best Film, Best Director and Best Acting Performance in the main competition of the 31st FilmFestival Cottbus, which returns to…
28-10-2021

CICAE Announces Ambassadors for Its 14 November European Arthouse Cinema Day 2021

PARIS: Director Ildikó Enyedi, actress Valeria Golino, writer-director Jonás Trueba and actor/director Mathieu Amalric, are the ambassadors of the 6th edition of the European Arthouse Cinema Day, set to take…
28-10-2021

FNE Oscar Watch 2022: Oscar Candidates from FNE Partner Countries

WARSAW: See below the full list of FNE partner countries' candidates for the 94th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International Feature Film category.
27-10-2021

East West Golden Arc 2021: Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Wins Top Prize

MOSCOW: Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn directed by Radu Jude (Romania, Luxembourg, Croatia, Czech Republic) won the top prize at the third international East West Golden Arc annual prize…
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When East Meets West Opens Call for First Edition of Slate Market

TRIESTE: Applications are now open for the first edition of Slate Market, as well as for Last Stop Trieste, This is IT, First Cut Lab Trieste and First Cut+ within…
19-10-2021

Czech Minority Coproduction The Crossing Wins Eurimages Audentia Award for Best Director

STRASBOURG: The animated film The Crossing by Florence Miailhe has received the Audentia Award for Best Director 2021 from the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund at Montreal’s Festival du Nouveau…
19-10-2021

Films from FNE Partner Countries among Debut Films Nominated for European Film Awards 2021

BERLIN: Georgian/French Beginning by Déa Kulumbegashvili, Icelandic/Swedish/Polish Lamb by Valdimar Johansson and Russian/Polish/Belgian The Whaler Boy by Philipp Yuryev are among the six films nominated for the European Discovery –…
13-10-2021

WEMW Co-Production Forum 2022 Opens Call for Applications

TRIESTE: Submissions for the 2022 edition of the When East Meets West (WEMW) Co-Production Forum, dedicated to documentaries and feature films in development from all over Europe and beyond, are…
06-10-2021

Two More Films from FNE Partner Countries in Part Two of EFA Film Selection

BERLIN: The Story of My Wife by Ildikó Enyedi is among the four titles added to the list of films eligible for European Film Awards nominations, while Polanski, Horowitz. Hometown…
30-09-2021

Films from FNE Partner Countries Nominated for European University Film Award (EUFA) 2021

BERLIN: The Greek/Polish/Slovenian coproduction Apples by Christos Nikou and Quo Vadis, Aida? by Jasmila Žbanić, a coproduction involving Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, the Netherlands, France, Poland, Norway, Germany, Romania and…
29-09-2021

connecting cottbus 2021 Announces Lineup

COTTBUS: The 23rd edition of connecting cottbus (coco), the East-West coproduction market at FilmFestival Cottbus, will be held in a hybrid format 3-5 November 2021. The selection of projects in…
17-09-2021

FNE at Venice 2021: Venice Prize Winners: Happening Wins Golden Lion

VENICE: French director Audrey Diwan was awarded the top prize for her film Happening / L’Évenment in the main competition of the 78th Venice Film Festival, which took place from…
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FNE at Venice 2021: See How the FIPRESCI Critics Rated the Films

VENICE: FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Venice Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Orizzonti, Venice Days and Critics Week giving the films…
13-09-2021

FNE at Venice 2021: See How the FIPRESCI Critics Rate the Films So Far

VENICE: FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Venice Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Orizzonti, Venice Days and Critics Week giving the films…
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European Heritage Days to Celebrate Inclusive and Diverse Heritage

STRASBOURG: The 2021 European Heritage Days will celebrate Inclusive and Diverse Heritage by events held by participating countries mostly in September and October 2021. The event has been a joint…
10-09-2021

FNE Podcast: Venice 2021: CICAE Arthouse Cinema Training: Boglárka Nagy and Javier Pachón

VENICE: FNE spoke to Boglárka Nagy, the managing director of the Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas CICAE and the Arthouse Cinema Training, and programme coordinator Javier Pachón, who summed up the…
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FNE TV: Venice 2021: Christian Bräuer: President CICAE

FNE spoke to Christian Bräuer: President of the International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas CICAE about the mission of CICAE and the future of art house cinema after the pandemic.
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FNE TV: Venice 2021: CICAE Arthouse Cinema Training: Mira Staleva

FNE spoke to Mira Staleva, one of the trainers at the International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas CICAE Arthouse Cinema Training on the island of San Servolo in Venice. Mira Staleva…
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