Obituary: Writer Rezo Cheishvili
TBILISI: Acclaimed Georgian writer and screenwriter Revaz (Rezo) Cheishvili passed away at 82. He wrote the script of Eldar Shengelaia's famous Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story (1983, Kartuli Pilmi), an…
Obituary: Actress Oana Ioachim
BUCHAREST: Theatre and film actress Oana Ioachim passed away on 11 September 2015 at the age of 48. She played in Amen by Costa-Gavras and more recently in Răzvan Săvescu's…
Lithuanian and Polish Producers Sail towards the Baltics
VILNIUS / GDYNIA: Twelve film producers from Lithuania and Poland actively working in the area of international coproduction, embarked on one of the most beautiful sailing vessels Brabander on 12…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Life Must Go On
GDYNIA: Maciej Migas’s debut feature Life Must Go On will compete in the main competition at the 40th Gdynia Film Festival (14-19 September 2015). The film starring the popular actor…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: New World
GDYNIA: Young filmmakers Elżbieta Benkowska, Łukasz Ostalski and Michał Wawrzecki explore the reality of an immigrant’s life in New World, a drama selected for the main competition of the 40th…
Submission Deadline Approaches for Digital Production Challenge II
VILNIUS: The 7th edition of Digital Production Challenge II, a European workshop on digital production, will take place in Vilnius from 4 to 7 November 2015 in close cooperation with…
FNE at Venice 2015: Venice Film Festival Prize Winners
VENICE: The Golden Lion for Best Film at the 72 Venice International Film Festival (2-12 September) went to Venezuelan director Lorenzo Vigas’ From Afar a story set in the run-down…
FNE FIPRESCI Critics at Venice 2015: See how the critics rated the films
VENICE: FNE together with FIPRESCI invited FIPRESCI critics in Venice to rate the films in all four of the official competition programmes of the festival giving the films 1,2,3,4 or…
Who’s Partying at: FIPRESCI Venice Awards Ceremony and FNE FIPRESCI Critics With Slovak Film Institute Materials
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Anca Mitran Selected as the New General Director of the Romanian CNC
BUCHAREST: Anca Mitran has won the contest organised by the Ministry of Culture and will be appointed General Director at the National Film Center (CNC).
Georgia and Lithuania Announce Their Oscar Bids
TBILISI/VILNIUS: Levan Tutberidze's Moira and Alanté Kavaïté’s The Summer of Sangaile have been selected by Georgia and Lithuania to compete in the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language film.
Commandant Cousteau Biopic Shooting in Croatia
ZAGREB: Jérôme Salle’s The Odyssey/ L'Odyssée, a big budget French film about the life of the explorer Jacques Cousteau is currently shooting on the island of Hvar. The film stars…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: The Here After
GDYNIA: Magnus von Horn's debut feature The Here After will compete in the main competition of the 40th Gdynia Film Festival (14-19 September 2015). The Polish-Swedish-French coproduction had its world…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Summer Solstice
GDYNIA: Michał Rogalski's WWII drama will compete in the main competition at the 40th Gdynia Film Festival (14-19 September 2015). Thefilm had its world premiere at Montreal Film Festival 2015.
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival in Portoroz: Juliet and Alfa Romeo
PORTOROZ: Blaž Završnik’s second feature Juliet and Alfa Romeo is competing at the Slovenian Film Festival in Portoroz. The 18th edition of the festival takes place from 15 to 20…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival in Portoroz: We Will Be the World Champions
PORTOROZ: Darko Bajić’s nostalgic sport drama We Will Be the World Champions will be screened among other Slovenian minority coproduction films in the competition of the 18th Slovenian Film Festival…
FNE TV: Lucia Recalde Langarcia, head of unit Creative Europe MEDIA programme, European Commission
FNE asked Lucia Recalde Langarcia about the Creative Europe MEDIA programme’s biggest challenges and the looming risk of budget cuts for the programme in 2016.
FNE TV: Silvia Costa, Chair EU Parliament Culture and Education Committee
FNE asked Silvia Costa about the most important issues for the audiovisual sector that the Culture Committee will be discussing and the proposed cuts to the Creative Europe MEDIA 2016…
The Zookeeper’s Wife Starring Jessica Chastain and Daniel Brühl to Shoot in Prague
PRAGUE: Niki Caro's adaptation of Diane Ackerman’s novel The Zookeeper’s Wife, set against the backdrop of the holocaust during WWII, is shooting in Prague. The Czech capital will double for…
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Ranbir Kapoor to Shoot in Austria
VIENNA: Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, a Bollywood film starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma which is currently shooting in London will also shoot in Austria in October…
