FNE at CentEast Warsaw: Capricci Picks up Polish Documentary Brothers
WARSAW: The French company Capricci has acquired international sales rights to Brothers, a Polish documentary awarded at the Locarno IFF Semaine De La Critique Grand Prix. The film had its…
FNE at CentEast Warsaw: Georgian-Russian Summer of Frozen Fountains in Postproduction
WARSAW: Summer of Frozen Fountains, a drama directed by Vano Burduli, will premeire internationally at Tallinn Black Nights IFF. The film was showcased at the CentEast Warsaw Works in Progress.
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival: Feature Film Competition
COTTBUS: The feature film competition at the 25th Anniversary of the Cottbus Film Festival, which runs 3-8 November 2015, relies heavily on its Central European roots, with films from Poland,…
Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2015: Antra Gaile, Latvia, Danuta Krasnohorska, Poland and Max Tuula, Estonia
JIHLAVA: FNE has teamed up with the 19th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (27 October - 1 November 2015) to introduce you to some of the exciting new talent that…
FNE at WIFF 2015: Prize Winners
WARSAW: A jury composed entirely of CEE representatives gave its three awards to films from Central and South America at the 31st Warsaw IFF. Neon Bull (Brazil, Uruguay, Netherlands) directed…
Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2015: Tamara Babun, Croatia, Irina Malcea, Romania and Tomas Michalek, Czech Republic
JIHLAVA: FNE has teamed up with the 19th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (27 October - 1 November 2015) to introduce you to some of the exciting new talent that…
FESTIVALS: Camerimage Announces Polish Competition Line-up
BYDGOSZCZ: Seven films will screen in the Polish Competition section of the 23rd International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, Camerimage.
FNE at CentEast Warsaw: Zornitsa Sophia in Postproduction with Voevoda
WARSAW: Bulgarian director and producer Zornitsa Sophia showcased her new project Voevoda, a drama about a 19th century female gang leader, at the 2015 CentEast Warsaw Works In Progress event.
FNE at CentEast Warsaw: ICM Picks up Demon
WARSAW: The film sales and distribution division of American international talent agency ICM Partners has acquired the North American rights for Demon, a Polish horror film presented at the CentEast…
FNE at CentEast Warsaw: Romanian-Lithuanian Eastern Business Heading into Postproduction
WARSAW: The dark comedy Eastern Business from Moldavian director Igor Cobileanski will go into postproduction in December 2015. The film, which is the first Romanian-Lithuanian coproduction, received a warm reception…
FNE at Regiofun: Join Us in Katowice for Regional Funds Film and TV Success Stories Networking Event
WARSAW: The Film New Europe Association will be hosting in cooperation with the REGIOFUN – International Festival of Film Producers “Regional Funds Film and TV Success Stories” on date Friday…
GRANTS: Poland Funds 13 Feature Films
WARSAW: Andrzej Wajda’s newest production topped the list of films receiving funding in the third round of grants from the Polish Film Institute.
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino Odeon, Sofia
This month we speak with Vladimir Trifonov, the programmer of Kino Odeon from Sofia, Bulgaria, a new member of Europa Cinemas.
PRODUCTION: Agnieszka Holland Shooting Game Count
WARSAW: Agnieszka Holland is moving into the second stage of shooting her crime thriller Game Count, a coproduction between Poland, Czech Republic, Germany and Sweden.
PRODUCTION: Perseverance Goes into Postproduction
LJUBLJANA: Miha Knific, whose film Four Things I Wanted to Do With You (RTV Slovenija, 2015) competed at this year's Slovenian Film Festival in Portoroz, is in postproduction with his…
PRODUCTION: Pregnant, in Romania in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: Jesús del Cerro, who built a career as a director of popular family films and romantic comedies produced by Mediapro Pictures, goes independent with Pregnant, In Romania / Sunt…
Vajna Buys Hungary’s TV2
BUDAPEST: Hungarian media sources report that Andy Vajna, Hungarian film commissioner, has purchased commercial channel TV2.
CEE Screen Industries Conference Heads to Bratislava
BRATISLAVA: The fifth annual Screen Industries in East-Central Europe (SIECE) conference, will take place 20-21 November 2015 at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, a reflection of how Slovakia’s…
FNE Focus on Austrian CEE Coproduction Launches New Network
VIENNA: Participants at the Film New Europe Association’s Focus on Austrian CEE Coproduction will launch a new network of Austrian and Central and Eastern European film funds and producers to…
Bulgarian National Film Center Appoints Acting Director
SOFIA: The longstanding head of the EU Media Desk in Bulgaria Kamen Balkanski was appointed as acting director of the Bulgarian National Film Center at the beginning of October.
