FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Latvian Doc Sold to Canada
LONDON: London-based documentary sales agency Taskovski Films announced the sale of Documentarian to Canadian distributor Kinosmith.
Record Cinema Attendance in Estonia
TALLINN: Estonia reached a 20 year high in cinema attendance in 2011, with 2.5 m tickets sold at an average price of 4.1 EUR, an increase of 100,000 tickets over…
Cinenuovo Expands into Hungarian Distribution
BUDAPEST: Hungarian exhibitor Cineuova will launch distribution activities in July 2013, company CEO Dániel Maresch told FNE.
Poland Delivers Eagle to Polanski in Cannes
CANNES: Polish director Roman Polanski received a Best Director prize from his homeland in the form of the Polish Eagle, presented to him in Cannes by Dariusz Jablonski, President of…
Eight Films Receive Grants While Czech Producers Wait for Funding
PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund has announced 23.5 m CZK in grants for eight films, all of which were approved in 2012 for funding that did not materialize.
South Korea Picks up Latvian Film
WARSAW: Polish based sales company New Europe Film Sales announced the sale of all rights for Latvian film Mother I Love You to South Korea.
International Productions Fill Prague
PRAGUE: Two major international productions are at the start of filming in Prague, with season three of the TV series Borgia beginning on 27 May 2013, and the US film…
Marin Martschewski: Executive Director of the Bulgarian National Film Center
FNE spoke to Marin Martschewski about the challenges facing the Bulgarian film industry as he takes up his new job as head of the Bulgarian National Film Center
FNE at Cannes FF 2013: Cannes Prize Winners
CANNES: Blue is the Warmest Colour directed by Abdellatif Kechiche walked away with the Palme D’Or at one of the coldest and wettest Cannes Festivals on record. The film also…
FNE at Cannes FF 2013: Cannes Critics Results
See how critics rated films in this year's Cannes program.: click HERE.
PRODUCTION: The Magic Mountain Starts Production
BUCHAREST: Romanian producer/writer/director Anca Damian has begun production on the animated documentary The Magic Mountain, the second part of her Death (and Life) Trilogy which started with the 2011 award…
FNE at Cannes FF 2013: Lithuanian Films Party
Photos from the Lithuanian party at Cannes IFF 2013 are available in our Who is partying at gallery.
FNE at Cannes FF 2013: Scripteast Awards
Bartosz Konopka and Przemyslaw Nowakowski from Poland received the Kieślowski Award for their script Mute developed during this years' edition of ScripTeast (read the full story). Photos from the ceremony…
FNE at Cannes FF 2013: Venus in Fur
CANNES: Polish born director Roman Polanski must have enjoyed his last venture into filming an adaptation of a hit stage play with his film of Carnage because he has followed…
EU parliament votes for resolution to exclude culture from US EU Trade Talks but the battle continues
CANNES: The European Parliament has voted in favour of a resolution calling for the exclusion of cultural and audiovisual services from the negotiating mandate for a free trade agreement between…
FNE at Cannes FF 2013: Croatia and France sign Coproduction Agreement
CANNES: The Minister of Culture of the Republic of Croatia Andrea Zlatar Violić, and Minister of Culture of the French Republic Aurélie Filippetti signed the Coproduction Agreement between the Government…
FNE Cannes Critics 2013: 25 May 2013
See how critics rate the programme so far: click HERE.
PRODUCTION: A Patriotic Man in Postproduction
ZAGREB: Finnish writer/director Arto Halonen (Princess, Pavlov’s Dogs) is in postproduction with the first Finnish-Croatian coproduction, a comedy about the doping-phenomenon notable for the casting of Canadian Olympic athlete Ben…
PRODUCTION: Opus Film to Coproduce Fatih Akin Film
WARSAW: Polish producer Opus Film may join the international coproduction of the drama The Cut by German director Fatih Akin. Opus Film was also a coproducer on the sci-fi film…
