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Miszmasz czyli Kogel Mogel 3 by Konrad Piwowarski

Domestic Comedy Dominates Polish Box Office

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-02-15

WARSAW: Miszmasz czyli Kogel Mogel 3 by Konrad Piwowarski, a revamped sequel of a popular comedy series of the 80s, is the most watched title in Poland with over 1.8…

Directors Temur and Gela Babluani to Launch Georgian-French Film School

FNE Staff Georgia 2019-02-15

TBILISI: The Georgian directors, father and son Temur and Gela Babluani plan to open by 2020 a Georgian-French cinema school in Georgia for approximately 300 international and local students.

Serbia Signs Cooperation Agreement with Iran

FNE Staff Serbia 2019-02-15

BELGRADE: The Head of Film Center Serbia Boban Jevtić and Deputy Head of Farabi Cinema Foundation for International Affairs Raed Faridzadeh signed an agreement to expand cooperation in film industry.

FNE at Berlinale 2019: Party and Screening Alert Friday 15 February, Saturday 16 February and Sunday 17 February

FNE Staff Region 2019-02-15

FNE at Berlinale 2019: See how the FIPRESCI critics rate the programme so far

FNE Staff Region 2019-02-15

BERLIN: FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Berlin Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Panorama and Forum giving the films 1, 2, 3,…

FNE IDF DocBloc: East Doc Interactive 2019 Programme Revealed

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2019-02-15

The upcoming East Doc Platform 2019 will offer not only the traditional documentary projects, but also those telling stories in a very innovative way. The East Doc Interactive workshop helps…

Slovak Joj Group Acquires Czech TV Company Portfolio

FNE Staff Slovakia 2019-02-14

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak commercial broadcaster Slovenská produkčná, which owns TV JOJ, has bought the Czech thematic channel company Ceskoslovenskou filmovou spolecnost, whose portfolio includes CS film, CS mini, Horror film,…

FNE at Berlinale 2019: Party and Screening Alert Thursday 14 February and Friday 15 February

FNE Staff Region 2019-02-14

Ashes in the Snow Is Highest Grossing Release of All Time in Lithuania

Aukse Kancereviciute Lithuania 2019-02-13

VILNIUS: Ashes in the Snow / Tarp pilkų debesų by Marius Markevičius became the highest grossing release of all time in Lithuania, with more than 265,000 admissions and more than…

Honeyland by Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska

Macedonian Doc Honeyland Lands US Distribution Deal

Marina Lazarevska Macedonia 2019-02-13

SKOPJE: The Macedonian documentary Honeyland directed by Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska was sold by Submarine Entertainment to US distribution outfit Neon. No release date has been set yet.

Freely, Mostafa Derkaoui by Sophie Delvallée

PRODUCTION: Polish Minority Coproduction on Mostafa Derkaoui in Postproduction

FNE Staff Poland 2019-02-13

WARSAW: The documentary Freely, Mostafa Derkaoui / Librement, Mostafa Derkaoui by Sophie Delvallée, a coproduction between France, Morocco and Poland, is in its final stage of postproduction.

FESTIVALS: The 15th ZagrebDox Announces Lineup

FNE Staff Croatia 2019-02-13

ZAGREB: Nineteen titles were selected for the International Competition of the 15th ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival, running from 24 February to 3 March 2019. Eighteen films vie in the…

FNE at Berlinale 2019: Party and Screening Alert Wednesday 13 February and Thursday 14 February

FNE Staff Region 2019-02-13

FNE AV INNOVATION: Creative Europe VALOR Platform for Cultural and AV Professionals

FNE Staff Region 2019-02-12

WARSAW: Creative Europe VALOR platform is one of the tools cultural and AV professionals should have on their list of favourite website links if they are looking for some interesting…

M-appeal Picks Up The Humorist

FNE Staff Latvia 2019-02-12

RIGA: The Berlin-based sales agent M-appeal picked up Michael Idov’s black comedy The Humorist. This Russian/Latvian/Czech coproduction was shot in Latvia and it is presented at Berlinale’s European Film Market.

From left to right, Dawid Ogrodnik (Poland), Kristin Thora Haraldsdóttir (Iceland), Milan Marić (Serbia), Ine Marie Wilmann (Norway), Ardalan Esmaili (Sweden), Dieter Kosslick (Festival Director of the Berlin International Film Festival), Emma Drogunova (Germany), Blagoj Veselinov (FYR of Macedonia), Monika Grütters (German Federal Government Commissioner of Culture and the Media), Elliott Crosset Hove (Denmark), Rea Lest (Estonia), Aisling Franciosi (Ireland)

Actors from Estonia, Macedonia, Poland and Serbia Participate in European Shooting Stars in Berlin

FNE Staff Region 2019-02-12

BERLIN: Actors from Estonia, Macedonia, Poland and Serbia are among the ten European Shooting Stars 2019, who were presented during the Berlinale from 8 to 11 February 2019.

FNE at Berlinale 2019: Party and Screening Alert Tuesday 12 February and Wednesday 13 February

FNE Staff Region 2019-02-12

Cercamon Picks Up Miroslav Terzić’s Stiches, Selected for Berlinale’s Panorama

Zoran Janković Serbia 2019-02-11

BELGRADE: Cercamon has picked up Miroslav Terzić’s sophomore feature Stiches / Šavovi, which will have its world premiere in the Panorama section of 69th Berlinale on 11 February 2019. The…

ASC Awards for Łukasz Żal and Giorgi Shvelidze

FNE Staff Poland 2019-02-11

WARSAW: Polish cinematographer Łukasz Żal won the top feature award from the American Society of Cinematographers for Cold War, while Georgian Giorgi Shvelidze received the Spotlight Award for Namme.