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FNE at Cannes 2018: Review: Ayka

Anna Franklin Poland 2018-05-19

CANNES: Director Sergey Dvortsevoy arrives in the Cannes with Ayka a grim tale that follows the life of an unemployed woman from Kyrgyzstan who spends five desperate days on the…

GRANTS: Polish Film Institute Distributes First Production Grants for 2018

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2018-05-18

WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute supported 41 new productions with 6.9 m EUR / 29.9 m PLN in the first session of financing for 2018.

Jihlava IDFF Relocates Docu Talents to Sarajevo FF

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-05-18

PRAGUE: The showcase and forum of upcoming documentary films Docu Talents from the East, presented by Jihlava IDFF, is moving from Karlovy Vary IFF to the Sarajevo Film Festival.

FESTIVALS: Czechs Launch Festival Honouring Doc Filmmaker Pavel Koutesky

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-05-18

PRAGUE: A new Czech-German film festival of documentary films, Elbe Dock, created in connection with the 12th edition of the Pavel Koutecky Award, is bringing contemporary Czech and German documentaries…

The Limits of Work by Apolena Rychlíková

FNE IDF DocBloc: East Silver Caravan at Krakow

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-05-18

Apolena Rychlíková's The Limits of Work will screen at the 58th Krakow Film Festival.

FNE at Cannes 2018: Bumper Year for Polish Film in Cannes

Anna Franklin Poland 2018-05-18

CANNES: The 71st Cannes Film Festival was a bumper year for Polish films in Cannes with seven Polish productions or coproductions being included in official selection in different sections of…

FNE at Cannes 2018: See how the FIPRESCI critics rate the programme

FNE Staff Region 2018-05-18

FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Cannes Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, Directors' Fortnight and Critics Week, giving the…

FNE at Cannes 2018: Party and Screening Alert: Friday 18 May and Saturday 19 May

FNE Staff Region 2018-05-18

OBITUARY: Romanian Film and Theatre Director Lucian Pintilie

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-17

BUCHAREST: Lucian Pintilie, the most important Romanian film director and the godfather of the New Romanian Cinema, died at age 84 on 16 May 2018.

FNE at Cannes 2018: Macedonian Film Agency Inks Bulgarian and Kosovo Coproduction Agreements

Anna Franklin Macedonia 2018-05-17

CANNES: The Macedonian Film Agency has signed coproduction agreements with both Bulgaria and Kosovo in Cannes this year. The agreement with the Bulgarian National Film Centre was signed just before…

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Bio Oko, Prague

Iulia Blaga Czech Republic 2018-05-17

This month we speak with David Beránek, the programme director of Bio Oko, an art house cinema which together with Světozor and Aero in Prague, Bio Central in Hradec Králové…

FNE at Cannes 2018: Party and Screening Alert: Thrusday 17 May and Friday 18 May

FNE Staff Region 2018-05-17

GRANTS: Macedonian Film Agency Funds 24 Projects

Marina Lazarevska Macedonia 2018-05-16

SKOPJE: The Macedonian Film Agency will distribute nearly 2.5 M EUR to 24 projects, including 1,904,878 EUR / 117,150,000 MKD for the first round of 2018 production grants for feature,…

Afrika Wins 2018 ScripTeast Award

Anna Franklin Region 2018-05-16

CANNES: The 12th Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award for the Best Script from Eastern Europe went to the script Afrika by Maya Vitkova-Kosev from Bulgaria. The script was developed within the…

Czech Distributor Filmotor Announces Partnership with Cinemarket

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-05-16

PRAGUE: The new Czech film sales company Filmotor announced a partnership with Berlin-based online market company Cinemarket, using blockchain technology. The arrangement will make Filmotor’s catalogue available for licensing to…

FNE at Cannes 2018: Party and Screening Alert: Wednesday 16 May and Thursday 17 May

FNE Staff Region 2018-05-16

FNE at Beldocs: 4 Years in 10 Minutes wins Beldocs 2018

Zoran Janković Serbia 2018-05-15

BELBRADE: Serbia celebrated its documentary filmmaking industry with a best prize for 4 Years in 10 Minutes in the Beldocs national competition. The festival also gave two awards for works…

Romanian and Lithuanian Films Have Strong Box Office Results

FNE Staff Lithuania 2018-05-15

VILNIUS: Sobibor, a Russian/German/Lithuanian/Polish coproduction filmed in Lithuania, opened in the second place in Lithuania.

FESTIVALS: Five World Premieres in 2018 TIFF Romanian Days

FNE Staff Romania 2018-05-15

CLUJ-NAPOCA: The 17th Transilvania IFF (25 May – 3 June 2018) Romanian Days will screen 13 features, including five world premieres. An additional 22 shorts will also be shown.