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The Rift Sets Opening Record for Slovak Film

Tomáš Hudák Slovakia 2019-01-29

BRATISLAVA: Peter Bebjak’s The Rift / Trhlina has set a new record for a Slovak film opening in Slovakia, with 83,266 admissions and 494,386 EUR gross. The film was released…

Slovenian Minister of Culture Resigns

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2019-01-29

LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Minister of Culture Dejan Prešiček has resigned only four months after his appointment. During his mandate he promised a substantial funding increase for culture and film production…

GRANTS: Polish Film Institute Finances Micro-budget Films in New Category

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-01-29

WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute started financing micro-budget projects and distributed 970,634 EUR / 4,165,000 PLN to seven projects in the first grant session.

FNE at WEMW 2019: CEE Projects at WEMW Co-production Forum

Anna Shevchenko Region 2019-01-29

TRIESTE: One of the key events of the 9th edition of When East Meets West was the Co-production Forum pitching session showcasing 22 upcoming projects, including 11 long documentaries and…

FNE Market Analysis 2018: ESTONIA

Aurelia Aasa Estonia 2019-01-29

Estonian films had a breakthrough year in 2018. Domestic films had more than 647,600 admissions, which is an all-time record. In 2017 Estonian films had 282,421 admissions. The success of…

Another Record Year for Polish Cinema

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-01-28

WARSAW: Polish cinema had another record year, with 59.7 m total admissions and 263.9 m EUR total gross. Polish films had 19.8 m admissions, compared to 13.5 m in 2017.…

PRODUCTION: Ivona Juka Preps Sophomore Feature

FNE Staff Croatia 2019-01-28

ZAGREB: Ivona Juka will start shooting her sophomore feature in the autumn of 2019. Maslenica 93 will be the first Croatian feature to deal with the operation launched in January…

Smuggling Hendrix on In-flight Entertainment of Emirates

FNE Staff Cyprus 2019-01-28

NICOSIA: The comedy Smuggling Hendrix by Marios Piperides is available on in-flight entertainment of Emirates. Since its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, this coproduction between Cyprus, Germany and…

FNE Market Analysis 2018: CROATIA

Iulia Blaga Croatia 2019-01-28

Croatian cash rebate was raised to 25% as of July 2018, with additional 5% for productions in regions of below average development.

FESTIVALS: The Delegation Wins 30th Trieste Film Festival

FNE Staff Region 2019-01-25

TRIESTE: Bujar Alimani’s The Delegation received the Trieste Award for Best Feature Film at the 30th Trieste Film Festival (18-25 January 2019). The film is a coproduction between Albania, France,…

FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 24.01.2019.

FNE Staff Region 2019-01-25

WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry…

The 9th When East Meets West Announces Winners

FNE Staff Region 2019-01-25

TRIESTE: The Czech project Brotherhood directed by Francesco Montagner and produced by Nutprodukce is the winner of the 9th edition of When East Meets West, the Italian coproduction forum, which…

Three dok.incubator Projects Selected for Sundance

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2019-01-25

PRAGUE: Three documentaries developed at the dok.incubator workshop have been selected for the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival 2019. Nine films made it to Sundance in…

FNE IDF DocBloc: Czech Docs at FIPADOC, DocPoint Helsinki & Tallinn

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2019-01-25

Upcoming DocPoint Helsinki (28 January – 3 February 2019) included Helena Třeštíková's retrospective and Jan Gebert's When the War Comes in its programme, while DocPoint Tallin (30 January - 3…

FNE Market Analysis 2018: POLAND

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-01-25

Polish cinema had a strong year in 2018, with record-breaking box office results, international success of feature films, worldwide distribution for domestic titles, as well as the introduction of long-awaited…

More International Productions Benefit from Croatian Tax Incentives in 2018

Iulia Blaga Croatia 2019-01-24

ZAGREB: The number of foreign productions using the tax incentives scheme in Croatia increased from 11 in 2017 to 14 in 2018, but the local expenditure decreased from of 24.7…

Cold War Nominated for César Awards

FNE Staff Poland 2019-01-24

WARSAW: Cold War has been nominated for the Cesar Awards 2019 in the Best Foreign Film category. The prizes are awarded by France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences. The…

RE-ACT Gives Co-Development Funding to Six Projects

FNE Staff Region 2019-01-24

TRIESTE: Representatives of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC), the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund and the Slovenian Film Centre announced the recipients of the 4th RE–ACT co-development funding support during…

FNE Market Analysis 2018: SLOVAKIA

Tomáš Hudák Slovakia 2019-01-24

Year 2018 proved not to be as successful for the Slovak cinema as the extraordinary year of 2017, as it saw a decline in general box office as well as…

Three Academy Award Nominations for Cold War

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-01-23

WARSAW: Cold War by Paweł Pawlikowski got three nominations for the Academy Awards in the Best Directing, Best Cinematography (Łukasz Żal) and Best Foreign Language Film categories. The nominations were…