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FESTIVALS: 9th New Horizons Studio+ Announces Selected Projects

FNE Staff Poland 2018-07-13

WROCLAW: Ten participants from Poland and ten from Romania, Denmark, Austria, the Ukraine and the UK, have been selected for the 9th edition of New Horizons Studio+, taking place from…

New Croatian Documentary VOD Platform

FNE Staff Croatia 2018-07-13

ZAGREB: Factum, one of the most important Croatian documentary film production companies, has launched a new project, Factum Online, and its first stage is a VOD platform.

The Last Ice Hunters by Jure Breceljnik and Rožle Bregar

FNE IDF DocBloc: East Silver at SiciliAmbiente

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-07-13

East Silver has long time partnerships with festivals all around the world. The new partnerships include the Slovak festival Cinematik Piešťany, Russian festivals Pacific Meridian and Saratov Sufferings IFFDD and…

Century Of The Guilty by Piotr Trzaskalski

PRODUCTION: TVP in Production with Costume Drama Series Century of the Guilty

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2018-07-12

WARSAW: The first season of the costume drama series Century of the Guilty, commissioned by the Polish public broadcaster TVP, is currently in production. It is one of the most…

International Sales for Agnieszka Smoczynska’s Fugue

FNE Staff Poland 2018-07-12

WARSAW: Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s second feature film Fugue has been sold by Alpha Violet to the Czech Republic, Lithuania, China, Denmark, Canada and other territories.

Who's Partying at Cottbus Brunch at KVIFF 2018

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-07-12

See who was at the traditional Cottbus Film Festival and Connecting Cottbus Brunch in Karlovy Vary. The 28th Cottbus Film Festival of Eastern European cinema takes place this year from…

FNE TV: Vice President of the EU Culture and Education Committee Helga Trüpel

FNE Staff Region 2018-07-11

FNE asked Vice President of the EU Culture and Education Committee and Shadow Rapporteur on the Creative Europe Programme Helga Trüpel about what we can expect from Creative Europe 2021-2027…

FESTIVALS: New Horizons IFF Announces International Competition

FNE Staff Poland 2018-07-11

WROCLAW: Twelve titles will screen in the International Competition of the 2018 New Horizons International Film Festival, taking place in Wrocław from 26 July to 5 August 2018.

FESTIVALS: 9th Divan FF Conjures Balkan Dreams

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-07-11

CRAIOVA: The 9th edition of the Divan Film Festival focuses on Balkan Dreams. The film and food festival from the Balkans takes place this year in Craiova from 24 to…

FESTIVALS: Open Call for Bucharest International Dance FF and Dance Film Development Lab

FNE Staff Romania 2018-07-11

BUCHAREST: The 2018 Bucharest International Dance Film Festival (6-9 September 2018) is receiving submissions until 17 July 2018, while applications for the Dance Film Development Lab (3-9 September 2018) can…

All Against All director Andrej Košak and actress Iva Krajnc

PRODUCTION: Slovenian Director Andrej Košak Preps All Against All

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2018-07-10

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian director Andrej Košak will start shooting his fourth feature film All Against All / Vsi proti vsem in September 2018. This Slovenian/Macedonian coproduction is a political thriller set…

FESTIVALS: Sarajevo Film Festival 2018 Announces Lineup

FNE Staff Bosnia-Herzegovina 2018-07-10

SARAJEVO: Ten films were selected for the 2018 Competition Programme - Feature Film of the Sarajevo Film Festival, running from 10 to 17 August 2018.

FNE TV: Vice-President of the EU Parliament Evelyne Gebhardt

FNE Staff Region 2018-07-10

FNE asked Evelyne Gebhardt about the importance of the LUX Prize for cultural diversity in Europe and what we can learn about young cinema audiences from the KVIFF experience.

Anna Schumacher & Andi Vasluianu as Lisa and Adam in Hackerville by Igor Cobileanski and Anca Miruna Lăzărescu

PRODUCTION: HBO Europe and TNT Serie Wrap Shooting on Hackerville

FNE Staff Romania 2018-07-10

BUCHAREST: HBO Europe and Germany’s TNT Serie wrapped shooting on the six-episode series Hackerville, directed by Igor Cobileanski and Anca Miruna Lăzărescu.

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians by Radu Jude

FNE at KVIFF 2018: Prize Winners: Radu Jude’s I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians Wins Grand Prix

Anna Franklin Czech Republic 2018-07-09

KARLOVY VARY: The Romanian film I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians directed by Radu Jude took home the Crystal Globe and a cash prize…

FNE TV: Vice-Chair of EU Culture and Education Committee Michaela Šojdrová

FNE Staff Region 2018-07-09

FNE asked Czech MEP and Vice-Chair of EU Culture and Education Committee of the EU Parliament Michaela Šojdrová about gender equality in the film industry, young audiences at KVIFF and…

FNE at KVIFF 2018: See how the critics rated the programme

FNE Staff Region 2018-07-09

KARLOVY VARY: FNE teamed up with KVIFF and critics attending the festival to rate the films in the Main Competition and East of the West Competition giving the films 1,…

PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Director Peter Popzlatev In Postproduction With Time Is Ours

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2018-07-09

SOFIA: Award-winning Bulgarian director Peter Popzlatev is completing postproduction on his new feature film Time Is Ours. Inspired by Vladimir Zarev’s novel Devastation, it is another of the director’s personal…

British Chain Vue International Buys Polish Cinema3D

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2018-07-09

WARSAW: British cinema chain Vue International has bought Polish Cinema3D. The chain has 11 cinemas in Poland, which will be transformed into Multikino units. Additionally, Vue International will buy and…

FNE at KVIFF 2018: Czech Film Industry Calls For Increased Tax Incentives

Anna Franklin Czech Republic 2018-07-06

KARLOVY VARY: The Czech film industry is calling for increased tax incentives. During the Karlovy Vary Film Festival the Czech Minister of Culture backed calls to increase tax incentives for…