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Cannes Cancels May Dates

FNE Staff Region 2020-03-20

PARIS: The Festival de Cannes has announced that the festival will not be held 12 to 23 May 2020 as scheduled, due to the Corona Virus crisis. Several options are…

OBITUARY: Slovenian Actor Peter Musevski

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2020-03-20

LJUBLJANA: One of the most respected, internationally recognised and popular Slovenian actors Peter Musevski died on 18 March 2020 at the age of 54.

Production on Serbian Thriller Penance Stops After First Day of Shooting

Zoran Janković Serbia 2020-03-20

BELGRADE: The production on the new Serbian independent thriller Penance / Lihvar directed by Nemanja Ćeranić stopped after the first day of shooting. The filming started on 15 March 2020,…

Maltese Media Companies Call for Government Support to Cover Employee Salaries

FNE Staff Malta 2020-03-20

VALLETTA: Maltese companies from media, advertising, marketing and PR have asked the government to support them by covering 50% of their employees' salaries for April and May 2020.

FESTIVALS: Ji.hlava IDFF 2020 Calls for Applications

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2020-03-20

JIHLAVA: Applications are open for the 24th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, set to take place from 27 October to 1 November 2020.

FNE IDF DocBloc: Czech Documentary Filmmakers Out in the World – Vratislav Šlajer

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2020-03-20

PRAGUE: Another Czech producer with an international outlook is Vratislav Šlajer of Bionaut.

Polish Cinema Chains Appeal to Government for Support

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2020-03-19

WARSAW: Cinema operators, including national chains Multikino, Helios and Cinema City, call in an open letter to the Polish Minister of Development for support in connection with the closure of…

Croatian BO Falls By 83% As Cinemas Close

Milena Zajović Croatia 2020-03-19

ZAGREB: The Croatian box office fell by 83% in the weekend of 13-15 March 2020. Only two Hollywood films, Bloodshot by David S. F. Wilson and My Spy by Peter…

FNE AV INNOVATION: Government of Children Transmedia Universe Announces Free Online Extensions Available Worldwide

Ioana Mischie Romania 2020-03-19

In the midst of a pandemic crisis that isolates millions of children, the creative team of Government of Children, a groundbreaking transmedia universe (film, VR, web), launches a set of…

More Updates on Coronavirus Impact on Film Industry - 19 March

FNE Staff Region 2020-03-19

Czech Republic: The Finále Plzeň Film Festival has decided to postpone its upcoming edition due to take place from 16 to 22 April 2020. The team of the festival are…

The interior of the Youth Hall of Belgrade during the 2019 edition of the March Festival - Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival

Coronavirus Hits Serbian Box Office

Zoran Janković Serbia 2020-03-18

BELGRADE: The Serbian box office plunged in the weekend of 13-15 March 2020, with number one Bloodshot racking up only 1,121 admissions, compared to Pixar’s Onward with 7,967 admissions in…

Vasko Simoniti Appointed New Slovenian Minister of Culture

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2020-03-18

LJUBLJANA: Vasko Simoniti was appointed as the new Minister of Culture of Slovenia by the National Assembly on 13 March 2020. His first task will be to draw up a…

GRANTS: Latvia Extends Grant Application Deadlines For Minority Coproductions

Zane Balčus Latvia 2020-03-18

RIGA: The deadline for minority coproduction grants applications has been extended from 27 March to 26 April 2010, with the results to be announced by 26 May 2020. The decision…

FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 17.03.2020.

FNE Staff Region 2020-03-18

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…

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema Of The Month: Kino Kameralne Café, Gdańsk

Iulia Blaga Poland 2020-03-18

This month we speak with Piotr Gładkowski, the owner of Kino Kameralne Café (Café Chamber Cinema) in Gdańsk, Poland, a small art house cinema opened at the beginning of 2019.…

Coronavirus Hits Romanian Box Office

Iulia Blaga Romania 2020-03-17

BUCHAREST: The Romanian box office fell from 1.25 m EUR in the week of 2-8 March 2020 to 276,375 EUR in 9-15 March 2020. The domestic hit Miami Bici directed…

Online Film Festival My Darling Quarantine To Raise Money For Culture Workers Impacted by Coronavirus

FNE Staff Estonia 2020-03-17

TALLINN: Tallinn Black Nights' programmer Laurence Boyce, his colleagues from Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Locarno and many others support the My Darling Quarantine Short Film Festival (MDQSFF). This online festival launched…

FNE Market Analysis 2019: POLAND

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2020-03-17

WARSAW: Polish cinema noted a very good year 2019 with record-breaking box office results, international success for feature films and an Academy Award nomination for Corpus Christi by Jan Komasa…

East Doc Platform Announces Winners

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2020-03-17

PRAGUE: Olha Zhurba’s project Roma (working title), a coproduction between the Ukraine, the Netherlands and Denmark, received the East Doc Platform Award at the 9th edition of East Doc Platform…