PRAGUE: One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, which saw audience numbers rise by 25 percent for the 2013 festival, presents its Best Film Award to the Danish film The Act of Killing directed by Joshua Oppenheimer.

PRAGUE: The Czech, Slovak, Polish, Israeli coproduction In the Shadow directed by David Ondricek dominated the 20th anniversary edition of the Czech Lions at Prague’s Lucerna Hall on 2 March 2013.

PRAGUE: The Czech Lions organized by Petr Vachler’s Vachler Art will celebrate its 20th anniversary at Prague Lucerna Hall this coming Saturday 2 March 2013. FNE brings you the full list of nominations:

BERLIN: The Lithuanian film Vanishing Waves directed by Kristian Buozyte picked up more international sales during the EFM in Berlin and looks set to become one of the most successful Lithuanian films internationally in the post-Soviet period.

BERLIN: Child’s Pose directed by Romanian director Calin Peter Netzer swept to victory taking home the 63rd Berlinale’s top prize and proving that the Romanian “new wave” is still bringing new talent to European shores. The film also won the prestigious FIPRESCI international critics award.

BIARRITZ: The 26th edition FIPA – the International Festival of Audiovisual Programmes (22-27 January 2012) was its first under the new leadership team of President Didier Decoin and former ARTE Francois Sauvagnargues as General Delegate.  Sauvagnargues was the former director of fiction at ARTE and brings a television insider’s view to the event.

MOSCOW: The fourth annual CentEast Moscow Market (www.centeast.eu) has found a slot in the new Red Square Screenings, (15-19 October 2012) a new initiative backed by the Russian Cinema Fund.

MOSCOW:  The Red Square Screenings (15-19 October 2012) brought many central European producers to Moscow for the first time as the event teams up with CentEast Moscow (www.centeast.eu). 

FNE TV asked Gindilis how central and eastern European producers can coproduce with Russia and how Red Square Screenings (www.rac-cb.com) is opening doors for European producers in Russia. See the full interview.

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