WARSAW: Diplodocus, an animated film based on a legendary Polish comic, has won an 80,000 EUR development grant from Media.
TALLINN: Katrin Maimik’s coming-of-age debut film Cherry Tobacco (Kirsitubakas), written by Andres Maimik, is shooting in Estonian locations through October. It builds on the latter's previous hit comedy Kormoranid. Tobacco is produced by Kuukulgur Film, which previously released Daisy Petal Game II (Karikakramäng II), a shorts omnibus including films by the duo.
PRAGUE: Armed with no end of ironic analysis, director Hana Novakova takes on modern Czech politics with the help of the south Bohemian bark beetle and several offbeat personalities in some way connected to it in her documentary An Artist Under the Bark of Our National Amusement Park, scheduled for release in October.
PRAGUE: The guiding force at Central European Media Enterprises, the Ron Lauder and Time Warner-owned TV network leading the regional market, is shifting with the resignation of CEO Adrian Sarbu, the company has announced. How the change will affect stations such as Prague's TV Nova and Romania's ProTV is not yet clear.
FNE asked Oldrich Vlasak about what funds other than the MEDIA are available for the funding of European film and culture. Click HERE to watch the video.
FNE at SOFA: Nikolaj Nikitin Tells of the Inspiration and Strategy Behind Innovative Film Biz Training
Poland 21-08-2013WROCLAW: Berlinale film delegate Nikolaj Nikitin just launched a new training program for young industry professionals from CEE along with Germany and the Caucasus, SOFA (School of Film Agents). The workshop takes place in Wrocław between 19th and 30th of August. In an exclusive interview from FNE, the initiator of the idea talks about the potential of the region, criteria for the participants and plans for the future.
The recruitment for Look For Fund continues. Until 26th August you can submit your film projects for 1:1 meetings with the representatives of the regional film funds from the whole Europe: from Norway to Italy, from Great Britain to Lithuania.
Meetings of producers and representatives of film funds, which result in new contracts, better cooperation, but, most importantly in greater amount and higher quality of film productions, supported by regions and cities. The meetings help to receive detailed information about the possibilities of financing a given movie, conditions for application and actual chances of receiving financial support.
This year, we invite all producers with their projects to meet: Sardegna Film Foundation (Italy), Film London (Great Britain), Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (Germany), Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung GmbH – MDM (Germany), Film i Väst (Sweden), Riga Film Fund (Latvia), Finnish Film Fund (Finland), Estonian Film Fund (Estonia), Film3 (Norway), Filmpool Nord (Sweden), Screen South (Great Britain), West Danish Film Fund (Denmark), Filmregion Stockholm-Mälardalen (Sweden), PACA - Région Provence-Alpes-Cöte d’Azur (France), German-Polish Co-Development Fund (Poland), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (Germany), Łódzki Fundusz Filmowy (Poland), Krakowski Fundusz Filmowy (Poland), Dolnośląski Fundusz Filmowy (Poland), Mazowiecki Fundusz Filmowy (Poland), Poznań Film Commission (Poland), Śląski Fundusz Filmowy (Poland), Polish Film Institute (Poland)
Look For Fund will take place on 24th October in the movie theatre Rialto in Katowice. We invite all producers, who know where they will make their films, and who are looking forward to meeting the delegates of a specific movie fund.
The application form can be downloaded from the festival’s website. We are waiting for the filled forms until 26th August, 2013.
Welcome!
We look forward to seeing you!
www.regiofun.eu
GDYNIA: The line-up for the main competition at 36th Gdynia fest features strong work, much of which has already won praises and prizes abroad. can serve as a comprehensive guide to what's new in Polish cinema.
VIENNA: Daria Onyshchenko's nostalgic Eastalgia will open the second edition of the nine-day LET'S CEE FF, launching 13 September in Vienna.
WROCLAW: The first edition of SOFA, or School of Film Agents, will launch at Wrocław 19-30 August, said the creators of the workshop, Berlinale leaders Nikolaj Nikitin and Dieter Kosslick, while in the city for the 13th edition of the T-Mobile New Horizons IFF.
