Nominees for Doc Alliance Award 2023 Announced in Cannes
CANNES: Sixteen documentaries have been selected by Doc Alliance, the creative partnership of seven European documentary festivals including the Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, for the Doc Alliance Award 2023. The…
FNE at Cannes 2023: Competition: Fallen Leaves (Finland)
CANNNES: Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves, the fourth part of working-class trilogy Shadows in Paradise, Ariel, and The Match Factory, screens in competition in Cannes although one could ask…
FNE at Cannes 2023: Competition: May December (USA)
CANNES: American director, scriptwriter and producer Todd Haynes screens in competition with May December a film about a May December romance with a very interesting twist. Haynes is well known…
FNE at Cannes 2023: Competition: About Dry Grasses
CANNES: Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan has become a Cannes regular since his film Uzak (Distant) won the Cannes Grand Prix in 2003. Since then he has racked up prizes…
FNE at Cannes 2023: Out of Competition: Jeanne Du Barry (France)
CANNES: Jeanne du Barry, the out of competition opening film of Cannes Film Festival directed by Maïwenn, is likely to be overshadowed by the return to the embrace of major…
Films by Judit Elek and Emir Kusturica in Cannes Classics and Cinéma de la Plage
CANNES: Restored 4K versions of The Lady from Constantinople (1969) by Hungarian director Judit Elek and Underground (1995) by Serbian director Emir Kusturica will screen in Cannes Classics and Cinéma…
FESTIVALS: Winners of 23rd goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film
WIESBADEN: Lithuanian film Remember to Blink / Per arti directed by Austėja Urbaitė received the Golden Lily for Best Film at the 23rd edition of the GoEast, the Festival of…
Applications Open for ISI Training Programmes
VIENNA: The International Screen Institute (ISI) has recently opened applications for its new training programmes for European and international film and TV creatives and executives in 2023. The four courses…
FNE at Cannes 2023: Films from FNE Partner Countries Selected for Cannes’ Short Films and La Cinef Competitions
CANNES: Films from Hungary and Poland are among the 11 titles selected for Cannes’ Short Films competition, while the La Cinef selection counts 16 films among which two are from…
FESTIVALS: The 23rd goEast Unveils Lineup
WIESBADEN: GoEast, the Festival of Central and Eastern European Film has announced the lineup for its 23rd edition taking place 26 April - 2 May 2023 in Wiesbaden and the…
Eurimages Gives Coproduction Support to 14 Projects from FNE Partner Countries
STRASBOURG: Fourteen projects produced or coproduced by FNE partner countries are among the 32 projects receiving coproduction support from Eurimages, whose last results were announced on 3 April 2023.
All Quiet on the Western Front and Navalny Win at Oscars 2023
LOS ANGELES: All Quiet on the Western Front / Im Westen nichts Neues by Edward Berger, which was shot in the Czech Republic, received four Oscars at the 95th edition…
FNE at Berlinale 2023: Prize Winners
BERLIN: The French/Japanese documentary On the Adamant by Nicolas Phillibert received the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 73rd edition of the Berlin International Film Festival, held 16 –…
FNE at Berlinale 2023: See how the FIPRESCI critics rated the programme
BERLIN: FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Berlin Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Panorama and Forum giving the films 1, 2, 3,…
FNE at Berlinale 2023: Tar (USA) : Special Gala
BERLIN: Director Todd Field’s Tar starring Cate Blanchett has earned itself a slot in the Berlinale lineup as a Special Gala screening. With Cate Blanchett as the driving force behind…
FNE at Berlinale 2023: See how the FIPRESCI critics rate the programme
BERLIN: FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Berlin Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Panorama and Forum giving the films 1, 2, 3,…
FNE at Berlinale 2023: The Fabelmans (USA) Out of Competition
BERLIN: An new film by Steven Spielberg is always a special event and with the American director receiving an Honourary Golden Bear at this year’s Berlinale the out of competition…
Emerging Producers 2024 Launches Call for Applications
BERLIN: European producers can apply to the 12th edition of the Emerging Producers programme till 31 March 2023, as announced at Berlinale’s European Film Market, where the Emerging Producers 2023…
FNE at Berlinale 2023: Competition: Past Lives (USA)
BERLIN: New York based playwright, director and screenwriter Celine Song makes her cinematic debut with Past Lives which screens in the main competition in Berlin. The film already screened in…
FNE at Berlinale 2023: Competition: Manodrome (UK/USA)
BERLIN: South African director John Trengove’s UK/USA coproduction Manodrome screens in the main competition of the Berlinale starring Adrien Brody and Jesse Eisenberg.