FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Coproductions and Film Incentives Drive Film Growth in CEE Territories

COTTBUS: Coproductions are at the root of growing local film industries in Croatia, Montenegro and Poland, in the forms of coproductions with neighbouring countries and more distant partners coming in…
07-11-2019

WORKING TOGETHER - Filmmaking is a Collaborative Process - Workshop

Following the success of the first edition, FOCAL proposes a second edition of the Workshop WORKING TOGETHER - Filmmaking is a collaborative process, which will take place near Geneva from…
07-11-2019

FNE at Venice 2019: Review: Joker

VENICE: Director Todd Phillips enters the Venice competition lineup with what just might be the first Batman film that is for non-Batman fans. His film Joker takes the usual Hollywood…
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FNE at FilmFestival Cottbus 2019: By a Sharp Knife

COTTBUS: By a Sharp Knife / Ostrým nožom, the debut film by Teodor Kuhn, screens in the main competition at FilmFestival Cottbus, which runs 5 – 10 November 2019.
05-11-2019

FNE AV Innovation: MaNaBu - Encourage Leaders of the Future - Today

We have asked Sten-Kristian Saluveer, founder and CEO of Storytek Creative Hub, to introduce some of the hottest new projects from Storytek, so that FNE readers have the chance to…
31-10-2019

FNE at FilmFestival Cottbus 2019: Full Moon

SARAJEVO: Nermin Hamzagić’s debut feature film Full Moon / Pun mjesec is one of the 12 films competing at the 29th FilmFestival Cottbus, which takes place 5 – 10 November…
30-10-2019

FNE AV Innovation: Always Engage Right Audiences With Cinuru Research

We have asked Sten-Kristian Saluveer, founder and CEO of Storytek Creative Hub, to introduce some of the hottest new projects from Storytek, so that FNE readers have the chance to…
25-10-2019

FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 23.10.2019.

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…
24-10-2019

CEE Films Nominated for EFA Short Film 2019

BERLIN: The Romanian/Spanish coproduction The Christmas Gift / Cadoul d Craciun by Bogdan Muresanu is one of the five films nominated for the European Film Academy Short Film 2019.
23-10-2019

GRANTS: Eurimages Supports 16 Films

STRASBOURG: Four animation films and one documentary were among the 16 films receiving support from Eurimages, announced on 21 October 2019. A total of 4.8 m EUR was handed out…
22-10-2019

FNE at FilmFestival Cottbus 2019: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia and Poland Get Coveted Competition Slots at Cottbus

COTTBUS: Debut films from Georgia and from Bosnia & Herzegovina are among the 12 films competing for the top prize at the 29th FilmFestival Cottbus, which takes place 5 –…
21-10-2019

Maciej Karpinski Elected Vice President of European Federation of Screenwriters

AMSTERDAM: The European Federation of Screenwriters elected Polish writer Maciej Karpinski as its Vice President during the organisation’s general assembly in Amsterdam on 11 October 2019.
17-10-2019

FNE at Venice 2019: Review: The Laundromat

VENICE: Director Steven Soderbergh’s film The Laundromat, which screens in the main competition in Venice, is based on the book Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money…
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FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 03.10.2019.

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…
04-10-2019

RE-ACT Open for Applications

TRIESTE: The fifth edition of RE-ACT (Regional Audiovisual Cooperation Training) is accepting applications for its 2020 programme from Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian and Italian filmmakers through 15 November 2019.
01-10-2019

FNE UNIC EU Policy Update

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…
23-09-2019

FNE Oscar Watch 2020: CEE Films Selected as Oscar Candidates

WARSAW: Here is the full list of the CEE countries' candidates for the 92nd Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the best international feature film category. The…
20-09-2019

connecting cottbus 2019 Announces Lineup

COTTBUS: Thirteen projects in development and six works in progress have been selected for the East-West coproduction market connecting cottbus, that takes place from 6 to 8 November 2019 during…
18-09-2019

FNE TV Venice 2019 Report

The 76th Venice Film Festival opened with a pre-festival screening of the restored Czech classic Extase directed by Gustav Machaty and a Czech and Slovak film The Painted Bird screened…
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WEMW 2020 Launches Call for Entries

TRIESTE: When East Meets West has launched the call for entries for its upcoming edition, taking place in Trieste from 19 to 21 January 2020. The spotlight territories of the…
13-09-2019