CentEast Market Announces Programme
WARSAW: The 10th edition of CentEast Market Warsaw will present works-in-progress from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia as part of the 30th Warsaw Film Festival from 17…
FNE at LET'S CEE Film Festival 2014: Goldener Rathausmann for Branko Lustig
VIENNA: Famous Croatian producer and Holocaust survivor Branko Lustig received the Goldener Rathausmann from the Mayor of the City of Vienna on 7 October. Lustig is in Vienna as a…
FESTIVALS: Black Nights FF Focuses on Poland
TALLINN: The 18th edition of the Black Nights Film Festival will focus on Polish cinema. Nearly two dozen Polish films will be presented from 14 to 30 November 2014. The…
Eastern European Film Festival to be Launched in Argentina
Al Este del Plata will bring Eastern European cinema to Buenos Aires and Córdoba from 6 to 9 November 2014 and it will develop into a full-fledged film festival in…
FNE Doc Bloc: DOK.Leipzig features 15 Documentaries Supported by IDF
A total of 15 documentaries that will be presented within the official programme of the 57th DOK.Leipzig, the biggest documentary and animation event in Germany, were developed under or otherwise…
FESTIVALS: Cyprus International Short Film Festival Lineup
LIMASSOL: Eight national and 64 international short films will be screened in the 4th edition of the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (11-17 October).
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: One More Dream
VARNA: Nikolay Mutafchiev’s independent debut feature tells the story of four beautiful women who meet at a psychotherapy session and decide to rob a bank. One More Dream screens in…
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: Hombre
VARNA: Zahary Paunov‘s Hombre, a contemporary story about a journalist who gets involved in an unsuccessful drug deal and becomes a victim of the mafia, is one of eight debuts…
World Screenwriters Sign Warsaw Resolution
WARSAW: Representatives of over 30 international screenwriting guilds have signed a resolution that calls for creative freedom and financial support for screenwriters. The Warsaw Resolution was signed at the Third…
Tax Rebate for Film Production in Hungary Increased
BUDAPEST: The Hungarian Parliament has approved the increase of the indirect film support ratio from 20 to 25% of eligible costs. The European Commission approved the increase earlier this year…
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014:Competition: Rapid Response Corps 2: Nuclear Threat
VARNA: Action comedy Rapid Response Corps 2: Nuclear Threat is the only sequel in Bulgarian cinema in the last 25 years and a third part has already been announced. Stanislav…
IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund Expands Funding to Eastern Europe
ROTTERDAM: HBF+Europe will provide substantial financial support to European minority coproducers for feature films of filmmakers from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and parts of the Eastern Europe.
Warsaw 44 Surpasses One Million Admissions
WARSAW: Warsaw 44 has gathered 1,040,000 admissions in just 17 days after its opening making Jan Komasa's drama about the Warsaw Uprising one of the most popular Polish titles in…
FESTIVALS: 30th Warsaw Film Festival Ready to Kick Off
WARSAW: The 30th Warsaw Film Festival will screen 200 features and short films from 59 countries between 10 and 19 October 2014. The films are divided into five competitive and…
Short Films form CEE Nominated for the European Film Awards 2014
Short films from Georgia, Bulgaria, Finland, Poland, Croatia and Hungary are competing for the European Short Film Award 2014. The EFA awards ceremony will be held in Riga on 13…
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: Roseville
VARNA: Martin Makariev's Roseville, promoted as the first Bulgarian psycho thriller, screens in the main competition of the annual Golden Rose Film Festival (11 to 17 October 2014) of new…
Be2Can Takes Off in Czech Republic and Slovakia
BRATISLAVA: The first edition of Be2Can (6-15 October 2014) is showing the best of the best from Berlin, Venice and Cannes. Be2Can takes place in cinemas, on Video-On-Demand at O2…
FESTIVALS: ASTRA Film Festival Kicks Off in Sibiu
SIBIU: The XXI edition of ASTRA Film Festival (6-12 October) will screen 120 documentaries from 40 countries in a programme including four competitive sections.
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: Living Legends
VARNA: Bulgarian writer/director/actor Niki Iliev’s second feature Living Legends which screens in the main competition of the annual Golden Rose Film Festival (11-17 October 2014) of new Bulgarian films in…
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: Adultery
VARNA: Bulgarian film and theatre director and former international fashion model Yavor Vesselinov concentrates on a triangle love story in his graduation film Adultery. The film screens in the main…
