FESTIVALS: Belgrade’s FEST FORWARD 2019 Film Projects Announced
BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia (FCS), EWA (European Women’s Audiovisual Network) and FEST FORWARD, the industry segment of FEST 2019, have announced six upcoming projects officially selected to take part in…
Joint Statement: EU Urgently Needs Remuneration Rules for Authors and Performers
BRUXELLES: As the negotiations on the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market are drawing to a conclusion, European and international authors and performers' organisations urge EU negotiators to…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 07.02.2019.
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…
Big Gains for Cinema Attendance in Poland, Romania and Czech Republic in 2018
STRASBOURG: Cinema admissions reached record levels in Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic, but total admissions in the EU decreased in 2018, according to first estimates by the European Audiovisual…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Greta Stocklassa: I Feel an Obligation to the Protagonists
Greta Stocklassa is currently making Kiruna 2.0, a film about the relocation of a Swedish mining town.
Cold War Dominates Polish Eagles Nominations
WARSAW: Paweł Pawlikowski's Academy Award nominated drama Cold War received the most nominations (12) for the Polish Film Awards - The Eagles. The nominations were announced on 6 February 2019.
Estonian/Latvian Box Office Hit Lotte and the Lost Dragons Premieres at Berlinale
TALLINN: Lotte and the Lost Dragons / Lotte ja kadunud lohed will have its international premiere in Berlinale’s Generation Kplus programme (7-17 February 2019), same as the previous two instalments…
OBITUARY: Czech Director and Scriptwriter Václav Vorlíček
PRAGUE: Václav Vorlíček, author of several classic Czech films, especially crazy comedies and fairy tales, has died at the age of 88.
FNE at Berlinale 2019: FNE Presents Our Partners Lineup
BERLIN: FNE is proud to present the great line-up of films from our region that will be screening in Berlin over the next few days. Be prepared for some exciting…
FNE Market Analysis 2018: SERBIA
Film Center Serbia maintained its regular pattern of financial support contests for the third year in a row and at the end of 2018 the Goverment granted a total of…
GRANTS: Lithuania Announces First Batch of Grants for 2019
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Film Centre has distributed 2,910,817 EUR to 43 film projects at its first session of financing for 2019. Among these 43 film projects are seven minority coproductions,…
Cartoon Business Scholarships for New Member Countries of MEDIA Programme
BRUXELLES: Professionals from new member countries of the MEDIA Programme can apply for scholarships for the next Cartoon Business taking place in Tampere, Finland from 23 to 25 April 2019.…
FNE Market Analysis 2018: LITHUANIA
It has been a great year for the Lithuanian film industry. The expenditure on film production reached a total of 45 m EUR, with more than 5 m EUR coming…
FNE Market Analysis 2018: MACEDONIA
Macedonia saw a quieter year in 2018, but it was still a good year with international success of both feature films and documentaries, a film agency effectively supporting the development…
FNE at Berlin 2019: Invitation for all FIPRESCI Members Attending the Berlin Film Festival 2019
BERLIN: During the Berlin Festival critics will be able to rate any of the feature length films screening in the Main Competition, Panorama and Forum sections of the festival (1…
Jan Palach Wins 2018 Czech Film Critics‘ Awards
PRAGUE: Robert Sedláček’s Jan Palach won the Czech Film Critics’ Award for best film, while the best director award went to Olmo Omerzu for his road movie Winter Flies /…
Bulgaria Boosts Public Funding For Film
SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center will increase the annual amount of film funding by 12.19 percent from 6,411,600 EUR in 2018 to 7,192,854 EUR in 2019. The support for…
