FNE at Film Festival Cottbus 2014: Programme Lineup Announced
COTTBUS: Twelve feature films from 17 countries will compete for the main prize at the 24th Film Festival Cottbus.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2014: Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic
This year the FNE partners with the Jihlava International Documentary Festival who will be presenting its Emerging Producers project 22-26 October 2014 as a part of the event. The Jihlava…
Łukasz Palkowski’s Gods Opens at Number One at Polish Box Office
WARSAW: Polish films took possession of the top three slots at the local box office with the latest in a string of local hits, Gods directed by Łukasz Palkowski topping…
FESTIVALS: Winners of the 8th Cyprus International Short Film Festival
LIMASSOL: Lullaby of the Butterfly, a film about a mysterious crime directed by Tonia Mishiali, won the 1st Prize in the National Competition of the 8th Cyprus International Short Film…
Jakub Duszyński re-elected as Co-President of Europa Distribution
WARSAW: Jakub Duszyński, artistic director at Gutek Film has once again been chosen to co-head Europa Distribution, this time alongside Laurent Dutoit and Gabor Boszormenyi.
Romanian director Iulia Rugina in Postproduction with a Box Office Hit Sequel
WARSAW: Another Love Building is a sequel to Romania's 2013 box office hit Love Building written by Iulia Rugină, Oana Răsuceanu and Ana Agopian. "Our first feature project was very…
Love in Your Soul Sets Slovak Box Record
BRATISLAVA: A new Slovak fairytale Love in Your Soul/Láska na Vlásku directed by Mariana Čengel Solčanská has had the best opening weekend for a domestic feature film in the last…
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: The Judgment Wins the Top Prize in Varna
VARNA: Stefan Komandarev’s The Judgment was awarded the most prestigious Bulgarian award for a feature film at the 32 edition of the Golden Rose Film Festival. Assen Blatechki also received…
FNE at WFF 2014: Winners of the 30th Warsaw Film Festival
WARSAW: The Grand Prix of the 30th Warsaw Film Festival went to The Coffin In The Mountain, a Chinese drama directed by Xin Yukun.
HAVC Announces Minority Coproduction Grants
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Center allotted 228,689EUR/1,750,000 HRK for four minority coproductions and approved script and project development funding for 10 documentary and animated films.
FNE at Zagreb FF 2014: Zagreb Film Festival Gets Under Way
ZAGREB: The 12th edition of Zagreb Film Festival (19-26 October 2014) presents more than one hundred films in a dozen different programmes.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2014: Bulgaria, Slovenia, Lithuania
This year the FNE partners with the Jihlava International Documentary Festival who will be presenting its Emerging Producers project 22-26 October 2014 as a part of the event. The Jihlava…
Polish Film Institute Announces Grants
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute allotted a new round of grants amounting to 4,219,309 EUR/17,800,000 PLN for feature film production.
Tartu to Launch Estonia’s Second Regional Fund
TARTU: Tartu, the second largest city in Estonia is setting up a regional film fund for incoming productions. The fund is initially budgeted at approximately 100,000 EUR annually and is…
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Viktoria
VARNA: Scriptwriter/director Maya Vitkova’s film portrays the first decade after the communist era through a story of a girl born with no umbilical cord. Viktoria screens at the Varna Golden…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: IDF and EAVE Announce Partnership
EAVE and IDF have teamed up to offer a new scholarship for one producer participating in Ex Oriente Film 2014 to attend the EAVE 2015 Producers Workshop. The scholarship will…
Estonia’s Regional Cinemas Go Digital
TALLINN: Seven regional cinemas in Estonia have received funding to be digitalised in 2014 with five more expected to apply by the end of the year.
PRODUCTION: Călin Peter Netzer Develops Ana, Mon Amour
BUCHAREST: The new project Ana, Mon Amour from the acclaimed writer/director Călin Peter Netzer will investigate the romantic relationship with all its dependencies and crisis situations against the backdrop of…
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: The Lesson
VARNA: The Lesson was inspired by the real story of a teacher caught in a bank robbery attempt. Scriptwriters/directors/producers Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov focused their debut feature on a…
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: Bulgarian Rhapsody
VARNA: The first Bulgarian/Israeli coproduction is representing Bulgaria at the Academy Awards nominations for Best Foreign Language Film. Ivan Nichev’s Bulgarian Rhapsody screens in the main competition of the Varna …
