FNE at KVIFF 2014: FNE FIPRESCI Critics
The year FNE and FIPRESCI have invited film critics attending the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition and the East of the West…
FNE Coproduction Meeting at KVIFF 2014: Case Study: The Red Captain
PRAGUE: The Red Captain, a Czech/Slovak/Polish detective thriller directed by Michal Kollar, will go into production on 21 July 2014.
FNE Coproduction Meeting at KVIFF 2014: Case Study: Red Spider
WARSAW: After completing production in late May, the Polish/Czech/Slovak psychological thriller Red Spider has moved into postproduction through October 2014.
PRODUCTION: 4 Passports Shooting Two Versions
ZAGREB: Serbian director Mihajlo Jevtić is shooting 4 pasoša/4 Passports a partly animated first-person documentary set against the backdrop of the former Yougoslavia of the last 30 years. The film…
Way Out Wins at Art Film Fest
TRENCIANSKE TEPLICE: Petr Vaclav’s The Way Out won the main prize of the 22nd Art Film Fest which returned to its home base in the small Slovak spa resort after…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Ex Oriente Announces 2014 Projects
Twelve documentary projects have been selected for the next edition of the Ex Oriente Film workshops.
Czechs Approve Raising Film Incentives
PRAGUE: The Czech parliament has approved raising the cap on film incentives from to 800 m CZK. The cap had been set at 500 m CZK.
GRANTS: Latvian Film Centre Funds 15 Projects for Development
RIGA: National Film Centre of Latvia has renewed the tender for project development support, after a six year break, an indication of the film industry's recovery after the financial crisis.
Czechs Launch Filmmakers Lounge at KVIFF
PRAGUE: The State Cinematography Fund´s new Filmmakers’ lounge located in the café of Čas cinema, T. G. Masaryka 3, will offer a new pleasant meeting point for film professionals during…
Chinese star Xu Jinglei shooting in Prague
PRAGUE: The famous Chinese director, scriptwriter and star actress Xu Jinglei is shooting a film with the working title Somewhere Only We Know in Prague.
FNE Coproduction Meeting at KVIFF 2014: Case Study: Gottland
PRAGUE: The Czech/Polish/Slovak genre-bending documentary Gottland based on the best-selling Polish book will launch a limited events-themed release in August 2014.
FNE Coproduction Meeting at KVIFF 2014: Case Study: I, Olga Hepnarova
PRAGUE: The Czech/Polish/Slovak coproduction I, Olga Hepnarova will move into postproduction after two final days of shooting in the Slovak Tatra Mountains in August 2014, with plans to have the…
PRODUCTION: The Yoghurt Syndrome in Development
ZAGREB: The love story/dramedy that Zvonimir Munivrana is developing through Corvus Film will be directed by Goran Rukavina with shooting planned for the first half of 2016.
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Budapest Film Zrt, Hungary
Budapest Film Zrt. is the largest art house cinema network in Hungary, operating six cinemas in the capital city including a multiplex (Corvin Cinema), an event cinema (Kino Café), as…
FNE at KVIFF 2014: Invitation to Film New Europe Coproduction Meeting
KARLOVY VARY: Film New Europe will be hosting a Coproduction Meeting at the new Kino Cas Filmmakers Lounge this year in Karlovy Vary during the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film…
Latvia Buys TVP’s House by the Backwater
WARSAW: The hit series format House by the Backwater from Polish public broadcaster TVP has bought by Latvian TV.
PULA IFF 2014 Announces Croatian Film Programme
ZAGREB: Twelve films will screen in the Croatian section of the 61st Pula Film Festival running 12-26 July 2014.
PRODUCTION: The Network in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: Claudiu Mitcu (Two of Us/Noi doi) is in postproduction with the documentary The Network/Reţeaua which he is producing with Ada Solomon and Călin Peter Netzer through his company Parada…
Ida Hits 2 Million at US Box Office
WARSAW: The Polish-Danish drama Ida has become one of the most successful foreign titles opening in the US during the last decade.
FNE at MIFF 2014: Poland’s Deep Love Sweeps to Victory in MIFF Doc Competition
MOSCOW: The 36th Moscow International Film Festival (19-28 June 2014) awarded a Ukrainian actress and a Polish doc Deep Love directed by Jan Matuszynski despite the international tensions between Russia…
