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GRANTS: Bulgaria Announces Second Production Grants for 2018

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2018-12-07

SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center distributed 1,804,860 EUR / 3,530,000 BGN to 10 feature films including two feature films with higher budgets, two feature films with lower budgets, two…

Barrandov Studio to Coproduce Four New Czech Films

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2018-12-07

PRAGUE: Barrandov Studio will coproduce new projects by Agnieszka Holland, Zdeněk Jiráský and David Ondříček, and also an animated film by Denisa Grimmová and Jan Bubeníček in 2019.

dok.incubator Calls for Applications

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-12-07

PRAGUE: Long documentaries in the rough-cut stage can apply for the dok.incubator workshop 2019 until 30 January 2019.

The Last Shift of Thomas Hisem by Jindřich Andrš

FNE IDF DocBloc: From Miner to Programmer: “I’ve Overcome My Own Prejudice,” Says Jindřich Andrš

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-12-07

Click HERE for the interview with Jindřich Andrš, the director of the documentary The Last Shift of Thomas Hisem, about the eponymous worker’s last day of work before a coal…

Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time by Stere Gulea

BOX OFFICE: Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time Most Popular Romanian Film of 2018

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-12-06

BUCHAREST: Stere Gulea’s Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time / Moromeții 2 is about to become the most successful film of the year, with 154,137 admissions and 429,013 EUR…

AMP Filmworks Puts Cyprus on Film Map

Cathy Meils Cyprus 2018-12-06

NICOSIA: Cypriot production house AMP Filmworks had a big break-through when its feature film Smuggling Hendrix directed by the company’s founder Marios Piperides had its world premiere and won the…

FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 5.12.2018.

FNE Staff Region 2018-12-06

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…

PRODUCTION: Jonáš Karásek Wraps Shooting on Sophomore Feature

Tomáš Hudák Slovakia 2018-12-05

BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Jonáš Karásek wrapped shooting on his second feature film Amnesty / Amnestie focusing on the turbulent period around and right after the Velvet Revolution. This Slovak/Czech coproduction…

Films from CEE Countries Selected for Arte Kino Online Festival

FNE Staff Poland 2018-12-05

WARSAW: Mug by Poland's Małgorzata Szumowska and For Some Inexplicable Reason by Hungary's Gábor Reisz are among the ten films available online for free in 45 European countries within the…

MIDPOINT Shorts 2019 Selection Announced

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-12-05

PRAGUE: Four projects from the Czech Republic and Hungary have been selected for the MIDPOINT Shorts 2019 programme.

New Philip Noyce Project Among Six Projects to Benefit From New Romanian Cash Rebate Scheme

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-12-04

BUCHAREST: Six projects have been approved for cash rebate in the scheme launched in Romania in October 2018. They include international and Romanian projects, including David Berman’s War by Philip…

FNE AV Innovation: Alexandru Berceanu: CINETic Hosts First Programme Dedicated to Game Design in Romania

Alexandru Berceanu Romania 2018-12-04

BUCHAREST: FNE invited Alexandru Berceanu, director of CINETic to tell us about the latest developments in the activity of this very ambitious center built up alongside the I.L. Caragiale Theatre…

FESTIVALS: Norway's Blind Spot Wins 20th Bratislava IFF

FNE Staff Slovakia 2018-12-04

BRATISLAVA: Norway’s Blind Spot directed by Tuva Novotny was awarded best film at the 20th Bratislava International Film Festival (29 November - 2 December 2018). The competition section showed first…

FNE at Black Nights FF and Baltic Event 2018: Awards Winners

Anna Franklin Estonia 2018-12-03

TALLINN: The 22nd Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, held from 16 November to 2 December 2018 in the Estonian capital of Tallinn, awarded its top prize to the Columbian/French coproduction…

The Opening of Film Forum Bana Luka: Zoran Galić and major of Banja Luka Igor Radojičić

Filmmakers Call for Forming of Film Fund of Republika Srpska

Tina Smalcelj Bosnia-Herzegovina 2018-12-03

BANJA LUKA: Film professionals underlined the urgent need for the establishment of a Film Fund of Republika Srpska at the first Film Forum Banja Luka, held on 29-30 November 2018.

FESTIVALS: The 19th Tbilisi Film Festival Kicks Off

FNE Staff Georgia 2018-12-03

TBILISI: Ten debut features will compete for the Golden Prometheus for best film and Silver Prometheus for best director in the main competition of the 19th Tbilisi Film Festival, running…

GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Supports Three Debut Films

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2018-11-30

PRAGUE: Ten debut films with an overall request for 50m CZK applied for support in the call for first films. The Czech Film Fund allocated 10 m CZK in total…

Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway by Miguel Llanso

FNE at Black Nights Industry@Tallinn: Baltic Works-in-Progress

Aurelia Aasa Estonia 2018-11-30

TALLINN: Eleven new projects from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland were presented at the Baltic works-in-progress showcase on 28 November 2018 at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event at 22nd Tallinn Black…

OBITUARY: Macedonian Playwright and Screenwriter Goran Stefanovski

Marina Lazarevska Macedonia 2018-11-30

SKOPJE: The distinguished playwright and screenwriter Goran Stefanovski passed away on 27 November 2018 after a short illness in his home in the United Kingdom, at the age of 66.…

PRODUCTION: Stefan Arsenijević Films Strahinja

Zoran Janković Serbia 2018-11-30

BELGRADE: Stefan Arsenijević started shooting his long-awaited new feature Strahinja as a coproduction between Serbia, France, Luxembourg and Bulgaria in early November 2018. His debut feature Love and Other Crimes…