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Ultraviolet by Jan Komasa and Sławomir Fabicki

Netflix Picks up Polish Crime Series Ultraviolet

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2018-05-25

WARSAW: Netflix bought the rights to stream the Polish crime series Ultraviolet directed by Jan Komasa and Sławomir Fabicki, and produced by Opus Film for AXN Crime.

Free Dacians by Andrei Gorgan and Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Free Dacians

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-25

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Free Dacians directed by Andrei Gorgan and Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan will have its national premiere in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to…

Licu, a Romanian Story by Ana Dumitrescu

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Licu, a Romanian Story

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-25

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Ana Dumitrescu’s Licu, a Romanian Story will screen in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June 2018. The documentary was…

Alice in the Land by Zhanna Agalakova and Tatjana Božić

FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Film Announces 2018/2019 projects

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-05-25

Twelve documentary film projects have been selected for the 16th Ex Oriente Film Workshop.

FESTIVALS: Oscar Winner Barry Levinson to Receive Karlovy Vary’s Highest Honour

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-05-24

PRAGUE: Barry Levinson, who won an Oscar for his film Rain Man, will be at the 53rd Karlovy Vary IFF (29 June – 7 July 2018) to accept the Crystal…

Several Conversations about a Very Tall Girl by Bogdan Theodor Olteanu

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Several Conversations about a Very Tall Girl

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-24

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Director/screenwriter/producer Bogdan Theodor Olteanu will have the national premiere of his debut feature Several Conversations about a Very Tall Girl / Câteva conversații despre o fată foarte înaltă in…

FNE at TIFF 2018 Romanian Days: Caisă

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-24

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Alexandru Mavrodineanu’s second long documentary Caisă will screen in the Romanian Days competition at the 17th edition of the Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June 2018.…

Marianna Zydek and Sebastian Fabijański in The Butler by Filip Bajon

PRODUCTION: Filip Bajon in Post-production with The Butler

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2018-05-23

WARSAW: Polish director Filip Bajon is putting the finishing touches on his major costume drama The Butler, set to premiere in September 2018.

FNE at TIFF 2018 Romanian Days: Charleston

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-23

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Andrei Crețulescu's debut feature Charleston will screen in the Competition and also in the Romanian Days at the 17th edition of Transilvania IFF running from 25 May to 3…

The Story of a Summer Lover by Paul Negoescu

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: The Story of a Summer Lover

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-23

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Paul Negoescu’s third feature film The Story of a Summer Lover aka Never Let It Go will screen in the Romanian Days at the 17th edition of Transilvania IFF…

FNE at Zlin IFF 2018: Competition Films

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-05-22

ZLIN: The world’s oldest and largest children’s film festival, the 58th Zlin Film Festival (25 May – 2 June 2018), will screen eight films in its children’s competition and another…

FESTIVALS: Pula Announces 17 Competition Films

FNE Staff Croatia 2018-05-22

ZAGREB: The 65th Pula Film Festival, running 14-22 July 2018 in the Adriatic seaside town, will have 10 Croatian majority films and another seven Croatian minority films in the main…

Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk by Kuba Mikurda

New Europe Film Sales Picks up HBO Europe’s Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

FNE Staff Poland 2018-05-22

WARSAW: Jan Naszewski’s sales outlet New Europe Film Sales has signed a world sales deal for the documentary Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk by Kuba Mikurda, which explores…

FNE at Cannes 2018: Cannes Prize Winners

Anna Franklin Region 2018-05-21

CANNES: The 71st Cannes Film Festival held from 9 to 20 May awarded its top prize the Palme d’Or to the Japanese film Shoplifters directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Poland scored…

FNE at Cannes 2018: See how the FIPRESCI critics rated the programme

FNE Staff Region 2018-05-21

FNE teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Cannes Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, Directors' Fortnight and Critics Week, giving the films…

FNE TV: Jana Karaivanova Director of Bulgarian National Film Centre

Anna Franklin Bulgaria 2018-05-21

CANNES: FNE asked Jana Karaivanova about her first Cannes as the director of the Bulgarian National Film Centre and why it is important for Bulgaria to be a coproducer of…

GRANTS: Polish Film Institute Distributes First Production Grants for 2018

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2018-05-18

WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute supported 41 new productions with 6.9 m EUR / 29.9 m PLN in the first session of financing for 2018.

Jihlava IDFF Relocates Docu Talents to Sarajevo FF

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-05-18

PRAGUE: The showcase and forum of upcoming documentary films Docu Talents from the East, presented by Jihlava IDFF, is moving from Karlovy Vary IFF to the Sarajevo Film Festival.

FESTIVALS: Czechs Launch Festival Honouring Doc Filmmaker Pavel Koutesky

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-05-18

PRAGUE: A new Czech-German film festival of documentary films, Elbe Dock, created in connection with the 12th edition of the Pavel Koutecky Award, is bringing contemporary Czech and German documentaries…