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FNE Staff Region 2019-11-14

The “new look” will include both technical and design updates. But don’t worry, the factual and accurate information about the film industry in the region, that has made FNE the…

FNE at 2019 Latvian National Film Festival: Oleg Wins Three Top Awards

Zane Balčus Latvia 2019-11-14

RIGA: Oleg by Juris Kursietis was awarded the Lielais Kristaps best feature length fiction film prize at the 12 November 2019 closing ceremony of the Latvian National Film Festival, held…

PRODUCTION: Long-awaited Slovak/Czech/Macedonian Drama Piargy in Postproduction

Zuzana Točíková Vojteková Slovakia 2019-11-14

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech/Macedonian historical drama Piargy / Fašiangy, which started first shooting in May 2016, is in postproduction. The film, based on a short story by Slovak writer František Švantner,…

Stories from the Chestnut Woods by Gregor Božič

FNE at 2019 Ljubljana IFF: Stories from the Chestnut Woods Competes at LiFFE

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2019-11-14

LJUBLJANA: Ten films from young filmmakers, presented in the Perspectives section, will compete for the Kingfisher Award at this year’s 30th edition of the Ljubljana IFF, running 13 – 24…

God Exists, Her Name is Petrunija by Teona Strugar Mitevska

North Macedonia, Slovenia, Belgium, Croatia and Poland Score With Awards at Etoiles et Toiles du Cinema Europeen

FNE Staff Region 2019-11-14

STRASBOURG: Two of the three awards distributed at the closing of Etoiles et Toiles du Cinema Europeen on 13 November 2019 went to films from CEE territories.

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month, Kino Metro 70, Prostějov, Czech Republic

Iulia Blaga Czech Republic 2019-11-13

This month we speak with Barbora Kucsa Prágerová, the manager and programmer of Kino Metro 70 in Prostějov, Czech Republic.

LOCATION: Chateau de Beduer, SW France

FNE Staff Region 2019-11-13

Set in the unspoilt countryside of Southwest France, the medieval 12-bedroom Chateau de Beduer offers a near-perfect location for productions, both drama and commercial. The unspoilt countryside and nearby medieval…

FNE at connecting cottbus 2019 WIP Projects: Between Two Dawns

Cathy Meils Region 2019-11-13

COTTBUS: Romanian producer Oana Giurgiu is coproducing Between Two Dawns, a contemporary drama set in Turkey, written and directed by Selman Nacar. The film was presented at the connecting cottbus…

FNE AV Innovation: Zelos Activates Film Festival Volunteers

Johanna-Mai Riismaa Region 2019-11-12

We have asked Sten-Kristian Saluveer, founder and CEO of Storytek Creative Hub, to introduce some of the hottest new projects from Storytek, so that FNE readers have the chance to…

Anatori: Village of the Dead by Giorgi Gogichaishvili

PRODUCTION: Georgian Director Giorgi Gogichaishvili Preps Anatori: Village of the Dead

Alexander Gabelia Georgia 2019-11-12

TBILISI: Georgian director Giorgi Gogichaishvili is starting preproduction on the Georgian feature film Anatori: Village of the Dead, a love story set in a village suffering from the black plague.

PRODUCTION: Romanian/German/US Coproduction Chopin's Wunderkind in Development

Iulia Blaga Romania 2019-11-12

BUCHAREST: Brigitte Drodtloff is in development with her debut feature Chopin's Wunderkind, a biopic of piano prodigy Carl Filtsch, who was born in today’s Romania and became the protégé of…

FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Wet Monday

Cathy Meils Region 2019-11-12

COTTBUS: The Polish film Wet Monday, the feature film debut of Justyna Mytnik, aspires to take the subject of a teenage girl dealing with the trauma of a past rape…

Conrad Mericoffer and Radouan Leflahi in Poppy Field by Eugen Jebeleanu

FNE at connecting cottbus 2019 WIP Projects: Poppy Field

Cathy Meils Region 2019-11-12

COTTBUS: Poppy Field, presented in connecting cottbus’ Works in Progress section on 7 November 2019, confronts the still-prevalent topic of homophobia in Romania in a tight 24-hour story of a…

FNE at FilmFestival Cottbus 2019: Sister Takes Top Prize at Cottbus

Cathy Meils Region 2019-11-11

COTTBUS: The Bulgaria/Qatar coproduction Sister / Sestra by Sveta Tsotsorkova won Best Film at the 29th edition of FilmFestival Cottbus, which concluded on 10 November 2019.

Forever Hold Your Peace by Ivan Marinović

FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Forever Hold Your Peace

Cathy Meils Region 2019-11-11

COTTBUS: Montenegro and Serbia team up on the farcical comedy Forever Hold Your Peace produced by Marija Stojanovic and directed by Ivan Marinovic. The film was pitched at connecting cottbus,…

FNE at connecting cottbus 2019 WIP Projects: Celts

Cathy Meils Region 2019-11-11

COTTBUS: Serbian writer/director Milica Tomovic presented her low-budget film Celts at the connecting cottbus Works in Progress block, which took place 6 – 8 November 2019. The project won the…

Some Interviews on Personal Matters by Lana Gogoberidze

PRODUCTION: Lana Gogoberidze's Georgian/French Golden Thread in Postproduction

Alexander Gabelia Georgia 2019-11-11

TBILISI: The venerated Georgian film director Lana Gogoberidze is completing postproduction on the Georgian/French feature drama Golden Thread. Her 1978 film Some Interviews on Personal Matters (1978) is one of…

Honeyland by Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska

North Macedonia and Latvia Get EFA 2019 Doc Nominations

FNE Staff Region 2019-11-11

BERLIN: Two documentaries from CEE territories landed 2019 European Film Academy Nominations: Honeyland by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska, and Putin’s Witness by Vitaly Mansky.

FESTIVALS: Applications Open for Cyprus Film Days

FNE Staff Cyprus 2019-11-11

LIMASSOL: The 2020 edition of Cyprus Film Days is accepting applications until 6 January 2020.

FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Moldova Takes Best Pitch Prize, Montenegro Snares Most Meetings

Cathy Meils Region 2019-11-08

COTTBUS: The Moldovan black comedy Carbon won the Best Pitch Award at the 21st edition of the connecting cottbus pitching forum at the awards ceremony on 7 November 2019. The…