BIARRITZ: The 26^th edition FIPA – the International Festival of Audiovisual Programmes (22-27 January 2012) was its first under the new leadership team of President Didier Decoin and former ARTE Francois Sauvagnargues as General Delegate.  Sauvagnargues was the former director of fiction at ARTE and brings a television insider’s view to the event.

MOSCOW: The fourth annual CentEast Moscow Market (www.centeast.eu) has found a slot in the new Red Square Screenings, (15-19 October 2012) a new initiative backed by the Russian Cinema Fund.

MOSCOW:  The Red Square Screenings (15-19 October 2012) brought many central European producers to Moscow for the first time as the event teams up with CentEast Moscow (www.centeast.eu). 

FNE TV asked Gindilis how central and eastern European producers can coproduce with Russia and how Red Square Screenings (www.rac-cb.com) is opening doors for European producers in Russia. See the full interview.

Film New Europe would like to thank all its sponsors, supporters and readers and to wish them a happy and prosperous New Year. Keep on Filming in 2013 !

MALTA: The recent European Film Academy Awards have shown a spotlight on the Malta Film Commission (www.mfc.com.mt) and new developments in the film industry in Malta.

MALTA: Film Corporation (www.filmok.org) has become one of the leaders in European production services during its five short years of operation in Malta with over a dozen international productions serviced from Germany, Russia, Japan, France and the UK.

TALLINN: A new, young generation of Kazakh filmmakers have opened the doors to European producers and coproducers in Kazakhstan.

FNE TV spoke to European Film Academy Board members Krzysztof Zanussi (Click Here) who helms Poland’s Tor Studios and Hungarian producer Laszlo Kantor (Click Here) responsible for Central and Eastern Europe at the EFA about what are the most important issues facing the European film industry today.

MOSCOW: Glavkino Studios (www.galvkino.ru), Russia’s newest state-of-the art digital film and studio complex is already looking at a busy start to 2013 after finishing up its first year of operation with nearly full capacity bookings.