FNE Cannes 2015: EFP Producer on the Move: Jan Macola

PRAGUE: Jan Macola studied International Relations and Political Science at Charles University in Prague. He worked for Barrandov Studios as the Head of Marketing and Head of Acquisitions and Development…
13-05-2015

FESTIVALS: TIFF Announces Lineup for Romanian Days

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Eight features and 18 short films will compete in the Romanian Days (4-6 June 2015), the national competition of the 14th Transilvania Film Festival (29 May-7 June 2015).
12-05-2015

Zagreb Fest Opens Call for Debut Feature Film Scripts

ZAGREB: The Zagreb Film Festival has announced the open call for the My First Script workshop taking place during the Festival which takes place 14-22 November 2015.
12-05-2015

FNE Cannes 2015: EFP Producer on the Move: Miha Černčec

LJUBLJANA: Miha Černčec is one of the new generation of enthusiastic Slovenian film producers. After producing some short movies he received worldwide recognition in Venice with Matteo Oleotto’s comedy drama…
12-05-2015

FNE Cannes 2015: EFP Producer on the Move: Zivile Gallego

VILNIUS: Zivile Gallego has received her MA degree in European Affaires Management at South Bank University, London and Leonardo da Vinci University, Paris. She took filmmaking course at New York…
12-05-2015

Films Boutique Acquires Muntean's One Floor Below

BUCHAREST: Radu Muntean's psychological drama One Floor Below/Un etaj mai jos has been picked up for international sales by Films Boutique. The film will have its world premiere in the…
11-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Bojanov to Helm Bulgarian Coproduction I Want to Be Like You

SOFIA: Award-winning Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov will go into production with his second film in July 2015, I Want to Be Like You, a Danish/UK/Belgian/Bulgarian coproduction which features an international…
11-05-2015

Giurgiu’s Why Me? Joins Romania’s VOD Release Line-up

BUCHAREST: Tudor Giurgiu’s political triller Why Me?/ De ce eu? was launched for the international audience on VOD on the official website of the film, deceeu.ro.
11-05-2015

FNE at Anifilm 2015: Spain, Latvia Take Top Awards

TREBON: Spanish director Sam Conflictivos won the Anifilm Grand Jury Prize in the competition of animated films for adults for his claymation film Possessed and the special recognition went to…
11-05-2015

Public TV Broadcasters in Slovenia and Slovakia Animate Content Funding

TREBON: Speaking at a panel consisting of TV broadcaster from across the CEE region, representatives from the public broadcasting channels in Slovakia and Slovenia said that recent new sources of…
11-05-2015

Attention all FIPRESCI members coming to Cannes: Limited Edition Turkish DVD Box Set

Be one of the first 5 to sign up for the FNE FIPRESCI Cannes Critics ratings and we will send you a beautiful box set of DVDs of the Best…
11-05-2015

Closer to the Moon Wins Big at UCIN Awards

BUCHAREST: Nae Caranfil's Closer to the Moon was awarded Best Film and received the Trophy of the Romanian Filmmakers Union (UCIN) for 2014.
08-05-2015

FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Hans König, Polyfilm

FNE together with Europa Distribution is launching a new chapter of the Distributor of the Month section. This time we focus on new strategies in film distribution and the importance…
08-05-2015

Cartoon Forum Launches First International Cooperation with Visegrad Animation Forum

TREBON, Czech Republic: Central Europe’s animation pitching forum, the Visegrad Animation Forum (VAF), will send the winners of its TV series pitches to Cartoon Forum in September.
08-05-2015

Red Planet Wins Wajda Script Pro 2015 Prize

KRAKOW: Jaroslaw Marszewski won the 2015 SCRIPT PRO competition organized by the Wajda School and awarded in Krakow on 6 May for his script Red Planet White Flag.
08-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Coproduction Debut The Woman of My Life in Postproduction

SOFIA: Bulgarian director Antoniy Donchev is in postproduction with his first feature film The Woman of My Life coproduced by Bulgarian Ars, Macedonia’s KT Film & Media, Romania’s Peter Film…
08-05-2015

FNE IDF DocBloc: Doc Award at Plzen

PLZEN: Czech and Slovak films shared the documentary prizes handed out in Plzen.
08-05-2015

International Conference on Film and Media Education

WARSAW: The international conference ‘Film and media education in Poland and the world – systemic solutions and case studies’, which was organized by the Polish Film Institute and Centre for…
08-05-2015

European Film Industry Voices Concerns over Single Digital Market Strategy

WARSAW: European film industry professionals and organisations have voiced strong concerns about the strategy for the creation of a single digital market across the EU adopted on 6 May by…
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