FNE at Finale Plzen: Icing
PLZEN: Jan Hřebejk’s explosive comedy Icing / Zakázané uvolnění is based on a successful play with the story taking place in a remote village pub during an Ice Hockey World…
FNE at Finale Plzen: Children
PLZEN: Jaro Vojtek‘s Slovak/Czech coproduction Children/Děti pictures the complicated relationships between parents and children on the backdrop of contemporary Czech Republic. The film will be screened within the 28th edition…
FNE at Finale Plzen: In Silence
PLZEN: In Silence/ V tichu by writer/director Zdeněk Jiráský is a stylized docu-drama portraying the lives of five Jewish artists from Czechoslovakia and Germany who were persecuted during the Holocaust.…
FESTIVALS: Jafar Panahi's Taxi Will Open Bucharest IFF Today
BUCHAREST: The 11th edition of Bucharest International Film Festival opens today with Jafar Panahi's Taxi and will run until 26 April 2015 with six debut features and second films competing…
FESTIVALS: 15th goEast Ready to Kick Off
WIESBADEN: The 15th edition of goEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film starts on 22 April 2015 and will present more than 100 films from 30 countries, including…
FNE at Cannes FF 2015: CEE Films in Cannes Official Lineup
PARIS: Films from Hungary, Romania and Croatia have all scored places in the Competition and Certain Regard official competition programmes in the 68th Cannes Film Festival running from 13 to…
FNE at IKSV 2015: Meetings on the Bridge Winners Announced
ISTANBUL: The Meetings on the Bridge has announced the winning projects for the 10th edition of the annual industry event which was held on 15-16 April 2015 within the scope…
FNE at Finale Plzen: Places
PLZEN: Radim Špaček’s coming-of-age film Places / Mista is part of a trilogy examining the changing face of the contemporary Czech Republic. The film will be screened within the 28th…
FNE Doc Bloc: Apply for East Silver Market 2015
JIHLAVA: East Silver, a documentary market specialized in Eastern and Central European documentary, is open for submissions until 30 June 2015.
GRANTS: Silesia Film Announces Production Grants
KATOWICE: Polish regional film fund Silesia Film approved production grants for three features and two documentaries. The total amount of grants is approximately 160,000 EUR / 641,511,12 PLN.
PRODUCTION: Ivan Cherkelov in Postproduction with Family Relics
SOFIA: Bulgarian director/scriptwriter Ivan Cherkelov is in postproduction with Family Relics, a drama unfolding through three intertwined subplots, which is set to be released at the end of 2015.
FNE at Finale Plzen: The Way Out
PLZEN: Petr Václav’s The Way Out / Cesta Ven, the most awarded Czech film of 2014, will be screened within the 28th edition of Finale Plzen running from 26 April…
FNE at Finale Plzen: Us 2
PLZEN: Slobodanka Radun’s debut feature Us 2/ My 2 is a contemporary love story based on a script by the famous Czech author Radka Denemarková. The film will be screened…
Vilnius Film Cluster Plans to Digitalise 20 Abandoned Cultural Houses in Lithuania
VILNIUS: Vilnius Film Cluster opened the biggest sound stage in the Baltics in 2014 and plans the digitalisation of 20 abandoned cultural houses in the regions of Lithuania, as well…
TVN to Coproduce 30 Minutes
WARSAW: Polish private broadcaster TVN will be the new coproducer of shorts produced at the Munk Studio within the 30 Minutes programme.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Angels
PLZEN: Angels by Alice Nellis, one of many adaptations of Michal Viewegh´s books, was released by its Czech distributor CineMart in October 2014. The film will be screened within the…
FNE at Finale Plzen: Three Brothers
PLZEN: Jan Svěrák’s musical fairytale Three Brothers, a Czech/Danish coproduction which had the highest cinema attendance in Czech cinemas in 2014, will be screened within the 28th edition of Finale…
FESTIVALS: Istanbul FF Competitions and Closing Ceremony Cancelled
ISTANBUL: The34th Istanbul Film Festival cancelled the National and International Golden Tulip Competitions, National Documentary Competition and the Closing Ceremony.
GRANTS: Latvia Announces First Grants in 2015
RIGA: National Film Centre of Latvia distributed 911,954 EUR to 12 projects in the first film production grants session in 2015.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Hostage
PLZEN: Juraj Nvota’s tragicomic family film Hostage, based on a screenplay by the famous Slovak author Peter Pišťánek, will be screened within the 28th edition of Finale Plzen running from…
