Polish-French Drama Agnus Dei in Postproduction

WARSAW: Anne Fontaine’s French/Polish/Belgian coproduction Agnus Dei (working title) was shot in Poland with Lou de Lâage, Agata Kulesza and Agata Buzek in the lead roles.
23-03-2015

PRODUCTION: Era of Dance Shooting

RIGA: Viktors Buda and his team at VFS Films are shooting Era of Dance / Dejulaikmets, a music documentary on Rave, Dance and DJ cultures that bridged West Germany and…
23-03-2015

FESTIVALS: Istanbul IFF Announces Projects Selected for the 10th Meetings on the Bridge

ISTANBUL: A total of 15 Turkish projects have been selected for the two sections of Meetings on the Bridge, the Project Development and Work in Progress Workshops organised as part…
23-03-2015

FESTIVALS: Gdynia Film Festival Changes Competition Rules

GDYNIA: The Visions Apart section of Gdynia Film Festival, which started in 2014, will become a competition for experimental films.
23-03-2015

Moldova Joins the Creative Europe Programme

BRUSSELS: Moldova has joined the Creative Europe Programme as Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, and Monica Babuc, the Moldovan Minister of Culture, signed an agreement…
20-03-2015

EFAD to Adopt Copyright Framework Resolution

BRUSSELS: The European Film Agencies have adopted a common resolution on the EU plans to reform the copyright framework. This first paper, that launches the reflection of the Association of…
20-03-2015

Maltese Film Industry Gets 29 m EUR from Foreign Productions in 2014

VALLETTA: While approximately 29 m EUR were generated by foreign productions shot in Malta in 2014, this year Malta Film Commission will focus on attracting more foreign productions and restructuring…
20-03-2015

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Discounted Delegate Passes at Sheffield Doc/Fest

Have you participated in Ex Oriente Film, East European Forum, Doc Tank , Project Market or East Silver Market? Or are you an Eastern or Central European filmmaker interested in…
20-03-2015

PRODUCTION: Šiška Deluxe in Postproduction

LJUBLJANA: Jan Cvitkovic's comedy Šiška Deluxe is in the final stages of postproduction with the premiere set for autumn 2015.
19-03-2015

FNE TV: Bernd Buder Artistic Director Cottbus Film Festival

FNE spoke to Bernd Buder, long time director of Connecting Cottbus, about his new role as the director of Cottbus Film Festival.
19-03-2015

FNE TV: Rebekka Garrido Programme Director Connecting Cottbus

FNE spoke to Rebekka Garrido, the new Programme Director, about what changes we can expect at this event in 2015.
19-03-2015

FESTIVALS: Istanbul Film Festival Announces Lineup

ISTANBUL: A total of 204 films from 62 countries will be screened at the 34th Istanbul Film Festival from 4 to 9 April 2015.
19-03-2015

Crossing Dreams Call for Application

LEIPZIG: Crossing Borders and Dare to Dream have joined forces and are calling for hour-long or feature-length documentary projects for the international training initiative Crossing Dreams.
19-03-2015

Eurimages to Support Projects from Eight CEE Countries

STRASBOURG: A total of 18 feature films and two documentaries were granted 4.44 m EUR by Eurimages. The list includes eight CEE coproductions directed by Peter Greenaway, Nae Caranfil, Rainer…
18-03-2015

Dodgeball Sets Opening Record

PRAGUE: Petr Nikolaev’s new feature Dodgeball opened in Czech cinemas on 12 March setting a record for a domestic film in 2015. The adaptation of Michael Viewegh’s bestseller has also…
18-03-2015

FESTIVALS: Febiofest Ready to Kick Off

PRAGUE: The 22nd edition of the International Film Festival Prague – Febiofest will screen 159 films from 56 countries in 562 screenings from 19 to 27 March 2015.
18-03-2015

Michael Bay to Shoot 13 Hours in Malta

VALLETTA: Michael Bay will start shooting the rescue drama 13 Hours on location in Morocco and Malta at the beginning of April. The film will star John Krasinski and David…
18-03-2015

Aferim! With Best Domestic Opening in 13 Years

BUCHAREST: Radu Jude's third feature, Aferim! opened in Romania on 13 March selling 20,039 tickets in the first weekend and beating the record set in 2013 by Calin Peter Netzer's…
17-03-2015

FNE TV: Mira Staleva Director of Sofia Meetings and Deputy Director of Sofia International Film Festival

FNE spoke to Mira Staleva about how bringing together pan-European AV organizations like FERA, Europa Cinemas and Europa Distribution is helping to build audiences for European film.
17-03-2015

King Khan Starts Shooting in Croatia

DUBROVNIK: Fan, an upcoming Indian drama starring Shahrukh Khan, will be partially filmed in Dubrovnik from 16 to 24 March. Formula Film is providing services.
17-03-2015