FNE at Zagreb FF 2014: Zagreb Film Festival Gets Under Way

ZAGREB: The 12th edition of Zagreb Film Festival (19-26 October 2014) presents more than one hundred films in a dozen different programmes.
20-10-2014

FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2014: Bulgaria, Slovenia, Lithuania

This year the FNE partners with the Jihlava International Documentary Festival who will be presenting its Emerging Producers project 22-26 October 2014 as a part of the event. The Jihlava…
20-10-2014

Polish Film Institute Announces Grants

WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute allotted a new round of grants amounting to 4,219,309 EUR/17,800,000 PLN for feature film production.
17-10-2014

Tartu to Launch Estonia’s Second Regional Fund

TARTU: Tartu, the second largest city in Estonia is setting up a regional film fund for incoming productions. The fund is initially budgeted at approximately 100,000 EUR annually and is…
17-10-2014

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Viktoria

VARNA: Scriptwriter/director Maya Vitkova’s film portrays the first decade after the communist era through a story of a girl born with no umbilical cord. Viktoria screens at the Varna Golden…
17-10-2014

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: IDF and EAVE Announce Partnership

EAVE and IDF have teamed up to offer a new scholarship for one producer participating in Ex Oriente Film 2014 to attend the EAVE 2015 Producers Workshop. The scholarship will…
17-10-2014

Estonia’s Regional Cinemas Go Digital

TALLINN: Seven regional cinemas in Estonia have received funding to be digitalised in 2014 with five more expected to apply by the end of the year.
16-10-2014

PRODUCTION: Călin Peter Netzer Develops Ana, Mon Amour

BUCHAREST: The new project Ana, Mon Amour from the acclaimed writer/director Călin Peter Netzer will investigate the romantic relationship with all its dependencies and crisis situations against the backdrop of…
16-10-2014

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: The Lesson

VARNA: The Lesson was inspired by the real story of a teacher caught in a bank robbery attempt. Scriptwriters/directors/producers Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov focused their debut feature on a…
16-10-2014

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: Bulgarian Rhapsody

VARNA: The first Bulgarian/Israeli coproduction is representing Bulgaria at the Academy Awards nominations for Best Foreign Language Film. Ivan Nichev’s Bulgarian Rhapsody screens in the main competition of the Varna …
16-10-2014

FESTIVALS: Camerimage Readies 22 Edition

BYDGOSZCZ: The 22nd edition of the International Film Festival of the art of Cinematography festival will take place from 15 to 22 November in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz.
16-10-2014

Ida Submitted in Five Oscar Categories

WARSAW: Paweł Pawlikowski’s Polish international hit Ida will compete for an Oscar nod not only in the Best Foreign Film category but also in the main competition for Best Directing,…
15-10-2014

FNE at Regiofun: UK’s Phoenix Buys Film Rights for Bulgarian Hit TV Series

KATOWICE: UK based international sales and distribution company Phoenix Worldwide Entertainment has bought the rights to turn the hit Bulgarian crime series Undercover into a full length feature film.
15-10-2014

Roland Rust Departs Film Festival Cottbus

After working for Film Festival Cottbus since 1992, Roland Rust will move on to address new tasks. He has been the festival's artistic director since 1996 and its director since…
15-10-2014

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: Alienation

VARNA: Bulgarian film critics consider Milko Lazarov’s debut feature Alienation the “creative surprise of 2013“. The film screens in the main competition of the Varna Golden Rose Film Festival (11-17…
15-10-2014

EFP LA Screenings for Nine CEE Films

European Film Promotion will run LA screenings from 29 October to 10 November for nine CEE films and thirteen European films submitted for consideration as Best Foreign Language Film.
15-10-2014

PRODUCTION: Corneliu Porumboiu Starts Shooting The Treasure

BUCHAREST: Acclaimed Romanian writer/director Corneliu Porumboiu returns to the dark humor of his debut feature 12:08 East of Bucharest/A fost sau n-a fost? produced by 42Km Film in 2006 with…
14-10-2014

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: Stefan Komandarev’s The Judgment

VARNA: The Judgment is the latest film by internationally acclaimed Bulgarian director Stefan Komandarev. The film screens in the main competition of the Varna Golden Rose Film Festival (11-17 October…
14-10-2014

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014:Competition: Buffer Zone

VARNA:The 15th feature film directed by the Silver Bear-winner Georgi Djulgerov is inspired by his own life. Buffer Zone screens in the main competition of the Varna Golden Rose Film…
14-10-2014

FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2014: Jihlava Announces Programme Lineup

JIHLAVA: A total of 57 world, international and European premieres will screen in the competition sections of the 18th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival from 23 to 28 October 2014.
14-10-2014