New Distribution Company Takes on Warner Bros in Romania
BUCHAREST: The team and the general manager of MediaPro Distribution who left the company this summer launched a new company, Freeman Entertainment on 1 September 2014.
FNE at Venice IFF 2014: Review: Sivas: Competition
VENICE: Turkish director Kaan Muideci’s debut feature Sivas might be a boy and a dog film but this definitely is not a Turkish Lassie. Set in an Anatolian village in…
PRODUCTION: Antonio Nuić in Postproduction with Life Is Like a Trumpet
ZAGREB: The award-winning Bosnian-Croatian film director Antonio Nuić is in postproduction with Life Is Like a Trumpet/Zivot je truba, a character-driven film where drama and comedy are intertwined offering a…
FNE at Portoroz Slovenian Film Festival 2014: Eight Feature Films in Competition
LJUBLJANA: Despite economic problems the 17th Slovenian Film Festival will take place in Portoroz 10-14 September 2014 with films on topics as diverse as family dilemmas, unemployment, tycoons, and more.
FNE at Venice IFF 2014: Screening Alert Thursday and Friday
Thursday 4 September - Screening Alert
Estonia submits Tangerines for Academy Award
TALLINN: Estonia will submit the Estonian Georgian coproduction Tangerines as its nominee for Best Foreign Language Film for the 87th Academy Awards.
FNE at Potoroz 2014: Driving School
LJUBLJANA: Janez Burger’s Driving School is among the eight Slovenian films that will compete at the 17th Slovenian Film Festival taking place in the coastal town of Potoroz 10-14 Septermber…
FNE at Gdynia 2014: The Citizen
WARSAW: Polish actor and director Jerzy Stuhr’s film The Citizen, a drama in which he stars along with his son, will compete at the 39th Gdynia Film Festival, running 15-20…
FNE at Gdynia 2014: Jack Strong
WARSAW: The hit spy thriller Jack Strong by Władysław Pasikowski will screen in the main competition of the Gdynia Film Festival running 15-20 September 2014.
FNE at Venice IFF 2014: Still Time to Watch Venice Festival Films Online
VENICE: There is still time to catch the critically highly rated These are the Rules directed by Ognjen Svilicic and produced by Maxima Film and Line of Credit by Georgian…
FNE at Venice IFF 2014: Screening and Event Alert Wednesday and Thursday
Wednesday 3 September - Party and Event Alert
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kinoteka Zlatna Vrata, Split
This month we spoke to Snježana Lisičić, director of Kinoteka Zlatna Vrata (The Golden Gate), which is part of the Centre for Culture and Lifelong Leaning located in the old…
PRODUCTION: Laila Pakalnina Working on a Latvian-Polish Coproduction
RIGA: Acclaimed Latvian director Laila Pakalnina is shooting a period drama, Dawn (Ausma), produced by her own studio Hargla.
FNE at Venice IFF 2014: RE-ACT Seeks to Change the Dynamics of Regional Coproductions
VENICE: High profile regional and national leaders kicked off the launch of RE-ACT (Regional Audiovisual Cooperation and Training) in Venice yesterday underlining the importance of this new trans-regional initiative for…
FNE at Venice IFF 2014: Screening Alert Tuesday and Wednesday
Tuesday 2 September - Parties and Events
Vera Dreams of the Sea wins Main Award at International MIDPOINT Programme
PRAGUE: The fifth MIDPOINT educational programme aimed at supporting talent and development in European screenwriting, culminated at Prague's FAMU film school the final weekend of August 2014 with honours for…
FESTIVALS: Child's Pose in Competition at MECEFF
MEDIAŞ: The 4th edition of Mediaş Central European Film Festival (2-6 September 2014), the only festival in Romania focusing on the Central European cinema, will screen more than 40 films…
FESTIVALS: Nine Films Compete at Cinematik
BRATISLAVA: Veiko Õunpuu’s Free Range is among the nine films competing in the Meeting Point Europe section of the 9th edition of Cinematik IFF taking place 10-14 September 2014.
FNE at Venice IFF 2014: Review: The Cut: Competition
VENICE: German Turkish director Fatih Akin has described his latest film as “an epic film, a drama, an adventure movie and a western all rolled into one.”
Latvia Opens Grants for Foreign Productions
RIGA: The National Film Centre of Latvia has announced its annual tender for co-funding of foreign productions.
