Estonia to Launch Cash Rebate Scheme
TALINN: Estonia will launch a cash rebate fund for incoming productions in 2016. The government has just earmarked 0.5 m EUR for a pilot year, which will be increased to…
FESTIVALS: Simshar Wins Cyprus International Film Festival
NICOSIA: Rebecca Cremona’s Simshar won the Golden Aphrodite Award for Best Film and Best Director at the 10th Cyprus International Film Festival Awards (CYIFF). The festival wrapped in Paphos on…
Irina Radu Elected Acting General Manager of the Romanian Public Television
BUCHAREST: Irina Radu was confirmed by the Romanian Parliament as acting general manager of the Romanian public broadcaster (SRTV) after the rejection of the activity report on 2014 and thus…
Maciej Karpinski Elected Member of the European Federation of Screenwriters
BRUSSELS: Maciej Karpiński, novelist, playwright, essayist, translator and chairman of the Writers Circle of the Polish Filmmakers Association, was elected member of the European Federation of Screenwriters (FSE).
FNE at Golden Rose Film Festival: Thirst
VARNA: Svetla Tsotsorkova’s debut feature Thirst will compete in the main competition at the 33rd Golden Rose National Film Festival (6-11 October 2015). The film had its world premiere in…
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2015: While Aya Was Sleeping
VARNA: Tsvetodar Markov’s second feature While Aya Was Sleeping will compete in the main competion at the 33rd Golden Rose NFF (6-11October 2015). The domestic release has not been announced…
FESTIVALS: LET'S CEE Film Festival Announces Line up
VIENNA: Eleven films are competing in the feature competition of the 4th edition of LET’S CEE Film Festival from 1 to 11 October 2015.
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Marcin Piasecki, Kino Świat
We launch a new chapter in our Distributor of the Month section focusing on new trends and challenges of film distribution. In the coming months we will talk with European…
FESTIVALS: Bulgarian Golden Rose Film Festival Announces Line up
VARNA: Thirteen films will be screened in the national official competition of the 33rd Golden Rose Film Festival from 6 to 11 of October 2015. The most important film festival…
PRODUCTION: Dutch-Croatian-Belgian Coproduction Starts Shooting
ZAGREB: Nicole van Kilsdonk’s children film When My Father Became a Bush has started shooting in Zagreb. This Dutch-Croatian-Belgian coproduction will spend approximately 655,500 EUR / 5 m HRK in…
Christian Bale to Shoot in Malta
VALLETTA: According to the Maltese media, Christian Bale will shoot in Malta in the coming months.
FESTIVALS: Jihlava IDFF Announces Programme
JIHLAVA: The 19th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (JIDFF) announces the highlights of its programme. The festival takes place from 27 October to 1 November 2015.
FESTIVALS: Cyprus International Film Festival
CYPRUS: The tenth Cyprus International Film Festival (CYIFF) which runs 23-27 September is screening feature and short films in both Nicosia and Paphos.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Two New Czech Documentaries in the Czech Cinemas
Two new Czech documentaries, A Colourful Tail of a Flying Comet and Mills of God, were theatrically released in Czech Republic on 24 September 2015.
FESTIVALS: Warsaw Film Festival Announces International Competition Line up
WARSAW: Sixteen films have been selected in the International Competition of the 31st Warsaw Film Festival. The festival will take place from 9 to 18 October 2015.
Macedonian/Czech/Slovenian coproduction Selected as Macedonia Oscar Bid
PRAGUE: Ivo Trajkov's Honey Night is Macedonia's candidate in the Foreign-Language category at the 88th Academy Awards. The film is a Macedonian/Czech/Slovenian coproduction.
TVN to Produce More Feature Films
GDYNIA: Polish private broadcaster TVN announced during the 40th Film Festival in Gdynia that the company will increase its involvement in feature film production.
When East Meets West Opens Call for Entries for the Coproduction Forum and First Cut Lab
TRIESTE: When East Meets West, the Trieste based industry platform is accepting subsmissions for the sixth edition of the Coproduction Forum and for the second edition of the workshop First…
3D Content Financing Market Accepting Applications for December Edition
LIEGE: The 3D Content Financing Market (3DFM), an international co-production and financing market for projects for stereoscopic-3D (S-3D) contents, is open for applications through 28 September 2015, for the market…
PRODUCTION: Chinese TV Series Shooting in Czech Republic
PRAGUE: Chinese TV series The Last Visa directed by Hua Quing is currently shooting in the Czech city of Liberec which is standing in for Vienna. The series will contain…
