GRANTS: Lithuania Concludes Funding Competition for 2015

VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Film Centre will grant 32,700 EUR for the preproduction of two feature films directed by Ernestas Jankauskas and Linas Ryškus.
27-03-2015

Saulius and Paulius Robbed Them All Tops Lithuanian Box Office

VILNIUS: The comedy Saulius and Paulius Robbed Them All by Simonas Aškelavičius and Ričardas Marcinkus has become the most profitable Lithuanian movie in 2015 with 90,876 admissions and 423,199 EUR…
27-03-2015

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Documentaries Supported by IDF at Hot Docs

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, North America's largest documentary event, will screen documentaries supported by the Institute of Documentary Film from 23 April to 3 May 2015 in Toronto.
27-03-2015

FNE TV: Pauline Durand-Vialle CEO FERA the Federation of European Film Directors

FNE spoke to Pauline Durand-Vialle CEO FERA the Federation of European Film Directors, about the EU’s plans for Copyright Reform and a Digital Single Market and the impact this will…
26-03-2015

FESTIVALS: Bucharest International Film Festival Announces Lineup

BUCHAREST: Six debut features and second films will compete for the trophy of the 11th edition of Bucharest International Film Festival from 20 to 26 April 2015.
26-03-2015

OBITUARY: Producer Peter Kovarčík

PRAGUE: Slovak-born producer and businessman Peter Kovarčík died as a result of an accident on 23 March 2015 at the age of 61.
26-03-2015

FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Mira Staleva, Art Fest

FNE together with Europa Distribution is launching a new chapter of the Distributor of the Month section. This time we focus on new strategies in film distribution and the importance…
25-03-2015

Polsat to Launch International Channel

WARSAW: Polsat, a leading Polish private broadcaster, received a license for Polsat World, a channel for Poles living abroad.
25-03-2015

FNE and Producers Network in Cannes: Still Time to Apply

WARSAW: Film New Europe has teamed up with the upcoming Cannes Marche Du Film and the Producers Workshop to promote Central and Eastern European producers during Cannes.
25-03-2015

FESTIVALS: A l’Est, du Nouveau Film Festival Announces Its 10th Edition

The 10th edition of A l’Est, du Nouveau Film Festival will screen more than 30 films from New Europe in Normandy, France from 17 to 24 April 2015.
25-03-2015

Malta to Launch New Grant Schemes

VALLETTA: Malta Film Commission has launched two new short film production grants.
24-03-2015

GRANTS: Lithuania Announces Production Grants

VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Film Center allotted 479,030 EUR for nine projects. One of them is Andrius Blaževičius's Lithuanian/Polish coproduction Crisis /Krizė.
24-03-2015

Viacom Launches New Film Channel in Poland

WARSAW: Paramount Channel HD was launched by Viacom in Poland on 19 March 2015 and will broadcast mostly feature films produced by Paramount Pictures.
24-03-2015

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