FNE TV at Riga Meetings 2014: Latvian producer Andris Gauja

FNE spoke to the young Latvian producer and director Andris Gauja of The Lesson about how the new generation of Latvian filmmakers are using crowd funding, pitching sessions and other…
17-12-2014

Romania Appoints New Minister of Culture

BUCHAREST: President Traian Basescu signed the appointment decree for Ionut Vulpescu as minister of Culture on 16 December 2014 as the Social Democratic Party (PSD) took over this portfolio.
17-12-2014

PRODUCTION: Janis Nords Develops Survivalist

TALLLINN: Latvian director Janis Nords is writing Survivalist, a drama of a schoolmaster who fakes his own death to escape mounting personal and financial pressures.
17-12-2014

FNE Country Profile: Lithuania

The Lithuanian film industry noted several recent successes with films selected for major festivals that found favour at the local box office and with the announcement that 23-year old Lithuanian…
17-12-2014

FNE Country Profile: Slovakia

The launch of Slovakia’s Audiovisual Fund five years ago has reaped benefits for Slovak film production abroad and at home. Slovakia continues to find success internationally, powered by its documentary…
17-12-2014

PRODUCTION: The Tatooist Ready to Begin Financing

BRATISLAVA: Slovak writer/director Martin Repka is completing the third draft of the Slovak/Czech film The Tatooist with cowriter Agda Bavi Pain as the film prepares to move into the financing…
16-12-2014

PRODUCTION: Olympic Flame Race in Development

TALLINN: Estonian director Ain Maeots is developing The Flame Race: 1980, a comedy on the saga of the transport of the Olympic flame from Moscow to Tallinn.
16-12-2014

FNE Country profile: Estonia

Estonia’s film year 2014 was highlighted by the opening of a significant number of new multi-screen and digital cinemas, growing admission figures, and the establishment of the second regional film…
16-12-2014

FNE Country Profile: Czech Republic

The State Cinematography Fund, Czech Republic has been the main tool for public support of cinematography in the Czech Republic since 1992. In 2013 it adopted a new Cinematography Act…
16-12-2014

FNE at EFA Awards 2014: Poland’s Ida Scoops Top European Awards

RIGA: Poland was celebrating the resounding win of Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida in Riga Saturday night as the hit film made a clean sweep of the awards for best European film,…
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Romania with No Minister of Culture Again

BUCHAREST: Romania is again without a minister of Culture since the party of Csilla Hegedus, the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (DAHR/UDMR), decided to step down from the government.
15-12-2014

Gods Tops 2 Million Mark on Its Way to the Top

WARSAW: The drama Gods by Łukasz Palkowski has become the most popular Polish film of the year, with 2.03m tickets sold to date.
15-12-2014

FNE Country Profile: Romania

After a gap in funding, production resumed in 2014, but the crisis was visible in the slow pace of foreign film productions shooting in Romania. New multiplexes opened and new…
15-12-2014

FNE Country Profile: Croatia

“To sum up, I would emphasize a few things: Ogden Svilicic's These Are the Rules (Maxima Film) awarded in Venice; two films with nice admissions in cinemas – Kristian Milić’s…
15-12-2014

FNE at Riga IFF 2014: Mother, I Love You Wins Top Latvian Award

RIGA: Mother, I Love You directed by Jānis Nords scooped the best Latvian feature film as well as the award for best director, best actress and the audience award at…
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Golden Globe Nods for Estonia and Poland

The Estonian/Georgian coproduction Tangerines and the Polish/Danish film Ida took two of the five slots in the 2014 Best Foreign Language Film category when the Golden Globe nominations were announced…
12-12-2014

Lithuania’s Aiste Dirziute Named EFP Shooting Star

Aiste Dirziute, star of The Summer of Sangaile directed by Alante Kavaite, has been selected as one of European Film Promotion’s 2015 Shooting Stars.
12-12-2014

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: IDF at IDFA

IDF recounts its successes at IDFA.
12-12-2014

CEE Films Head to Sundance

VILNIUS: Lithuanian and Croatian films will be represented at the 2015 edition of Sundance.
11-12-2014

PRODUCTION: Polish Wounded Beast in Development

TALLINN: Polish advertising and marketing company ADHD Warsaw continues its move into film production with The Wounded Beast directed by Piotr Trzaskalski.
11-12-2014