FNE at Sarajevo Film Festival: Rezo Gigineishvili Preps Honeymoon Flight
SARAJEVO: Rezo Gigineishvili is prepping his dream project Honeymoon Flight, a true story of a flight hijacking by Georgian youngsters in 1983, set to start shooting in late October 2015.…
FNE at Sarajevo Film Festival: FAME’s Mike Downey Unveils New Slate of Southeast European Coproductions
SARAJEVO: FNE spoke with UK producer Mike Downey who helms the London based FAME (Film and Music Entertainment) as he gets ready to head for Sarajevo Film Festival where he…
PRODUCTION: Vlad Zamfirescu Shoots The Secret of Happiness
BUCHAREST: Actor Vlad Zamfirescu started shooting his directorial debut feature The Secret of Happiness/Secretul fericirii on 16 August 2015. The film is an independent production from Movie Production Entertainment.
Poland Scores Three Wins in Locarno
WARSAW: Polish director Andrzej Żuławski won the Best Director award in the main competition of the Locarno Film Festival which wrapped on 15 August 2015.
PRODUCTION: Georgian Refugee Boat Enguri in Postproduction
TBILISI: Vakhtang Varazi’s 72-minute documentary Refugee Boat Enguri is in postproduction with the premiere set for spring 2016.
PRODUCTION: Adina Pintilie Shoots International Coproduction Touch Me Not
BUCHAREST: Adina Pintilie started shooting her debut feature Touch Me Not/ Nu mă atinge-măon 3 August 2015. The film is a Romanian/German/French/Bulgarian coproduction.
Baltic Sea Docs 2015 Selects 25 Projects
RIGA: The 19th Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries (BSD) taking place 2-6 September 2015 in Riga announced its final selection of 25 projects, representing 13 countries. They include six Latvian…
Dhallywood’s Bobby to Star in Malta Film
VALLETTA: Dhallywood actress Bobby is set to star in a film tentatively titled Malta which will begin filming in Malta on 15 October 2015.
Cinema of the Month: Cinema Arta, Cluj-Napoca
This month we speak to Monica Sebestyen, the owner and manager of Cinema Arta, one of the main venues of Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF). Cinema Arta was built and…
New Chinese Feature to Be Shot in Czech Republic
Morning, Paris!, a new Chinese production starts shooting in Prague on 18 September 2015 using the Czech company Milk &Honey Films as line producer.
FNE at Sarajevo IFF: European Film Forum to Discuss Exhibition and Coproduction in the Borderless World
SARAJEVO: The European Film Forum hosted by the Sarajevo Film Festival's Regional Forum will discuss the future of the public funding of coproductions in the digital borderless world and the…
Romanian National Film Center Looks for New Director
BUCHAREST: The Romanian National Film Center (CNC) will organize a contest for a new general director on 3 September 2015.
KVIFF, Czech TV, Aerofilms to Launch New Distribution Label
PRAGUE: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), the Czech Television and the Aerofilms distribution company are working on the establishing a new distribution label, which will distribute films from around…
FNE at Venice FF 2015: Poland’s Klezmer Headed for Venice Days
VENICE: Polish director Piotr Chrzan has scored a slot in line up for the Official Selection of Venice Days 2015, with his feature film debut Klezmer, a drama set in…
FNE Doc Bloc: Who Will Win the Heart of Sarajevo?
The 21st edition of Sarajevo Film Festival (14-22 August 2015) will screen 23 documentaries, five of which were supported by various activities of Institute of Documentary Film (IDF). All of…
FNE Europa International: Sales Agent of the Month: Jan Naszewski, New Europe Film Sales
FNE and Europa International are launching a new chapter of interviews. Every two months we will talk to a European sales agent dealing with films from the FNE region countries.
CineLink's Works in Progress Announces Line Up
SARAJEVO: CineLink's Work in Progress, at the Sarajevo International Film Festival, selected five projects including three features, a documentary and an animated film. The projects come from Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia…
MECEFF Announces Line Up
MEDIAŞ: The best films of 2014 from Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary will compete at the 5th Mediaş Central European Film Festival (MECEFF) from 1 to…
PRODUCTION: Jan Hřebejk Starts Shooting The Teacher
BRATISLAVA: Jan Hřebejk started shooting on a new feature film The Teacher on 8 August 2015. The premiere is planned for autumn 2016.
Hungary Announces Features Grants
BUDAPEST: The Hungarian National Film Fund has allotted production grants of approximately 11.5 m EUR for five feature films. Most of the funding went to Gabor Herendi's period romantic drama…
