Jolie and Pitt Film Boosts Malta's Economy

LA VALLETTA: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s next film, a love story shot in the Mgarr ix-Xini bay on Malta’s Gozo island, is expected to inject almost 20 m EUR…
08-07-2014

SOFA Selects Eight Projects for 2014 Training

KARLOVY VARY: SOFA, the School of Film Agents training programme announced the eight participants taking place in the 15-24 August 2014 second edition in Wroclaw.
08-07-2014

GRANTS: Croatia Gives 850,000 EUR in Small Grants

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Center (HAVC) allotted production funding to 25 projects, 13 script development grants and 8 project development grants at its 48th funding session.
08-07-2014

The French Connection Gets Sealed at Karlovy Vary

KARLOVY VARY: "Karlovy Vary is the central point" in the CEE region for French film promotion company Unfrance, Isabelle Giordano, CEO of Unifrance told FNE.
08-07-2014

FESTIVALS: Cottbus Breaks New Grounds with LBGT CEE Films

KARLOVY VARY: The 24th Cottbus IFF running 4-9 November 2014 continues its string of boundary breaking themed content with a Gay Film/LGBT focus on CEE films.
08-07-2014

Czech Production Increased in 2013

KARLOVY VARY: Film production in the Czech Republic rose 23% in 2013, to more than 5 billion CZK with most of the increase due to foreign film production which rose …
07-07-2014

Czech Culture Minister Announces Funding for Digital Film Restoration

KARLOVY VARY: The Czech Minister of Culture Daniel Herman was in Karlovy Vary to announce new funding for the digital restoration of Czech films. Funding is expected to be in…
07-07-2014

CEE Films Compete for 2014 LUX Prize

KARLOVY VARY: Three CEE films are among the ten films in the official selection for the LUX Prize, announced on 6 July 2014 at the Karlovy Vary IFF (KVIFF).
07-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Balej Animated Fish Shop Gets Sneak Peak at KVIFF

KARLOVY VARY: Animated director Jan Balej gave industry pros the first look at the upcoming animated puppet film Little from the Fish Shop which has completed the production phase after…
07-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Minac Preps Hybrid Fellini Comedy

KARLOVY VARY: Slovak director Matej Mináč in in preproduction with Never Give Up, a hybrid fiction/documentary comedy about a film that was never made.
07-07-2014

FNE at KVIFF 2014: See how the critics rate the programme so far

This year FNE and FIPRESCI have invited film critics attending the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition and the East of the West…
06-07-2014

FNE at KVIFF 2014: Invitation to Film New Europe Coproduction Meeting

KARLOVY VARY: Film New Europe will be hosting a Coproduction Meeting at the new Kino Cas Filmmakers Lounge this year in Karlovy Vary during the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film…
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FNE at KVIFF 2014: FNE FIPRESCI Critics

The year FNE and FIPRESCI have invited film critics attending the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition and the East of the West…
04-07-2014

FNE Coproduction Meeting at KVIFF 2014: Case Study: The Red Captain

PRAGUE: The Red Captain, a Czech/Slovak/Polish detective thriller directed by Michal Kollar, will go into production on 21 July 2014.
04-07-2014

FNE Coproduction Meeting at KVIFF 2014: Case Study: Red Spider

WARSAW: After completing production in late May, the Polish/Czech/Slovak psychological thriller Red Spider has moved into postproduction through October 2014.
04-07-2014

PRODUCTION: 4 Passports Shooting Two Versions

ZAGREB: Serbian director Mihajlo Jevtić is shooting 4 pasoša/4 Passports a partly animated first-person documentary set against the backdrop of the former Yougoslavia of the last 30 years. The film…
04-07-2014

Way Out Wins at Art Film Fest

TRENCIANSKE TEPLICE: Petr Vaclav’s The Way Out won the main prize of the 22nd Art Film Fest which returned to its home base in the small Slovak spa resort after…
04-07-2014

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Ex Oriente Announces 2014 Projects

Twelve documentary projects have been selected for the next edition of the Ex Oriente Film workshops.
04-07-2014

Czechs Approve Raising Film Incentives

PRAGUE: The Czech parliament has approved raising the cap on film incentives from to 800 m CZK. The cap had been set at 500 m CZK.
03-07-2014

GRANTS: Latvian Film Centre Funds 15 Projects for Development

RIGA: National Film Centre of Latvia has renewed the tender for project development support, after a six year break, an indication of the film industry's recovery after the financial crisis.
03-07-2014