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PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Director Kostadin Bonev In Postproduction With Away from the Shore

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2018-07-30

SOFIA: Bulgarian director Kostadin Bonev is completing postproduction on his new feature film Away From the Shore (aka Wolves around Us). This Bulgarian/Ukrainian coproduction is a personal interpretation of the…

PRODUCTION: First Serbian/Chinese Coproduction Belgrade Escape Starts Shooting

FNE Staff Serbia 2018-07-30

BELGRADE: Belgrade Escape by Wang Zhongyan, the first Serbian/Chinese coproduction, started shooting in Belgrade on 26 July 2018. The film is a coproduction between Chinese Fujian Broken Films and Serbian…

New Europe Film Sales Picks-up Israeli/Polish/German Coproduction The Delegation

FNE Staff Poland 2018-07-30

WARSAW : Polish sales agent New Europe Film Sales has acquired Asaf Saban’s Israeli/Polish/German coproduction The Delegation which is still in development.

FESTIVALS: Killing Jesus Wins the 21st Motovun Film Festival

FNE Staff Croatia 2018-07-30

MOTOVUN: Laura Mora’s Killing Jesus (Colombia, Argentina) was awarded Propeller of Motovun for Best Film at the 21st edition of Motovun Film Festival. After winning the prestigious Doc Alliance award…

FESTIVALS: Sarajevo’s CineLink 2018 Announces Work in Progress Selection

FNE Staff Bosnia-Herzegovina 2018-07-27

SARAJEVO: Eight feature films and two documentaries have been selected in the Sarajevo Film Festival's CineLink co-production market Work in Progress section. The list includes projects from Romania, Bulgaria and…

Polish Film Festival in Gdynia Launches One-Minute Video Competition

FNE Staff Poland 2018-07-27

GDYNIA: Legal Culture Foundation and the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia are launching a video competition for one-minute films made using a camera, the phone or an animated technique.

FNE IDF DocBloc: Martin Horyna: There Is Still a Reason to Separate Documentary Films

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-07-27

Click HERE to read an interview with documentary film expert Martin Horyna, member of the Programme Department at the Karlovy Vary IFF and one of the three main persons selecting…

FNE at Venice 2018: CEE Films at the 75th Venice Film Festival

Anna Franklin Region 2018-07-26

VENICE: Jacques Audiard’s The Sisters Brothers, the first minority coproduction for Cristian Mungiu’s Mobra Films, and Sunset by Hungarian László Nemes, with Romanian actor Vlad Ivanov in the lead, were…

PRODUCTION: Czech Director Julius Ševčík’s The Glass Room with International Cast Wraps Shooting

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-07-26

PRAGUE: Czech/Slovak coproduction The Glass Room, directed by Julius Ševčík, has wrapped shooting. The film stars acclaimed European and Czech actors. Renowned Polish editor Jaroslaw Kaminski (Ida and Cold War,…

Scholarships Available for CEE Professionals at European VoD Meetings - Venice Workshop

FNE Staff Region 2018-07-26

VENICE: Professionals from EuroVoD Members and from European countries of low audiovisual production capacity will be given priority for the scholarships provided by the European VoD Meetings- Venice Workshop. The…

Ivan Salatić Completes Montenegrin/Serbian Coproduction You Have the Night

Zoran Janković Montenegro 2018-07-25

PODGORICA: Montenegrin director Ivan Salatić has just completed his debut feature You Have the Night/ Ti imaš moć which has been selected in the Critics’ Week programme at the Venice…

PRODUCTION: Croatian Director Danilo Šerbedžija's Teresa 33 Wraps

FNE Staff Croatia 2018-07-25

ZAGREB: A new feature film by Croatian director Danilo Šerbedžija, Teresa 33,wrapped shooting in Split on 22 July 2018.

The Other Side of Everything by Mila Turajlić

Serbian Doc The Other Side of Everything among the Three LUX Prize Finalists

FNE Staff Region 2018-07-25

ROME: The Serbian Documentary The Other Side of Everything by Mila Turajlić and feature films Styx by Wolfgang Fischer and Woman at War by Benedikt Erlingsson have been selected as…

PRODUCTION: Finnish/Estonian Coproduction Maria’s Paradise Starts Shooting in Estonia

Leana Jalukse Estonia 2018-07-24

TALLINN: Maria’s Paradise a new project by the acclaimed Finnish director Zaida Bergrot is currently shooting in Estonia. This Finnish/Estonian coproduction is based on the real events of Åkerblom's movement,…

GRANTS: Polish Film Institute Announces New Production Grants

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2018-07-24

WARSAW: Polish Film Institute (PISF) distributed 4.2 m EUR / 18.4 m PLN for the production of eight feature films, four animated films and nine documentaries. This is the second…

FESTIVALS: The 43rd Gdynia Film Festival Announces Lineup

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2018-07-24

GDYNIA: Sixteen titles will compete in the main competition of the 43rd Gdynia Film Festival. The festival which is the biggest annual showcase of new Polish film will take place…

UNIC Policy Update: EU Copyright Directive Vote

FNE Staff Region 2018-07-24

WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry…

Applications for ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum 2018 Still Open

FNE Staff Poland 2018-07-24

ŁODZ: The second edition of the ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum is welcoming projects of animated short films and TV special episodes made with the use of puppet technique. The deadline…

PRODUCTION: Swiss/Belgian/French Coproduction Starring Laetitia Casta Starts Shooting in Macedonia

Marina Lazarevska Macedonia 2018-07-23

BITOLA: Swiss/Belgian/French coproduction Beyond the Horizon / Le Milieu de l'horizon, directed by Delphine Lehericey and starring Laetitia Casta, Jalil Lespert and Clémence Poésy, is currently shooting in Macedonia. The…

Joanna Kulig with Golden Ark For Best Actress

FNE at Transatlantyk 2018: Transatlantyk Festival Announces Winners

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2018-07-23

ŁODŹ: Volte directed by Monika Kotecka and Karolina Poryzała was awarded Best Short Film Transatlantyk Golden Ark Award, while Swedish/Denmark coproduction Becoming Astrid, directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen, won the…