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FNE Rebranding in 2019-2020: FNE has commissioned some of the top specialists in the region to create a new design and new look for FNE and FNE Daily

FNE Staff Region 2020-01-20

The “new look” will include both technical and design updates. But don’t worry, the factual and accurate information about the film industry in the region, that has made FNE the…

FNE at Berlinale 2020: Films From FNE Partner Countries In New Berlinale Competitive Section Encounters

FNE Staff Region 2020-01-20

BERLIN: The international coproduction Malmkrog by Romanian Cristi Puiu will open the new competitive section of the Berlinale (20 February-1 March 2020). The 15 titles lineup includes new films by…

FNE at WEMW Co-Production Forum 2020: Valley of Monuments

Iulia Blaga Bosnia-Herzegovina 2020-01-20

TRIESTE: Valley of Monuments, the new feature film by acclaimed Bosnian writer/director Srdan Vuletic, will be showcased in the Co-production Forum of the 10th edition of When East Meets West…

FNE at WEMW Co-Production Forum 2020: Not A Word

Iulia Blaga Slovenia 2020-01-20

TRIESTE: Acclaimed Slovenian director Hanna Slak’s new feature film Not a Word / Kein Wort will be showcased in the Co-production Forum of the 10th edition of When East Meets…

FNE at WEMW Co-Production Forum 2020: Double Happiness

Iulia Blaga Romania 2020-01-20

TRIESTE: Double Happiness / Dublă fericire, the debut feature by Romanian director Sebastian Mihăilescu, will be showcased in the Co-production Forum of the 10th edition of When East Meets West…

FNE at WEMW Co-Production Forum 2020: Lili

Iulia Blaga Poland 2020-01-20

TRIESTE: Lili, a documentary by Polish newcomer director Sylwia Rosak, will be showcased in the Co-production Forum of the 10th edition of When East Meets West (19-21 January 2020), the…

The Owners Tops 2020 Czech Lion Nominations

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2020-01-20

PRAGUE: The Owners / Vlastníci by Jiří Havelka tops the 27th Czech Lion nods with 12 nominations, followed by The Painted Bird / Nabarvené ptáče by Václav Marhoul with 11…

BOX OFFICE: Croatian Films Soar at Domestic BO

Milena Zajović Croatia 2020-01-17

ZAGREB: Domestic films' box office surged from 204,763 EUR in 2018 to 1 m EUR in 2019, with a total of 22 domestic releases in 2019, compared to only 7…

FESTIVALS: Kustendorf Film and Music Festival 2020

Zoran Janković Serbia 2020-01-17

MEĆAVNIK: Twenty one short films mostly by young filmmakers are competing for prizes at the 13th Kustendorf Film and Music Film Festival (13-18 January 2020) in Mećavnik. The festival was…

FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 16.01.2020.

FNE Staff Region 2020-01-17

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…

FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Film 2019-2020: Too Close

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2020-01-17

Take a closer look at the Romanian documentary Too Close / Apropierea directed by Botond Püsök, which was selected for the 17th edition of Ex Oriente Film out of a…

BOX OFFICE: Great Year For Macedonian Films In Domestic Distribution

Marina Lazarevska North Macedonia 2020-01-16

SKOPJE: Willow / Vrba, the sixth feature film by the Academy award nominated Macedonian helmer Milcho Manchevski, and documentary Honeyland / Medena zemja directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov,…

Stranger Things Season 4 To Be Shot in Lithuania

Aukse Kancereviciute Lithuania 2020-01-16

VILNIUS: The fourth season of the Netflix drama Stranger Things starring Winona Ryder will be shot in Vilnius with Baltic Film Services servicing.

Projects From FNE Partner Countries at Berlinale Co-Production Market 2020

FNE Staff Region 2020-01-16

BERLIN: Projects and producers from Romania, Poland, Croatia and Bulgaria have been selected for the Berlinale Co-Production Market (22-26 February 2020).

FNE at Berlinale 2020: Films From FNE Partner Countries Selected For 70th Berlinale

FNE Staff Region 2020-01-15

BERLIN: Films and TV series from Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic are among the new titles announced by the 70th Berlin International Film Festival (20 February-1 March 2020)…

Strong Domestic Opening for Serbian/Montenegrin Ajvar

Zoran Janković Serbia 2020-01-15

BELGRADE: Serbian director Ana Maria Rossi’s debut feature Ajvar has scored a hit in Serbian cinemas with 40,524 admissions and 131,446 EUR / 15,465,542 RSD gross since its release on…

The building of the cinema in the Art Centre

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino 60 krzeseł, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland

Iulia Blaga Poland 2020-01-15

This month we speak with Iwona Bartnicka, Film Culture Department Manager within the Art Centre (MOS) Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland, who is in charge of the cinema 60 krzeseł. The cinema…

Honeyland by Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska

North Macedonia, Poland and Czech Republic Nominated for Oscars

FNE Staff Region 2020-01-14

LOS ANGELES: North Macedonia’s Honeyland by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubo Stefanov, Poland’s Corpus Christi by Jan Komasa and Czech student film Daughter by Daria Kashcheeva have received nominations for the…

PRODUCTION: Patryk Vega Wraps Shooting On Bad Boy

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2020-01-14

WARSAW: Patryk Vega enters postproduction on his new film Bad Boy, which was shot on location in Wrocław from December 2019 till the first week of January 2020. This time…

WEMW Announces Final Lineup for Side Sections

FNE Staff Region 2020-01-14

TRIESTE: Latvian, Romanian, Lithuanian, Czech, Slovenian, Polish and Croatian projects are among the 22 projects selected for Last Stop Trieste, This is IT and First Cut +, while a Serbian…