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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 2019-12-09

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…

The Christmas Gift, Cold War and Ankica Jurić Tilić Awarded at 32nd European Film Awards

FNE Staff Region 2019-12-09

BERLIN: The Christmas Gift by Romania’s Bogdan Mureşanu was awarded the European Short Film prize, Cold War by Polish/British Pawel Pawlikowski received the People’s Choice Award and Croatia’s Ankica Jurić…

GRANTS: Polish Film Institute Supports Three New Feature Films

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-12-09

WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute supported the production of three new feature films with 981,787 EUR / 4.2 m PLN in the 3rd and last batch of funding for 2019.

FNE at Tbilisi IFF 2019: Dito Tsintsadze’s Inhale-Exhale Wins Top Prize

Anna Franklin Georgia 2019-12-09

TBILISI: Inhale-Exhale by the acclaimed Georgian-born Berlin-based director Dito Tsintsadze was awarded best feature film at the 20th edition of the Tbilisi International Film Festival. The festival ran from 1…

FESTIVALS: Poland’s Acid Rain Wins Animateka 2019

FNE Staff Slovenia 2019-12-09

LJUBLJANA: Acid Rain by Poland’s Tomek Popakul was awarded the Jury Grand Prix in the Eastern and Central European Competition Programme of the 16th Animateka International Animated Film Festival, held…

FESTIVALS: Bratislava IFF Cancels 2019 Edition

Zuzana Točíková Vojteková Slovakia 2019-12-09

BRATISLAVA: The Bratislava International Film Festival has cancelled its 2019 edition, which was due in December, but it plans to develop into a modern and larger film event next year.

Development Award for Coproductions Between Italy and the Baltics Launches Call for Entries

FNE Staff Region 2019-12-09

VILNIUS: Applications are open for the 30,000 EUR development award for coproductions between Italy and Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The winner will be announced at the 9th edition of the…

PRODUCTION: First Macedonian Feature in Turkish in Postproduction

Marina Lazarevska North Macedonia 2019-12-06

SKOPJE: Producers Vladimir Atanasovski and Angela Nestorovska from Sektor Film are in final postproduction with The Hardest Thing / Najteskoto nesto directed by acclaimed Turkish director Serdar Akar. This Macedonian/Turkish…

PRODUCTION: Sequel To Young Audience Hit Double Trouble In Postproduction

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-12-06

WARSAW: Triple Trouble / Tarapaty 2, a sequel to the Polish hit live action children film Double Trouble / Tarapaty, wrapped shooting in the last week of November 2019 and…

PRODUCTION: Andrei Gruzsniczki in Postproduction with Emil

Iulia Blaga Romania 2019-12-06

BUCHAREST: Writer/director Andrei Gruzsniczki is currently in postproduction with his fourth feature film, Emil (working title), a 100% Romanian coproduction supported by the Romanian Film Centre.

PRODUCTION: Doc About Acclaimed Bosnian and Herzegovinian Painter Safet Zec In Preparation

Tina Smalcelj Bosnia-Herzegovina 2019-12-06

SARAJEVO: The up-and-coming Bosnian and Herzegovinian film director Gorčin Zec is preparing for the shoot of his first long documentary A Journey to Mastery / Put do majstorstva, about his…

FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 05.12.2019.

FNE Staff Region 2019-12-06

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: Nord Express

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2019-12-06

Take a closer look at the Latvian/Estonian documentary project Nord Express, which was selected for the 17th edition of Ex Oriente Film out of a record number of 107 submitted…

GRANTS: Polish Film Institute Supports 12 New Documentaries

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-12-05

WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute allotted 698,459 EUR / 2.9 m PLN for the production of 12 documentaries at its third session of financing in 2019.

Effigy - Poison and the City by Udo Flohr

FESTIVALS: Germany’s Effigy – Poison and the City Wins Cyprus IFF 2019 Golden Aphrodite

FNE Staff Cyprus 2019-12-05

PAPHOS: German film Effigy – Poison and the City directed by Udo Flohr was awarded the Golden Aphrodite for best film in the debut features competition of the 14th edition…

OPINION: FASSOO CEO William Page on Brexit and the Importance of EU for the Media Sector

William Page Region 2019-12-05

William Page, CEO of Fassoo, shares his personal views as both the head of a European project and a UK citizen speaking about the impact that Brexit would have on…

Slovak Ambassador Ivan Lančarič with the crew

First Bollywood Film To Be Shot In Slovakia

Zuzana Točíková Vojteková Slovakia 2019-12-04

SLOVAKIA: The mystery/psychological thriller Faces / Chehre directed by Rumi Jaffery and starring Amitabh Bachchan will start shooting in the High Tatras in Slovakia on 10 December 2019. This is…

PRODUCTION: Serbian Firefly In Production With Two Drama Series

Zoran Janković Serbia 2019-12-04

BELGRADE: The new Serbian production company Firefly is currently in production with two quality TV drama series, The Clan directed by Boban Skerlić and Tycoon directed by Miroslav Terzić (Stiches…

GRANTS: Bulgaria Announces Second Grants in 2019

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2019-12-04

SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center allotted 1,987,397 EUR / 3,887,000 BGN at its second session in 2019. Nine fiction films, including two with higher budgets, three with lower budgets,…

Alexander Nanau’s collective Sold to France and UK

FNE Staff Romania 2019-12-03

BUCHAREST: Alexander Nanau’s documentary collective / colectiv has been sold in France to Sophie Dulac Distribution and in the UK to Dogwoof. This observational documentary about corruption in Romania’s medical…