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MIDPOINT Open Lectures in Montenegro

FNE Staff Montenegro 2019-10-04

PODGORICA: The first edition of the script development workshop MIDPOINT to be held in Montenegro will offer lectures open to local filmmakers. MIDPOINT Intensive Montenegro will take place 12 –…

FNE IDF DocBloc: Silver Eye Juries and Films

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2019-10-04

The 2019 Silver Eye juries and films have been announced.

Other Side of Silence by Algimantas Puipa

FESTIVALS: Lithuanian Other Side of Silence Competes at Riga IFF

Aukse Kancereviciute Lithuania 2019-10-03

VILNIUS: One of the most famous Lithuanian film directors, Algimantas Puipa will show his new drama Other Side of Silence / Kita tylos pusė in the Baltic Sea Region competition…

FNE at Warsaw Film Festival 2019: Georgian Shindisi Competes at Warsaw FF

FNE Staff Poland 2019-10-03

TBILISI: The Georgian war drama Shindisi directed by Dito Tsintsadze will screen in competition at the 35th edition of the Warsaw Film Festival, 11-20 October 2019.

FNE at Warsaw Film Festival 2019: Proceder

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-10-03

WARSAW: Proceder, a drama directed by Michał Węgrzyn, will screen in the main competition of the 35th Warsaw Film Festival, running from 11 to 21 October 2019. The film will…

John Malkovich in Valley of the Gods by Lech Majewski

FNE at Warsaw Film Festival 2019: Valley Of The Gods

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-10-03

WARSAW: Lech Majewski’s adult fantasy Valley of the Gods will screen in the main competition of the 35th Warsaw Film Festival, running from 11 to 21 October 2019. The film…

FESTIVALS: Warsaw Loses Wisdom Tooth

FNE Staff Poland 2019-10-02

WARSAW: The Warsaw Film Festival has announced that the Chinese film Wisdom Tooth directed by Ming Liang has been withdrawn from the festival’s International Competition. The screening would have been…

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kosmos Cinema, Katowice

Iulia Blaga Poland 2019-10-02

WARSAW: This month we speak with Bożena Perska, the deputy manager of the Kosmos Cinema in the Polish city of Katowice. The cinema opened in 1965 in a building that…

FESTIVALS: Nova Lituania Competes at Riga IFF

FNE Staff Latvia 2019-10-02

VILNIUS: Writer/director Karolis Kaupinis's first feature film Nova Lituania will screen in the Baltic Sea competition at the Riga IFF, which runs 17 – 27 October 2019.

FESTIVALS: Krakow FF Opens 2020 Submissions

FNE Staff Poland 2019-10-02

KRAKOW: The Krakow Film Festival is accepting submissions for its 60th edition, which will run 31 May to 7 June 2020.

Let Him Be a Basketball Player by Boris Petkovič

Slovenia's Let Him Be a Basketball Player 2 Opens in First Place at Domestic Box Office

FNE Staff Slovenia 2019-10-01

LJUBLJANA: The sequel to Slovenia’s 2017 hit film, Let Him Be a Basketball Player 2 / Kosarkar naj bo 2, had an unsurprising first place opening in Slovenia for the…

FNE at Warsaw Kids Film Forum 2019: Bumblebee’s Flight

Cathy Meils Poland 2019-10-01

WARSAW: The Croatian live action family adventure film Bumblebee’s Flight was pitched at the Warsaw Kids Film Forum, which concluded on 27 September 2019. The project was presented by producer…

RE-ACT Open for Applications

FNE Staff Region 2019-10-01

TRIESTE: The fifth edition of RE-ACT (Regional Audiovisual Cooperation Training) is accepting applications for its 2020 programme from Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian and Italian filmmakers through 15 November 2019.

FNE at Kids Kino International Film Festival: Record Attendance and Canadian Win in Warsaw

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-09-30

WARSAW: The Canadian animated film Racetime directed by Benoît Godbout won the main audience award at the 6th Kids Kino International Film Festival. A record number of over 28,000 viewers…

GRANTS: Romania Announces First Grants in 2019

Iulia Blaga Romania 2019-09-30

BUCHAREST: The Romanian Film Centre (CNC) will distribute 4,176,495 EUR / 19,853,000 RON as production grants for feature films, debut feature, short fiction, documentary, animated and thematic films in its…

The Interpreter Wins Slovakia's IGRIC Award

Zuzana Točíková Vojteková Slovakia 2019-09-30

BRATISLAVA: Slovak filmmaker Martin Šulík was awarded the main IGRIC prize for directing the feature film The Interpreter / Tlmočník. The ceremony of the 30th edition of annual national film…

FNE at Warsaw Kids Film Forum 2019: An Expanded WKFF Hands out Four Awards

Cathy Meils Poland 2019-09-30

WARSAW: The pre-teen German animated series Nearth – A New World won the Best Pitch award at the 2019 edition of Warsaw Kids Film Forum, at the close of the…

The Obscure Life of the Duke of Corsica Shoots in Malta

FNE Staff Malta 2019-09-30

VALLETTA: The British adventure/comedy/drama The Obscure Life of the Duke of Corsica, written and directed by Daniel Graham and starring Timothy Spall and Peter Stormare, is currently shooting on locations…

FESTIVALS: Riga IFF 2019 Announces Baltic Sea Region Competition

Cathy Meils Latvia 2019-09-30

RIGA: Ten fiction and documentary films will screen in the Baltic Sea Region Competition of the 2019 Riga International Film Festival, which runs 17 – 27 October 2019. The lone…

Interview with Sehad Čekić, Head of Film Centre of Montenegro: My Vision Is to Develop a Modern, Dynamic Film Community

Iulia Blaga Montenegro 2019-09-27

PODGORICA: FNE spoke with Sehad Čekić, the Head of Film Centre of Montenegro, about the many accomplishments that the Montenegrin cinema has had in less than two years and also…