PRAGUE: Czech art house distribution company Artcam has acquired Corn Island, the grand prize winner of the Karlovy Vary film festival (KVIFF).

This year FNE and FIPRESCI invited film critics attending the attending the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition and the East of the West competition giving the films 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 stars.  

The Film New Europe Association is main networking platform of professionals in the Central and Eastern Europe and Baltic region. The FNE Association board is made up of the heads of the most important film institutions in the region. The webportal Film New Europe with its FNE Daily newswire was chosen as the main tool to achieve the network’s objectives: FNE is the sharing of know how, visibility of regional cultural diversity and finally the voice of the region.  FNE is also a pan-European connection for the region and has partnerships and activities with the main pan-European film institutions based in Western Europe.

FNE spoke to Karel Bartak Creative Europe Coordinator – European Commission about the results of the first six months of the new Creative Europe programme and what are the implications for the smaller countries of central and eastern Europe.

FNE spoke to Jozko Rutar about the new Creative Europe programme and its impact on the smaller countries of the EU and what needs to be done to ensure a level playing field. 

FNE spoke to Doris Pack LUX Prize coordinator and former Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament in 2009-2014

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 competition giving the films 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 stars. 5 is the best and 1 is the worst.