Projects Selected for 10th Pustnik International Screenwriting Residency in Romania Announced
Romania 18-08-2024BUCHAREST: Eight projects have been chosen from among 93 submissions from 39 countries for the 10th anniversary edition of Pustnik International Screenwriting Residency, which will return to Port Cultural Cetate, on the Danube bank, from 17 to 24 September 2024.
LOCARNO: Films from FNE partner countries finished the 77th Locarno Film Festival (7 – 17 August 2024) with several awards, including the Golden Leopard in the Concorso Internazionale for Lithuanian debut feature Toxic by Saulė Bliuvaitė and the Golden Leopard in the Concorso Cineasti del Presente for the Georgian majority coproduction Holy Electricity directed by another first time director, Tato Kotetishvili.
Eight Projects Selected for the Tenth Anniversary Edition of Pustnik International Screenwriting Residency
Press releases 16-08-2024TETA announces the projects selected for the tenth anniversary edition of Pustnik International Screenwriting Residency, set to return to Port Cultural Cetate, on the Danube bank, during 17–24 September 2024. The eight projects were picked by Pustnik co-founders and writer-directors Andreea Borțun (Romania) and Bryn Chainey (UK/Australia) from the 93 submissions received from 39 countries.
Nine FNE Partner Countries’ Films in European Film Awards 2024 Feature Film Selection – Part 1
Region 15-08-2024BERLIN: Ten films (co)produced by FNE partner countries are among the 29 titles chosen by the European Film Academy for the European Film Awards Feature Film Selection – Part 1. The European Film Awards ceremony will be held on 7 December 2024 in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Year of German Central European Films 2024: German Films Screenings in August and September 2024
Region 15-08-2024FNE together with German Films have launched the Year of German Central European Films 2024 with a special focus on German films in Central and Eastern European countries plus Cyprus and Malta and FNE partner countries’ films screening in Germany.
Budapest’s Keleti Railway Station Celebrates 140th Anniversary with Film Screenings
Hungary 15-08-2024BUDAPEST: The 140th anniversary of the opening of Budapest’s Keleti station will be marked by the railway company MÁV on 16 August 2024 with film screenings and an exhibition.
Germany will have a large presence in Toronto with 24 productions and co-productions
Press releases 15-08-2024The Toronto International Film Festival is getting ready to roll out the red carpets to welcome film lovers to Toronto as the largest North American film festival from 5 to 15 September, 2024. In total, over 200 films have been programmed to be screened during the 11-day festival. 24 German productions and co-productions will be shown in Toronto.
BRATISLAVA: The three-part political thriller Moloch directed by Lukáš Hanulák and produced by the Czech company Bionaut and Slovakia’s Raketa for CANAL+, is currently being shot in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Ukraine. It is the first series from Central Europe to receive support from Eurimages’ Pilot Programme for Series Coproductions.
RIGA: The long animated film Flow directed by Gints Zilbalodis has been unanimously chosen by the jury appointed by the National Film Centre of Latvia as Latvia’s candidate for the 97th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International Feature Film category.
