WARSAW: Polish filmmakers have come out resoundingly in favour of supporting the cultural exception in the EU-US trade talks. A group of 176 Polish filmmakers have signed a letter supporting the cultural exception which was delivered to the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Join European filmmakers for today's press conference on the Cultural Exception live today on EPTV from 17:00-17:30 CET. http://www.europarltv.europa.eu/en/home.aspx
PRAGUE: Ten feature films and six short films will compete in the Documentary Films in Competition section at the 48th Karlovy Vary IFF, 28 June – 6 July 2013.
WARSAW: A delegation of creators, artists, performers and directors members of the coalition of the 6200 creators who have submitted a petition calling on the European Parliament to exclude culture from EU-US trade talks will be in Strasbourg next Tuesday, June 11. The delegation has called an open press conference at 17:00-17:30 at the European Parliament and journalists are invited to attend.
This month we focus on Cinema Victoria and we speak to its director, Gabriela Bodea.
FNE together with Europa Cinemas continues its Cinema of the Month series. In recognition of the hard work and excellence of European cinema operators we choose a cinema from each country covered by FNE each month.
FNE together with Europa Distribution continues its Distributor of the Month series. In recognition of the hard work and excellence of European distributors and the common problems they face, especially in the transition to digitalization, we choose a distributor from each country covered by FNE each month.
FNE TV spoke to Hrvoje Hribar head of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) about the recent string of successes for Croatian films both at the domestic box office and internationally and the challenges that still lie ahead. See the full interview on FNE TV.
LONDON: London-based documentary sales agency Taskovski Films announced the sale of Documentarian to Canadian distributor Kinosmith.
TALLINN: Estonia reached a 20 year high in cinema attendance in 2011, with 2.5 m tickets sold at an average price of 4.1 EUR, an increase of 100,000 tickets over 2011.
