At the 15th Transylvanian International Film Festival, which is opening today, Lithuania will be showcased as a guest country. The event will feature a comprehensive programme of tge country’s films, meetings with filmmakers and critics.
PRAGUE: Ten debut films and two second films have been selected for the East of the West competition of the 51st Karlovy Vary IFF, which opens on 1 July 2016.
FNE spoke to B’EST EAVE head of studies Riina Sildos and Natalia Drozd, the head of the St Petersburg based P.O.V. Film Development Fund, about working together on the EU Russian project despite difficult times and with the winner of the award for best project, Russian director Maxim Dashkin. Unfortunately this is the last edition of B’EST EAVE for awhile but the organisers hope to launch a new edition soon.
The first grants for 2016 were announced by the National Film Center (CNC) on 31 May 2016.
PRAGUE: The 51st edition of the Karlovy Vary IFF, running 1-9 July 2016, resumes its mantel as the world’s gateway to Central and Eastern Europe, with eight of the twelve films in the main competition coming from the CEE region.
FNE asked Michal Bregant about why the Cannes Film Festival has chosen Ikarie XB 1 by Jindřich Polák to screen in its prestigious Cannes Classics programme this year and about the importance of making film heritage accessible to a new generation.
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 professionals across Europe. Click here for FNE UNIC EU Cinema Policy Update
COTTBUS: The East-West co-production market connecting cottbus (coco) is accepting project submissions for its 2016 pitching session until 30 July.
BRUSSELS: The European Commission adopted new legislative proposal amending the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) on 25 May 2016.
BUCHAREST: Romania will double the percentage of taxes collected from gambling and lottery which is allotted to the Film Fund from the current 1 percent to 2 percent according to a law approved on 25 May 2016.
