FNE together with Europa Distribution is launching a new chapter of the Distributor of the Month section. This time we focus on new strategies in film distribution and the importance of domestic film festivals in releasing new titles. We will also be looking at what distributors can do in order to prevent piracy.
PARIS: Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida topped 400,000 admissions in France over the weekend of 21-23 March 2014, making it the third best performing Polish film ever released in France.
…and many more in the spring international film festivals
The festival "A l’Est, du Nouveau" is back from April 11th to April 18th 2014 for its ninth edition at the Ariel cinema in Mont-Saint-Aignan and the Omnia cinema in Rouen, Normandy. It will present more than thirty films and host filmmakers from Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, and Serbia.
RIGA: The Latvian-Finnish coproduction of Viesturs Kairiss’s historical drama Chronicles of Melanie (Melanijas hronika) resumes shooting in April with another filming segment scheduled for August 2014.
PLZEN: Fourteen Czech and Slovak films will compete for the main Golden Kingfisher at the Plzen Finale Festival, running 27 April – 3 May 2014.
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WARSAW: Film New Europe has teamed up with the upcoming Cannes Marche Du Film and the Producers Workshop to promote Central and Eastern European producers during Cannes.
