FNE asked Czech director Jiri Menzel about his new film Don Juan which has its premier at the end of may as well as about the state of European cinema today.  Menzel will have a retrospective of his films at Filmoteka in Warsaw in May 2013

WARSAW: Twelve film projects from eight CEE countries will vie for the Krzysztof Kieślowski ScripTeast Award for the Best Eastern European Script along with a prize of 10,000 EUR to be announced at the Cannes IFF on 22 May 2013.

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.

The Finnish Film Foundation announced production grants to three feature length films, including one animated film.

VILNIUS: The short film Aldona by Lithuanian video artist Emilija Škarnulytė is screening in the competition programme of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, running through 7 May 2013.

Films chosen to be coproduced by the Mazovia Film Fund.

American Burger, a horror comedy about American student on a bus trip through Europe by first time directors Bonita Drake & Johan Bromander, will have a global multi-platform day-and-date release in fall 2013.

PRAGUE: The deadline for the year-long international workshop for documentary films, Ex Oriente Film 2013, is accepting applications on line and free of charge through 1 June 2013.

 

Wide Management will present the Croatian comedy The Priest’s Children directed by Vinko Bresan at the Cannes Market screenings.

WARSAW: German sales outfit M-Appeal has acquired a Land of Storms, a first feature by Hungarian director Adam Csaszi for its Cannes line-up that includes several strong CEE titles. The film is produced by Proton Cinema coproduction with I’m FILMCafé Film and Unafilm,