JIHLAVA: According to a survey of 11 international documentary festivals undertaken by the Ji.hlava IDFF, documentaries from CEE territories account for 35 – 53 percent of films at festivals in the CEE region, and as much as 19 percent of films at festivals outside the CEE region.
The SURVEY found a few outliers, such as Asia’s Yamagata festival with only three percent, and North America’s Doc NYC, with five percent. Elsewhere, CEE films held a share of nine percent or more.
By contrast, docs from Australia and Africa barely registered above single digits, if at all, in the festivals on the list.
The Film New Europe (FNE) Association is the networking platform for film professionals in the CEE/SEE/Baltics region. The webportal and FNE newswire was chosen as the MAIN TOOL to achieve the network’s objectives of the sharing of know how, visibility of regional cultural diversity and finally the VOICE of the region.
FNE’s objectives include VISIBILITY for the region and AUDIENCES for films by providing a special focus on the region.