Connecting Cottbus Introduces Works in Progress

COTTBUS: Four films have been selected for the first presentation of Works in Progress at the 19th edition of connecting cottbus, which takes place 9 – 10 November 2017.
19-10-2017

FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 17.10. 2017

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…
18-10-2017

REVIEW: mother!

Director Darren Aronofsky returns to the Lido with mother! in the main competition a film which he describes as having “poured out of him as a fevered dream.” The description…
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FNE UNIC EU Policy Update

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…
03-10-2017

FNE AV Innovation: Lithuanian Director Andrius Lekavicius

VENICE: FNE spoke to Lithuanian director Andrius Lekavicius about why he chose VR for his new project Bloody Sunday / Kruvinasis Sekmadienis about the bloodshed around the TV Tower in…
27-09-2017

CEE Countries Oscar Bids 2017

Here are the official candidates from the CEE countries for an Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences 90th ‘Oscar’ nomination in the category Best Foreign Language Film. This year…
25-09-2017

FNE at Venice 2017: FNE TV: Venice Report

FNE at Venice 2017: FNE TV: This year Venice Film Festival became the first film festival to hold a competition for Virtual Reality films and VR even had its own…
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The Constitution Clocks up its 23rd International Award Since Scoring the Grand Prix des Ameriques at the Montreal Film Festival

Rajko Grlic’s latest feature film The Constitution, which has now clocked up a remarkable 23 festival awards since its world premiere in Montreal 2016, has also been included among the…
19-09-2017

FNE TV: Mariya Gabriel Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society

VENICE: FNE asked Mariya Gabriel about the future of the Creative Europe MEDIA programme, which is now under consideration and how European Cultural Security can help to secure the Europe…
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FNE TV: Petra Kammerevert Chair of Committee on Culture and Education EU Parliament

FNE asked Petra Kammerevert about the biggest challenges facing the future of the Creative Europe MEDIA programme and the importance of the LUX Prix for cultural diversity especially in the…
18-09-2017

FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 13.09.2017

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…
13-09-2017

FNE at Venice 2017: FNE TV: Michal Bregant Director Czech National Film Archives

VENICE: FNE spoke to Michal Bregant Director of Czech National Film Archives about the selection of Cerny Petr / Black Peter (Czechoslovakia, 1963) directed by Milos Forman for Venice Classics…
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FNE at Venice 2017: Prize Winners

VENICE: The Golden Lion, the top prize of the 74 Venice Film Festival went to Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water. The top prize in the Orizzonti section went…
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FNE at Venice 2017: See how the critics rated the programme

FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Venice Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Orizzonti, Venice Days and Critics giving the films 1, 2,…
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Mungiu’s Graduation Vies for EFA People’s Choice Award 2017

BERLIN: Cristian Mungiu’s contemporary drama Graduation is the only film from the CEE among the nine titles submitted for the EFA People's Choice Award 2017. The vote is open and…
08-09-2017

When East Meets West 2018 Opens Call for Entries

TRIESTE: When East Meets West 2018 opens applications for the Co-production Forum and First Cut Lab. The upcoming edition of WEMW will take place from 21 to 23 January 2018.
07-09-2017

FNE at Venice 2017: Review: mother!

VENICE: Director Darren Aronofsky returns to the Lido with mother! in the main competition a film which he describes as having “poured out of him as a fevered dream.” The…
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EFADs Stakes Out Position on Copyright Directive

BRUSSELS:The European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) has just published a press statement and position paper on the European Commission’s proposal for a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market.…
06-09-2017

FNE at Venice 2017: Review: Suburbicon

VENICE: The honourary Italian from Lake Como George Clooney is back on the Lido with a quirky film called Suburbicon with a script by the Coen brothers that he has…
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FNE at Venice 2017: Review: First Reformed

VENICE: Director Paul Schrader joins a group of films in this year’s Venice Main Competition that are concerned with the destruction of our planet’s environment via greed and over-exploitation with…
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