FESTIVALS: Trieste FF Announces Programme
TRIESTE: Nine titles wil vie in the international competition of the 29th Trieste Film Festival set to take place from 19 to 28 January 2018.
REVIEW: First Reformed
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 his…
ACM Distribution Launches Call for Distribution Support for International Coproductions
PARIS: Aide au Cinémas du Monde (ACM) Distribution within the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in Paris has launched a new call for the distribution support of…
When East Meets West Select 21 Projects
TRIESTE: The eighth edition of the coproduction forum When East Meets West will feature 21 film projects from 16 countries within the Trieste Film Festival, from 21 to 23 January…
Eight CEE Projects Receive Eurimages Coproduction Support
STRASBOURG: Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund distributed 3,786,026 EUR to 20 projects including eight CEE projects.
FNE wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Successful New Year! See you again on 8 January 2018
Film New Europe would like to thank all its sponsors, supporters and readers and to wish them a Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. In 2017 the…
REVIEW: The Shape of Water
Director Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape of Water is a much needed antidote to cynicism in an increasingly cynical world. This may just be Del Toro’s best film in a…
FNETV: EFADs Announces Vision 2030 in Tallinn
TALLINN: EFADS, the association of European Film Agency Directors announces Vision 2030 its unified vision for the future of the European film industry at Estonian EU Presidency Conference during Tallinn…
FNE TV: Giuseppe Abbamonte Director of the Media and Data Directorate of the European Commission
FNE asked Giuseppe Abbamonte about the future European content, why the Digital Single Market is important to meet the challenges of the audiovisual industry in the future.
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…
Cedomir Kolar to Receive European Co-production Award - Prix Eurimages
BERLIN: Ex-Yugoslavia-born producer Cedomir Kolar will receive the European Co-production Award - Prix Eurimages at the European Film Awards Ceremony, that will take place in Berlin on 9 December 2017.
FERA Issues Statement in Support of JURI Decision
BRUSSELS: The Federation of European Film Directors, FERA, made a public statement welcoming the decision of the Members of the Legal Affairs (JURI) Committee vote in the EU Parliament to…
EFADs Encourages Support of European Parliament Position on Territorial Exclusivity
BRUSSELS: The European Film Agency Directors, EFADs, welcomed the European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee’s support for territorial exclusivity in a statement on 21 November 2017.
FNE Exclusive: Chair of EU Culture Committee MEP Petra Kammerevert on Film and the European Year of Cultural Heritage
STRASBOURG: Film New Europe spoke with Petra Kammerevert, Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education in the European Parliament about the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. MEP Kammerevert…
FNE at SPB Cult Forum 2017: FIPRESCI Colloquium on Russian Film
ST PETERSBURG: A colloquium on contemporary Russian film organised together with FIPRESCI took place from 13-15 November 2017 at Lenfilm Studios in the run-up to the St Petersburg Cultural Forum…
FNE at LUX Film Prix: Sámi Blood Wins the 2017 LUX Film Prize
STRASBOURG: Amanda Kernell’s first feature film Sámi Blood was voted by the Members of the European Parliament as the winner of the 2017 LUX Film Prize. The announcement was made…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus: Inventory
COTTBUS: One of the many new initiatives at this year’s edition of Connecting Cottbus, 9 – 10 November 2017, was a pitching session of projects from the MIDPOINT Feature Launch…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus Work in Progress: Speedway
COTTBUS: The Polish drama Speedway, directed by Dorota Kędzierzawska and produced by Arthur Reinhart for Kid Film, was one of four films seeking gap funding at Connecting Cottbus’ first Works…
REVIEW: Suburbicon
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 amended…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus: Producers Address Women’s Issues in Filmmaking in Europe
COTTBUS: The glass ceiling is budgets. That was the message coming from the first Female Producers Roundtable organised by Connecting Cottbus, 9 – 10 November 2017. For countries with larger…
