CEE Films Compete for EFA European Discovery Award

BERLIN: Scary Mother directed by Ana Urushadze and Touch Me Not directed by Adina Pintilie are among the six debut films nominated for the European Film Academy’s European Discovery 2018…
11-10-2018

FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 09.10.2018.

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…
10-10-2018

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…
01-10-2018

FNE Digital Production Challenge II: Alumni Giordano Bianchi and Martina Marafatto on the Benefits of Attending DPC II

FNE spoke with Italian directors and producers Giordano Bianchi and Martina Marafatto from Border Studio about their experience at the Digital Production Challenge II. Giordano Bianchi and Martina Marafatto are…
01-10-2018

Review: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

The Coen brothers have scored a slot in the main Venice Film Festival competition with The Ballad of Buster Scruggs which despite beginning life as a Netflix series is slated…
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FNE TV: MEP Silvia Costa, EU Parliament Culture and Education Committee and Rapporteur for Creative Europe 2021-2027

FNE asked Silvia Costa about the most important differences between Creative Europe 2021-2027 and the previous programme and the importance of the LUX Prix for European culture.
27-09-2018

FNE Venice 2018: Mila Turajlić LUX Prix Finalist

FNE TV spoke to Serbian film director and LUX Prix finalist Mila Turajlić about her new doc The Other Side of Everything, which has been selected as a finalist for…
26-09-2018

FNE TV Exclusive: Cristian Mungiu

FNE asked Romanian director Cristian Mungiu about the challenges facing the Romanian film industry and why the fight against piracy needs to be one of the main priorities for European…
25-09-2018

FNE at Venice 2018: FNE TV: Montenegro director Ivan Salatic

FNE asked Montenegrin director Ivan Salatic about his new film You Have the Night / Ti imaš noć, a coproduction between Montenegro, Serbia and Qatar, which was in competition in…
24-09-2018

European Audiovisual Organisations Call for Increase of Creative Europe Programme's Budget

BRUSSELS: European organisations from the audiovisual sector call in an open letter for a significant budget increase for the Creative Europe Programme, specifically insisting that the proposed 58% share earmarked…
21-09-2018

connecting cottbus Announces 2018 Selection

COTTBUS: A total of 13 projects in development and six works-in-progress from 15 countries have been selected for the 20th edition of the East-West co-production market connecting cottbus, that will…
19-09-2018

Scholarships Available for Participants from CEE Countries at 4th Cartoon Springboard

VALENCIENNES: Applicants from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Ukraine…
19-09-2018

European Parliament Approves New Copyright Law

STRASBOURG: The European Parliament adopted the EU Copyright Directive yesterday, 12 September, with 438 votes in favour, 226 against and 39 abstaining. The law will protect the rights of authors…
13-09-2018

FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 12.09.2018.

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…
13-09-2018

WEMW Launches Call for Applications for Co-production Forum and First Cut Lab

TRIESTE: The upcoming edition of When East Meet West (WEMW, 20-22 January 2019) will launch a new East & West double focus and will bring together over 450 film professionals…
13-09-2018

FNE at Venice 2018: Venice Film Festival Prize Winners: Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma Wins Golden Lion

VENICE: Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón was awarded the top prize for his film Roma in the main competition of the 75th Venice Film Festival, which took place from 29 August…
10-09-2018 m

FNE FIPRESCI Critics at Venice 2018: See how the critics rated the programme

VENICE: FNE together with FIPRESCI have invited FIPRESCI critics in Venice to rate the films in all four of the official competition programmes of the festival giving the films 1,2,3,4…
10-09-2018

European Authors Urge the EP to Adopt Copyright Directive

BRUSSELS: A total of 105 European associations of writers, journalists, screenwriters, filmmakers, composers and songwriters urge the European Parliament to support the successful adoption of the Directive on Copyright in…
07-09-2018

FNE FIPRESCI Critics at Venice 2018: See how the critics rate the programme so far

VENICE: FNE together with FIPRESCI have invited FIPRESCI critics in Venice to rate the films in all four of the official competition programmes of the festival giving the films 1,2,3,4…
07-09-2018