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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Directors and Screenwriters Join Petition for Modernised EU Copyright Framework
VENICE: More than 19,500 directors and screenwriters from over 100 countries including CEE countries signed a FERA/FSE/SAA petition for a modernised EU copyright framework that includes all creators.
FNE at Venice 2018: Review: Vox Lux (USA)
VENICE:American director Brady Corbet arrives in Venice in competition with his second film Vox Luxwhich is a more mature work in the same genre as his first film The Childhood…
FNE at Venice 2018: Review: The Sisters Brothers
VENICE: French director Jacques Audiard arrives in the Venice competition with the French, Belgian, Romanian, Spanish coproduction The Sisters Brothersan unusual take on the Western genre. The film is based…
FNE at Venice 2018: Review: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
VENICE: 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…
