FNE at Berlinale 2025: Competition: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

BERLIN: Director Mary Bronstein’s second feature If I Had Legs I’d Kick You screens in the main competition at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. It’s a pleasant and surprising leap…
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CEE Animation Workshop 2025 Announces Selected Projects

PRAGUE: Twelve animated projects including five series, four long films and three short films have been selected for the 7th CEE Animation Workshop, a year-long project development and producer skills…
18-02-2025

LIM 2025 Announces Selected Participants

BUCHAREST: Sixteen filmmakers from countries including the Baltics, Romania and Poland have been selected for the 2025 edition of LIM (Less Is More).
18-02-2025

Council of Europe Launches Call for Series Co-Production Support 2025

STRASBOURG: The third round of the three-year Programme for Series Co-Production, initiated by the Council of Europe, home of Eurimages, has the application deadline set for 15 April 2025.
18-02-2025

FNE at Berlinale 2025: Special Gala: Mickey 17 (USA/South Korea)

BERLIN: South Korean director Bong Joon Ho’s film Mickey 17 screened in a Special Gala at the Berlin Film Festival and at 137 minutes it was also one of the…
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FNE at Berlinale 2025: Special Gala: A Complete Unknown

BERLIN: For some completely unknown reason film directors usually choose an actor who is not a singer at all when they are casting rock music biopics. But James Mangold has…
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Film Sales Agency Baltic Crime Launches to Represent Baltic Productions on the Global Stage

A groundbreaking film sales agency, Baltic Crime, has officially launched, dedicated to revolutionizing the international reach of Baltic films and series. With a strong mission to ensure Baltic productions achieve…
14-02-2025

Deadline Extended for International Screen Institute’s ProPro – The Producers Programme for Women

VIENNA: The International Screen Institute (ISI) has extended the applications for its programme ProPro – The Producers Programme for Women (2-6 June 2025). The new deadline is 24 February 2025.
13-02-2025

Five of the Ten European Shooting Stars 2025 are from FNE Partner Countries

BERLIN: This year, the European Shooting Stars, who will be presented during the Berlin International Film Festival (13 – 23 February 2025), include young talents from Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania…
11-02-2025

International Screen Institute – Elevating Global Film & Media Talent: Applications for Programmes Open!

VIENNA: The International Screen Institute (ISI) delivers high-quality training programmes for film, TV, and media professionals, with a strong focus on business skills and career development for producers.
06-02-2025

Apply Now for International Screen Institute’s Audience Design Lab and ProPro: The Women Producers Programme

VIENNA: The application deadlines for International Screen Institute’s Audience Design Lab and ProPro: The Women Producers Programme are 3 March and 10 February 2025, respectively.
06-02-2025

Films from FNE Partner Countries Awarded at Sundance Film Festival 2025

SKOPJE: The Macedonian/Czech/Serbian/Croatian coproduction DJ Ahmet, which is the first feature by the Macedonian director Georgi M. Unkovski, received the Special Jury Award for Creative Vision, and the Audience Award…
04-02-2025

Films from FNE Partner Countries Nominated for 50th Césars

PARIS: Flow, The Zone of Interest and The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent have received nominations for the 50th Césars, announced in France by the Académie des arts et…
30-01-2025

FNE Podcast: Alessandro Gropplero: Head of Industry, When East Meets West

TRIESTE: FNE spoke to Alessandro Gropplero, head of industry at When East Meets West (WEMW), about this year's programme and the selected projects. From 19 to 22 January 2025, WEMW…
29-01-2025

Julie-Jeanne Régnault Leaves EFAD

BRUSSELS: Julie-Jeanne Régnault has announced her decision to step down as General Secretary of the European Film Agency Directors Association (EFAD). The decision will be effective starting March 2025.
29-01-2025

FNE at Trieste Film Festival 2025: Full List of Winners

TRIESTE: The Lithuanian film Toxic by Saulė Bliuvaitė received the Trieste Award for Best Feature Film at the 36th Trieste Film Festival, which was held 16 – 24 January 2025.…
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Films from FNE Partner Countries Nominated for 97th Academy Awards

LOS ANGELES: Gints Zilbalodis' Flow scooped two nominations at the Academy Awards 2025 in the categories of Best International Feature Film and Best Animated Feature Film. Croatian/Bulgarian/French/Slovenian The Man Who…
23-01-2025

Winners of When East Meets West 2025

TRIESTE: The 15th edition of When East Meets West closed on 22 January 2025 with the awards ceremony after four rich days of pitching sessions, works in progress, inspirational labs,…
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When East Meets West 2025 Announces First Prizes

TRIESTE: The CIRCLE Awards, the RE-ACT Awards and the Italian-Baltic Awards were announced at When East Meets West in Trieste on 21 January 2025.
21-01-2025

FNE at Berlinale 2025: New Films and Projects from FNE Partner Countries Selected for 75th Berlin International Film Festival

BERLIN: New titles by Želimir Žilnik and Vitaly Mansky, among others, have been selected for the Forum section at the upcoming 75th Berlin International Film Festival, which will be held…
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