GRANTS: Bulgaria Announces Second Production Grants for 2018
SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center distributed 1,804,860 EUR / 3,530,000 BGN to 10 feature films including two feature films with higher budgets, two feature films with lower budgets, two…
Barrandov Studio to Coproduce Four New Czech Films
PRAGUE: Barrandov Studio will coproduce new projects by Agnieszka Holland, Zdeněk Jiráský and David Ondříček, and also an animated film by Denisa Grimmová and Jan Bubeníček in 2019.
dok.incubator Calls for Applications
PRAGUE: Long documentaries in the rough-cut stage can apply for the dok.incubator workshop 2019 until 30 January 2019.
FNE IDF DocBloc: From Miner to Programmer: “I’ve Overcome My Own Prejudice,” Says Jindřich Andrš
Click HERE for the interview with Jindřich Andrš, the director of the documentary The Last Shift of Thomas Hisem, about the eponymous worker’s last day of work before a coal…
AMP Filmworks Puts Cyprus on Film Map
NICOSIA: Cypriot production house AMP Filmworks had a big break-through when its feature film Smuggling Hendrix directed by the company’s founder Marios Piperides had its world premiere and won the…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 5.12.2018.
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…
PRODUCTION: Jonáš Karásek Wraps Shooting on Sophomore Feature
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Jonáš Karásek wrapped shooting on his second feature film Amnesty / Amnestie focusing on the turbulent period around and right after the Velvet Revolution. This Slovak/Czech coproduction…
Films from CEE Countries Selected for Arte Kino Online Festival
WARSAW: Mug by Poland's Małgorzata Szumowska and For Some Inexplicable Reason by Hungary's Gábor Reisz are among the ten films available online for free in 45 European countries within the…
MIDPOINT Shorts 2019 Selection Announced
PRAGUE: Four projects from the Czech Republic and Hungary have been selected for the MIDPOINT Shorts 2019 programme.
FNE AV Innovation: Alexandru Berceanu: CINETic Hosts First Programme Dedicated to Game Design in Romania
BUCHAREST: FNE invited Alexandru Berceanu, director of CINETic to tell us about the latest developments in the activity of this very ambitious center built up alongside the I.L. Caragiale Theatre…
GRANTS: Polish Film Institute Supports New Feature Films
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute supported eight feature films with 2 m EUR / 8.9 m PLN during the third and the last session of financing in 2018.
FESTIVALS: Norway's Blind Spot Wins 20th Bratislava IFF
BRATISLAVA: Norway’s Blind Spot directed by Tuva Novotny was awarded best film at the 20th Bratislava International Film Festival (29 November - 2 December 2018). The competition section showed first…
FNE at Black Nights FF and Baltic Event 2018: Awards Winners
TALLINN: The 22nd Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, held from 16 November to 2 December 2018 in the Estonian capital of Tallinn, awarded its top prize to the Columbian/French coproduction…
Filmmakers Call for Forming of Film Fund of Republika Srpska
BANJA LUKA: Film professionals underlined the urgent need for the establishment of a Film Fund of Republika Srpska at the first Film Forum Banja Luka, held on 29-30 November 2018.
FESTIVALS: The 19th Tbilisi Film Festival Kicks Off
TBILISI: Ten debut features will compete for the Golden Prometheus for best film and Silver Prometheus for best director in the main competition of the 19th Tbilisi Film Festival, running…
Review: The Mountain
American indie director Rick Alverson has scored a slot in the Venice competition lineup with his fifth and most ambitious film The Mountain. His earlier offbeat dark comedies Entertainmentand The…
GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Supports Three Debut Films
PRAGUE: Ten debut films with an overall request for 50m CZK applied for support in the call for first films. The Czech Film Fund allocated 10 m CZK in total…
FNE at Black Nights Industry@Tallinn: Baltic Works-in-Progress
TALLINN: Eleven new projects from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland were presented at the Baltic works-in-progress showcase on 28 November 2018 at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event at 22nd Tallinn Black…
OBITUARY: Macedonian Playwright and Screenwriter Goran Stefanovski
SKOPJE: The distinguished playwright and screenwriter Goran Stefanovski passed away on 27 November 2018 after a short illness in his home in the United Kingdom, at the age of 66.…
PRODUCTION: Stefan Arsenijević Films Strahinja
BELGRADE: Stefan Arsenijević started shooting his long-awaited new feature Strahinja as a coproduction between Serbia, France, Luxembourg and Bulgaria in early November 2018. His debut feature Love and Other Crimes…
