Submission Deadline Approaches for Digital Production Challenge II

VILNIUS: The 7th edition of Digital Production Challenge II, a European workshop on digital production, will take place in Vilnius from 4 to 7 November 2015 in close cooperation with…
15-09-2015

FNE at Venice 2015: Venice Film Festival Prize Winners

VENICE: The Golden Lion for Best Film at the 72 Venice International Film Festival (2-12 September) went to Venezuelan director Lorenzo Vigas’ From Afar a story set in the run-down…
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FNE FIPRESCI Critics at Venice 2015: See how the critics rated the films

VENICE: FNE together with FIPRESCI 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 or…
14-09-2015

Georgia and Lithuania Announce Their Oscar Bids

TBILISI/VILNIUS: Levan Tutberidze's Moira and Alanté Kavaïté’s The Summer of Sangaile have been selected by Georgia and Lithuania to compete in the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language film.
14-09-2015

Commandant Cousteau Biopic Shooting in Croatia

ZAGREB: Jérôme Salle’s The Odyssey/ L'Odyssée, a big budget French film about the life of the explorer Jacques Cousteau is currently shooting on the island of Hvar. The film stars…
14-09-2015

FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: The Here After

GDYNIA: Magnus von Horn's debut feature The Here After will compete in the main competition of the 40th Gdynia Film Festival (14-19 September 2015). The Polish-Swedish-French coproduction had its world…
14-09-2015

FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Summer Solstice

GDYNIA: Michał Rogalski's WWII drama will compete in the main competition at the 40th Gdynia Film Festival (14-19 September 2015). Thefilm had its world premiere at Montreal Film Festival 2015.
14-09-2015

FNE at Slovenian Film Festival in Portoroz: Juliet and Alfa Romeo

PORTOROZ: Blaž Završnik’s second feature Juliet and Alfa Romeo is competing at the Slovenian Film Festival in Portoroz. The 18th edition of the festival takes place from 15 to 20…
14-09-2015

FNE at Slovenian Film Festival in Portoroz: We Will Be the World Champions

PORTOROZ: Darko Bajić’s nostalgic sport drama We Will Be the World Champions will be screened among other Slovenian minority coproduction films in the competition of the 18th Slovenian Film Festival…
14-09-2015

FNE TV: Lucia Recalde Langarcia, head of unit Creative Europe MEDIA programme, European Commission

FNE asked Lucia Recalde Langarcia about the Creative Europe MEDIA programme’s biggest challenges and the looming risk of budget cuts for the programme in 2016.
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FNE TV: Silvia Costa, Chair EU Parliament Culture and Education Committee

FNE asked Silvia Costa about the most important issues for the audiovisual sector that the Culture Committee will be discussing and the proposed cuts to the Creative Europe MEDIA 2016…
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The Zookeeper’s Wife Starring Jessica Chastain and Daniel Brühl to Shoot in Prague

PRAGUE: Niki Caro's adaptation of Diane Ackerman’s novel The Zookeeper’s Wife, set against the backdrop of the holocaust during WWII, is shooting in Prague. The Czech capital will double for…
11-09-2015

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Ranbir Kapoor to Shoot in Austria

VIENNA: Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, a Bollywood film starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma which is currently shooting in London will also shoot in Austria in October…
11-09-2015

FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: The Lure

WARSAW: Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s debut feature, the musical drama The Lure, will compete in the main completion at the 40th Gdynia Film Festival Festival (14-19 September 2015). The film will be…
11-09-2015

FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Strange Heaven

WARSAW: Dariusz Gajewski’s drama Strange Heaven will premiere in the main competition at the 40th Gdynia Film Festival Festival (14-19 September 2015). The film is a Polish-Swedish coproduction.
11-09-2015

FNE at Slovenian Film Festival in Portoroz: Siska Deluxe

PORTOROZ: Siska Deluxe by Jan Cvitkovičis competing at the Slovenian Film Festival in Portoroz. The 18th edition of the festival takes place from 15 to 20 September 2015.
11-09-2015

FNE at Portoroz 2015: The Reaper

PORTOROZ: The Reaper by the Croatian director Zvonimir Jurić will be screened together with other Slovenian minority coproduction films in the competition of the 18th Slovenian Film Festival (15 -…
11-09-2015

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Jihlava IDFF is Opening a New Screening Hall

With the opening of a seventh screening hall at Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (JIDFF), the festival’s capacity is now expanding by over 400 seats.
11-09-2015