FNE at LET’S CEE 2013: Romanian Domestic Sweeps up Main Award

VIENNA: Domestic by Romanian director Adrian Sitaru won Best Film and the Bulgarian documentary The Last Black Sea Pirates by Svetoslav Stoyanov won Best Documentary at the 2nd edition of…
24-09-2013

German and Norwegian Productions Joins Slate of International TV Projects Shooting on Czech Locations

PRAGUE: Historical TV productions are energizing the Czech international film service industry, with two TV projects for Germany’s SAT 1 and Norwegian TV scheduled to production within the next month,…
23-09-2013

FNE Thank You to Participants of Reader Survey and the Polish Film Institute

WARSAW: FNE would like to thank everyone who participated in our Reader Survey earlier this year. We would also like to congratulate Charlie Cockey who was the winner of a…
23-09-2013

PRODUCTION: Hartley-Merrill Winner Goes into Production

BUDAPEST: Weekend, the Hungarian winner of the International Hartley-Merrill Screenwriting Award, will begin a seven-week shoot on locations in Budapest, rural Hungary and in Transylvania in Romania in mid-October.
23-09-2013

Cvitkovic, Sadowska among 13 Directors Pitching at connecting cottbus 2013

COTTBUS: Thirteen Eastern European pitching projects ranging from slacker comedy to closeted homosexuality have been selected for the 15th edition of connecting cottbus (www.connecting-cottbus.de 7-8 November, 2013), the East-West coproduction…
23-09-2013

Bulgaria Introduces Funding for Young Directors

SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center (NFC) will establish a new fund for young directors of short film projects produced within five years of graduation. The plan will support ten…
20-09-2013

Romanian Pay TV Model Ready for Export

BUCHAREST: Global satellite company SES is planning additional launches for the DTH platform Orange TV which was launched in Romania by SES and the communication company Orange in June 2013.
20-09-2013

Gdynia Winner Develops United States Of Love

GDYNIA: Tomasz Wasilewski, winner of the Young Directing Talent Prize at the 38th Gdynia Film Festival spoke exclusively with FNE about his new project currently in development.
20-09-2013

FNE - IDF DocBloc: Distributors Meet in Slovakia

European distributors arrived in Bratislava for a DOK.Incubator workshop.
20-09-2013

PRODUCTION: Sławomir Fabicki in preparation with a family feature

WARSAW: After years in development, Sławomir Fabicki confirmed to FNE that he will start works on Bonobo Jingo in June of 2014. The cast of the film will include a…
19-09-2013

Record Number of Romanian Premieres in Local Cinemas

BUCHAREST: Nine Romanian features made by Corneliu Porumboiu, Tudor Cristian Jurgiu and Bogdan Mustaţă are opening in Romanian theatres this autumn. Romanian film has been a big prize winner at…
19-09-2013

FESTIVALS: Jihlava Selects 19 Emerging Producers

PRAGUE: The second edition of the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival’s Emerging Producers project has named 19 European participants. Central European participants come from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic (with…
19-09-2013

New Polish TV channel Stopklatka TV to launch in 2014

WARSAW: A new Polish TV channel, Stopklatka, a joint initiative of Kino Polska TV, Stopklatka and Agora, has received a licence to broadcast and a spot in the first Polish…
19-09-2013

FNE at Jameson Cinefest- Miskolc IFF 2013: International Competition Announced

MISKOLC: The 10th Miskolc International Film Festival (12 - 22 September 2013) will screen 17 features in the main competion, and three other regular competition section for short films, documentaries…
18-09-2013

Romanian Indie Film Sets Opening Record

BUCHAREST: Iulia Rugină's debut feature Love Building set a record for a Romanian independent production, with 10,206 admissions and box office of 35,300 EUR/158,000 RON on its opening weekend, close…
18-09-2013

FNE at Portoroz 2013: Class Enemy Takes Main Prize

PORTOROZ: Rok Bicek’s Venice Critics’ Week winner Class Enemy won the Vesna Award for best feature film (producer Triglav Film) at the 16th Festival of Slovenian Film which ended on…
17-09-2013

FESTIVALS: Bulgaria Cancels Golden Rose Festival

SOFIA: The 32nd edition of Bulgaria’s national Golden Rose film festival will not take place in 2013 due to an insufficient number of completed films for the competition program.
17-09-2013

FNE at Batumi FF 2013:Ten Features to Compete for Batumi IAFF

BATUMI: The 8th Batumi International Art house Film Festival (15 - 22 September 2013) will have three competitive sections and also non-competitive sections such as Georgian Panorama, Music World, Meet…
17-09-2013

Film and Music Entertainment commit to Polish Cinema with plans to produce more films in the region.

GDYNIA: Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) CEO and producer Mike Downey re-affirmed at the 38th Gdynia Film festival his company’s ongoing commitment to making films in Poland and, working with…
17-09-2013

FNE at Gdynia FF 2013: Prize Winners and Roman Polanski at Fest

GDYNIA: The biggest surprise of the 38 Gdynia Film Festival (9-14 September 2013) was undoubtedly the appearance of Polish director Roman Polanski at the closing ceremony to hand out the…
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