PRODUCTION: My Farm is My Castle Sets October Release
KARLOVY VARY: Czech director Jiri Stejskal is in postproduction with the documentary film My Farm is My Castle.
Latvian Film Council Elects New President
RIGA: Producer and head of the Latvian Film Producers association Aija Bērziņa has been elected as chairman of Latvian Film Council.
FESTIVALS: Gdynia Film Festival announces Main Competition line-up
GDYNIA Thirteen Polish films including six premiers will screen in the main competition of the 39th IFF Gdynia, taking place 15-20 September 2014
FNE TV at KVIFF 2014: Jan Naszewski CEO New Europe Film Sales and Board Member Europa International
FNE spoke to Jan Naszewski about the challenges of today’s rapidly changing sales and distribution climate. New Europe Film Sales is one of the very few international sales companies located…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Interview with Andrius Stonys
Lithuanian filmmaker and Ex Oriente tutor Andrius Stonys speaks about the Ex Oriente workshop in Croatia.
FNE TV: FNE Coproduction Meeting
The Film New Europe Coproduction Meeting brought together the representatives of regional film funds with producers and film professionals during the recent Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF). FNE TV…
FESTIVALS: New Horizons 2014 International Competition
Three Polish films and one Estonian coproduction are among the 13 films vying in the international competition of the 14th T-Mobile New Horizons Film Festival, running 24 July to 3…
Pazura and Karolak Join Bangistan Cast
WARSAW: Leading Polish actors Cezary Pazura and Tomasz Karolak have been cast in the Bollywood film Bangistan scheduled to shoot in Poland over the summer.
PRODUCTION: Five Year Okhwan Doc Nears End of Journey
KARLOVY VARY: Director/producer Marek Mackovic is in postproduction with his debut film Okhwan, Mission Impossible, a road movie documentary about a South Korean bicycling the world.
PRODUCTION: Otter Films Producing Found Footage Doc
KARLOVY VARY: Anna Wydra of Poland’s Otter Films is coproducing a documentary based on found footage, Reporter directed by Magdalena Szymkow.
PRODUCTION: Hastrman Pitched at KVIFF
KARLOVY VARY: Popular Czech musican Ondrej Havelka will direct his debut film Hastrman, based on his adaptation of a Czech book. The project at the third annual Pitch and Feedback…
Italian Andron to Film in Malta
A Malta government spokesman announced that the Italian film Andron will begin filming in Malta on 21 July 2014.
PRODUCTION: The Beauteous Pitches at KVIFF
KARLOVY VARY: Director/scriptwriter Jan Kobler makes his feature film debut with The Beauteous, a drama about two young gay men who meet and separate on a single night.
Artcam Picks up KVIFF Winner
PRAGUE: Czech art house distribution company Artcam has acquired Corn Island, the grand prize winner of the Karlovy Vary film festival (KVIFF).
FNE at KVIFF 2014: CEE Films Dominate Awards
KARLOVY VARY: Films from Central and Eastern Europe swept most of the top awards at the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (4-12 July 2014) with the Georgian film Corn…
FNE at KVIFF 2014: FNE FIPRESCI Critics; See how the critics rated the programme
This year FNE and FIPRESCI invited film critics attending the attending the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition and the East of the…
Visegrad TV Channels Move Closer to Coproductions
KARLOVY VARY: The heads of the public TV stations in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland are using Scandinavia as a model for developing series coproduced by the Visegrad countries.
German Productions Line up for Prague
PRAGUE: The increase in the cap on Czech film incentives is encouraging German productions to shoot in the Czech Republic, Wilma Film producer Filip Herling told FNE.
FNE TV at KVIFF 2014: Karel Bartak Creative Europe Coordinator – European Commission
FNE spoke to Karel Bartak Creative Europe Coordinator – European Commission about the results of the first six months of the new Creative Europe programme and what are the implications…
FNE TV at KVIFF 2014: Jozko Rutar Director Slovenian Film Center and Film New Europe Association Board Member
FNE spoke to Jozko Rutar about the new Creative Europe programme and its impact on the smaller countries of the EU and what needs to be done to ensure a…
