FNE TV: Edith Sepp Head of Estonian Film Institute
FNE asked Edit Sepp head of the Estonian Film Institute about the most important developments in the Estonian Film Industry over the past year and the importance of cooperation with…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Cinema Studio, Bucharest
This month FNE speaks with Valentin Burlacu, the manager of Cinema Studio, one of the most important art house cinemas in Bucharest.
Malta Boosts Film Exhibition
Malta is dedicating 500,000 EUR toward the digitalisation of its cinemas as part of the country’s 2014 budget.
FNE at Baltic Event 2013: CoProduction Market Awards Announced
TALLINN: The Baltic Event has announced the winning projects of its annual coproduction market (26-29 November) with the award for best project going to Romanian project Miracle in Cluj represented…
FNE at Tallinn Black Nights FF 2013: Prize Winners
TALLINN: The Italian debut The Great Beauty directed by Paolo Sorrentino was awarded the main prize of the EurAsia international competition at the 17 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival held…
FNE TV: Nico Simon President Europa Cinemas
FNE asked Nico Simon why Europa Cinemas is important for European film and what are the new challenges exhibitors are facing in the new digital age. Simon is also head…
GRANTS: Hungary Funds Seven Animation Projects
BUDAPEST: The Hungarian National Media Authority awarded 64m HUF in grants for animation films. All of the seven new productions will be broadcast first on Magyar Televízió.
FNE TV: Susan Wendt head of Europa International
FNE spoke to Susan Wendt head of sales at TrustNordisk, Denmark and recently elected head of the sales agents’ organisation Europa Internationa,l about why they are teamed up with Europa…
FNE at Europa International Athens 2013: Sales agents focus on new distribution platforms
ATHENS: The focus was on digital distribution and the new opportunities that new platforms like VOD can provide for European films at the second annual Europa International conference in Athens.
FNE/IDF DocBloc: Wolf
Producer Radim Prochazka looks at the efforts of a man to clear the name of his father, a rabbi at the Terezin concentration camp who decided which inmates would be…
FESTIVALS: Ten Films Compete at Tbilisi IFF 2013
TBILISI: Georgia reaches to some of the farthest corners of Europe for the international competition at the 14th Tbilisi IFF, running 2-8 December 2013.
FNE TV: Tiina Teras winner Europa Cinemas Best Programming Award 2013
FNE asked Tiina Teras, programmer of Kino Artis in Tallinn and winner of the Europa Cinemas Best Programming Award 2013 about how she programmes her cinema in Tallinn and the…
PRODUCTION: Agnieszka Holland Preps Polish German Czech Coproduction
WARSAW: Agnieszka Holland is in preparation with Game Count (Polish title Pokot), a crime drama which will go into production in 2014.
Estonia and Korea Sign Film Memorandum
TALLINN: The Estonian Film Institute and the Korean Film Council have signed a memorandum of understanding to boost cooperation between the two countries’ film industries. The memorandum is the first…
FNE TV: Xavier Troussard Head of Unit for Creative Europe-MEDIA programme, European Commission
FNE asked Xavier Troussard what changes the Central and Eastern European film industry can expect to see under his leadership as the new head of Creative Europe-MEDIA programme at the…
Croatian audiovisual sector pumps cash into state budget
ZAGREB: The Croatian audiovisual industry pays back 1.5 to 2.3 HRK into the state budget for every HRK that the government spends in subsidizing the AV sector, according to a…
FNE at Tallin Black Nights 2013: Free Range
TALLINN: Free Range, third feature from Venice Horizons award-winning Estonian director Veiko Õunpuu was selected as Estonia’s entry for the 2013 foreign language Oscar nomination despite ciritical domestic response.
National Media Authority Funds Documentaries
BUDAPEST: Hungary’s National Media Authority will distribute 117m HUF to 16 documentary productions and 74m HUF for nine science films.
Ida Scores Double Wins
Paweł Pawlikowski’s Ida has won the Grand Prix of the Plus Camerimage film festival and the Best Film of Spain’s Gijon film festival.
FNE at Europa Cinemas Athens 2013: Estonian Kino Artis Wins Best Programming Award
ATHENS: Estonian cinema Kino Artis was awarded the prize for Best Programming of 2013 in the Europa Cinemas network at the 18th Europa Cinemas Conference in Athens held 21-24 November…
