connecting cottbus 2016 Calls for Applications
COTTBUS: The East-West co-production market connecting cottbus (coco) is accepting project submissions for its 2016 pitching session until 30 July.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Vachek Takes Communism to Marseilles
Czech director Karel Vachek will present his project Communism at FIDlab in Marseilles in July.
PRODUCTION: Srđan Šarenac in Pre-production with Prison Beauty Queen Contest
SARAJEVO: Srđan Šarenac, the award winning documentary filmmaker whose film Village Without Women (2010, Les Films du Balibari) was screened at 70 film festivals worldwide and won 14 prizes, has…
FESTIVALS: Pula IFF 2016 Announces Competition Films
PULA: Thirteen films will compete in the Croatian Programme of the 63rd Pula Film Festival taking place 9 – 16 July 2016.
FNE at Zlin IFF 2016: Zlin Fetes Studio’s 80th Anniversary
ZLIN: The 56th Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth, taking place 27 May – 3 June, will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the film studio in Zlin, which…
PRODUCTION: Maria Sadowska Shooting The Art Of Love
WARSAW: Maria Sadowska is in production with The Art of Love, a biopic of Michalina Wisłocka, a famous Polish sexuologist who revolutionised the sex life of Poles.
Indian Film Babu Shoots in Slovenia
LJUBLJANA: Slovenia, which is becoming a destination for Indian tourists and filmmakers, welcomed an Indian film crew returning to Slovenia to shoot 20 minutes of a film with the working…
FNE at Zlin IFF 2016: Ten Films in Debut Competition
ZLIN: CEE films have a place in the European competition of first films at the 56th Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth, which opens on 27 May 2016.
OBITUARY: Adolf Born
PRAGUE: Czech animator Adolf Born, best known for the Mach and Sebestova TV series, died on 22 May at the age of 85.
FNE at Cannes 2016: Prize Winners
CANNES: Romania celebrated a bumper year in Cannes with Cristan Mungiu winning the prize for Best Director for his film Graduation. The prize was shared ex-aqueo with the French/Czech coproduction…
FNE at Cannes 2016: See how the FIPRESCI critics rated the programme
FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Cannes Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, Directors' Fortnight and Critics Week, giving the…
Films, Screens and Attendance Rise in Bulgaria
SOFIA: Cinema attendance, film production and the number of screens rose in Bulgaria in 2015, with 26 feature films produced and cinema attendance up 4.8 per cent.
REGIOFUN Opens Call for Pitching Forum
KATOWICE: Look For Fund, a pitching forum that takes place during REGIOFUN, is accepting project proposals until 30 June 2016.
FNE and Creative Europe: FNE Introduces AV Innovation Team
The Film New Europe Association is main networking platform of professionals in the Central and Eastern Europe and Baltic region. The FNE Association board is made up of the heads…
FNE at Cannes 2016: Review: The Last Face
CANNES: The Last Face which screens in competition is Sean Penn’s fifth outing as a director and unfortunately it also might just be his least successful film to date.
FNE at Cannes 2016: Graduation
CANNES: Romanian director Cristian Mungiu’s Romanian, French and Belgian coproduction Graduation screens in Competition in Cannes.
FNE at Zlin IFF 2016: Eight Children’s Films in Competition
ZLIN: Eight films from Europe, the Middle East and Asia have been selected for the competition of films for children at the 56th Zlin International Festival of Films for Children…
Romania and France Sign Cinematography Partnership
BUCHAREST: The Romanian National Centre of Cinematography and France’s National Centre of Cinematography and Animated Image (CNC) signed a two-year partnership to encourage the exchange of expertise and good practices.
FNE at Cannes 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Friday 20 May, Saturday 21 May and Sunday 22 May
Party and Event Alert
FNE/IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Announces Film Projects
Twelve film projects have been selected for the 2016/2017 Ex Oriente workshop
