FNE TV at Venice 2024: Director Agnieszka Holland, Member of 81 Venice Film Festival Jury

FNE asked Agnieszka Holland how it felt to be back in Venice after her Special Jury Prize win in Venice for Green Border in 2023.
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FNE at Venice 2024: See How the FIPRESCI Critics Rate the Films So Far

VENICE: FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Venice Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Orizzonti, Venice Days and Critics Week giving the films…
31-08-2024

PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Director Mantas Verbiejus in Production with Sand in Your Hair

VILNIUS: Lithuanian director/writer Mantas Verbiejus is currently in production with his feature film Sand in Your Hair, whose development and production have been supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre.
31-08-2024

The 20th Anniversary Edition of CineFest Miskolc IFF Ready to Take Off

MISKOLC: Thirteen titles including January 2 by Zsófia Szilágy and Vulture’s Wake by Szabolcs Hajdu have been selected for the Feature Film Competition of the CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival,…
31-08-2024

FNE at Venice 2024: Venice Days Suspends Screenings of The Antique

VENICE: The Venice Film Festival sidebar Venice Days has suspended the screenings of the second film of Georgian filmmaker Rusudan Glurjidze The Antikvari / The Antique pending the final outcome…
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FNE at Venice 2024: Goodfellas Handles Rights to Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Abortion Drama April, Running in Competition

VENICE: The French/Italian/Georgian coproduction April directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili will have its world premiere on 5 September 2024 within the Competition of the 81st Venice Film Festival (28 August –…
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Guardians of the Formula Wins 2024 Herceg Novi Film Festival in Montenegro

HERCEG NOVI: The Serbian/Slovenian/Montenegrin/ Macedonian coproduction Guardians of the Formula directed by Dragan Bjelogrlić was awarded with the Golden Mimosa for the Best Film in the Feature Film Competition of…
30-08-2024

FNE Podcast: Edward Berger: Director and Screenwriter

FNE together with German Films has launched the Year of German Central European Films 2024 with a special focus on German films in Central and Eastern European countries plus Cyprus…
30-08-2024

FNE at Venice 2024: Star Studded Opening for Venice Film Festival

VENICE: The 81st Venice Film Festival got off to a glittering start with a star studded opening ceremony on Wednesday evening 28 August. After the actors and writers strike of…
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FNE TV at Venice 2024: Pascal Diot, Head of the Venice Production Bridge

FNE asked Pascal Diot how the Venice Production Bridge has evolved since it started nine years ago.
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FNE at Venice 2024: Elle Driver Handles Sales on Alexandros Avranas’s Estonian and German Minority Coproduction Quiet Life

TALLINN: The rights to the new work by the Greek director Alexandros Avranas, Quiet Life (aka Apathy), which had its world premiere on 29 August 2024 in the Horizons section…
29-08-2024

Successful Crowdfunding Campaign for Hungarian Independent Film Lesson Learned

BUDAPEST: The independent Hungarian film Lesson Learned directed by Bálint Szimler and involving 10 production companies and 19 producers received 5,317 EUR / 2.09 m HUF through a crowdfunding campaign…
29-08-2024

Successful Wrap for Largest Edition to Date of CICAE Arthouse Cinema Training

BERLIN: The 21st edition of the Arthouse Cinema Training organised by CICAE gathered in Berlin 48 participants from 27 countries and six continents, and more than 20 trainers from a…
29-08-2024

BOX OFFICE: Domestic Comedy We're Going to Team Building Has Most Admissions in Slovak Cinemas in 2024

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech coproduction We're Going to Team Building by Zuzana Marianková had the best admissions in Slovak cinemas in the first half of 2024. With 246,659 admissions and 1,846,694…
27-08-2024

PRODUCTION: Dāvis Sīmanis in Postproduction with Latvian/Czech Documentary Death of Death

RIGA: The acclaimed Latvian director Dāvis Sīmanis is currently in postproduction with the Latvian/Czech documentary Death of Death. Balancing an existential road film with a humorous science fiction, the doc…
27-08-2024

CBS’ Series FBI: International Returns to Hungary

SZEGED: A new season of the CBS’ series FBI: International will start shooting in Szeged, Hungary in September 2024. Three years ago, in the first season of the series, Szeged…
27-08-2024

Surprise Appearance of Chris Hemsworth in Bucharest

BUCHAREST: Chris Hemsworth surprised 70,000 Romanian fans gathered at an Ed Sheeran concert in the Romanian capital city, as he took the stage with the English singer to play drums…
27-08-2024

Baltic Film Days 2024 Ready to Start

TALLINN: The 8th edition of the Baltic Film Days will take place simultaneously in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from 29 to 31 August 2024, showcasing the best of the Baltic…
27-08-2024

Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event and Locarno Pro Launch Tallinn Industry Academy

TALLINN: The first edition of the Tallinn Industry Academy, introduced by Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event (ITBE, 14 – 22 November 2024) and Locarno Pro will take place during the industry…
27-08-2024

Romanian Film Three Kilometers to the End of the World Wins 2024 Sarajevo Film Festival

SARAJEVO: Three Kilometers to the End of the World / Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii by Romanian director Emanuel Pârvu, received the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film…
25-08-2024