Romanian Public TV Finances Seven Films
BUCHAREST: The Romanian Television Society/Societatea Română de Televiziune (SRTv) will support the funding of seven feature films including the next features of Nae Caranfil, Florin Şerban and Igor Cobileanski.
FESTIVALS: Stratos Wins Best Film at Cyprus Film Days
NICOSIA: The 12th Cyprus Film Days International Film Festival held in Limassol and Nicosia 4-13 April ended with Cyprus-born film director Yiannis Economides winning the Best Film award for Stratos.
Romania Launches Save the Big Screen Campaign
BUCHAREST: Romanian Film Promotion and Transilvania IFF have launched the national campaign Save the Big Screen/Salvaţi marele ecran consisting of documenting existing old cinemas, a documentary, seminars, a special screening…
Field of Dogs Distributed in Italy
WARSAW: Field of Dogs, a video-art para documentary from Lech Majewski, will premiere in Italy on 17 April 2014.
TVN Stock Buyback Minimizes Losses
WARSAW: Polish private broadcaster TVN will spend up to 500 m PLN to buy back a portion of its stocks to take them off the market.
Estonia gets a new Midiplex
TALLINN: Pärnu, Estonia’s fifth largest City with a population of 45,000, is to open its first multiscreen cinema in the City centre in May, 2014.
Romania Develops VOD Platforms
BUCHAREST: Platforms for video-on-demand are developing in terms of application but the offer of new Romanian titles is still scarce.
FNE Interviews ANOMALIA Founder David Tousek
FNE speaks with David Tousek, founder of the Czech animation workshop ANOMALIA which is accepting Applications for its summer workshop through 15 April 2014. Participants should have at least one…
Bollywood Kicks off Warsaw Shooting
WARSAW: Bollywood thriller Kick starts shooting on 11 April 2014 in Warsaw.
Mediterranean Film Studios Still in Hot Water
A Malta court has postponed a decision over the fate of Mediterranean Film Studios which faces eviction over past-due rent.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: East Silver Opens Applications
The East Silver documentary market is accepting applications through 30 June 2014.
Romania Announces 2014 Grants
BUCHAREST: New projects from Cristian Mungiu, Cristi Puiu, Corneliu Porumboiu, Radu Jude and Peter Greenaway are among the winners of the funding contest for 2013 announced by the National Centre…
PRODUCTION: Tudor Giurgiu Shoots Cristian
BUCHAREST: The third feature of director/screenwriter Tudor Giurgiu is a political drama based on a real story and focusing on a young and idealistic prosecutor in the tumultuos Romania of…
Kino Polska to Launch in Nigeria
WARSAW: Channels from the Filmbox International Ltd. and SPI International portfolio will be available in Nigeria through Montage Cable Network.
FNE Partners with Cannes Producers Workshop with Special Offer for Members
WARSAW: Film New Europe has teamed up with the upcoming Cannes Marche Du Film and the Producers Workshop to promote Central and Eastern European producers during Cannes.
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month. Hungary - Szalóky Bálint, Mozinet Ltd.
FNE together with Europa Distribution is launching a new chapter of the Distributor of the Month section. This time we focus on new strategies in film distribution and the importance…
Latvia and Lithuania Ban Russian TV
Governmental bodies in both Latvia and Lithuania have banned broadcasts of Russian state TV channels.
My Dog Killer Tops The Sun in the Net Nominations
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film and TV Academy announced nominations for the biannual national Slovak film awards, The Sun in the Net, with a total of 16 awards to be handed…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Skalvija Cinema Center
This month we spoke with Vilma Levickaitė, the manager of Skalvija Cinema Center, a small and cozy art house cinema situated in central Vilnius. Well known amongst film lovers for…
FESTIVALS: The Swing of the Coffin Maker Wins at NexT IFF
BUCHAREST: The 8th edition of NexT International Film Festival, dedicated to short and medium films, gave its NexT Trophy to The Swing of the Coffin Maker (Azerbaijan/Germany) by Elmar Imanov.
