FNE Podcast: Festivals in Crisis: Ileana Stanculescu Festival Coordinator of CinéDOC-Tbilisi Film Festival
FNE's Georgian correspondent Alexander Gabelia spoke to Ileana Stanculescu, Festival Coordinator for CinéDOC-Tbilisi. Ileana shares with us the challenges the festival faces after the pandemic forced 2020 to be a…
Applications For 16th ScripTeast Still Open
WARSAW: CEE writers can apply to the 16th edition of ScripTeast with a feature film script already completed or nearing completion until 3 September 2021.
Serbian Firefly Productions Has Earned Its Wings
BELGRADE: Serbian drama mini-series The Family by Bojan Vuletić, which has recently won the Heart of Sarajevo for best drama series and best leading actor (Boris Isaković) at the Sarajevo…
Much Ado About Christmas Wrapped Shooting in Romania
BUCHAREST: Much Ado about Christmas directed by Michael Damian wrapped shooting in Romania with Castel Film Studios providing services and several local professionals in the crew.
FNE at KVIFF 2021: See How the Critics Rate the Films So Far
KARLOVY VARY: This year for the seventh time FNE teamed up with KVIFF and critics attending the festival to rate the films in the Crystal Globe Competition and the East…
FNE at KVIFF 2021: EFP Future Frames
FNE spoke to nine European film school students and recent graduates to find out what they think about the future of European film.
Kids Kino Lab Opens Call for Projects
WARSAW: European scriptwriters and producers who are interested in developing films or series (live action, animation or documentary) for kids and youth can apply to the international script development workshop…
BOX OFFICE: TVN Production Black Sheep Tops Polish Box Office
WARSAW: Polish comedy Black Sheep directed by Alek Pietrzak, produced by TVN and distributed by NEXT FILM, has shot to number one at the Polish box office with over 100,000…
NEM Dubrovnik 2021 Will Focus on Streaming Services
DUBROVNIK: NEM Dubrovnik 2021, which will be held 6-9 September, will focus heavily on the streaming business through a series of events that will bring together representatives of European TV…
FESTIVALS: The 7 Bucharest International Dance FF Announces Lineup
BUCHAREST: A total of 28 titles from 14 countries are competing in the International Competition of the 7 edition of the Bucharest International Dance Film Festival (1-5 September 2021), a…
One World 2022 Opens Call for Submissions
PRAGUE: Submissions for the 24th edition of the One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival are now open. The festival will take place from 21 March to 3 April…
The Croatian Film Day Celebrates Its 30 Edition
ZAGREB: The Croatian Film Day will celebrate its 30 edition with 76 new domestic films at the Tuškanac cinema in Zagreb from 12 to 16 September 2021.
PRODUCTION: Alice Nellis Starts Shooting Buko
PRAGUE: Czech writer/director Alice Nellis started shooting her ninth feature film Buko in Central Bohemia on 19 August 2021. The director calls the film "a spiritual road movie" as it…
Films from FNE Partner Countries Selected for European Film Awards Feature and Documentary Competitions
BERLIN: Sixteen feature films and three documentaries from FNE partner countries have been included in part one of the Feature Film Selection and Documentary Film Selection, respectively, for the European…
The 25 Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries to Take Place in Person and Online
RIGA: The 25 Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries will run in Riga and online from 1st to 12 September 2021. Eighteen film projects from 17 countries will be presented at…
Tim Burton Series Wednesday to Shoot in Romania for Six Months
BUCHAREST: Netflix series Wednesday, directed by Tim Burton and starring Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzmán, will shoot in Romania for six months, serviced by Icon Films, according to…
Introduction of COVID-19 Certificates See Admissions Drop in Estonia
TALLINN: Admissions in Estonia have sharply dropped since the COVID-19 certificates were introduced in the second week of August 2021.
FESTIVALS: The 56 Film Encounters Festival in Niš Presents Four National Premieres
BELGRADE: The 56 edition of the Film Encounters Festival / Filmski susreti is currently running in the city of Niš from 21 to 27 August 2021. The oldest feature film…
Bulgarian National Film Centre Restarts Stalled Funding
SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Centre (BNFC) has announced it will launch calls for funding which have been stalled since the beginning of the year. Calls for all types of…
French/Serbian/German Doc Landscapes of Resistance Gets USA Digital Distribution
BELGRADE: New York-based distribution company Grasshopper has acquired USA non-theatrical and digital distributions rights for Marta Poivoda’s long documentary Landcapes of Resistance / Pejzaži otpora. The French/Serbian/German coproduction was awarded…
