FNE Podcast: Festivals in Crisis: Zviad Eliziani Manager Batumi International Film Festival
Zviad Eliziani shares with us the challenges the festival faces due to the COVID-19 pandemic and why he is determined the festival should go ahead as a live event. BIAFF…
Film Production Halted as North Macedonia Reports Spike in COVID-19 Cases
SKOPJE: Film production activity remains at a standstill due to a rise in COVID-19, with several productions on hold indefinitely as the number of new coronavirus cases in North Macedonia…
France’s Memento Films Picks up Kamen Kalev’s February
SOFIA: Memento Film International has picked up Kamen Kalev’s fourth feature February, one of the 56 titles from the Cannes 2020 Official selection. The French/Bulgarian coproduction between Koro Films and…
Back to the Cinema Traverses Serbia
BELGRADE: Cinemas in Serbia will re-open in July, after three months of inactivity. Starting on 1 July 2020 cinemas in all towns and cities in Serbia will host a film…
FNE at Krakow Film Festival 2020 DOC LAB POLAND: Gypsy Gadji and House of Sand
KRAKOW: Gypsy Gadji and House of Sand were among the eleven new documentary projects showcased to international distributors, sales agents and festival representatives at the 5th edition of the DOC…
FNE at Krakow Film Festival 2020 DOC LAB POLAND: Daughter of Fuji and Easy Rider Behind the Iron Curtain
KRAKOW: Daughter of Fuji and Easy Rider Behind the Iron Curtain were among the eleven new documentary projects showcased to international distributors, sales agents and festival representatives at the 5th…
OBITUARY: Slovak Cinematographer Igor Luther
BRATISLAVA: Igor Luther, the world-renowned cinematographer of the Oscar-winning film The Tin Drum, died at age 77. He worked with a number of important directors, including Juraj Jakubisko, Vojtěch Jasný, …
CICAE Launches International Campaign #Back To Cinema
PARIS: The International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas (CICAE), in collaboration with Germany’s #ZurückInsKino, has launched a social media campaign #BackToCinema to bring film exhibitors together during the COVID-19 crisis.
Lithuanian Cinemas Start to Reopen
VILNIUS: Lithuania saw the first reopening of a cinema on 5 June 2020, with the Polish-owned multiplex Multikino, which has seven screens with 1,673 seats. The move comes as the…
Montenegrin Cinematheque Boosts Film Activities
PODGORICA: The Montenegrin Cinematheque / Crnogorska kinoteka, which will move into its long-promised new premises later this summer, has been keeping cinema alive during the COVID-19 lockdown. Among its activities…
FNE at Krakow Film Festival 2020: Prize Winners
KRAKOW: The 60th Krakow Film Festival of documentary, short and animated film was held 31 May - 7 June 2020 and ended with a special online gala.
FNE Podcast: Scriptwriters Programme Pustnik
Pustnik Co-founder Andreea Bortun and Project Manager Dan Angelescu talk about Pustnik, a residency for scriptwriters on the banks of the Danube in Romania. They talk about why they founded…
FESTIVALS: Transilvania IFF Announces New Dates
CLUJ: The Transilvania IFF will take place 31 July – 9 August. The festival had been originally scheduled for June but was postponed by the COVID-19 crisis. The summer edition…
Latvia Prepares to Resume Film Production
RIGA: The Minister of Culture of the Republic of Latvia has issued rules that state the social distancing requirements for film productions, allowing the gradual restart of film production in…
PRODUCTION: Václav Kadrnka Starts Postproduction of Czech/Slovak Saving One Who Was Dead
BRATISLAVA: Václav Kadrnka is moving into postproduction with the Czech/Slovak coproduction Saving One Who Was Dead / Správa o záchrane mŕtveho. The film received a grant from Eurimages in its…
FESTIVALS: Palić Fest Rescheduled for August
BELGRADE: The 27th edition of the European Film Festival Palić will take place 8 – 14 August 2020, two weeks after its traditional July scheduling. Palić is the first Serbian…
Films from Lithuania, Georgia and Bulgaria in Cannes Official Selection
WARSAW: Films from Lithuania, Bulgaria and Georgia have been selected for the 73rd edition of the Cannes Film Festival. A total of 56 films have been chosen for the 2020…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Projects
Twelve projects have been selected for Ex Oriente 2020.
PRODUCTION: Dutch/Italian/Slovenian Pink Moon in Preproduction
LJUBLJANA: Slovenia’s Tramal Films is coproducing Floor van der Meulen's feature Pink Moon with Dutch company Kepler film and Italy’s Nefertiti Film. The film, which received a Eurimages grant, is…
FESTIVALS: Zlin Fest 2020 Announces Competition Films
ZLIN: The delayed 60th Zlin Film Festival for Children and Youth, originally scheduled for the week of 29 May – 6 June 2020, has announced the selection of competition films…
