Get Support From Ji.hlava Film Fund

JIHLAVA: Documentaries originating in Central and Eastern Europe can apply to the Ji.hlava Film Fund, which provides in-kind grants totaling 20,000 EUR until 15 March 2020.
19-02-2020

FNE at Berlinale 2020: 14th ScripTeast Presents Participants of Berlinale Session

WARSAW: The 14th edition of ScripTeast, the project-based training and development programme for professional screenwriters from Central and Eastern Europe, will hold a stationary session of its 2019-2020 edition during…
19-02-2020

FNE Readers Survey 2020

We know you are a busy decision maker. That is why you read FNE. We kindly ask you to help us out by taking 2 minutes to answer the following…
18-02-2020

The Whistlers Tops Romanian Gopo Awards Nominations

BUCHAREST: The Whistlers by Corneliu Porumboiu has got 13 nominations for the 14th Gopo Awards, followed by Heidi by Cătălin Mitulescu with 10 nominations, and Adina Pintilie’s Touch Me Not…
18-02-2020

UNIC Provisional Update: Record 1.34 Billion Admissions In European Cinemas In 2019

BRUSSELS: European admissions increased by 4.5 per cent in 2019, with over 1.34 billion admissions, a record since the early 1990s. In the EU, admissions reached the 1 billion mark…
18-02-2020

World Premiere of Oleg Sentsov's Numbers In Berlin

BERLIN: Numbers, a film that Oleg Sentsov directed from a gulag, will have its world premiere on 18 February 2020. The special screening will be a part of Berlinale's 70th…
18-02-2020

FNE Market Analysis 2019: ESTONIA

TALLINN: The year 2019 turned out to be another record-breaking year for Estonian film industry. Domestic films had more than 847,000 admissions, which is an all-time record. The year’s record-breaker…
18-02-2020

PRODUCTION: Serbian Director Slobodan Šijan Shoots Comeback Feature The Great Tram Robbery

ZAGREB: Serbian veteran filmmaker Slobodan Šijan is in production with his first film since 2007, The Great Tram Robbery / Bidi Bog s nama. The film is a coproduction between…
17-02-2020

OBITUARY: Polish Director Jerzy Gruza

WARSAW: Polish theatre and television director Jerzy Gruza, creator of many programmes and series, including Forty-year-old / Czterdziestolatek and Civil War / Wojna domowa, died on 16 February 2020 at…
17-02-2020

HAVC Celebrates Croatian Presidency of the EU Council

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) has planned a series of international events as Croatia holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union from January to June 2020,…
14-02-2020

PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Director Romas Zabarauskas Completes The Lawyer

VILNIUS: Lithuanian director Romas Zabarauskas has completed postproduction on his third feature film, the gay romantic drama The Lawyer / Advokatas, which was shot on location in Vilnius and Belgrade.…
14-02-2020

FNE Market Analysis 2019: MONTENEGRO

PODGORICA: The budget of the Film Centre of Montenegro was 1.1 m EUR in 2019 and will be increased by 40% up to 1.6 m EUR in 2020.
14-02-2020

FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 13.02.2020.

WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry…
14-02-2020

FNE IDF DocBloc: Get Your Industry Pass For East Doc Platform 2020

Film professionals who want to attend the East Doc Platform industry programme can buy an Industry Pass until 21 February 2020. The open programme is, again this year, available for…
14-02-2020

PRODUCTION: Irish/Polish Coproduction Starring George MacKay and Lily-Rose Depp In Production

WARSAW: The Irish/Polish coproduction Wolf, directed by Nathalie Biancheri and starring George MacKay and Lily-Rose Depp, is set to start shooting in April 2020. Bankside Films manages the worldwide sales.
13-02-2020

BOX OFFICE: Admissions And Box Office for Domestic Films Soar In Romania in 2019

BUCHAREST: Admissions to domestic films increased dramatically from 389,172 in 2018 to 806,472 in 2019, while domestic films' gross increased from 1.42 m EUR / 6,712,375 RON in 2018 to…
13-02-2020

PRODUCTION: Georgian Director Tamta Gabrichidze Preps Mugamati

TBILISI: Georgian director Tamta Gabrichidze is currently in preproduction with her first long documentary Mugamati. The filming is planned for the summer of 2020. Gabrichidze’s short documentary The Trader /…
13-02-2020

FNE Market Analysis 2019: CZECH REPUBLIC

PRAGUE: Czech cinema enjoyed domestic and international success with numerous feature films, documentaries and also several short films in 2019. The year was marked by a growing number of coproductions,…
13-02-2020

FNE Market Analysis 2019: SLOVAKIA

BRATISLAVA: The year 2019 was more successful for Slovak cinema compared to 2018 in terms of admissions and also the large number of domestic titles released in cinemas.
12-02-2020