Ukraine Launches Cash Rebate Programme For Foreign Film Production
KYIV: The Ukraine is launching a cash rebate for foreign film productions starting 2020. Feature films, documentaries and animated films can apply, as well as TV feature films or animated…
PRODUCTION: Maciej Barczewski Wraps Shooting On Auschwitz-Birkenau Boxing Champion Biopic
WARSAW: Maciej Barczewski has wrapped shooting on Master / Mistrz, a biopic of Tadeusz „Teddy” Pietrzykowski, a boxer who won the title of master of the German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.…
Films Boutique Picks Up Oscar-Shortlisted Estonian Film Truth And Justice
TALLINN: Tanel Toom’s debut feature Truth And Justice, shortlisted for the 92nd Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ award in the best international feature film category, has been acquired…
WEMW Announces Projects Selected for Co-Production Forum
TRIESTE: Ten long documentary and 12 feature film projects have been selected out of a record number of applications (338) for the Co-Production Forum of the 10th edition of When…
FNE wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Successful New Year! See you again on 6 January 2020
Film New Europe would like to thank all its sponsors, supporters and readers and to wish them a Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year.
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 19.12.2019.
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…
Films from FNE Partner Countries Shortlisted for Oscars 2020
LOS ANGELES: Seven films from FNE partner countries are among the films shortlisted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in four of the nine Oscar categories announced…
Blizzard of Souls Breaks Latvian Box Office Record
RIGA: Dzintars Dreibergs's debut feature Blizzard of Souls has reached 207,892 admissions in Latvia in five weeks since its opening, a record number since the country regained independence in early…
FESTIVALS: Midnight Family Wins Watch Docs International Human Rights Festival
WARSAW: Midnight Family directed by Luke Lorentzen, a powerful documentary about the work of ambulance responders in Mexico, won the Grand Prix at the 19th Watch Docs International Human Rights…
Two CEE Minority Coproductions Supported by Netherlands Film Fund
AMSTERDAM: Two CEE minority coproductions received production support totalling 403,607 EUR from the Netherlands Film Fund. These feature films are directed by Polish director Olga Chajdas and Dutch Floor van…
Eurimages Supports Four Projects from CEE Countries
BERLIN: Four projects from CEE countries have received coproduction support at the 157th meeting of the Board of Management of the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund, held in Berlin 9-12…
Estonian Film Streaming Website with Worldwide Reach Launched
TALLINN: The streaming website Netikino.ee was launched in Estonia on 12 December 2019. Estonian films are available worldwide with English and Russian subtitles.
NEM Zagreb 2019 Announces Winners
ZAGREB: Projects by Matej Merlić and Daria Keršić won the first edition of NEM Zagreb, a brand new three-day event in the CEE region, where TV and film professionals exchanged…
Accreditations Open for WEMW 2020
TRIESTE: When East Meets West opens accreditations for its 10th anniversary edition, that will take place within the 31st Trieste Film Festival from 19 to 21 January 2020.
PRODUCTION: Juraj Jakubisko in Postproduction with Perinbaba and the Two Worlds: Watch the Trailer
PRAGUE: Juraj Jakubisko is currently in postproduction with his new magical family fantasy Perinbaba and the Two Worlds, after more than two years of complicated production. The Czech/Slovak coproduction will…
PRODUCTION: Slovak/Ukrainian TV Series Slavs in Final Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: The epic historical TV series Slavs / Slovania by Jozef Koleják, Veronika Kolejáková and Ján Luterán is currently in final postproduction with the first six of its 12 episodes…
Slovak Producer Wanda Adamík Hrycová: We Want to Support the Visibility of Slovakia on the World Film Map
BRATISLAVA: We spoke with Slovak producer Wanda Adamík Hrycová about the series Slavs / Slovania, a Slovak/Ukrainian coproduction she is producing through Wandal Production, and also about her activity as…
PRODUCTION: Serbian Darko Nikolić Shoots Crime Thriller The Only Way Out
BELGRADE: Darko Nikolić is currently in production with his debut feature, the crime thriller The Only Way Out / Jedini izlaz, one of the very few crime thrillers in contemporary…
Films from CEE Countries Selected for Sundance 2020
WARSAW: Eight films from CEE countries have been selected for the Sundance Film Festival, which will take place in Utah, USA from 23 January to 2 February 2020.
New Cinema Operator Opens First Multiplex in Sibiu
SIBIU: New Bucharest-based cinema operator CineGold SRL opened its first multiplex in Sibiu in November 2019. This is the first multiplex opened in this Transylvanian city, which was the European…
