PRODUCTION: Rusudan Chkonia Preps Georgian/Swiss/Norwegian Coproduction Venice
TBILISI: Georgian director Rusudan Chkonia is starting preproduction on the Georgian/Swiss/Norwegian feature drama Venice. Rusudan Chkonia is an awarded Georgian director, who participated in the Berlinale Talent Campus and the…
FNE at Tbilisi IFF 2019: Georgian Panorama: A Pig
TBILISI: Giga Liklikadze’s low-budget debut feature film A Pig will screen in the Georgian Panorama section of the Tbilisi IFF, which opens on 1 December 2019. The film had its…
FNE at Tbilisi IFF 2019: Georgian Panorama: Negative Numbers
TBILISI: Uta Beria’s debut feature Negative Numbers, the first Georgian/French/Italian coproduction, will be shown in the Georgian Panorama section of the Tbilisi Film Festival, which begins on 1 December 2019.
FESTIVALS: Six Films Screen in Tbilisi IFF Georgian Panorama
TBILISI: The Tbilisi IFF will open on 1 December with a screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s early work Blackmail. The festival will show six new domestic films in its Georgian Pamorama…
FNE AV Innovation: Velvet Icons Productions A Film Studio For The Digital Era
We have asked Sten-Kristian Saluveer, founder and CEO of Storytek Creative Hub, to introduce some of the hottest new projects from Storytek, so that FNE readers have the chance to…
Croatian Ankica Jurić Tilić to Receive Eurimages Co-production Award
STRASBOURG: The Croatian producer Ankica Jurić Tilić will be given the Eurimages Co-production Award at the European Film Awards ceremony on Saturday, 7 December, in Berlin.
CEE Animation Forum 2020 Opens Call for Animation Projects
LIBEREC: The CEE Animation Forum, which takes place 5 – 8 May 2020, is accepting applications for animation projects through 10 January.
Documentary Platform Vintage Sahia Launched in Romania
BUCHAREST: Vintage Sahia, the first web platform with films produced by the Communist documentary studio Alexandru Sahia between 1950 and 1990, was recently launched in Romania by One World Romania…
The Pack Season 3 to Open Across HBO Europe Territories
WARSAW: The third season of the hit Polish series The Pack / Wataha will open across all HBO Europe territories on 6 December 2019.
FESTIVALS: PÖFF Shorts Announces 2019 Winners
TALLINN: The Black Nights Film Festival / PÖFF announced the winner of its shorts competition and selected the Georgian film 12 K Marx Street by Irine Jordania to compete in…
Martin Campbell’s The Asset Starring Michael Keaton and Samuel L. Jackson to Shoot in Romania
BUCHAREST: Martin Campbell’s The Asset, starring Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson and Maggie Q, will be shot in Romania for 10 weeks starting 8 January 2020. The project will benefit…
PRODUCTION: Dustin Loose Shoots German/Polish Ein Sommer
GDYNIA: The German/Polish coproduction Ein Sommer is shooting in the Trójmiasto region in northern Poland. The drama directed by Dustin Loose is supported by the Polish 30% tax incentive scheme.…
FESTIVALS: Balagov's Beanpole Wins at Ljubljana IFF 2019
LJUBLJANA: Beanpole, an intimate Russian drama about a close friendship between two young women trying to piece together the fragments of their lives in the aftermath of war, won Best…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update
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…
LOCATION: Chateau de Beduer, SW France
Set in the unspoilt countryside of Southwest France, the medieval 12-bedroom Chateau de Beduer offers a near-perfect location for productions, both drama and commercial. The unspoilt countryside and nearby medieval…
FNE Interview with Gordan Matić, Head of Film Center Serbia
BELGRADE: FNE spoke with Gordan Matić, who was appointed Director of Film Center Serbia in the summer of 2019. He shared with us his thoughts on the challenges and opportunities…
FNE Interview with Zuzana Bieliková, Head of Slovak Film Commission
BRATISLAVA: FNE spoke with Zuzana Bieliková, head of the Slovak Film Commission, about foreign film productions coming to Slovakia and the increase in Slovak film incentives. Bieliková was appointed to…
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Andrius Blaževičius in Postproduction with Paralysis
VILNIUS: Lithuanian director Andrius Blaževičius is in postproduction with his second feature film Paralysis / Paralyžius. Principle photography in Lithuania started on 15 July 2019 and wrapped on 25 August…
European Cultural Organisations Support Creative Europe Programme's Proposed Budget
BRUSSELS: A group of 90 organisations from Europe’s cultural and creative sectors have signed an open letter in support of the 2021-2027 proposal for the Creative Europe Programme.
FNE IDF DocBloc: IDF at IDFA
Twelve East Silver Films will be promoted at IDFA.
