FNE at Venice 2019: Venice Prize Winners: Joker Wins Golden Lion
VENICE: American director Todd Phillips was awarded the top prize for his film Joker in the main competition of 76th Venice Film Festival, which took place from 28 August to…
PRODUCTION: Miroslav Mandić Shoots Slovenian/Italian Coproduction Sanremo
LJUBLJANA: Miroslav Mandić is currently shooting his sixth feature Sanremo, a drama about aging. This Slovenian/Italian coproduction is being shot in Slovenia until 9 September 2019 and in Italy in…
FESTIVALS: BIAFF 2019 Announces Lineup
BATUMI: Ten titles have been selected for the International Feature Films Competition of the Batumi International Art house Film Festival (15-22 September 2019).
PRODUCTION: Cypriot Director Paul Lambis in Casting with Drama 74
NICOSIA: Paul Lambis is currently in casting with 74, a feature film based on his original theatrical production under the same name. The English-language drama about the Turkish invasion of…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival 2019: Corpus Christi
GDYNIA: Polish director Jan Komasa’s costume drama Corpus Christi will screen in the main competition of the 44th Gdynia Film Festival, running from 16 to 21 September 2019, after its…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival 2019: Dolce Fine Giornata
GDYNIA: Jacek Borcuch’s drama Dolce Fine Giornata will screen in the main competition of the 44th Gdynia Film Festival, running from 16 to 21 September 2019. The film won the…
FNE FIPRESCI Critics at Venice 2019: See how the critics rated the programme
VENICE: FNE together with FIPRESCI have invited FIPRESCI critics in Venice to rate the films in all four of the official competition programmes of the festival giving the films 1,2,3,4…
Harvey Keitel and Malcolm McDowell to Star in Maltese Film Just Noise
VALLETTA: Harvey Keitel and Malcolm McDowell are set to star in the Maltese film Just Noise / Storbju by Italian director Davide Ferrario. This is the first local feature film…
PRODUCTION: Armenian/Bulgarian/German Feature Film and TV Series in Production
SOFIA: The Bulgarian company Jelfilm is currently in production with a TV series-melodrama Remission, set to premiere in November 2019 on the Armenian Public TV. The main subject of the…
FESTIVALS: The 40th Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers’ FF Announces Lineup
BITOLA: Twelve films have been selected for the Competition Camera 300 of the 40th Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers’ Film Festival, set to start in Bitola on 14 September 2019.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Mária Rumanová (1989-2019)
On 2 September 2019 we were shaken by the tragic death of the exceptional filmmaker Mária Rumanová. She was only 30 years old and according to Slovak film critics she…
FNE FIPRESCI Critics at Venice 2019: See how the critics rate the programme so far
VENICE: FNE together with FIPRESCI have invited FIPRESCI critics in Venice to rate the films in all four of the official competition programmes of the festival giving the films 1,2,3,4…
PRODUCTION: Zdeněk Jiráský In Postproduction with Slovak/Czech Coproduction Kryštof
BRATISLAVA: Zdeněk Jiráský’s new drama Kryštof (working title) entered postproduction. The film is a Slovak/Czech coproduction produced by Slovakia‘s ALEF FILM & MEDIA and the Czech company Fulfilm.
Nominations for Polish Film Institute Awards Announced
WARSAW: Nominations for the 12th edition of the Polish Film Institute (PISF) awards were announced on 3 September 2019. The gala will take place during the 44th Gdynia Film Festival.
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Cinema Centre Garsas, Panevėžys, Lithuania
This month we speak with Genė Pučinskienė, the manager of Cinema Centre Garsas / Kino Center Garsas since 1992.
John Collee's Masterclass on Television and Film Scriptwriting in Malta
VALLETTA: Scottish scriptwriter John Collee (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Happy Feet) will hold a masterclass on television and film scriptwriting at Spazju Kreattiv in Valletta…
FNE at Venice 2019: Review: The Painted Bird
VENICE: Václav Marhoul is the first Czech director to score a place in the Venice competition lineup since Jiri Menzel’s The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin in…
FNE AV Innovation: Film Chain Boosts Transparency and Efficiency
FilmChain is the first automated collection service that collects, allocates and analyses revenues for film, TV and digital content in a transparent and efficient manner.
FNE Oscar Watch 2020: Croatia Selects Mali as Oscar Bid
ZAGREB: Mali by Antonio Nuić has been selected as Croatia’s candidate for the 92nd Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the best international feature film category.
Baltic Sea Docs in Riga
RIGA: A total of 25 projects take part in the new edition of Baltic Sea Docs, the co-financing forum of international documentary projects held in Riga from 3 to 7…
