GRANTS: Poland Supports Five Minority Coproductions
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute gave 2.7 m PLN / 630,014 EUR in minority international coproduction funding to five international projects.
Estonia Breaks Attendance Records Again in 2019
TALLINN: Estonia’s 2019 domestic film admissions have already surpassed the 2018 record, with over 802,000 admissions and another seven weeks still to come. There are two animated features and one…
PRODUCTION: Kerekes in Postproduction with Slovak/Czech/Ukrainian Debut Fiction Film
BRATISLAVA: The acclaimed Slovak documentary director Peter Kerekes is in postproduction with Censor / Cenzorka, a Slovak/Czech/Ukrainian coproduction, which is the first fiction film of the filmmaker known for his…
PRODUCTION: Igor Drljača’s Tabija in Postproduction
SARAJEVO: Igor Drljača, whose previous feature film The Waiting Room (TimeLapse Pictures) premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, has started postproduction on his third feature film Tabija (working title). The…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Top Ten East Silver Market Films
JIHLAVA: Poland proved popular with viewers at the East Silver Market in Jihlava.
FNE at 2019 Latvian National Film Festival: Oleg Wins Three Top Awards
RIGA: Oleg by Juris Kursietis was awarded the Lielais Kristaps best feature length fiction film prize at the 12 November 2019 closing ceremony of the Latvian National Film Festival, held…
PRODUCTION: Long-awaited Slovak/Czech/Macedonian Drama Piargy in Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech/Macedonian historical drama Piargy / Fašiangy, which started first shooting in May 2016, is in postproduction. The film, based on a short story by Slovak writer František Švantner,…
FNE at 2019 Ljubljana IFF: Stories from the Chestnut Woods Competes at LiFFE
LJUBLJANA: Ten films from young filmmakers, presented in the Perspectives section, will compete for the Kingfisher Award at this year’s 30th edition of the Ljubljana IFF, running 13 – 24…
North Macedonia, Slovenia, Belgium, Croatia and Poland Score With Awards at Etoiles et Toiles du Cinema Europeen
STRASBOURG: Two of the three awards distributed at the closing of Etoiles et Toiles du Cinema Europeen on 13 November 2019 went to films from CEE territories.
FNE at connecting cottbus 2019 WIP Projects: Between Two Dawns
COTTBUS: Romanian producer Oana Giurgiu is coproducing Between Two Dawns, a contemporary drama set in Turkey, written and directed by Selman Nacar. The film was presented at the connecting cottbus…
FNE AV Innovation: Zelos Activates Film Festival Volunteers
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…
PRODUCTION: Georgian Director Giorgi Gogichaishvili Preps Anatori: Village of the Dead
TBILISI: Georgian director Giorgi Gogichaishvili is starting preproduction on the Georgian feature film Anatori: Village of the Dead, a love story set in a village suffering from the black plague.
FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Wet Monday
COTTBUS: The Polish film Wet Monday, the feature film debut of Justyna Mytnik, aspires to take the subject of a teenage girl dealing with the trauma of a past rape…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2019 WIP Projects: Poppy Field
COTTBUS: Poppy Field, presented in connecting cottbus’ Works in Progress section on 7 November 2019, confronts the still-prevalent topic of homophobia in Romania in a tight 24-hour story of a…
FNE at FilmFestival Cottbus 2019: Sister Takes Top Prize at Cottbus
COTTBUS: The Bulgaria/Qatar coproduction Sister / Sestra by Sveta Tsotsorkova won Best Film at the 29th edition of FilmFestival Cottbus, which concluded on 10 November 2019.
FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Forever Hold Your Peace
COTTBUS: Montenegro and Serbia team up on the farcical comedy Forever Hold Your Peace produced by Marija Stojanovic and directed by Ivan Marinovic. The film was pitched at connecting cottbus,…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2019 WIP Projects: Celts
COTTBUS: Serbian writer/director Milica Tomovic presented her low-budget film Celts at the connecting cottbus Works in Progress block, which took place 6 – 8 November 2019. The project won the…
PRODUCTION: Lana Gogoberidze's Georgian/French Golden Thread in Postproduction
TBILISI: The venerated Georgian film director Lana Gogoberidze is completing postproduction on the Georgian/French feature drama Golden Thread. Her 1978 film Some Interviews on Personal Matters (1978) is one of…
North Macedonia and Latvia Get EFA 2019 Doc Nominations
BERLIN: Two documentaries from CEE territories landed 2019 European Film Academy Nominations: Honeyland by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska, and Putin’s Witness by Vitaly Mansky.
FESTIVALS: Applications Open for Cyprus Film Days
LIMASSOL: The 2020 edition of Cyprus Film Days is accepting applications until 6 January 2020.
