Co-production Forum Baltic Sea Docs 2019 Announces Selected Projects
RIGA: A total of 25 projects from 20 countries will participate at the 23rd Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries (BSD), set to take place in Riga from 3 to 7…
FESTIVALS: The 44th Gdynia Film Festival Announces Lineup
GDYNIA: A total of 16 films will compete in the main competition of the 44th Gdynia Film Festival, set to take place from 16 to 21 September 2019.
Czech Restored Classic Ecstasy Selected for the Pre-opening Event of the 76th Venice IFF
PRAGUE: A new digital copy in 4K of the Czech film Ecstasy / Extase directed by Gustav Machatý and starring Hedy Kiesler (Hedy Lamarr) will be screened at the Pre-opening…
FESTIVALS: The 26th European Film Festival Palić Ready to Take Off
PALIĆ: The Competition of the 26th edition of European Film Festival Palić, which will take place in Palić and Subotica from 20 to 26 July 2019, includes the Serbian /…
SEE CINEMA Launches Short Fiction Films Contest
NICOSIA: South Eastern European Cinema Network (SEE) is launching a contest for short fiction films. Exclusively national productions of a SEE CINEMA member-state (Cyprus, Greece, Serbia, Albania, Republic of North …
FNE at Transatlantyk Icebreaker: Focus on Development
LODZ: The 3rd edition of the industry event Icebreaker, hosted by Transatlantyk Film Festival, focuses on development with key Polish film professionals sharing their experience both on preparation, legal and…
GRANTS: North Macedonia Gives Grants to 15 Films
SKOPJE: The North Macedonia Film Agency has given 1,065,040 EUR / 65,500,000 MKD for production grants for feature, short, animation films and documentaries in the first decision of 2019.
GRANTS: Georgia Announces Low Budget Feature Film and Debut Feature Production Grants
TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center distributed 149,786 EUR / 449,359 GEL for the production of three low budget feature films directed by Giorgi Barabadze, Ekaterine Chelidze and Giorgi Ovashvili.…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Czech Documentary Filmmaker Helena Třeštíková
A look back at the long and impressive career of the Czech documentary filmmaker Helena Třeštíková.
FESTIVALS: CineLink Co-production Market Reveals Lineup for 2019
SARAJEVO: The Sarajevo Film Festival’s coproduction market CineLink announced additional projects included in 2019 Lineup.
FNE at Karlovy Vary 2019 Industry Days: Docs in Progress
KARLOVY VARY: Five CEE films were among the eight projects presented in Karlovy Vary IFF's Industry Days programme. They represent an impressive array of documentary talents from Romania, Poland, Latvia…
Cartoon Springboard's Call for Scholarships
VALENCIA: Cartoon Springboard has opened a call for scholarships for its fifth edition taking place 30 September – 2 October 2019 in Valencia, Spain. Cartoon Springboard is providing a special…
Call for Cinema Hub Proposals
BRUSSELS: The European Commission is launching a 2 m EUR call for proposals to create innovative cultural hubs around cinema theatres, notably in areas where there is limited cinema and…
Filmmakers from Poland, Lithuania and Romania Selected for 14th Aristoteles Workshop
BUCHAREST: Young filmmakers from Poland, Lithuania, Romania and Hungary are among the 12 selected participants of the 14th edition of the Aristoteles documentary workshop, set to take place in Beliș,…
PRODUCTION: Ukrainian/Lithuanian The Earth is Blue as an Orange in Production
VILNIUS: The creative documentary The Earth is Blue as an Orange by Iryna Tsylik is currently in production. The film is a coproduction between the Ukrainian company Albatros Communicos and…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 09.07.2019.
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…
FNE at New Horizons 2019: Polish Days Announces Lineup
WROCŁAW: Five complete films, eight works-in-progress and ten pitching projects will participate in the 19th New Horizons IFF's Polish Days programme. The festival takes place in Wrocław 25 July –…
PRODUCTION: Slovak Director Jaro Vojtek in Preproduction with Anesthesia
BRATISLAVA: The renowned Slovak documentary filmmaker Jaro Vojtek is in preproduction with his second feature film Anesthesia / Anestéza (working title). According to the producer Mátyás Prikler from MPhilms, the…
PRODUCTION: Katarzyna Rosłaniec Develops Polish/Swedish Coproduction Salt Lake
WARSAW: Berlinale Crystal Bear winning director Katarzyna Rosłaniec is in development with Salt Lake, a Polish/Swedish coproduction that has received funding from Creative Europe - MEDIA.
FNE at Karlovy Vary 2019 Works in Development: A Sensitive Man
KARLOVY VARY: Masterfilm is producing the black comedy A Sensitive Man, the feature debut of writer/director Tomas Klein. The Czech film is planned as a coproduction with Slovakia’s Punchart Films…
