Four Films from FNE Partner Countries among 2024 Student Academy Awards Semifinalists

LOS ANGELES: Titles from Bulgaria, Serbia, Czech Republic and Poland have been selected among the 62 titles that build up the 2024 Student Academy Awards Semifinalists.
01-08-2024

GRANTS: Georgian National Film Center Launches Grants for Long Animated Films

TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center has launched a new category of production grants and gave approximately 340,000 EUR / 1 m GEL for the production of a long animated…
01-08-2024

Heretic Acquires Radu Jude and Christian Ferencz-Flatz’ Eight Postcards from Utopia ahead of Locarno World Premiere

BUCHAREST: The two new films by the acclaimed Romanian helmer Radu Jude, Eight Postcards from Utopia (co-directed together with philosopher Christian Ferencz-Flatz) and Sleep #2, will have their world premiere…
31-07-2024

PRODUCTION: Canadian/Hungarian Blue Heron Starts Filming

BUDAPEST: Blue Heron directed by Canadian first-time director Sophy Romvari starts shooting in Vancouver at the end of July 2024. This Canadian/Hungarian coproduction received support from the National Film Institute…
31-07-2024

Serbian 78 Days Wins 2024 European Film Festival Palić

PALIĆ: Emilija Gašić’ debut feature 78 Days won the Golden Tower for Best Film in the Official Selection as well as the Gorki List Audience Award at the 31st European…
30-07-2024

Winners of 2024 Mestia International Short and Mountain Film Festival

MESTIA: George Ovashvili’s The Frost and a Little Schoolboy received the award for Best Short Film at the 4th edition of the Mestia International Short and Mountain Film Festival (23…
30-07-2024

FNE Podcast: Actress Luisa-Céline Gaffron

FNE together with German Films has launched the Year of German Central European Films 2024 with a special focus on German films in Central and Eastern European countries plus Cyprus…
30-07-2024

Lights On Acquires Serbian/American When the Phone Rang ahead of Locarno World Premiere

BELGRADE: Italian agent Light On has acquired world sales rights for Iva Radivojević’s Serbian/American When the Phone Rang ahead of its world premiere in the Concorso Cineasti Del Presente competition…
28-07-2024

Explanation for Everything Wins 24th mBank New Horizons IFF

WROCŁAW: The jury of the 24th mBank New Horizons International Film Festival gave the Grand Prix to the Hungarian/Slovak coproduction Explanation for Everything directed by Gábor Reisz. The festival was…
28-07-2024

PRODUCTION: Hungarian Director Márton István Szabó Preps Captain Noise

BUDAPEST: Young Hungarian director Márton István Szabó is currently prepping his debut feature Captain Noise / Zajkapitány, which is financially supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary’s Incubator Programme.…
28-07-2024

Apply for What’s the Story? Cyprus Workshop

LIMASSOL: Filmmakers living or born in Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Israel, Lebanon and Palestine can apply to the 3rd edition of the intensive workshop What’s the Story? Cyprus, which will be…
28-07-2024

FNE at Venice IFF 2024: Cercamon Picks up Bogdan Mureșanu’s Debut Feature The New Year That Never Came

BUCHAREST: The first feature film by Romanian writer/director/producer Bogdan Mureșanu, The New Year That Never Came, which is a coproduction with Serbia, has been picked up by Cercamon ahead of…
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PRODUCTION: Adonis Florides in Postproduction with Cypriot Film What We Did at Christmas

NICOSIA: Cypriot director/writer Adonis Florides is currently in postproduction with his feature film What We Did at Christmas / ΠωςΠεράσαμε τα Χριστούγεννα, which is expected to be released mid- to…
25-07-2024

Awards of 2024 Polish Days

WROCŁAW: Polish Days 2024 has announced its winners. The most important industry event of the mBank New Horizons IFF was held 21 – 23 July 2024, co-organised by the Polish…
25-07-2024

GRANTS: Mazovia Warsaw Film Fund Announces Production Funding for 2024

WARSAW: The Mazovia Warsaw Film Fund has supported 13 projects with coproduction funding of over 491,000 EUR / 2 m PLN within its 14th annual competition.
25-07-2024

FNE Podcast: Actress Saskia Rosendahl

FNE together with German Films has launched the Year of German Central European Films 2024 with a special focus on German films in Central and Eastern European countries plus Cyprus…
25-07-2024

FNE at Venice IFF 2024: Films from FNE Partner Countries Selected for Competition and Horizons

VENICE: Films from Dea Kulumbegashvili, Andrei Ujică, Peter Kerekes, Bogdan Mureșanu and Vojtech Strakaty have been selected for the Competition and Horizons (Orizzonti) sections of the 81st Venice International Film…
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FNE at 2024 Venice IFF: Andrei Ujică Heads to Official Selection with Beatles Dream Project

BUCHAREST: TWST / Things We Said Today, the new work by the acclaimed Romanian-German writer / director Andrei Ujică, will have its world premiere in the Official Selection - Out…
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Winners of New Horizons Studio+ 2024

WROCŁAW: The project Almost Happy (Poland) directed by Ewa Podgórska and produced by Daria Maślona received the main prize at the 15th edition of New Horizons Studio+, which took place…
23-07-2024

Dutch Drama Milk Wins 2024 Beach Film Festival in Ohrid

OHRID: The Dutch drama Milk / Melk directed by Stefanie Kolk won the Large Wave Award for Best Film at the 7th edition of the Beach Film Festival. The festival…
23-07-2024