Chronicles of Melanie to Represent Latvia in the Oscar Race
RIGA: Chronicles of Melanie directed by Viesturs Kairišs was selected by a panel set up by the National Film Center to be Latvia’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film…
OBITUARY: Slovak Filmmaker Vladimír Balco
BRATISLAVA: Distinguished Slovak scriptwriter, feature film and documentary director Vladimír Balco passed away on 31 August 2017 at the age of 68.
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: They Were Tito's Towns
PORTOROŽ: The documentary They Were Tito's Towns / Bila so Titova mesta by Amir Muratović will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož (12-16…
FNE at 2017 Gdynia Film Festival: The Man with the Magic Box
GDYNIA: Sci-fi love story The Man with the Magic Box by Bodo Kox will vie in the main competition of the 42nd Gdynia Film Festival. The festival will take place…
GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Supports Development of Eight Feature Films
PRAGUE: The State Cinematography Fund is supporting the development of eight projects with 248,322 EUR / 6,475,000 CZK.
FESTIVALS: ASTRA Film Festival Announces Lineup
SIBIU: Nine documentaries have been selected for the international competition of the 17th edition of ASTRA Film Festival, set to take place in Sibiu from 16 to 22 October 2017.
FESTIVALS: The Citizen Wins Love Is Folly IFF
VARNA: Hungarian film The Citizen, directed by Roland Vranik, was awarded Golden Aphrodite for best film at the 25th edition of the Love is Folly International Film Festival organised by…
Romania Welcomes the 3rd PUSTNIK Screenwriters Residency
BUCHAREST: Eight emerging filmmakers from Romania, Belgium, Hungary, Sweden, France and Switzerland are participating in the 3rd PUSTNIK Screenwriters Residency, running in Romania's Port Cultural Cetate from 2 to 10…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož: Contemporary Drama Ana’s Commission
PORTOROŽ: Igor Šmid's sophomore feature Ana’s Commission / Anina provizija will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož (12-16 September 2017). The film stars…
FNE at 2017 Gdynia Film Festival: Spoor
GDYNIA: Agnieszka Holland’s awarded drama Spoor / Pokot will vie in the main competition of the 42nd Gdynia Film Festival. The festival will take place from 18 to 23 September…
FNE at Venice 2017: Review: Suburbicon
VENICE: The honourary Italian from Lake Como George Clooney is back on the Lido with a quirky film called Suburbicon with a script by the Coen brothers that he has…
FNE at Venice 2017: Review: First Reformed
VENICE: Director Paul Schrader joins a group of films in this year’s Venice Main Competition that are concerned with the destruction of our planet’s environment via greed and over-exploitation with…
FNE at Venice 2017: Review: The Shape of Water
VENICE: Director Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape of Water is a much needed antidote to cynicism in an increasingly cynical world. This may just be Del Toro’s best film in…
PRODUCTION: Czech Director Martin Krejčí Shoots His Debut Feature in US
LOS ANGELES: Czech film director Martin Krejčí starts shooting his debut feature The True Adventures of Wolfboy, starring John Turturro, in the US at the beginning of September 2017.
FNE at Venice 2017: FNE TV: Pascal Diot, Head of the Venice Production Bridge
FNE asked Pascal Diot how the Venice Production Bridge has evolved since its inception six years ago and what he thinks of VR in the context of the European film…
FESTIVALS: Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož Announces Lineup
PORTOROŽ: Eleven feature films will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož, which will run from 12 to 16 September 2017. The Badjura Lifetime…
FESTIVALS: The 7th Nikozi International Animation Film Festival Starts Today
NIKOZI: The 7th Nikozi International Animation Film Festival, which will take place from 1 to 7 September 2017, gathers animation film experts, international festival representatives and filmmakers in the small…
FNE IDF DocBloc: The Bay
Croatian director Bruno Pavić is developing The Bay, a documentary set at the Bay of Kastela, near the city of Split, where there are dangerous industrial facilities with mercury flowing…
FNE at Venice 2017: Review: Downsizing
VENICE: Actor Matt Damon might be in danger of over-exposure if such a thing were possible in today’s Hollywood. The very much “in demand” actor appears as a leading character…
Latvian Family Film Breaks Admissions Record in Opening Week
RIGA: Varis Brasla's family film Grandpa Is More Dangerous than the Computer has become the most successful domestic family film in the opening week with over 13,000 admissions. The film,…
