Maltese Project Wins Let's Pitch Some Shorts! Pitching Forum in Croatia
ZAGREB: The workshop and pitching forum Let's Pitch Some Shorts!, which took place in Zagreb, announced its winners. The main prize for the best pitch was awarded to the short…
OBITUARY: Polish Iconic Actor and Director Jerzy Stuhr
WARSAW: Celebrated Polish actor, director and educator Jerzy Stuhr passed away at the age of 77, after a long battle with cancer.
PRODUCTION: Aris Kaplanidis and Elias Roumeliotis in Production with Animated Documentary Film The Women of 1922
NICOSIA: Greek directors and writers Aris Kaplanidis and Elias Roumeliotis are currently in production with their animated documentary film The Women of 1922 / Oi Gynaikes Tou 1922, which is…
Bulgarian/German Lessons Win 2024 Sveti Vlas Film Fest
SOFIA: The Bulgarian/German coproduction German Lessons by Pavel Vesnakov received the award for Best Feature Film at the 3rd edition of the Sveti Vlas Film Fest. Stephan Komandarev won Best…
Wim Wenders, Guest of Honour at Budapest Classics Film Marathon
BUDAPEST: The 7th edition of the Budapest Classics Film Marathon, organised by the National Film Institute – Hungary, will bring more than 100 restored classics screenings in the Hungarian capital…
Upcoming Activities of Erich Pommer Institute
POTSDAM: The Erich Pommer Institute (EPI) has great news for you. Due to postponed dates, you can still register till 23 September 2024 for its seven-day workshop Play, Promote, Publish …
Romania Speeds Up Reimbursements to International Productions Shot within Cash Rebate Scheme
BUCHAREST: Romanian Minister of Culture Raluca Turcan has announced that all the international projects shot in Romania under the cash rebate scheme in 2018, 2019 and 2020 will be settled…
FESTIVALS: The 4th Svaneti International Film Festival DALI Ready to Kick Off
MESTIA: Seventeen films including four world premieres will screen in the main competition of the Svaneti International Film Festival DALI, which will be held in Mestia, Georgia 15 - 21…
FNE at KVIFF 2024: First Film Award for Czech Female Screenwriters, Film Directors and Artists Established
KARLOVY VARY: The 1st Annual Czech Leonarda Film Award was launched during the Karlovy Vary IFF for female filmmakers who create scripts for feature and documentary films, animated films, new…
Film Archives in National Archives of Estonia Halfway through Digitalisation
TALLINN: A total of 245 hours of the film archives in the National Archives of Estonia were digitalised by the end of 2023.
FNE Market Analysis 2023: SLOVENIA
LJUBLJANA: In 2023, cinema exhibition and film production were generally stabilised. Cinema attendance still did not reach pre-pandemic numbers but is getting there, having reached 2 m admissions. Film distribution…
German Films Previews 2024 in Potsdam
POTSDAM: Over 70 international film professionals travelled to Potsdam on 3 July 2024 for the 24th edition of German Films Previews, an annual three-day event organised by German Films since…
FNE at KVIFF 2024: Mark Cousins Documentary Takes Grand Prix
KARLOVY VARY: Northern Irish documentary maker Mark Cousins took home the Grand Prix - Crystal Globe at the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for his film A Sudden Glimpse…
FNE at KVIFF 2024: See how the critics rated the films
This year for the ninth time FNE together with FIPRESCI organised the ratings of all feature films in the main Crystal Globe competition, and the Proxima competition of the official …
PRODUCTION: Film Based on Heroic Military Mission Gets Major State Support in Hungary
BUDAPEST: The Hungarian film Operation Sámán by Zsombor Dyga will start shooting in Hungary in August 2024, benefitting from a grant of approximately 7.13 m EUR / 2.8 billion HUF…
Romanian BO Increased by 25.7% in 2023
BUCHAREST: Romanian gross box office was 62 m EUR in 2023, higher by 25.7 percent than in 2022, and total admissions increased by 15.7 percent, according to official statistics published…
Jessica Lange Opens Photo Exhibition in Sofia
SOFIA: American actress Jessica Lange attended the opening of her photo exhibition at the National Gallery in Sofia on 4 July 2024. This is the 16th exhibition in the programme…
PRODUCTION: Danish Actress Marijana Jankovic Wraps Shooting Directorial Debut in Serbia
BELGRADE: The revered Danish film, TV and theatre actress Marijana Jankovic, who was born in Montenegro but moved with her family to Denmark as a child, has wrapped shooting her…
PRODUCTION: Tudor Cristian Jurgiu Preps Romanian/Italian Drama On Their Own
BUCHAREST: Romanian director Tudor Cristian Jurgiu will start shooting his third feature film On Their Own / De capul lor at the end of July 2024. The film is a…
FNE at KVIFF 2024: See how the critics rate the films so far
This year for the ninth time FNE together with FIPRESCI are organising the ratings of all feature films in the main Crystal Globe competition, and the Proxima competition of the…
