WEMW 2021 Calls for Applications
TRIESTE: The When East Meets West (WEWM) Co-production Forum is accepting applications through 31 October for its 2021 programme, which will run 24 – 28 January in both an on-site…
FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film 2020: Ivan Bolle – A Lonesome Rider
LJUBLJANA: Matjaž Žbontar's Ivan Bolle – A Lonesome Rider / Ivan Bolle – Volk samotar will be screened in the competition of the 23nd Festival of Slovenian Film in Ljubljana…
FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film 2020: Asymmetry
LJUBLJANA: Maša Nešković's Asymmetry / Asimetrija will be screened in the competition of the 23rd Festival of Slovenian Film in Ljubljana (6-11 October 2020). This Serbian/Slovenian/Italian coproduction is a fiction…
FESTIVALS: Iranian/Norwegian Sunless Shadows Wins CineDOC-Tbilisi
TBILISI: The 8th edition of CinéDOC-Tbilisi, which started on 30 August 2020, ended with the announcement of the winning films on 30 September. The festival is organised by the Noosfera…
PRODUCTION: Krzysztof Łukaszewicz Shoots Polish War Drama Eaglets
POZNAŃ: Krzysztof Łukaszewicz is working on an epic war drama Eaglets, called the first Polish film on the aggression of the Soviet army in 1939. WFDiF is producing with a…
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian 9th Step in Production
VILNIUS: Lithuanian director Irma Pužauskaitė is currently shooting her debut feature 9th Step / 9-as žingsnis. The shooting should have started in April, but was postponed due Covid-19 until September,…
FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film 2020: Wonder When You'll Miss Me
LJUBLJANA: Francesco Fei's road film Wonder When You'll Miss Me / Mi chiedo quando ti manchero’ / Sprašujem se, kdaj me boš pogrešala will be screened in the competition of…
FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film 2020: Let Him Be a Basketball Player 2
LJUBLJANA: Boris Bezić's youth comedy Let Him Be a Basketball Player 2 / Košarkar naj bo 2 will be screened in the competition of the 23nd Festival of Slovenian Film…
FESTIVALS: Slovak Febiofest Shortened to One Day Due to Pandemic
BRATISLAVA: Febiofest will last only one day, Wednesday 30 September 2020, due to the increase of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Slovak Prime Minister announced the tightening of measures and a…
FESTIVALS: EKOFILM to Go Forward with In Cinema Screenings
BRNO: The 46th edition of Ekofilm, which takes place 5 – 25 October 2020 in Brno, will hold its planned cinema screenings but will move its accompanying programme online.
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 29.09.2020
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…
USA/Croatian The Islander 2 Wraps Filming in Croatia
DUBROVNIK: The USA/Croatian sci-fi adventure film The Islander 2, written and directed by Zoran Lisinac and Domagoj Mazuran, has completed filming in Dubrovnik. The shoot came after months of stagnation…
PRODUCTION: Hungarian-Romanian Director Cristina Grosan Develops Sophomore Feature
BUDAPEST: Hungarian-Romanian director Cristina Grosan is in late development and production financing with her sophomore feature Ordinary Failures / Běžná selhání. Her first foreign language film is a Czech/Italian/Hungarian/Slovak coproduction.
FNE at Golden Rose 2020: Last Call
VARNA: Ivaylo Penchev’s film Last Call, produced by Urban Media/ Cinemaq, will screen in the main competition of the 38th Golden Rose National Film Festival (24 September - 1 October…
FNE at Golden Rose 2020: The Blessed
VARNA: Stanimir Trifonov’s period film The Blessed (Incomes Project) will screen in the main competition of the 38th Golden Rose National Film Festival (24 September - 1 October 2020). The…
FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film 2020: Kino Šiška 10
LJUBLJANA: Maja Pavlin's long documentary Kino Šiška 10 will be screened in the competition of the 23rd Festival of Slovenian Film in Ljubljana (6-11 October 2020). This Slovenian documentary shows…
FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film 2020: Apples
LJUBLJANA: The Greek/Polish/Slovenian coproduction Apples / Mila / Sadeži pozabe will be screened in the competition of the 23rd Festival of Slovenian Film in Ljubljana (6-11 October 2020). This beguiling…
Cinema Attendance On The Rise in Poland
WARSAW: Polish cinemas registered almost 300,000 admissions during the third weekend of September 2020, with two local titles at the top of the Polish box office.
Historical Drama Series Maria Theresa Sold to USA
BRATISLAVA: Historical drama series Maria Theresa has been sold to Walter’s Choice, a VoD service on the PBS platform in the USA. Rights for the series were also acquired for…
FNE at Golden Rose 2020: A Dose of Happiness
VARNA: Yana Titova’s first feature film A Dose of Happiness, coproduced between No Blink Studio and bTV Studios, will screen in the main competition of the 38th Golden Rose National…
