FNE at Berlinale 2020: Prize Winners: There Is No Evil Wins Prize for Best Film
BERLIN: The 70th Berlin Film Festival (20 February - 1 March 2020) awarded its top prize the Golden Bear for Best Film in the main competition to the German/Czech/Iranian coproduction…
FESTIVALS: The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2020 Announces Lineup
THESSALONIKI: For the first time in its history, the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (5-13 March 2020) presents an international long documentary competition section, where 12 films will vie for the Golden…
FESTIVALS: Agora Doc Market Announces Selected Projects
THESSALONIKI: Agora Doc Market, the industry platform of the 22nd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (5-15 March 2020), will be held from 7 to 14 March 2020. It is the most important…
PRODUCTION: Latvia’s Tasse Film To Coproduce Russian Spy Series Pawns
RIGA: Russian spy series Pawns (Metrafilms), which was presented at the Berlinale’s CoPro Series, will be coproduced by Latvia’s Tasse Film. The series conceived by Michael and Lily Idov is…
FNE at FEST 2020: Srdan Golubović’s Father Opens 48th FEST
BELGRADE: Srdan Golubović’s Father / Otac opened the 48th edition of FEST in Belgrade on 28 February 2020, one day before winning the 22nd Panorama Audience Award for the best…
FNE at Berlinale 2020: See how the FIPRESCI critics rated the programme
BERLIN: FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Berlin Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Panorana and Forum giving the films 1, 2, 3,…
PRODUCTION: Letitia Wright to Star in Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s English-language Debut
WARSAW: Agnieszka Smoczyńska is working on her English-language debut. Set in Great Britain in the 1980s, the film The Silent Twins is inspired by the story of twins who communicated…
Beta Film Buys Majority Stake in Croatian Production Company Drugi Plan
ZAGREB: The German production company Beta Film has bought a majority stake in Drugi Plan, a Croatian production and service company specialised in high-quality drama series.
CEE Animation Forum 2020 Selects 29 Projects
PRAGUE: Eight animated feature films in development are among the 29 projects that will be pitched at CEE Animation Forum, taking place in Liberec, Czech Republic, from 5 to 8…
FESTIVALS: Srdan Golubović’s Father Opens 2020 FEST in Belgrade
BELGRADE: This year's 48th edition of FEST, the most popular film festival in Belgrade and Serbia (27 February – 8 March 2020), spotlights the legendary Serbian and Yugoslav actor Bekim…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Frem Bows at Berlin Forum
The Czech/Slovak documentary Frem will screen in Berlin before opening in Czech cinemas.
FNE at Berlinale 2020: Review: DAU. Natasha
BERLIN: An unlikely and daring choice for the main competition in Berlin the Russian, German, Ukraine, UK coproduction DAU.Natasha directed by Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and Jekaterina Oertel is the first film…
FNE Market Analysis 2019: CYPRUS
The Cyprus Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth (MECSY) made great efforts in 2019 to expand the country’s activities in various aspects concerning cinema, including film production, film education…
GRANTS: Georgia Announces First Feature Film Production Grants in 2020
TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center distributed 250,000 EUR / 800,000 GEL for the production of two first feature films to be directed by Vakhtang Kotetishvili and Giorgi Chalauri.
Maja Komorowska to Receive Polish Eagle Lifetime Achievement Award
WARSAW: The Polish Film Academy has announced that this year's recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award will be the legendary Polish actress Maja Komorowska. The Polish Eagles 2020 gala will…
FESTIVALS: Cottbus 30th Anniversary Edition Spotlights Czech Films
BERLIN: Bernd Buder, programme director of FilmFestival Cottbus, announced that the 30th anniversary edition of the festival will have spotlights on Czech film, the anniversary of German reunification, and Lusatia…
FNE at Berlinale 2020: Review: Never Rarely Sometimes Always
BERLIN: American director Eliza Hittman takes on the issue of teenage pregnancy and abortion in here lately film Never Rarely Sometimes Always which is screening in the main competition in…
Honeyland to Be Released in Australia and New Zealand
SKOPJE: North Macedonia’s Oscar-nominated documentary Honeyland / Medena zemja by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubo Stefanov will be released by Umbrella Films in Australia and New Zealand from 5 March 2020.
