PRODUCTION: Hana Jušić Develops Croatian/Slovenian/Italian Sophomore Feature God Will Not Help
ZAGREB: The award-winning Croatian director Hana Jušić is in development with her second feature film God Will Not Help, produced by Kinorama in coproduction with Gustav film from Slovenia and…
FNE Market Analysis 2019: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
SARAJEVO: Bosnian and Herzegovinian film industry didn’t see any significant changes in 2019. There is still no Film Centre, and no indications that one might be established soon, and the…
FNE AV Innovation: Storytek: Sten-Kristian Saluveer Introduces Votemo: The Future Of Content: Micro-attention vs Audience Engagement Through Interactivity
We have asked Sten-Kristian Saluveer, founder and CEO of Storytek Creative Hub, to introduce some of the hottest new projects from Storytek, so that FNE readers have the chance to…
Slovenia Ratifies CoE Revised Convention On Cinematographic Coproduction
LJUBLJANA: Slovenia has ratified Council of Europe’s (CoE) revised convention on cinematographic coproduction, and will be available for coproductions with countries which are not CoE members starting 1 May 2020.
BOX OFFICE: Great Year at the Box Office for Lithuanian Films
VILNIUS: The comedy Fake Millionaire / Pats Sau Milijonierius from Lithuanian writer/director Tadas Vidmantas was the most profitable Lithuanian film at the box office in Lithuania in 2019. The film,…
FNE Market Analysis 2019: ROMANIA
BUCHAREST: Admissions to domestic films more than doubled in Romania compared to 2018, especially due to four titles: Oh, Ramona! by Cristina Jacob, 5GANG: Another Christmas by Matei Dima, Mary,…
Poland Supports 26 Projects With Over 12 m EUR Under Its Incentive Scheme
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute granted over 12 m EUR to 16 national and 10 international projects as part of the incentive scheme that was introduced in Poland in February…
BOX OFFICE: Czech/Slovak A Too Personal Acquaintance Tops Slovak Weekend BO
BRATISLAVA: The romantic comedy A Too Personal Acquaintance/ Príliš osobná známosť directed by Slovak director Marta Ferencová, topped the Slovak weekend box office during its opening (16-19 January 2020) with…
FNE at Berlinale 2020: Polish and Czech Films in Berlinale Classics
BERLIN: The Last Stage (1948) by Polish director Wanda Jakubowska and Distant Journey by Czech Alfréd Radok are among the six classic films which will have their world premiere in…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Salt From Bonneville Part Of East Silver Caravan
Simon Mozgovyi's Salt from Bonneville is a new part of the East Silver Caravan, which takes care of selected films and helps with festival distribution.
Slovenia Launches National Film Database
LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Film Centre announced the successful launch of the Slovenian internet film data base - BSF, an important step towards better national and worldwide overview of Slovenian film…
PRODUCTION: American/Canadian TV Series Van Helsing To Be Shot In Slovakia
BRATISLAVA: The fifth and final season of the TV series Van Helsing will be partly filmed in Slovakia. The American/Canadian dark fantasy TV series registered for incentives at the Slovak…
FNE at Berlinale 2020: Films From FNE Partner Countries in Berlinale’s Generation
BERLIN: One Czech production and two minority coproductions from Lithuania and Germany have been selected for Berlinale’s Generation section. The 70th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival will be…
Increase in Total Admissions and Slight Decline in Domestic Admissions in Georgia
TBILISI: Total admissions increased in Georgia by 1.34 percent from 1,298,404 in 2018 to 1,359,365 in 2019. Admissions to domestic films decreased from 55,495 in 2018 to 37,865 in 2019…
FESTIVALS: Bulgarian The Father Wins 2020 Trieste Film Festival
TRIESTE: The Bulgarian/Greek coproduction The Father directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov was awarded the Trieste Prize for Best Feature Film at the 31st edition of the Trieste Film…
FNE at WEMW 2020: Bulgarian Project Women Do Cry Wins When East Meets West
TRIESTE: Bulgarian Women Do Cry directed by Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova was awarded the Film Center Serbia Development Award in the Co-Production Forum, the main section of the 10th…
FNE at Berlinale 2020: More Titles From FNE Partner Countries Announced For 70th Berlinale
BERLIN: Father, a coproduction between Serbia, France, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina directed by Srdan Golubović has been selected for the Panorama section of the 70th edition of…
FNE at WEMW Co-Production Forum 2020: 1970
TRIESTE: Acclaimed Serbian writer/director Darko Lungulov’s new project 1970 was showcased in the Co-production Forum of the 10th edition of When East Meets West (19-21 January 2020), the industry section…
FNE at WEMW 2020: When East Meets West Announces First Awards
TRIESTE: Projects from FNE partner countries are among the winners of the first prizes announced at the 10th edition of When East Meets West (WEMW) in the Last Stop Trieste…
FNE at Berlinale 2020: Films From FNE Partner Countries Selected for Berlinale’s Forum
BERLIN: Three Romanian and Czech productions and two Slovak and Bosnian minority coproductions were selected for Berlinale’s Forum section, which is celebrating its 50 years in 2020. Romanian Radu Jude…
