Awards of 2024 International Film Festival Love Is Folly
VARNA: The Argentinian/German coproduction Adios Buenos Aires by German Kral received the Grand Prix Golden Aphrodite at the 32nd edition of the International Film Festival Love is Folly, which took…
FNE TV at Venice 2024: Director Agnieszka Holland, Member of 81 Venice Film Festival Jury
FNE asked Agnieszka Holland how it felt to be back in Venice after her Special Jury Prize win in Venice for Green Border in 2023.
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Director Mantas Verbiejus in Production with Sand in Your Hair
VILNIUS: Lithuanian director/writer Mantas Verbiejus is currently in production with his feature film Sand in Your Hair, whose development and production have been supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre.
The 20th Anniversary Edition of CineFest Miskolc IFF Ready to Take Off
MISKOLC: Thirteen titles including January 2 by Zsófia Szilágy and Vulture’s Wake by Szabolcs Hajdu have been selected for the Feature Film Competition of the CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival,…
FNE at Venice 2024: Venice Days Suspends Screenings of The Antique
VENICE: The Venice Film Festival sidebar Venice Days has suspended the screenings of the second film of Georgian filmmaker Rusudan Glurjidze The Antikvari / The Antique pending the final outcome…
FNE at Venice 2024: Goodfellas Handles Rights to Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Abortion Drama April, Running in Competition
VENICE: The French/Italian/Georgian coproduction April directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili will have its world premiere on 5 September 2024 within the Competition of the 81st Venice Film Festival (28 August –…
Guardians of the Formula Wins 2024 Herceg Novi Film Festival in Montenegro
HERCEG NOVI: The Serbian/Slovenian/Montenegrin/ Macedonian coproduction Guardians of the Formula directed by Dragan Bjelogrlić was awarded with the Golden Mimosa for the Best Film in the Feature Film Competition of…
FNE Podcast: Edward Berger: Director and Screenwriter
FNE together with German Films has launched the Year of German Central European Films 2024 with a special focus on German films in Central and Eastern European countries plus Cyprus…
FNE at Venice 2024: Star Studded Opening for Venice Film Festival
VENICE: The 81st Venice Film Festival got off to a glittering start with a star studded opening ceremony on Wednesday evening 28 August. After the actors and writers strike of…
FNE TV at Venice 2024: Pascal Diot, Head of the Venice Production Bridge
FNE asked Pascal Diot how the Venice Production Bridge has evolved since it started nine years ago.
FNE at Venice 2024: Elle Driver Handles Sales on Alexandros Avranas’s Estonian and German Minority Coproduction Quiet Life
TALLINN: The rights to the new work by the Greek director Alexandros Avranas, Quiet Life (aka Apathy), which had its world premiere on 29 August 2024 in the Horizons section…
Successful Crowdfunding Campaign for Hungarian Independent Film Lesson Learned
BUDAPEST: The independent Hungarian film Lesson Learned directed by Bálint Szimler and involving 10 production companies and 19 producers received 5,317 EUR / 2.09 m HUF through a crowdfunding campaign…
Successful Wrap for Largest Edition to Date of CICAE Arthouse Cinema Training
BERLIN: The 21st edition of the Arthouse Cinema Training organised by CICAE gathered in Berlin 48 participants from 27 countries and six continents, and more than 20 trainers from a…
BOX OFFICE: Domestic Comedy We're Going to Team Building Has Most Admissions in Slovak Cinemas in 2024
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech coproduction We're Going to Team Building by Zuzana Marianková had the best admissions in Slovak cinemas in the first half of 2024. With 246,659 admissions and 1,846,694…
PRODUCTION: Dāvis Sīmanis in Postproduction with Latvian/Czech Documentary Death of Death
RIGA: The acclaimed Latvian director Dāvis Sīmanis is currently in postproduction with the Latvian/Czech documentary Death of Death. Balancing an existential road film with a humorous science fiction, the doc…
CBS’ Series FBI: International Returns to Hungary
SZEGED: A new season of the CBS’ series FBI: International will start shooting in Szeged, Hungary in September 2024. Three years ago, in the first season of the series, Szeged…
Surprise Appearance of Chris Hemsworth in Bucharest
BUCHAREST: Chris Hemsworth surprised 70,000 Romanian fans gathered at an Ed Sheeran concert in the Romanian capital city, as he took the stage with the English singer to play drums…
Baltic Film Days 2024 Ready to Start
TALLINN: The 8th edition of the Baltic Film Days will take place simultaneously in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from 29 to 31 August 2024, showcasing the best of the Baltic…
Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event and Locarno Pro Launch Tallinn Industry Academy
TALLINN: The first edition of the Tallinn Industry Academy, introduced by Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event (ITBE, 14 – 22 November 2024) and Locarno Pro will take place during the industry…
Romanian Film Three Kilometers to the End of the World Wins 2024 Sarajevo Film Festival
SARAJEVO: Three Kilometers to the End of the World / Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii by Romanian director Emanuel Pârvu, received the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film…
