FNE at Berlinale 2016: See how the FIPRESCI critics rated the programme
FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Berlinale to rate the films in the Main Competition, Panorama and Forum giving the films 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5…
FNE at Berlinale 2016: United States of Love
BERLIN: Polish director Tomasz Wasilewski arrives in Berlin with his Polish Swedish coproduction United States of Love and while early 1990s Poland might have been a rather chaste and Catholic…
US Cobbler Films in Lithuania
VILNIUS: The American film and TV production company Kaleidoscope Pictures is shooting the television film The Cobbler/Batsiuvys based on a story by Leo Tolstoy in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Planeta Singli Tops Polish Charts
WARSAW: The Polish romantic comedy Planeta Singli by Slovenian director Mitja Okorn rode to the top of the charts following its 5 February 2016 release.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Girl Power to the Cinemas
The Czech documentary Girl Power will be released in Czech cinemas on 27 February 2016.
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Cottbus Brunch Awards and Photos
BERLIN: FilmFestival Cottbus and Connecting Cottbus handed out two prizes during its annual Berlinale Brunch held at the Representation Building of the Federal State of Brandenburg in Berlin. Young film…
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Friday 19 February, Saturday 20 February and Sunday 21 February
Friday 19 February
FNE at Berlinale 2016: See how the FIPRESCI critics rate the programme so far
FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Berlinale to rate the films in the Main Competition, Panorama and Forum giving the films 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5…
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Zero Days
BERLIN: Documentaries seems to be popping up ever more frequently in the main competitions of major A-list festivals and Berlin this year boasts two. Oscar-winning documentary maker Alex Gibney’s Zero…
Agnus Dei Sold to UK
WARSAW: The French/Polish coproduction Agnus Dei has sold UK distribution rights to Picturehouse.
Star Wars Sets Croatian Shoot
DUBROVNIK: The eighth film of the Star Wars franchise will film in Dubrovnik in March 2016.
OBITUARY: Andrzej Żuławski
WARSAW: Andrzej Żuławski, winner of the best director award at the 2015 Locarno Film Festival, died on 17 February 2016.
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Thursday 18 February and Friday 19 February
Thursday 18 February
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Genius
BERLIN: Successful London theatre director Michal Grandage makes an accomplished feature film debut with Genius a 1920s period piece set in the New York of the Roaring Twenties and boasting…
Ice Mother Acquired by Match Factory
PRAGUE: The Match Factory has acquired Bohdan Slama’s Ice Mother produced by Negativ , Artileria, Why Not Productions (FR) Czech Television, Barrandov Studio, RTVS.
Turkish Cypriot actor to star in Game of Thrones
NICOSIA: Turkish Cypriot actor Tamer Hassan will star in the sixth season of the American fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones, to be aired on 24 April 2016.
Tetrakyts Films Partners with US Parallel Lines
NICOSIA: Tetrakyts Films Ltd. will be cooperating with the USA distribution company Parallel Lines to distribute documentaries.
PRODUCTION: DeDe Wraps Production
LONDON: London-based production house Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) has wrapped production on DeDe, a Georgian/British/Croatian/Dutch coproduction which is part of the company’s current slate of ten films.
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Wednesday 17 February and Thursday 18 February
Party and Event Alert
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Death in Sarajevo
BERLIN: Oscar winning Bosnian director Danis Tanović, whose An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker screened in Competition at the Berlinale in 2013, is back with his timely…
