PRODUCTION: Cristian Mungiu Wraps Shooting for Family Photos
BUCHAREST: Cristian Mungiu shot Family Photos/Fotografii de familie under the radar from 11 June to 24 July 2015. Adrian Titieni (Best Intentions, 4Proof Film) is starring in the leading role.
Nat Geo People to Hit Eastern Europe
BUCHAREST: Nat Geo People will be launched in Romania by Telekom on 1 September 2015. Romania is the first Eastern European country where it will be launched after Denmark, Germany,…
Malta Celebrates 90 Years of Film
VALLETTA: To commemorate Malta’s achievements in the film industry over 90 years, the Malta Film Commission will organise a concert on 25 and 26 September 2015. Malta Philharmonic Orchestra will…
Magdalena Sroka Appointed New Head of Polish Film Institute
WARSAW: Cultural manager and producer Magdalena Sroka will replace Agnieszka Odorowicz as the new Head of the Polish Film Institute starting 3 October 2015. Agnieszka Odorowicz is stepping down after…
FNE at Sarajevo Cinelink 2015: Poland Invited Partner Country for CineLink
WARSAW: A delegation of 15 Polish producers and distributors will participate at CineLink (19-22 August 2015), the coproduction market of the 21th Sarajevo International Film Festival (14-22 August 2015).
FESTIVALS: The 5th MECEFF Will Focus on WWI
BUCHAREST: The 5th Mediaş Central European Film Festival 7+1 will focus on the WWI and its impact on the XX and XXI centuries. MECEFF will take place in Mediaş from…
Anna Geislerová Set for Czech Horror Film
PRAGUE: Popular Czech actresses Anna Geislerová and Daniela Kolářová are set to star in Polednice /The Noon Witch, a horror film by creative partners Matěj Chlupáček and Michal Samir.
PRODUCTION: Georgian French Doc Listen to Silence Ready for Postproduction
TBILISI: Mariam Chachia’s documentary Listen to Silence, a Georgian/French documentary focusing on a deaf-mute children’s school of Tbilisi, will go into postproduction in January 2016, after wrapping shooting in June…
Romanian Oscar Entry Aferim! Sold in the US
BUCHAREST: Radu Jude's Aferim!,Romania's entry in the foreign-language Oscar, will be distributed by Big World Pictures in the US at the beginning of 2016.
Obituary: Romanian Filmmaker Malvina Urşianu
BUCHAREST: Malvina Urşianu, one of Romania’s most important female directors, died at age 88 during the night of 5 to 6 August 2015.
Gdynia Fest Hosts Common Baltic Short Film Contest
WARSAW: Filmmakers from the Baltic Sea region are eligible to submit films for the Common Baltic Short Film Contest, with awards for the best films to be presented at the…
FNE Doc Bloc: KineDok Lauched in Romania
KineDok plans 200 screenings at alternative venues in Romania in 2015.
Georgia Announces Call for International Coproduction Grants
TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center (GNFC), has opened a grant call for international feature coproductions in the frame of the European Convention on Cinematographic Production.
Applications Due for Polish-German Co-Development Fund
WARSAW: The Polish-German Co-Development Fund is accepting applications through 14 August 2015. Applications are open to film producers from Poland and Germany.
FNE at Venice Biennale FF 2015: Poland’s Skolimowski Scores Slot in Competition
VENICE: Poland’s Jerzy Skolimowski has scored a slot in the competition line-up of the The 72nd Venice Biennale Film Festival (2-12 September 2015) with the Polish Irish coproduction 11 Minutes.
PRODUCTION: She Is a Harbour Starts Shooting
BRATISLAVA: Iveta Grófová has begun filming her second feature, a Slovak/Czech/Hungarian coproduction entitled She Is a Harbour.
Norwegian Miniseries Shooting in Prague
PRAGUE Nobel, a Norwegian public television (NRK) eight-part miniseries began shooting in the Czech Republic on 3 August 2015.
FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project Announces Open Call
WARSAW: The 10th FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project is accepting applications for its training programme for young critics and film journalists from Central and Eastern Europe.
FNE TV: MEP Bogdan Wenta, Member of the Culture Committee of the EU Parliament
FNE spoke to MEP Bogdan Wenta, Member of the Culture Committee of the EU Parliament about Copyright Reform and the Digital Single Market.
FESTIVALS: Lucifer Wins in Wroclaw
WROCLAW: The Belgian film Lucifer directed by Gust Van den Berghe won the grand prize and a 20,000 EUR award at the 15th T-Mobile New Horizons Film Festival, which wrapped…
