FESTIVALS: Febiofest's Film Restaurant to Open in March
PRAGUE: This year, Prague's International Film Festival, Febiofest, will be offering a new experience for film lovers - a restaurant to accompany the festival's screenings.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Daniel's World at the Berlinale
A documentary about coping with pedophilia called Daniel's World by Veronika Lišková will, after a successful premiere at Jihlava IDFF, where it got the Audience Award, appear in the competition…
FNE at Berlinale 2015: Party and Screening Alert: Friday 6 February and Saturday 7 February
Friday 6 February
FNE at Berlinale 2015: FNE Presents Central European Film Line-Up
BERLIN: Today and tomorrow FNE is proud to present the great line-up of films from our region that will be screening in Berlin over the next ten days. Be prepared…
Heretic Outreach Acquires Why Me?
BUCHAREST: Tudor Giurgiu’s third feature Why Me?/De ce eu? selected for the Berlinale’s Panorama Special will be sold internationally by a new company, Heretic Outreach from Greece.
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Jakub Mróz, Tongariro Releasing
FNE together with Europa Distribution is launching a new chapter of the Distributor of the Month section. This time we focus on new strategies in film distribution and the importance…
FNE at Berlinale 2015: Party and Screening Alert: Thursday 5 February and Friday 6 February
Thursday 5 February
PRODUCTION: Spanish director Daniela Féjerman's New Feature in Lithuania
VILNIUS: Spanish writer and director Daniela Féjerman is shooting her new feature The Wait/La Espera in Lithuania.
AMC Networks Acquires Czech and Slovak Film Channel
AMC Networks International – Central Europe (AMCNI-CE) has acquired the Czech and Slovak Film+ channel from IKO Media Group.
FNE at Berlinale 2015: Party and Screening Alert: Thursday 5 February
Party and Event Alert
Attention all FIPRESCI members coming to Berlinale
If you are attending Berlinale and are a member of FIPRESCI please send us an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. But hurry because the total number of critics will be limited to…
Lithuanian Tax Incentive may Attract 15m EUR Film Production this Year
VILNIUS: The tax incentive for film production in Lithuania that came into force in January last year is already showing results, but a breakthrough is to be expected this year,…
GRANTS: Estonia’s First Feature Production Grants in 2015
TALLINN: The Estonian Film Institute has announced its first feature film production grants for 2015. The support goes to Toomas Hussar’s Spy and Poet, produced by Allfilm in co-production with…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino Muza
This month we speak to Małgorzata Kuzdra, the manager of Kino Muza in Poznan, Poland. Opened in December 1908, Kino Muza is one of the oldest cinemas in the world…
Lithuanian Director Wins Sundance's World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award
VILNIUS: Lithuanian director Alantė Kavaitė wins World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award at Sundance Film Festival for her film The Summer of Sangaile. It was the first Lithuanian film to vie…
Romanian Journalists Vote Closer to the Moon Best Romanian Film of 2014
BUCHAREST: Closer to the Moon, Nae Caranfil’s first English language film, was chosen Best Romanian film in 2014 by Romanian film journalists and critics. The ceremony took place on 30…
PRODUCTION: George Ovashvili Develops Khibula
TBILISI: Acclaimed director, producer and screenwriter George Ovashvili plans to shoot his next project, Khibula, at the end of 2015. He is now in the financing stage.
Slovak and Czech Wins at the Europa Cinemas Awards 2014
Two out of the three awards from the Europa Cinema Awards 2014 were granted to CEE countries.
PRODUCTION: Peter Budinský in Development with Heart of a Tower
BRATISLAVA: Heart of a Tower/Srdce veže by director and animator Peter Budinský, will be the first Slovak animated feature film after 33 years. Its premiere is set for 2020.
Sweden’s Eyewell Picks Up 1944
TALLINN: Swedish-based Eyewell has picked up international rights for Elmo Nüganen’s upcoming Estonian war epic 1944. The film makes its market debut at this year’s Berlin European Film Market and…
