FESTIVALS: Bulgarian Minority Coproduction to Open the 65th Berlinale
SOFIA: Isabel Coixet's Nobody Wants the Night will open the 65th Berlin International Film Festival on February 5. The Spanish-French-Bulgarian coproduction is competing for the Golden Bear.
FESTIVALS: Vilnius IFF Announces Line Up
VILNIUS: Eight films will compete in the New Europe – New Names section of the 20th Kino Pavasaris International Film Festival, one of the biggest film events in Lithuania running…
Eurimages Funds Eight CEE Coproductions
STRASBOURG: Eurimages decided support for 15 coproductions including the new films of Cristi Puiu, Kristijonas Vildziunas, Ralitza Petrova, Teona Strugar Mitevska, Emin Alper and Ümit Köreken at its 137th meeting…
Obituaries: Hungarian Filmmakers Janos Zsombolyai and Andras Erkel
BUDAPEST: Hungarian film has lost two of its leading filmmakers. Veteran film director and cinematographer Janos Zsombolyai (75) passed away on 4 January and acclaimed animator Andras Erkel (52) on…
CEE Films Nominated for Oscars and Golden Globes
Ida, Tangerines and Corn Island are among the nine foreign films shortlisted from a number of 83 originally submitted for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Ida and Tangerines are…
FNE TV at Riga Meetings 2014: Vilnis Kalnellis director Rija Films
FNE asked Latvian producer Vilnis Kalnellis about the advantages of working as a producer in a small country like Latvia and the particular problems producers in small countries face.
CONSTELLATIONS International Residential Master Class – OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS!
Constellations is an original Master Class in two 4-day Modules for those professionals who are concerned with the major artistic decisions - producers, screenwriters, authors-directors, new media designers, script consultants…
GRANTS: Croatia Announces TV Grants
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre allotted 91,317 EUR / 700,000 HRK for script development and project development TV grants on December 19.
WHEN EAST MEETS WEST: 22 projects selected
When East Meets West (WEMW) 22 projects selected for the Trieste co-production forum from a record number of 285 submissions.
FESTIVALS: The Buried Alive Videos Wins Bieff
BUCHAREST: More than 7,000 viewers participated in the 5th edition of the Experimental International Film Festival in Bucharest, BIEFF (10-14 December) whose honorary president is Peter Greenaway.
PRODUCTION: All the Best in Preparation
ZAGREB: Snjezana Tribuson's romantic musical comedy All the Best is set for shooting in February 2015 and is expected to hit Croatian cinemas next Christmas.
FNE Country Report: Poland
Polish film production has moved to the top ranks of the CEE film industry, thanks to the commitment to film funding through the Polish Film Institute and a strong system…
FNE Country Report 2014: Bulgaria
Political turmoil resulted in the resignation of the country’s cabinet in July, the appointment of a caretaker government in August and early Parliamentary elections in October. Within the year, the…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: IDF Supporting Georgian Filmmaker
IDF is using its platform to garner financial support for ailing Georgian filmmaker Temo Tsava.
Ida Wins LUX Prize
Ida by Pawel Pawlikowski has won the European Parliament's LUX Prize 2014.
PRODUCTION: Estonia Preps Polar Boy
TALLINN: Estonian writer/director Anu Aun is working on The Polar Boy, the tale of a talented and promising young photographer who fakes bipolar disorder in order to avoid a prison…
FNE Country Report 2014: Georgia
Georgian cinema is on the rise with films selected in Berlin, Cannes and Venice in 2014, and an Estonian/Georgian coproduction, Tangerines (produced by Estonia’s Allfilm and Georgia’s Cinema24) nominated for…
FNE Country Profile 2014: Slovenia
Slovenia’s film production remains fairly stable despite less impressive overall results. Due to the economic situation and some changes in the exhibition and distribution sector a decline of some 30%…
FNE TV at Riga Meetings 2014: Latvian producer Andris Gauja
FNE spoke to the young Latvian producer and director Andris Gauja of The Lesson about how the new generation of Latvian filmmakers are using crowd funding, pitching sessions and other…
Romania Appoints New Minister of Culture
BUCHAREST: President Traian Basescu signed the appointment decree for Ionut Vulpescu as minister of Culture on 16 December 2014 as the Social Democratic Party (PSD) took over this portfolio.
