Martin Scorsese Joins Kornél Mundruczó’s Evolution
BUDAPEST: Martin Scorsese has become the executive producer of Evolution, Kornél Mundruczó and Kata Wéber's next feature. Scorsese was a producer on Mundruczó’s Oscar-nominated film Pieces of A Woman. The…
Cinemas in Latvia Re-open after Four Weeks of Lockdown
RIGA: Cinemas were allowed to re-open in Latvia on 15 November 2021. The closure of cinemas and all other cultural venues, among other restrictions, had been in place since 21…
FNE Visegrad YR2021: Q&A on Hungarian Exhibition with Cinema City’s Andrea Buda
BUDAPEST: Andrea Buda, the marketing director of film theatre operator Cinema City, talks to FNE about how Hungarian exhibitors bounce back in 2021, as the vaccination rate increases and pandemic…
FESTIVALS: Lithuania’s Techno Mama Wins 2021 Scanorama New Baltic Cinema Short Film Competition
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian short film Techno, Mama (2021) by Saulius Baradinskas won the best film prize in the New Baltic Cinema (NBC) competition of short films at the European Film…
FESTIVALS: Bucharest Experimental IFF 2021 Launches National Competition
BUCHAREST: Thirty titles have been selected for the International Competition of the 11th edition of the Bucharest Experimental International Film Festival (BIEFF, 17 – 21 November 2021). For the first…
FNE at Ljubljana IFF 2021: Servants
LJUBLJANA: Slovak director/producer Ivan Ostrochovsky’s Servants will screen in the main competition of the 32nd Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe), which takes place in cinemas from 10 to 21 November…
FNE at Verzió Film Festival 2021: Arica Take Top Prize at Hungarian Doc Fest
BUDAPEST: Arica by Lars Edman and William Johansson Kalén won the best film award at the 18th edition of the Verzio Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, which concluded its in…
FNE Oscar Watch 2022: Lithuania Picks Isaac as Its Second Oscar Entry
VILNIUS: The Holocaust drama Isaac/Izaokas directed by Jurgis Matulevičius has been selected as Lithuania’s second candidate to for a 2022 Oscar nomination.
Malta’s National Book Council Announces Film Adaptation Fund Results
VALLETTA: Malta’s National Book Council (NBC) has awarded its 2021 Film Adaptation Fund to production company Take Two, who will be producing an adaptation of the Maltese novel Castillo written…
PRODUCTION: Lukas Nola Films Croatian/Macedonian/Kosovan Black Comedy Drama
ZAGREB: Filming on the Croatian/Macedonian/Kosovan coproduction Escort directed by Lukas Nola and produced by Kinorama began in Croatia in mid-October 2021. The film is being shot at several locations in…
FNE at Ljubljana IFF 2021: Murina
LJUBLJANA: Murina, the Camera d’Or winning debut feature by Croatian director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, screens in the main competition of the Ljubljana IFF (LIFFe), which runs 10 – 21 November…
Six Feature Film Projects From Serbia at Paris Coproduction Market
BELGRADE: Six Serbian feature film projects will be presented at a coproduction market held in Paris 17 - 19 November 2021, organised by Film Center Serbia, the French Center for…
FNE Visegrad YR2021 Livestream: Join Us in Budapest
BUDAPEST: FNE YR2021 Visegrad Livestream with Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.
FNE at Verzió Film Festival 2021: Verzió Launches Places to B Fest Network
BUDAPEST: Verzió International Human Rights Film Festival (Budapest, Hungary), Fipadoc International Documentary Film Festival (Biarritz, France) and Biografilm festival (Bologna, Italy) are launching a new network, Places to B –…
FNE at Zagreb FF 2021: The Staffroom
ZAGREB: The Staffroom / Zbornica, the debut feature of Sonja Tarokić, screens in the main competition of the Zagreb Film Festival, which runs 14 – 21 November 2021. The film…
FNE at Zagreb FF 2021: As Far as I Can Walk
BELGRADE: As Far as I Can Walk / Strahinja Banović by Stefan Arsenijević screens in the main competition of the 19th Zagreb Film Festival, which takes place 14 - 21…
FNE Podcast: Visegrad YR 2021: Distributor Máté Takács: Fórum Hungary
FNE’s Georgian correspondent Alexander Gabelia spoke to Hungarian distributor Máté Takács who is publicity manager of Fórum Hungary, about the challenges he has faced as a distributor during the pandemic,…
Slovenian Cinemas Hit With New COVID Restrictions
LJUBLJANA: Newly announced Covid prevention measures declared by the Slovenian Government will limit the activities in the field of cinema exhibition. The restrictions include upgrading acceptable mandated masks, presentation of…
PRODUCTION: Goran Kulenović Shoots The Death of the Little Match Girl
ZAGREB: Goran Kulenović has started filming his feature film The Death of the Little Match Girl on the Croatian island of Rab, after a year of COVID-related delays. The adaptation…
FESTIVALS: Cyprus IFF 2021 Opens in Nicosia and Lanarca
NICOSIA: The 16th edition of the Cyprus International Film Festival (CYIFF) opens 11 November 2021 in Nicosia before moving on to Lanarca and closing on 17 November.
