FESTIVALS: Split Mediterranean Festival Takes Place in July
SPLIT: The 13th Mediterranean Film Festival Split has confirmed that it will be held in the Adriatic coast city on 2 – 11 July 2020.
FNE AV Innovation: Romanian VR Project Tangible Utopias Selected for Cannes XR
BUCHAREST: Romanian writer/director Ioana Mischie is in production with the virtual reality project Tangible Utopias. The project has been selected for Cannes XR, which will take place 22 – 26…
PRODUCTION: Serbian TV Series Truckers 3 Starts Filming
BELGRADE: Truckers 3 / Kamiondžije III is the first major Serbian TV show/series to start shooting after the ending of the COVID-19 state of emergency in the country. The shooting…
FNE at Krakow Film Festival 2020 DOC LAB POLAND: Workcenter, @miriamfrompoland, Escape to the Silver Globe
KRAKOW: Worcenter, @miriamfrompoland and Escape to the Silver Globe were among the ten new documentary projects showcased to international distributors, sales agents and festival representatives at the 5th edition of…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update
WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry…
FESTIVALS: Zagreb Film Festival 2020 Calls for Entries
ZAGREB: The 18th Zagreb Film Festival, which will take place 8 – 15 November 2020, has opened its call for entries for competition films and for the My First Script…
PRODUCTION: Estonia Coproduces Tverdovskiy’s The Conference
TALLINN: The Estonian production company Nafta Films (O-2, Melchior the Apothecary, Erna at War, Secret Society of Souptown) is partnering on the Russian/Estonian coproduction The Conference. Estonia is responsible for…
PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Director Ivaylo Penchev in Postproduction With Last Call
SOFIA: The Bulgarian director/producer Ivaylo Penchev is in the final postproduction stage of his comedy Last Call. The film was screened during the 17th Sofia Meetings’Works in Progress, held online…
GRANTS: Mazovia Film Fund Supports 11 Productions
WARSAW: The Mazovia Film Fund chose 11 projects to support with coproduction grants totaling 1.8 m PLN / 420,851 EUR, including new films from Małgorzata Szumowska, Paweł Łoziński and Piotr…
Malta Sees Almost 750,000 Admissions in 2019
VALLETTA: Cinemas in the Maltese islands, the EU’s smallest member, with a population of 490,000 people, registered a total of 748,568 admissions in 2019, according to statistics released by the…
CICAE Training Programme Calls for Applications
BERLIN: Applications for the 17th Art Cinema = Action + Management training programme will close on 15 June 2020. The programme will take place 31 August – 6 September.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Kix, A Story of a Street Kid
FNE profiles the films selected for Ex Oriente Film 2020.
FNE at Krakow Film Festival 2020 DOC LAB POLAND: Being Bieniowski, Don't Mess with Gienek, I Have Seen Everything
KRAKOW: Being Bieniowski, Don't Mess with Gienek, and I Have Seen Everything were among the eleven new documentary projects showcased to international distributors, sales agents and festival representatives at the…
FNE at Krakow Film Festival 2020 DOC LAB POLAND: When Harmattan Blows, DEBUT, The Chums, Nina Gets Married
KRAKOW: When Harmattan Blows, DEBUT, The Chums, and Nina Gets Married were among the eleven new documentary projects showcased to international distributors, sales agents and festival representatives at the 5th…
connecting cottbus 2020 Calls for Projects
COTTBUS: The East-West coproduction market connecting cottbus is accepting applications for cocoPITCH through 15 July 2020 and for cocoWIP through 20 August.
FNE Podcast: Festivals in Crisis: Zviad Eliziani Manager Batumi International Film Festival
Zviad Eliziani shares with us the challenges the festival faces due to the COVID-19 pandemic and why he is determined the festival should go ahead as a live event. BIAFF…
Film Production Halted as North Macedonia Reports Spike in COVID-19 Cases
SKOPJE: Film production activity remains at a standstill due to a rise in COVID-19, with several productions on hold indefinitely as the number of new coronavirus cases in North Macedonia…
France’s Memento Films Picks up Kamen Kalev’s February
SOFIA: Memento Film International has picked up Kamen Kalev’s fourth feature February, one of the 56 titles from the Cannes 2020 Official selection. The French/Bulgarian coproduction between Koro Films and…
Back to the Cinema Traverses Serbia
BELGRADE: Cinemas in Serbia will re-open in July, after three months of inactivity. Starting on 1 July 2020 cinemas in all towns and cities in Serbia will host a film…
FNE at Krakow Film Festival 2020 DOC LAB POLAND: Gypsy Gadji and House of Sand
KRAKOW: Gypsy Gadji and House of Sand were among the eleven new documentary projects showcased to international distributors, sales agents and festival representatives at the 5th edition of the DOC…