PRODUCTION: Romanian/German/US Coproduction Chopin's Wunderkind in Development
BUCHAREST: Brigitte Drodtloff is in development with her debut feature Chopin's Wunderkind, a biopic of piano prodigy Carl Filtsch, who was born in today’s Romania and became the protégé of…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Wet Monday
COTTBUS: The Polish film Wet Monday, the feature film debut of Justyna Mytnik, aspires to take the subject of a teenage girl dealing with the trauma of a past rape…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2019 WIP Projects: Poppy Field
COTTBUS: Poppy Field, presented in connecting cottbus’ Works in Progress section on 7 November 2019, confronts the still-prevalent topic of homophobia in Romania in a tight 24-hour story of a…
FNE at FilmFestival Cottbus 2019: Sister Takes Top Prize at Cottbus
COTTBUS: The Bulgaria/Qatar coproduction Sister / Sestra by Sveta Tsotsorkova won Best Film at the 29th edition of FilmFestival Cottbus, which concluded on 10 November 2019.
FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Forever Hold Your Peace
COTTBUS: Montenegro and Serbia team up on the farcical comedy Forever Hold Your Peace produced by Marija Stojanovic and directed by Ivan Marinovic. The film was pitched at connecting cottbus,…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2019 WIP Projects: Celts
COTTBUS: Serbian writer/director Milica Tomovic presented her low-budget film Celts at the connecting cottbus Works in Progress block, which took place 6 – 8 November 2019. The project won the…
PRODUCTION: Lana Gogoberidze's Georgian/French Golden Thread in Postproduction
TBILISI: The venerated Georgian film director Lana Gogoberidze is completing postproduction on the Georgian/French feature drama Golden Thread. Her 1978 film Some Interviews on Personal Matters (1978) is one of…
North Macedonia and Latvia Get EFA 2019 Doc Nominations
BERLIN: Two documentaries from CEE territories landed 2019 European Film Academy Nominations: Honeyland by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska, and Putin’s Witness by Vitaly Mansky.
FESTIVALS: Applications Open for Cyprus Film Days
LIMASSOL: The 2020 edition of Cyprus Film Days is accepting applications until 6 January 2020.
FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Moldova Takes Best Pitch Prize, Montenegro Snares Most Meetings
COTTBUS: The Moldovan black comedy Carbon won the Best Pitch Award at the 21st edition of the connecting cottbus pitching forum at the awards ceremony on 7 November 2019. The…
Roman Polański Coming to Poland for 24th CINERGIA Cinema Forum
LODŹ: Oscar winner Roman Polański will be the guest of the closing gala of the 24th European Cinema Forum CINERGIA, despite skipping Venice, where the inclusion of his film An…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Polish German Coproduction Funding Encourages Cross-Border Partnerships
COTTBUS: Germany has discovered Poland, and Polish filmmakers are reaching out to German coproductions partners as a result of the Polish-German Film Fund and the new Polish film incentives. Some…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 07.11.2019.
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…
Magnus von Horn’s Sweat Picked Up by New Europe Film Sales
WARSAW: An upcoming drama from Magnus von Horn Sweat was picked up by Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based sales outlet New Europe Film Sales, that will manage world sales for the title.…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Vesper Seeds
COTTBUS: Rising Lithuanian director Kristina Buozyte teams up with French Bruno Samper as writers/directors of an English language sci-fi/coming-of-age film Vesper Seeds, with plans to shoot the 2 m EUR…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Rattlesnakes
COTTBUS: Serbia’s Biberche is working on the political thriller Rattlesnakes directed by Nikola Ljuca and produced by Nikolina Vucetic-Zecevic and Maja Ilic, as a coproduction with France and Croatia The…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Traces
COTTBUS: Director Dubravka Turic is working on her debut feature film Traces, a drama with mystical elements that encompasses the four seasons of a single year, which is produced by…
FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: About a Girl
COTTBUS: The Romanian/Swiss production company Elefant Films tackles difficult and sensitive subject matter in About a Girl, helmed by Ruxandra Zenide. The film was pitched at connecting cottbus, 6 –…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Applications Due for East Doc Platform
Today, 8 November 2019, is the last day to apply for East Doc Platform.
FNE at connecting cottbus 2019: Coproductions and Film Incentives Drive Film Growth in CEE Territories
COTTBUS: Coproductions are at the root of growing local film industries in Croatia, Montenegro and Poland, in the forms of coproductions with neighbouring countries and more distant partners coming in…
