FNE at Black Nights FF 2019: The Coldest Game
GDYNIA: Łukasz Kośmicki’s English-language spy thriller The Coldest Game, which won two prizes at the 44th Gdynia Film Festival, will screen in the main competition of the Black Nights Film…
PRODUCTION: Slovak/Ukrainian TV Series Slavs Starts Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: The epic historical TV series Slavs / Slovania is a Slovak/Ukrainian coproduction between Wanda Hrycová´s Wandal Production and Andrey Yermak´s European partnership media group. The 12-part series will premiere…
PRODUCTION: Slovenian Debut Rom-Com Eva Starts Shooting
LJUBLJANA: Tijana Zinajić started shooting her first feature Eva on 25 October 2019 in Ljubljana. The screenplay for this romantic comedy was written by Iza Strehar.
Firefly Starts Construction on Belgrade Film Studio
BELGRADE: The newly founded Belgrade-based production company Firefly is about to start the construction of the Firefly Studios outside Belgrade, housing two 2,000 square metre sound stages and a smaller…
FNE at FilmFestival Cottbus 2019: Full Moon
SARAJEVO: Nermin Hamzagić’s debut feature film Full Moon / Pun mjesec is one of the 12 films competing at the 29th FilmFestival Cottbus, which takes place 5 – 10 November…
FNE at Ji.hlava IDFF 2019: Romania Takes Between the Seas Best Film Award
JIHLAVA: The 23rd Ji.hlava IDFF, which concludes on 29 October 2019, handed out a plethora of prizes at its award ceremony on 28 October. Romanian documentary Teach directed by Alex…
Kino Polska TV Moves into Feature Film Production
WARSAW: Kino Polska TV is launching a production unit with plans for five feature films already in the works.
PRODUCTION: Nana Janelidze Preps Georgian/French Coproduction Where Is Liza Going
TBILISI: Georgian director Nana Janelidze is starting preproduction on the Georgian/French drama Where is Liza Going (Georgian-Abkhazian diaries). The narrative of the film has the characteristics of a road film:…
FNE at Riga IFF 2019: Nova Lituania Takes Top Prize
RIGA: The sixth annual Riga International Film Festival, which concluded on 27 October 2019, gave its award for best film to Nova Lituania by Karolis Kaupinis. The big winner this…
FNE at Ji.hlava IDFF 2019: Jihlava Confronts Festival Coverage of CEE Films
JIHLAVA: Marek Hovorka, director of the Ji.hlava IDFF, which is wrapping up its 23rd edition on 29 October 2019, presented a panel of festival directors with statistics revealing the weak…
FNE at Ji.hlava IDFF 2019: CEE Producers Seek Austrian Partners
JIHLAVA: Austrian producer Gabriele Kranzelbinder, recipient of the first APA (Czech Producers Association) World Excellence Award presented at the 23rd Ji.hlava IDFF, which runs through 29 October 2019, found herself…
Czech PPF Group to Buy CME
PRAGUE: PPF Group, a company whose majority share is held by the wealthiest man in the Czech Republic, has entered into an agreement to acquire Central European Media Enterprises (CME),…
FESTIVALS: Home and Otto the Barbarian Win WIP Awards at 10th Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest
BUCHAREST: Radu Ciorniciuc’s documentary Home/ Acasă and Ruxandra Ghițescu’s debut feature Otto the Barbarian / Otto barbarul are the winners of the Works in Progress section at the 10th edition…
Discovery, TVN and Cyfrowy Polsat to Launch Joint VoD Service
WARSAW: Discovery and Cyfrowy Polsat have signed a joint venture agreement to create a joint VoD platform that will offer productions of TVN Group, Telewizja Polsat and external entities. The…
FNE AV Innovation: Always Engage Right Audiences With Cinuru Research
We have asked Sten-Kristian Saluveer, founder and CEO of Storytek Creative Hub, to introduce some of the hottest new projects from Storytek, so that FNE readers have the chance to…
FNE at Ji.hlava IDFF 2019 Between the Seas: The Calling
JIHLAVA: Erik Praus’s Slovak documentary about three monks, The Calling / Volanie, screens in the Between the Seas competition of the 23rd Ji.hlava IDFF, which runs through 29 October 2019.
FESTIVALS: Tallinn Black Nights Announces Main Competition
TALLINN: The Black Nights Film Festival, which runs 15 November – 1 December, will screen 21 films in its Official Selection.
Corpus Christi Picked Up for North America
WARSAW: Jan Naszewski’s New Europe Film Sales announced that Film Movement acquired North American rights to Jan Komasa’s drama Corpus Christi. The film is Poland’s Oscar entry.
FNE at EMiGRA Film Festival: Polish Filmmaker on Emigration
WARSAW: The 7th EMiGRA Film Festival takes place from 24 to 27 October in Warsaw, organised by the Mazovia Culture Institute. The festival's Artistic Director Agata Lewandowski and Programme Curator…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Gabriele Kranzelbinder Honoured at Ji.hlava IDFF
Austrian producer Gabriele Kranzelbinder will receive the APA World Excellence Award at Ji.hlava IDFF.
