Bulgaria and Slovakia Appoint New EAVE Ambassadors
LUXEMBOURG: Bulgarian producer Magdelena Ilieva and Slovak head of the National Cinematographic Center Alexandra Strelkova have been selected to the EAVE National Representatives Network.
FESTIVALS: Nine Films Compete at Animafest Zagreb
ZAGREB: Nine feature animated films are competing in the main competition of Animafest Zagreb which runs 6-11 June 2016.
GRANTS: Six Czech Features Receive Grants
PRAGUE: Czech State Cinematography Fund has given 2,220,000 EUR in grants to six Czech feature projets. A total of 25 projects applied for this round of support for feature film…
GRANTS: Bulgaria Announces First Grants for 2016
SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center allotted approximately 1.8 m EUR / 3.5 m BGN in its first session in 2016, on 2 June. Only four feature films received funding:…
New French Tax Incentives Lure Polanski's Dreyfus Affair Away From Poland
WARSAW: Roman Polański's new film The Dreyfus Affair has been lured away from its planned Polish shoot by new French tax incentives.
FNE at ZLIN IFF 2016: Korea Takes Zlin Golden Slipper
ZLIN: The Korean film The World of Us by Yoon Ga-eun won the prize for the best feature film for Children at the 56th Zlin IFF, which concluded on 3…
FNE at Krakow Film Festival 2016: Prize Winners
KRAKOW: The 56th Krakow Film Festival awarded its top prize the Golden Horn for Best Film to the Russian/Estonian documentary My Friend Boris Nemtsov directed by Zosya Rodkevich.
Jablonski Re-elected VP of European Producers Club
WARSAW: Polish producer and director Dariusz Jabłoński has been re-elected as the Vice-President of the European Producers Club, the principal organisation of European film producers.
New Europe Film Sales Picks up Zoology
WARSAW: Jan Naszewski’s boutique sales outfit New Europe Film Sales has picked up the supernatural drama Zoology by the award-winning filmmaker Ivan Tverdovsky.
PRODUCTION: Juris Poskus Film Gets Latvian Funding
RIGA: The National Film Centre of Latvia has awarded 245,000 EUR to Juris Poskus’ new feature fiction film 24 Hr Sunshine / Saule spīd 24 stundas, an international coproduction between…
FNE at ZLIN IFF 2016: Bulgaria Joins Visegrad Animation Forum
ZLIN: Bulgaria has joined the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia as one of the countries partnering in development and promotion of CEE European animation.
FNE at ZLIN IFF 2016: Tim Clagues Plans Kid’s Euro Coproduction Film
ZLIN: Director Tim Clague is in development with The Magnificent Gobbler, a live action film for children planned as a European coproduction.
FNE/IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Partners with Festival Scope Pro
Six Ex Oriente films were selected for a new partnership with Festival Scope Pro
FNE at ZLIN IFF 2016: Festival Ale Kino! Plans International Industry Pro Section
ZLIN: The International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! will launch an Industry Pro Section supported by the Polish Film Institute. The section will include masterclasses with international filmmakers, pitching…
FNE at ZLIN IFF 2016: National Film Archive Digitises 14 Czech Films
ZLIN: The Czech National Film Archive is set to premiere 14 digitised iconic films of the Czech cinema in the next 10 months and plans to open an in-house digitisation…
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Karlovy Vary Returns to its Roots
PRAGUE: The 51st edition of the Karlovy Vary IFF, running 1-9 July 2016, resumes its mantel as the world’s gateway to Central and Eastern Europe, with eight of the twelve…
FNE TV: B’EST EAVE Award for Russian director Maxim Dashkin
FNE spoke to B’EST EAVE head of studies Riina Sildos and Natalia Drozd, the head of the St Petersburg based P.O.V. Film Development Fund, about working together on the EU…
Last Call for Baltic Sea Forum
RIGA: Documentary projects applications for the 20th Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries, the annual co-financing forum for documentary projects, are due by 7 June. The forum is organised by the…
FNE TV: Michal Bregant Director of the Czech National Film Archive
FNE asked Michal Bregant about why the Cannes Film Festival has chosen Ikarie XB 1 by Jindřich Polák to screen in its prestigious Cannes Classics programme this year and about…
FNE at Zlin IFF 2016: Nika
LJUBLJANA: Slobodan Maksimović’s Nika, a teen family drama about a 16-year-old go-cart driver who wins the most important race of her life, makes its debut in the international competition of…
