PRODUCTION: Debut Feature Double Shooting
BUCHAREST: Catrinel Dănăiaţă’s debut feature, Double / Dublu, a drama supported by the National Film Center, started shooting on 19 April 2015.
FESTIVALS: Three Windows and a Hanging Wins Cyprus Film Days
NICOSIA: Three Windows and a Hanging, a coproduction between Kosovo and Germany, took the first prize of Cyprus Film Days. The festival ran from 17 to 26 April 2015.
PRODUCTION: Gabriel Achim Shooting Second Feature The Last Day
BUCHAREST: Gabriel Achim's second feature The Last Day/Ultima zi, an independent dark comedy about faith, fidelity and forgiveness, is shooting from 20 April to 10 May 2015.
EAVE Announces Ties That Bind 2015
LUXEMBOURG: Ties that Bind – the Asia Europe Producers Workshop is once again taking place in 2015. Out of 65 applications from Europe and Asia, 10 producers with their feature…
New Grant Programme for Czech Filmmakers
PRAGUE: DOK.Incubator has a new programme to support Czech documentaries. Support will be available for Czech filmmakers and producers both for the shooting stage and during postproduction.
FESTIVALS: Far from Men Wins BIFF
BUCHAREST: David Oelhoffen's Far from Men was awarded Best Film at the 11th Bucharest International Film Festival which took place from 20 to 26 April 2015.
Andrzej Żuławski in Postproduction with Cosmos
WARSAW: Polish director returns after 15 years with a thriller entitled Cosmos planned to premiere in Cannes.
FESTIVALS: Awards of the A l'Est, de Nouveau Film Festival in France
ROUEN: The main prize of the 10th edition of the A l'Est, de Nouveau film festival went to Serbian/German/Macedonian/Croatian coproduction Monument to Michael Jackson, directed by Darko Lungulov and coproduced…
University of Warsaw will Host an International Conference on Film and Media Education
WARSAW: The international conference Film and media education in Poland and the world – systemic solutions and case studies will be held at the Library of the University of Warsaw…
FESTIVALS: The 6th Anifilm Ready to Kick Off
TREBON: The 6th edition of Anifilm International Festival for Animated Films will take place from 5 to 10 May.
FNE Doc Bloc: East Silver Market Calls for Entries
The 12th East Silver Market, a documentary market specialized in Eastern and Central European documentary, is open for submissions until 30 June 2015.
FNE FIPRESCI Critics 2015: Attention all FIPRESCI members coming to Cannes
FNE together with FIPRESCI will offer the ratings of all feature films in the official programme of Cannes Film Festival 2015 by FIPRESCI members attending the Festival.*
Apocalypse Slough Series Partly Shooting in Malta
VALLETTA: Apocalyptic drama series Apocalypse Slough starring Rob Lowe, Joel Fry and Jenna Fischer is partly shooting in Malta.
FESTIVALS: Croatian Film Days Kicks Off in Zagreb
ZAGREB: The 24th edition of Croatian Film Days (DHF) will bring together 73 short and medium-length animated, experimental and documentary films from 23 to 26 April 2015.
Apply for Ex Oriente Workshop
PRAGUE: Creative documentary projects in development and early production from the CEE region are sought for the new edition of Ex Oriente Workshop set for three sessions throughout the year…
FESTIVALS: TIFF Announces Transilvania Pitch Stop 2015
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The 2nd edition of the Transilvania Pitch Stop (TPS) programme will take place within the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) from 31 May to 6 June 2015.
FNE at Cannes FF 2015: Lithuania’s Sarunas Bartas in Quinzaine Line-up
CANNES: Veteran Lithuanian director Sarunas Bartas has scored a slot in 47th annual Quinzaine des Réalisateurs programme at the Cannes Film Festival with his new feature, the Lithuanian/French/Russian coproduction, Peace…
FNE at Cannes FF 2015: Cannes Critics Week Announces Line-up
CANNES: The Cannes Critics Week which runs from 14-22 May has announced its line-up with a strong emphasis on French and Latin American films.
PRODUCTION: Aik Karapetian Preps Firstborn
RIGA: Writer/director Aik Karapetian continues to work on genres not typical for the Latvian cinema. After the successful horror picture The Man in the Orange Jacket, produced by Lokomotive Productions,…
FNE Teams Up with EFP for Producers on the Move 2015
HAMBURG: European Film Promotion selected 20 producers, including producers from Czech Republic, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, to participate in the networking platform Producers on the Move at the…
