FNE TV AVP Live ! : Doris Pack, Chair EU Parliament Culture and Education Committee

FNE asked Doris Pack for an update on Creative Europe and what she thinks needs to be on the agenda for the upcoming Warsaw Audiovisual Summitt. Click here for video.
13-09-2013

Digital Distrib for Poland's Lasting

WARSAW: Polish director Jacek Borcuch has announced he will be one of the country's pioneering adopters of iTunes as a distribution platform when his feature, Lasting (www.manana.pl) on a struggling…
13-09-2013

Slovak Films Head to Toronto

TORONTO: Juraj Lehotsky's Miracle, his second feature following the prize-winning 2008 docu Blind Loves, will screen at the Toronto IFF's Discovery section, following up its victory at the Karlovy Vary…
13-09-2013

Murder and Abuse Stories Dominate Cinematik

PIESTANY: Celebrated Danish indie director Thomas Vinterberg has taken home the top prize at Slovakia's 8th annual Cinematik fest (http://www.cinematik.sk) for his portrait of public shaming, The Hunt (Hon, www.zentropa.dk/).…
13-09-2013

FNE TV: EXCLUSIVE: Gala Premier of Walesa, Man of Hope at the Venice Film Festival

VENICE: The appearance of Andrzej Wajda and Lech Walesa for the international premier of Walesa, Man of Hope was one of the highlights of this year’s Venice Film Festival.
12-09-2013

FNE TV AVP Live !: Jožko Rutar, Director, Slovenian Film Centre

FNE asked Jožko Rutar, Director of the Slovenian Film Centre, how regional coproductions are helping to bring Slovenian films to audiences beyond Slovenia and what policies are shaping national support…
12-09-2013

CEE Oscar Submissions Heat Up

RIGA: With Latvia's announcement that it will forward Mother I Love You, the touching coming-of-age adventure by Janis Nords for consideration to the Oscars, the list of strong submissions from…
12-09-2013

PRODUCTION: Katarzyna Rosłaniec in Development on Grown-up Drama

GDYNIA: Katarzyna Rosłaniec plans to leave the world of teenage girls in distress and is developing a drama inspired by her present life experiences.
12-09-2013

PRODUCTION: Game of Thrones Returns to Croatia

ZAGREB: The fourth season of HBO's fantasy adventure hit Game of Thrones is filming in the southern Dalmatian city of Dubrovnik and will continue in Split with Embassy Films providing…
11-09-2013

Polish Film Institiute awards filmmakers

GDYNIA: Gdynia Film Festival focuses on showcasing Polish cinema, but the Polish Film Institute Awards remind the filmmakers and viewers how important it is to promote film and develop events…
11-09-2013

FNE TV: Pascal Diot, head of the Venice Film Market

FNE asked Pascal Diot how Venice Film Market is using innovation and new technologies to help filmmakers –especially those from smaller countries - connect and reach wider audiences. Click to…
11-09-2013

War Documentary Underscores Estonian Sacrifices

TALLINN: Blood Type, a documentary on the lives of Estonian soldiers serving in Afghanistan, will be marking the final phase of the Baltic country's decade-long commitment when it's released to…
11-09-2013

Film Europe Grabs Third Top Fest Winner

BRATISLAVA: Distributor Film Europe has picked Czech and Slovak rights for Venice Golden Lion 2013 winner Sacro Gra, a nuanced study of the hidden lives that reside along Rome's ring…
10-09-2013

Avvantura Honors Global Cinema

ZADAR: Juries at the 4th Avvantura fest Film Forum in Zadar were closely monitoring world art film work 24-30 August at Croatia's up-and-coming fest founded by director Sergej Stanojkovski.
10-09-2013

Czech Documentarians Chronicle Moravian Emigre

NEW PHILADELPHIA: Filmmakers for Czech TV recounting the life of Moravian missionary David Zeisberger for Vistafilm are exploring Tuscarawas County, Pennsylvania currently, shooting in places connected with his life, including…
10-09-2013

Bulgaria's Love is Folly twins with Belgian FIFA

VARNA: One of Bulgaria’s most popular film festivals, Love is Folly, is headed for a close three-year cooperation with Belgium's Mons International Love Film Festival. Dedicated to the theme of…
10-09-2013

Deadline for 3D Content Financing Market (3DFM) extended

Application deadline for 3D Content Financing Market (3DFM) has been extended to 15 September. 3DFM is an international financing market fully dedicated to projects with stereoscopic-3D (S-3D) content from all…
10-09-2013

FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: One Way Ticket to the Moon

GDYNIA: Jacek Bromski goes back in time with his coming-of-age road movie set in 1969.
09-09-2013

FNE at Venice IFF 2013: Prize Winners

VENICE: A jury headed by Bernardo Bertolucci awarded the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 70 Venice Film Festival to the Italian documentary Sacro Gra directed by Gianfranco Rosi.…
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Lech Wałęsa present during the premiere of his biopic in Venice

VENICE: Lech Wałęsa attented world premiere of Andrzej Wajda's "Wałęsa. Man of Hope" world premiere in Venice, where the film received a standing ovation.
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