FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Hans König – Austria

FNE together with Europa Distribution continues its Distributor of the Month series. In recognition of the hard work and excellence of European distributors and the common problems they face, especially…
10-04-2013

FNE Europa Cinemas - Cinema Centre Garsas

In recognition of the hard work and excellence of European cinema operators, FNE together with Europa Cinemas continues its Cinema of the Month series. This month we spoke with Genė…
10-04-2013

Roland Joffe and Volker Schlondorff Lead Panels at Off Plus Camera 2013

KRAKOW: Twelve main competition films, a Polish Feature Films competition, and a five-day industry event will unspool at the Sixth Cinema Off Plus Camera International Festival of Independent Films, taking…
10-04-2013

NBC Dracula Series Shoots in Budapest

BUDAPEST: The new NBC series Dracula is shooting the pilot and all ten episodes in Budapest, with filming scheduled to continue until the beginning of summer.
10-04-2013

Croatia Gives over 3.5 Million EUR in Grants

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Center granted a total of 3,270,770 EUR (24,982,957 HRK) for production and development for 2012 and also 267,077 EUR/2,040,000 HRK for minority coproductions production for 2013.
09-04-2013

GRANTS: Finland Supports Four Films

The Finnish Film Foundation announced 1,130 000 EUR in grants for two feature films and 265,000 EUR for two documentaries.
09-04-2013

FNE at Finale Plzen 2013: The Confidant

PLZEN: Slovak director Juraj Nvota’s (Muzika) Slovak-Czech-Polish coproduction The Confidant is one of ten films competing for the Golden Kingfisher prize at the 26th Finale Plzen festival of Czech films,…
09-04-2013

FNE at Finale Plzen 2013: DonT Stop

PRAGUE: DonT Stop, a Czech-Slovak coproduction directed by Richard Řeřicha and produced by Evolution Films, will screen in the main competition of the 26th Finale Plzen festival of Czech films,…
09-04-2013

Beta Film Acquires Agnieszka Holland’s Burning Bush

CANNES: German-based distributor Beta Film has picked up the distribution rights for HBO Europe’s three part miniseries Burning Bush directed by Academy Award nominee Agnieszka Holland.
08-04-2013

Latvia Approves Funds for Foreign Film Production

RIGA: Latvia will provide 300,00 Lats (426, 864 EUR) for foreign film production taking place in Latvia.
08-04-2013

Bulgarian bTV Premieres The Family

SOFIA: Bulgaria’s leading commercial TV channel bTV began broadcasting the first two episodes of its new 12 parts series The Family on 7 April 2013. The premiere comes soon after…
08-04-2013

Crowd Funding for Romanian Film Festivals

BUCHAREST: Three Romanian film festivals are participating in the first crowd funding for cultural events.
05-04-2013

FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente 2013 Applications Open

The 2013 Ex Oriente Workshop is accepting applications from documentary film directors and producers through 1 June 2013. Read the full story on DOKweb.
05-04-2013

FESTIVALS: Bence Fliegauf Heads goEast Jury

WIESBADEN: Ten feature films and six documentaries will compete at the 13th edition of goEast, running 10 – 16 April 2013.
05-04-2013

Baltic Bridge Call for Projects

The Baltic Bridge East by West (B’EST) is accepting submissions from producers with film projects in development through 15 June 2013.
05-04-2013

Romania Annouces Grants from 2012 Application Session

BUCHAREST: Romania’s National Center for Cinema awarded 2,311,673 EUR in grants to to seven features, two first features, four documentaries, four short films, four animated films and three grants for…
04-04-2013

Polsat Acquires Polskie Media

WARSAW: Polish commercial broadcaster Polsat signed a preliminary agreement to buy Polskie Media S.A., which broadcasts channels TV4 and TV6, for 99 m PLN (23.6 m EUR).
04-04-2013

PRODUCTION: Polish Czech Slovak Documentary Series Gottland

WARSAW: A cross-genre documentary series based on the international bestseller Gottland (European book of the year 2009) by Mariusz Szczygieł is in production as a seven-episode series directed by seven…
04-04-2013

PRODUCTION: Croatian Doc Consumed in Postproduction

ZAGREB: Borut Šeparović is editing his first long documentary Consumed/Potrošeni, the last part of 55+, a complex project about people over 55 and their rejection by Croatian society.
04-04-2013

FNE TV: Francois Sauvagnargues, Managing Director, FIPA

FNE spoke to Sauvagnargues about the challenges facing the European broadcast and audiovisual industry in the new digital age.
04-04-2013