Czech Lions Founder Examining Cosmic Questions Via Documentary
PRAGUE: Petr Vachler, founder of the Czech Lions awards, has begun shooting his second film – feature length documentary The Meaning and Mystery of Life (Tajemství a smysl života), in…
FNE at Venice FF 2013: Special notice for film journalists coming to Venice
VENICE:This year for the first time Film New Europe together with FIPRESCI would like to hear from all journalists attending the Venice Film Festival. You also have a chance if…
FNE at SOFA: Agent School Helps Structure Original European Projects
WROCLAW: A festival box office database, an interactive cinema programming system and a short film incubator are just a few of innovative projects developed at the first edition of the…
FNE - IDF DocBloc: CEE Work Inspires French Fest
NANCY: France's Aye Aye fest, celebrating the best in documentary work with a strong focus on projects from CEE countries, kicks off today. East Silver titles including Sofia winner Sickfuckpeople…
Georgian Comedy Blind Dates Sold by Films Boutique
TBILISI: Levan Koguashvili's Blind Dates, which won the works-in-progress prize at Karlovy Vary this summer, is being repped by Germany's Films Boutique as it head to the Toronto IFF for…
PRODUCTION:Ujica Preps Tomorrow Never Knows aka The Beatles Project
BUCHAREST: Following up on the acclaimed The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, Andrei Ujica is working on a new non-fiction film, tentatively called Tomorrow Never Knows, exploring the weekend 13-15 August…
PRODUCTION: Polish-Norwegian Creative Documentary Looks at Absent Parents
WARSAW: Director Åse Svenheim Drivenes is shooting Around My Family Table, focused on the lives of children whose parents were forced to leave and work abroad.
FNE at Venice FF 2013: Andrzej Wajda’s Walesa, Man of Hope Premiers in Venice
VENICE: Veteran Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda will receive the 2013 Persol Award at a special gala award ceremony at the Palazzo del Cinema in Venice on 5 September.
PRODUCTION: Animated Diplodocus Wins Media Development Funding
WARSAW: Diplodocus, an animated film based on a legendary Polish comic, has won an 80,000 EUR development grant from Media.
PRODUCTION: Director of Manhunt Shooting New Tragicomedy
CRACOW: Marcin Krzyształowicz has launched the shoot for his new project, Kindergarten Lady (Pani z przedszkola), described as a Woody Allen-inspired tragicomedy about love and psychoanalysis with an intellectual tone.…
PRODUCTION: Cherry Tobacco Shooting in Estonia
TALLINN: Katrin Maimik’s coming-of-age debut film Cherry Tobacco (Kirsitubakas), written by Andres Maimik, is shooting in Estonian locations through October. It builds on the latter's previous hit comedy Kormoranid. Tobacco…
A Farewell to Fools Sells Worldwide
BUCHAREST: Shoreline Entertainment has sold A Farewell to Fools, the historical drama directed by Bogdan Dreyer starring Gérard Depardieu and Harvey Keitel, to eight territories.
FESTIVALS: Michał Bogucki on the International Animation Fest Nikozi
NIKOZI: The third International Animation FF Nikozi in Georgia will start on 2 September and run for six days at the Archbishop's Palace in Nikozi. The young, yet extremely vibrant…
FNE at Sarajevo FF: Georgia Wins Big in Balkans Wrap
SARAJEVO: Georgia's In Bloom, a moving story about young girls caught up in war by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Grob, won the Heart of Sarajevo prize at the 19th Sarajevo…
Slovak Archive Films Travel
VILNIUS: Kino Pavasaris, the organizer of Vilnius IFF, will present Slovak features from 50s to the 80s as a part of the Artscape project, including Luck Will Come on Sunday,…
Open call for projects for 3D Content Finance Market in December
LIÈGE: 3D Content Financing Market (3DFM) is open for 3D-project applications.The market features pitching sessions, held in Liège, Belgium 4-5 December during the 3DSM, The International 3D Summit for Science,…
Török to Shoot City Romcom
BUDAPEST: Ferenc Török (Istambul, Overnight, Moscow Square) starts his six-week romantic comedy shoot for Nobody's Island 27 August, mostly in Budapest with some seaside locations.
FNE TV AVP Live ! : Helena Frankova, Director Czech Cinematography Fund
The Czech Republic recently approved a new law for cinematography. FNE spoke with Helena Frankova earlier this year as the Czechs prepared to begin the process of the implementation of…
Sylvester Stallone Shooting Expendables 3 in Bulgaria
SOFIA: The Nu Image/Millennium Films mega production The Expendables 3, which leading man Sylvester Stallone co-wrote, began shooting in Varna, the postcard-perfect Bulgarian Black Sea town, 19 August.
FNE TV AVP Live ! : Silvia Costa Rapporteur for Creative Europe for the EU Parliament
FNE TV spoke to Italian MEP Silvia Costa about Creative Europe and its implications for cultural diversity and the CEE region. Click HERE to watch the video.
