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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.…
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.
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Loving
GDYNIA: Sławomir Fabicki created an intimate, psychological drama about a marriage struggling trough an episode that changes a couple's lives forever.
Malta Film Fund Sees Record Wave of Applications
VALLETTA: With double the number of projects applying for a development or production grant from the Malta Film Fund this year vs 2012, officials report that the 43 current hopefuls…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Floating Skyscapers
GDYNIA: Tomasz Wasilewski has created an emotional image of a man struggling with his identity in Floating Skyscrapers, screening at the 38th Gdynia fest, which follows the life of a…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Ida
GDYNIA: Paweł Pawlikowski explores the issues of family and identity in his new drama Ida, , screening at the 38th Gdynia fest, which recounts the story of Anna, a novice…
FNE at Biennale 2013: Toscana Resort Castelfalfi - Venice Days: A Taste for Film
VENICE: One of the new partners of Venice Days this year at the Biennale Film Festival was Toscana Resort Castelfalfi.
FNE at Venice Iff 2013: Sacro Gra (Competition) ITALY
VENICE: Documentaries have been turning up and winning prizes at major film festivals in Berlin and Cannes in increasing numbers in recent years and Gianfranco Rosi’s stunning Sacro Gra is…
Screenplay on Husák’s Wife Wins Main Award in International MIDPOINT Programme
Prague: MIDPOINT, an international educational project aimed at supporting talent and development in European screenwriting, culminated at Prague's FAMU film school this weekend with honors for best projects.
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Traffic Department
GDYNIA: Wojciech Smarzowski explores the dark side of human nature in his box office hit drama based on the real workings of a traffic police officer.
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: The Girl from the Wardrobe
GDYNIA: Bodo Kox creates his own surreal outlook on what it means to be alone and enter relationships with The Girl from the Wardrobe, in which protagonist Jacek is taking…
FNE - IDF DocBloc: Riding the Freeway Blues
Prague: Director Ivo Bystrican takes a creative view of the morass that is the system for getting around the Czech Republic in Under (the) Construction, a film examining the trauma…
FNE Europa Distribution - Distributor of the Month: Antoine Bagnaninchi
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 -…
