New Chief for Bulgaria’s National Film Center

SOFIA: Documentary film director and academic Marin Martschewski has been selected as the new director of the Bulgarian National Film Center (www.nfc.bg). He was officially nominated to the post by…
08-01-2013

PRODUCTION: Radu Jude Developing Aferim

BUCHAREST: Director/screenwriter Radu Jude (The Happiest Girl in the World, Everybody in Our Family) is planning a spring 2014 shoot of his third film Aferim!, a Romanian-French-Italian coproduction set in…
08-01-2013

Georgia’s Fold in My Blanket Heads to Berlin

A Fold in My Blanket, the feature film debut of Georgian film director Zaza Rusadze, will have its world premiere at the 63rd Berlinale (7-17 February 2013) where it will…
07-01-2013

Lithuania Digitalises Cinemas

VILNIUS: Lithuania is expecting to see a burst of activity in the process of cinema digitalisation. “The comming year, 2013, probably will be a match point in digitalisation of cinemas,”…
07-01-2013

Bohrer Continues as EUFCN President

Arie Bohrer, Film Commissioner of Location Austria (www.locationaustria.at), has been re-elected President of the European Film Commissions Network (www.eufcn.org), a position he has held since the organization’s first general assembly…
07-01-2013

FNE wishes you a Happy and Successful New Year! See you again on 7 January 2013.

Film New Europe would like to thank all its sponsors, supporters and readers and to wish them a happy and prosperous New Year. Keep on Filming in 2013 !
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Czech Parliament Overrides Klaus Veto to Approve New Film Law

PRAGUE: The Czech film industry is celebrating as the long awaited new film law was passed this week by the Czech parliament.
14-12-2012

Croatian hit Sonja and the Bull best opening in 10 years

ZAGREB: Vlatka Vorkapic's debut feature Sonja and the Bull scored the best opening by box office for a Croatian film in 10 years.
14-12-2012

Controversial Slovak docmaker Zuzana Piussi hits back with new online doc release

BRATISLAVA: Controversial Slovak film director Zuzana Piussi has launched her new From Fico to Fico (Od Fica do Fica) online after Slovak mulplexes refused to screen the controversial doc which…
14-12-2012

Malta Film Commission in the spotlight

MALTA: The recent European Film Academy Awards have shown a spotlight on the Malta Film Commission (www.mfc.com.mt) and new developments in the film industry in Malta.
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Film Corporation bringing new productions to Malta

MALTA: Film Corporation (www.filmok.org) has become one of the leaders in European production services during its five short years of operation in Malta with over a dozen international productions serviced…
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Five Finnish Films in box office top 20

HELSINKI: Finnish films have scored an impressive five out of the Top 20 at the box office with the domestic thriller Nightmare/Painajainen merellä topping the fox office this week.
14-12-2012

Finnish Film Foundation announces production grants

HELSINKI: Three features are receiving 1,072,000 EUR from the Finnish Film Foundation (www.ses.fi) in December 2012 with Kaisu Isto as film commissioner.
14-12-2012

PRODUCTION: New Pasikowski project based on controversial Cold War spy Ryszard Kuklinski

WARSAW: Władysław Pasikowski is following his controversial Aftermath with a new drama Jack Strong, based on the life of colonel Ryszard Kukliński.
14-12-2012

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Wajda School’s Ekran 2013 Training Call Open

The application deadline for Ekran, a training programme organized by Wajda Studio and Wajda School, is 21 January 2013. Participation is free.
14-12-2012

Czech parliament to vote on vetoed Cinema Law and 2013 budget for tax incentives

PRAGUE: Czech Ministry of Culture confirmed today that the parliamentary vote about the new Law redefining support for audiovisual production and cinematography postponed from 4 December will take place 18…
13-12-2012

FNE at Baltic Event 2012: Kazakhfilm welcomes European coproduction

TALLINN: A new, young generation of Kazakh filmmakers have opened the doors to European producers and coproducers in Kazakhstan.
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PRODUCTION: City'44 goes into production

WARSAW: After six years of development, Jan Komasa started work on a contemporary drama on the Warsaw Uprising.
13-12-2012

TVP invests in hybrid television

WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster TVP (www.tvp.pl) has launched the first HbbTV applications. The Polish pubcaster started broadcasting in hybrid mode on 10 December 2012 on all it's digital ground channels.
13-12-2012

Georgian Film Week in Strasbourg

STRASBOURG: The Georgian National Film Centre (www.gnfc.ge) continues to spearhead the integration of Georgian film into the European arthouse mainstream with its latest venture, a Georgian film in Strasbourg 16-22…
13-12-2012