PRODUCTION: Janez Burger Shoots Slovenian/Croatian/Italian/Macedonian Observing
LJUBLJANA: Janez Burger is currently shooting the socially critical drama Observing / Opazovanje, inspired by real events. The film is a coproduction between Slovenia, Croatia, Italy and North Macedonia.
FESTIVALS: goEast 2022 Announces Lineup
WIESBADEN: Fourteen titles have been selected for the International Competition of the 22nd edition of goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, hosted by DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut…
Watch FNE Visegrad Panel Podcast: Festivals 2.0: How to Approach Audience in Post-COVID Era
To watch the panel discussion click HERE. The Panel discussion Festivals 2.0: How to Approach the Audience in the Post-COVID Era, organised by the Institute of Documentary Film in cooperation…
FNE at East Doc Platform 2022: Winners: The World Is Not A Mine Takes Top Prize
PRAGUE: The annual documentary event East Doc Platform (25-31 March 2022) gave its top award to the Polish project The World Is Not A Mine by Natalia Koniarz about inhabitants…
Big Budget International Productions Heading to Hungary
BUDAPEST: Hungary is ready to welcome new international productions in 2022, including Dune: Part Two by Denis Villeneuve and the Netflix miniseries All the Light We Cannot See, after a…
Czech Fairy Tale Tops Box Office in First Quarter of 2022
PRAGUE: The Czech Box Office number one hit in 2022 so far is the children fairytale The Secret of an Old Pistol 2 / Tajemství staré bambitky 2, directed by…
FESTIVALS: One World Festival 2022 Announces Winners
PRAGUE: A House Made of Splinters by Simon Lereng Wilmont, a coproduction between Denmark, Sweden and Ukraine, has been awarded Best Film in the International Competition of the 24th edition…
New Season of Bedekr Show Wraps Shooting in Croatia
DUBROVNIK: The tourist show Bedekr produced by the Czech Television wrapped shooting a new season in Croatia in Zagreb, Plitvice Lakes, and Dubrovnik.
Disney+ To Be Launched in 16 FNE Partner Countries
WARSAW: Disney+ will be launched in 42 new countries in May-June 2022, including in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia,…
PRODUCTION: Romanian Director Andrei Cohn Preps Gefilte Fish
BUCHAREST: Romanian writer/director Andrei Cohn is preparing to shoot his third feature film Gefilte Fish in April 2022. The film will be produced by Anca Puiu through Romania’s Mandragora in…
PRODUCTION: Polish Director Marcin Filipowicz in Postproduction with Brothers
WARSAW: Marcin Filipowicz is currently in postproduction with Brothers / Braty, the fourth project produced by the Polish Filmmakers Association Munk Studio together with CANAL+ Polska in their 60 Minutes…
Polish Director Bartosz Blaschke Awarded with Perspektywa Prize for Sonata
GDYNIA: Bartosz Blaschke’s debut feature Sonata won the Perspektywa Award given annually to the best debut in Polish cinemas during a gala organised by the Polish Filmmakers Association on 28…
Seven Projects from FNE Partner Countries Receive Coproduction Support from Eurimages
STRASBOURG: Projects by Ralitza Petrova, Hanna Slak, Una Gunjak, Signe Birkova, Ivan Zachariáš, and Alexandru Solomon are among the seven majority and minority coproductions from FNE partner countries that received…
Dot.on.the.Map Industry Days Announces Programme of Events
LIMASSOL: The third edition of Dot.on.the.Map Industry Days (14-16 April 2022) has announced its programme of events, which are intended exclusively for accredited film professionals.
PRODUCTION: Croatian Director Igor Mirković Wraps Filming on Sweet Simona
ZAGREB: Croatian writer/director Igor Mirković has entered postproduction with his new feature drama Sweet Simona / Slatka Simona, produced by Ivan Maloča and his company Interfilm.
Netflix Opens Office in Warsaw
WARSAW: Netflix has opened an office in the Polish capital, which will act as core for the entire CEE region.
FNE Podcast: Nu Boyana Studios CEO Yariv Lerner
SOFIA: FNE spoke to Nu Boyana Studios CEO Yariv Lerner about the Job Fair the Sofia based studios has been hosting to help Ukrainian refugees and the kind of jobs…
ZagrebDox Pro Confessions 2022 Announces Selected Projects
ZAGREB: Eight projects have been selected for ZagrebDox Pro, the industry platform of the ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival. This year ZagrebDox Pro adds Confessions to its name and will…
FESTIVALS: Moving Body Festival 2022 Opens Call for Applications for International Competition
VARNA: Short films experimenting with the video medium, dance and movement, with a strong choreographic sensibility and original concept, are welcome in the international competition of the 7th edition of…
PRODUCTION: Serbian Director Goran Radovanović Shoots Erlking
BELGRADE: The acclaimed Serbian director Goran Radovanović is currently filming his new feature Erlking / Bauk, which is a coproduction between Serbia, Bulgaria and Russia, set in Serbia in 1999.
