CEE Animation Workshop 2024 Announces Selected Projects
PRAGUE: Twelve projects including four short animated films, one animated series, one TV special, five long animated films and one XR animated film have been selected for the 6th edition…
FNE at Berlinale 2024: See how the FIPRESCI critics rate the programme
BERLIN: FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Berlin Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Panorama and Forum giving the films 1, 2, 3,…
Berlinale 2024: Berlinale Special: Sasquatch Sunset (USA)
BERLIN: Sasquatch Sunset directed by brothers Nathan and David Zellner screens as Berlinale Special and it is indeed difficult to categorise the very special film that is totally without dialogue.…
FNE at Berlinale 2024: Panorama: I Saw the TV Glow (USA)
BERLIN: Director Jane Schoenbrun’s feature I Saw the TV Glow screened earlier this year in the World Dramatic Competition of the Sundance Film Festival before having its international premiere in…
PRODUCTION: Urtė Oettinger Preps Lithuanian Animation Series BFF
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian animation film director/writer/painter Urtė Oettinger is currently in preparation with her 26 episode x 11 minute comedy animation series BFF, whose production will start in the second…
BAFTA Awards for The Zone of Interest and Hungarian Set Designer Zsuzsa Mihalek
LONDON: Hungarian set designer Zsuzsa Mihalek received the award for Best Production Design for her work on Poor Things, while the Polish minority coproduction The Zone of Interest received the…
Docu Rough Cut Boutique 2024 Announces Selected Projects
SARAJEVO: Five projects from countries including Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia and Poland were selected for the 14th edition of Docu Rough Cut Film Boutique.
GRANTS: Hungarian Feature Film Production Grants in 2023
BUDAPEST: The National Film Institute – Hungary distributed 5,132,883 EUR / 1,998,454,756 HUF as production grants for 10 feature films throughout 2023.
FNE at Berlinale 2024: Panorama: Between the Temples
BERLIN: American director Nathan Silver’s warm and original comedy Between the Temples had its international premiere at its Panorama screening at this year’s Berlinale. The film screened earlier this year…
BOX OFFICE: Good Year for Slovenian Domestic Titles in 2023
LJUBLJANA: Total 2023 admissions for domestic films dropped down compared to the record breaking year 2022, but were still significantly higher than the average of the previous past years. With…
FESTIVALS: FEST in Belgrade Announces 2024 Lineup
BELGRADE: A total of 108 films from almost 40 countries will be screened in six venues at the 52nd edition of Belgrade’s FEST, running from 23 February up to 3…
Beta Film Picks Up Latvian Series Soviet Jeans
BERLIN: The eight-episode series Soviet Jeans / Padomju džinsi, Staņislavs Tokalovs and Juris Kursietis’ dramedy set in 1979 Soviet Latvia, has been acquired by Beta Film.
FNE at Berlinale 2024: Macedonian Cinema in Berlin
The North Macedonia Film Agency is present with its own stand at the European Film Market from 15 to 21 February 2024. This is of great importance for Macedonian cinema,…
FNE at Berlinale 2024: Berlinale Special Gala: Cuckoo (Germany/USA)
BERLIN: German director Tilman Singer’s German/USA coproduction Cuckoo screens in a Berlinale Special Gala at this year’s festival. Singer also wrote the script.
FNE at Berlinale 2024: Competition: A Different Man
BERLIN: Director Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man screened in the main competition at the 2024 Berlinale after making its debut at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Schimberg also wrote…
Filmmakers Protest Polish Film Institute Leadership
WARSAW: Over 5000 Polish filmmakers have launched a protest against the head of the Polish Film Institute, Radosław Śmigulski. The filmmakers, including directors, screenwriters and actors, have penned a letter…
BOX OFFICE: Domestic Titles Keep on Dominating Serbian Box Office Charts in 2023
BELGRADE: Domestic cinema kept its most prominent position in the Serbian box office charts in 2023 with four feature films making it to the annual box office list of the…
Origo Studios Launches Innovative Acting Talent Platform
BUDAPEST: Origo Studios has launched the innovative online platform Origo Talent Network, which showcases Hungarian actresses and actors, and makes them available for international production companies.
INVITATION: BERLIN 2024: FNE FIPRESCI CRITICS' POLL
Invitation for all FIPRESCI Members attending the Berlinale 2024. During the Berlinale critics will be able to rate any feature length films screening in the Main Competition, Encounters and Forum…
FNE at Berlinale 2024: World Premiere of Latvian Maria’s Silence by Dāvis Sīmanis in Berlin
Film studio MISTRUS MEDIA presents Maria’s Silence - a film by Dāvis Sīmanis
