Estonia Announces First Call for New Cash Rebate
TALLINN: Estonian Film Institute opened the first call for applications to the country’s new cash rebate fund FilmEstonia. The 600,000 EUR budget for the pilot year is set to grow…
Berlinale Selects Films by Tanović and Wasilewski for Competition
SARAJEVO/WARSAW: Death in Sarajevo by Danis Tanović and United States of Love by Tomasz Wasilewski have been selected for the competition of the 66th Berlin Film Festival (11-21 February 2016).…
New Europe Film Sales Joins Distribution Scheme
WARSAW: New Europe Film Sales is joining Walk This Way in 2016 and will launch two films through the scheme. European distribution schemes Walk This Way and the TIDE Experiment…
GRANTS: Georgia Announces Feature Production Grants
TBILISI: New projects by Levan Koghuashvili, Rusudan Chkonia and George Ovashvili received production support from the Georgian National Film Center beginning of 2016.
Bulgaria Celebrates National Cinema Day
SOFIA: Bulgaria’s National Film Center is organising the 12th National Cinema Day on 13 January 2016. A Memorandum will be signed with the National Palace of Culture aimed at turning…
Netflix Expansion Fuels Fears of Reduced Diversity for European Audiences
WARSAW: Netflix announced its launch in more than 130 new countries including Central and Eastern Europe at the beginning of 2016 making the internet TV provider now available in more…
Son of Saul Wins Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film
BUDAPEST: Son of Saul, the debut feature of the Hungarian László Nemes, won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on 11…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Radim Habartík, Kino Scala, Brno
This month we speak to Radim Habartík, one of the managers of Kino Scala, a single screen cinema located in the center of Brno, the second largest city of the…
Pawel Pawlikowski Working on a New Project
WARSAW: Oscar-winning writer/director Paweł Pawlikowski confirmed that he is currently developing a love story with the working title Cold War.
Czech Critics Awards Announced
PRAGUE: Home Care, Lost in Munich and The Snake Brothers are the main candidates at the sixth edition of Czech Film Critics´ Awards. The ceremony will take place on 23…
Obituary: Cinematographer Vilmos Szigmond
BUDAPEST: Hungarian-born cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond passed away at 85 on 1 January 2016.
Czech Republic Takes Over the European Audiovisual Observatory Presidency
PRAGUE: The Czech Republic takes over from Montenegro the Presidency of the Strasbourg-based European Audiovisual Observatory in 2016.
FNE wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Successful New Year! See you again on 11 January 2016
Film New Europe would like to thank all its sponsors, supporters and readers and to wish them a Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. In 2015 the …
Polish Film Institute Introduces Funding for Minority Coproductions in 2016
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute has decided to allocate 8 m PLN of production funding especially for Polish companies engaged in international projects as minority co-producers.
Estonian Coproduction Short-Listed for Oscars
TALLINN: The Fencer, a Finnish/Estonia coproduction directed by Klaus Härö, has been short-listed for the upcoming Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
FNE Country Report 2015: Slovakia
One of the biggest success stories of 2015 was the Weinstein production, Marco Polo 2, which became the first production to benefit from the new Slovak tax incentive scheme.
FNE Country Report 2015: Slovenia
Slovenia’s film production has remained fairly stable in 2015, although the difficult economic situation has not improved. Changes in the distribution sector are expected to have a significant positive impact…
22 projects selected for the Trieste co-production forum from a new record number of 301 submissions
Trieste - December 17, 2015 – 22 film projects from 19 countries will be presented at the sixth edition of When East Meets West,the Italian co-production forum taking place on…
Georgia Launches Cash Rebate System
TBILISI: Georgia officially launched its tax incentives programme which will go into operation at the beginning of 2016. It will offer a 20% cash rebate of qualified expenditure with an…
PRODUCTION: The Only Thing Left to Do Is to Cut Off My Ear in Development
SARAJEVO: Awarded Bosnian filmmaker Nedžad Begović is developing The Only Thing Left to Do Is to Cut off My Ear, an 80-minute documentary exploring the relationship between life and art.
