FNE is Interactive. Send your press releases to press.release [at] filmneweurope.com

ASCENT CARRIES OUT COLLISION POST FOR ITV1

Ascent 142 has completed the full post production on Collision, a three-part drama starring Douglas Henshall and Paul McGann, which tells the story of a major road accident and a how it irrevocably changes the lives of a group of strangers.
06-11-2009

"Night Boats" at Connecting Cottbus!

"Night Boats", a script from the 3rd edition of ScripTeast, written by Elvis Bosnjak and Igor Mirkovic (Croatia) qualified for Connecting Cottbus co-production market. Igor Mirkovic is also going to direct the film. The shooting is planned for the summer 2010 and the producers are Marina Andree and Darija Kulenovic…
05-11-2009

THE WORLD IS BIG… and the Oscar lurks around the corner

The Bulgarian-German-Hungarian-Slovenian co-production is the Bulgarian submission for the Academy Award nominations for the Best Foreign Language Film and will be screened at the AFM.
03-11-2009

SPECIAL AWARD TO THE POLISH CINEMATOGRAPHER FOR IMMENSE CONTRIBUTION TO THE ART OF FILM

We have the great pleasure to announce, that in 2009 the Special Award to the Polish Cinematographer for Immense Contribution to the Art of Film goes to Dariusz Wolski.
30-10-2009

ELSA 2009 Awards

For the whole article please click HERE
29-10-2009

Europe's young acting talent to be showcased in Lithuania

European Film Promotion (EFP) is going to present three of the best young actors from across Europe selected as 2009 SHOOTING STARS with their latest films at theEuropean Film Forum Scanorama in Vilnius/Lithuania (November 5-7, 2009).
22-10-2009

Independent American filmmakers in Lithuania: Go get some rosemary and life will change

"Go get some rosemary!" may well become a new motto for all who have watched the film Go Get Some Rosemary in Kaunas International Film Festival. With this phrase, the authors of the film Benny and Josh Safdies expressed the tiny boundary between the state of happiness and the state…
20-10-2009

Warsaw CentEast expands to Moscow

The Warsaw Screenings, held as part of the CentEast market (www.centeast.org), added a second part, the CentEast Warsaw-Moscow Presentation, a careful selection of works-in progress from the East European region.
19-10-2009

UK, CANADA, AND ITALY TAKE TOP AWARDS AT FILMINUTE 2009

Great stories, special effects, and even Twitter have an effect in determining the winners at Filminute, the international one-minute film festival.
13-10-2009

South Korea opens window on European film artists

When the Pusan International Film Festival (October 8 - 16, 2009) lights its screens for 355 films from across the globe, a sizeable European artistic delegation is among the guests presenting their films. Backed by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, European Film Promotion (EFP) is supporting the European…
13-10-2009

Stasys Eidrigevičius: “Kaunas is a very important city in the path of my creative work”

After the screening of the film Bouzkachi: The Chant of Steppes on Saturday night, viewers of Kaunas International Film Festival had an opportunity to meet and talk with the artist Stasys Eidrigevičius. He said he was very happy to meet the Lithuanian audience and introduce the film in which he…
13-10-2009

Bursa International Silk Road Film Festival

Dear Member of the Press, We are happy to inform you that 4th Bursa International Silk Road Film Festival will be held between 14th-22th November, 2009 in the beautiful and historic city of Bursa, a unique metropolis nearby Istanbul that has managed to preserve its culture through time.
13-10-2009

RABBIT A LA BERLIN CLOSER TO OSCAR NOMINATIONS

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the list of eight semi-finalists in the Documentary Short Subject category for the 2010 Academy Awards. Three to five of those shorts will end up with Oscar nominations. Short documentary Rabbit à la Berlin by Bartek Konopka and Piotr Rosolowski…
13-10-2009

Jihlava IDFF 2009 - Archive titbits and other news

Dear friends of documentary,(see the links to press releases at the end of each article)Translucent Being Georges Rouquier - almost forgotten master of rural studiesThe Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival 2009 will present almost forgotten personality of the French documentary - Georges Rouquier in the retrospective section Translucent Beings.
13-10-2009

ScripTeast Stationary Lab concluded

ScripTeast Stationary Lab was concluded on Friday, 2nd of October in Ossolinski Palace, Sterdyn, Poland. During the 7-day workshops Authors of 12 projects representing 9 Central and Eastern European Countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia) were having individual meetings with Creative Advisors, attended case…
05-10-2009

Developing Screenplays II - Discussion and Open Pitching Forum

October 14, 2009, 14:30-18:00 at FAMU, Smetanovo nábř. 2, Prague 1 / room U1
02-10-2009

The Golden Orange takes the stage.

THE INTERNATIONAL ANTALYA GOLDEN ORANGE FILM FESTIVAL WILL BE CELEBRATING ITS 46th ANNIVERSARY ON OCTOBER 10-17TH, 2009.On Tuesday, September 15th, 2009, the Antalya Golden Orange Festival Committee held its first official press conference at the Istanbul Dedeman Hotel. Officiating over the Press Conference was the Mayor of Antalya and Chairman…
01-10-2009

CentEast line-up announced

The CentEast Warsaw-Moscow presentation of Eastern European works-in-progress and completed films has selected 17 films to be presented during the Warsaw Film Festival (www.wff.pl) on October 16 and in Moscow on October 18.
30-09-2009