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PRODUCTION: Satiric comedy State of Shock begins filming

Matevz Rudolf Slovenia 2010-06-27

Slovenian director Andrej Košak has started production on his third film, State of Shock (Stanje šoka), produced by Danijel Hočevar of production company Vertigo/Emotionfilm (www.emotionfilm.si). This is the first collaboration…

Eurimage funds seven CEE films

FNE Staff Region 2010-06-27

The Board of Management for the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund agreed to support the co-production of 14 feature films, including seven from Central and Eastern Europe, for a total…

FNE at KVIFF 2010 East of the West: Don't Look into the Mirror

Iulia Blaga Region 2010-06-27

With Don't Look into the Mirror/Mi nayir hayelun, Armenian helmer Suren Babayan directs an ambitious adaptation of the novel written by Perch Zeituntsyan. Producer Vardan Abovyan told FNE that he…

Young Slovak directors team up with classics

Jana Kadlecová Slovakia 2010-06-24

Slovak producer Fero Turna (Angel Productions), is preparing a new project that will bring together young Slovak film-makers who will adapt Slovak literary classics.

Polish National Broadcasting Council dissolved

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2010-06-24

Bronisław Komorski, the acting President of Poland, in accord with the parliament and senate rejected the 2009 annual report of the National Broadcasting Council ( KRRiT, www.krrit.gov.pl) for 2009, thus…

Bulgaria cuts film funding

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2010-06-23

Bulgaria will reduce public film funding in 2010 to €4 million instead of €9,.5 million. The Bulgarian Parliament (www.parliament.bg) approved a mid-year revised budget, the first since 1997, which according…

New award for Slovak international success

Jana Kadlecová Slovakia 2010-06-23

Slovak filmmakers will a new award beginning on June, 26 2010. The Kino CS award will be given annually by Film Europe s.r.o, Media Company (www.filmeurope.eu) and International Film Festival…

PRODUCTION: Warner Bros. in co-production with Ladies director

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2010-06-23

Andrzej Saramonowicz, the creator of Polish box office hit Ladies signed an agreement with Warner Bros. Entertainment Poland to produce and distribute at least two new films by the end…

FESTIVALS: Slovak Season Days for European distributors at Artfilmfest

Jana Kadlecová Slovakia 2010-06-22

Slovak Audiovisual Producers Association SAPA (www.sapa.cc) and Film Europe Agency EFA present Slovak Season Days, a pilot project that focuses on the promotion of Slovak films within the international market,…

Kino Polska short nominated for EFA award

FNE Staff Poland 2010-06-22

Hanoi-Warsaw, a short fillm directed by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz for Kino Polska Television (www.kinopolska.pl) has been nominated for the EFA award in the Short Film category.

CineFest received MEDIA funding

Zsolt Gyenge Hungary 2010-06-22

CineFest, the international film festival held in the northern Hungarian city of Miskolc, has received funding support from the MEDIA program of the European Union (http://ec.europa.eu) for the second year.…

Czech actor Vladimir Dlouhy dies

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2010-06-21

Czech film and theatre actor Vladimir Dlouhy died after a short illness at age 52. Dlouhy's final film was Kajinek, now in post-production.

PRODUCTION: Havel starts filming his Leaving on July2

Irena Zemanová Czech Republic 2010-06-21

Former Czech president and playwright Vaclav Havel announced he will begin shooting his film directing debut Leaving on July 2 instead of June, as previously announced. Havel rejected media speculation…

TVP faces funding crisis

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2010-06-21

Polish public broadcaster Telewizja Polska SA (TVP, www.tvp.pl) is seeking a 50 million PLN bank credit to maintain financial liquidity. Since the begining of the year, the station has undergone…

Latvia passes film law

Daira Abolina Latvia 2010-06-20

Latvia has ratified a film law giving the film industry its own legal framework, after a 15 year long drafting process. The law was passed by the Latvian parliament on…

EU approves Czech film tax incentives

Irena Zemanová Czech Republic 2010-06-20

The European Union approved a Czech film tax incentive, announced by the Czech government on Firday, June 18. The proposal, which was approved in October 2009 by the Czech government,…

FESTIVALS: Six world premieres at Pula Film Festival

FNE Staff Croatia 2010-06-20

The National Competition Programme of the 57th Pula Film Festival (July 17 - 24), www.pulafilmfestival.hr/en) in Croatia will present ten films, with seven films in the main section and three…

FESTIVALS: Artfilm fest opens in Slovakia

FNE Staff Slovakia 2010-06-20

The 18th edition of Artfilm festival (www.artfilmfest.sk) opened in Trencianske Teplice, Slovakia, June 18 with a new focus on Slovak films and 14 films in the main competition.

CEE on screen at Cartoon Forum

FNE Staff Region 2010-06-17

Cartoon Forum, the platform to increase coproduction and distribution on European animation for TV, holds is first edition in the new EU countries with its September 14-17 event in Sopron,…

FESTIVALS: Documentary Project Development Workshop and Film Festival

Zsolt Gyenge Hungary 2010-06-17

BUDAPEST: More than 40 documentary films from 15 countries will be presented at the 6th Dialect Film Festival (http://dialektusfesztival.hu/?lang=en) in Budapest. The event will take place June 23-38, and the…