This month we spoke with Marijana Bosnjak, CEO and Head of Board of Kino Urania from the town of Osijek, in the Eastern part of Croatia. Cinema Urania/Kino Urania was a part of a company established in 1901, which had six single screens cinemas during 1910 and 1991.
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Emil Simeonov, Pro Films, Bulgaria
Bulgaria 07-05-2014FNE together with Europa Distribution is launching a new chapter of the Distributor of the Month section. This time we focus on new strategies in film distribution and the importance of domestic film festivals in releasing new titles. We will also be looking at what distributors can do in order to prevent piracy.
US in Progress Paris 2014 projects announced; Wroclaw submissions open till mid August
Festivals 05-05-2014We are excited to announce our selection for the third edition of US in Progress Paris. The following filmmakers/ producers will be invited to attend and present their soon-to-be-finished projects on June 11th 2014 in Paris in the frame of the Champs-Elysees Film Festival:
As a part of the programme “Poland – Turkey 2014” launched by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the organizers of the Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival will take a pedagogical tour to Turkey.
SOFIA: Pavlina Jeleva, Bulgarian correspondent for Film New Europe, has been nominated by the Bulgarian Film Academy for the annual Best Critic award.
From May, 7th to 17thin Peru, there will be shown a wide variety of films from Central, Eastern Europe and Caucasus in theatres and cultural centres of the capital, Lima, and in other Peruvian cities as Arequipa, Lambayeque, Cuzco and Pucallpa. Most of these films have been recently awarded on important international festivals as Berlin, Sundance, Toronto, Karlovy Vary, Rotterdam and London, among others.
Joanna, the first crowdfunded Polish documentary, will receive a cinema screening in Prague in May.
Renowned Polish director, screenwriter and producer Krzysztof Zanussi will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 13th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (May 30-June 8).
Six first time directors and six second time directors will be competing this year for the Transilvania International Film Festival (May 30 – June 8, Cluj-Napoca, Romania) trophies.
On Saturday, April 26, 2014 winners of the Slovak National Film Awards The Sun in a Net were revealed for films produced and premiered in the years 2012 and 2013.
The Best Fiction Film Award went to My Dog Killer by Mira Fornay and the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Slovak Cinema was granted to director Dusan Hanak and scriptwriter Dusan Dusek.
The most awarded was the film Fine, Thanks by Matyas Prikler, which won in all of the four acting categories - Best Actor in a Leading and Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Leading and Supporting Role. My Dog Killer received two more awards, for the Best Film Direction and Best Film Screenplay.
For the full list of winners and more information please visit the website of the Audiovisual Information Centre.
For more news on Slovak films travelling the festival circuit, see:
>Slovak Films travelling in April: Hot Docs, PriFilmfest, Crossing Europe
>Finale Pilsen includes Slovak film in all its official competitions for the first time
We look forward to meeting with you in our traditional Pavilion at Marche du Film in Cannes soon!
Alexandra & Katarina
Katarína Tomková
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