EFP Producer on the Move: Judit Stalter
BUDAPEST: "I feel lucky because my job is my hobby too", says Judit Stalter, Hungary's European Film Promotion 2012 Producer on the Move. "If I don't work, I'm always watching…
Cinema City Opens Fifth Bulgarian Multiplex
Cinema City, the largest exhibitor in Central Europe, opened its third multiplex of the year in the seaside town of Burgas, Bulgaria on 15 May 2012.
The Confidant Opens in Slovakia
{mosimage}BRATISLAVA: Juraj Nvota's latest film The Confidant which premiered in Slovakia on 19 April with 9,000 admissions on opening weekened, reached attendance of 21,000 in its first three weeks. The…
EFP Producer on the Move: Aleš Pavlin
LJUBLJANA: Ales Pavlin of the production company Perfo (www.perfo.si) represents Slovenia as a 2012 European Film Promotion Producer on the Move.
FNE at TIFF: Romanian Days - Three Days Till Christmas
{mosimage}CLUJ-NAPOCA: Radu Gabrea's Three Days Till Christmas which has its Romanina premiere screening at the Transilvania International Film Festival (www.tiff.ro) is a docu-drama focusing on in the last days of…
FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival 2012: Winners
{mosimage}GDYNIA: Agnieszka Holland's Oscar nominated In Darkness swept most of the major prizes at the 37 Gdynia Polish Film Festival (wwwfpff.pl ) winning a Golden Lion for Best Film, as…
FESTIVALS: Transilvania IFF Romanian Days Unveils Programme
{mosimage}CLUJ: Eleven feature films and 16 shorts will screen in the TIFF (www.tiff.ro) Romanian Days section, 6-9 June 2012.
EFP Producer on the Move: Ondrej Zima
PRAGUE: Ondřej Zima, European Film Promotion's Czech 2012 Producer on the Move, reckons his biggest success to date is the Czech-Slovak coproduction Love, a box office hit with audiences in…
PRODUCTION: ScripTeast Winner The Japanese Dog in Preproduction
BUCHAREST: Tudor Cristian Jurgiu is preparing his first feature The Japanese Dog written by Ioan Antoci, winner of the Krzysztof Kieslowski Prize at ScripTeast workshop (www.scripteast.pl) in 2009. Tudor Giurgiu…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Aftermath
{mosimage}GDYNIA: Władysław Pasikowski's Aftermath was added to the Main Competition of the 37th Polish Film Festival (www.fpff.pl) in Gdynia just one day after it completed postproduction, making it the 14th…
FNE IDF DocBloc: An Interview with Richard Komárek
An Interview with Czech filmmaker Richard Komárek about the collapsing Twin Towers, lawsuits, disco lounges and patriot trucks in his documentary project Play 9/11. Richard Komárek belongs among emerging Czech…
Kino Swiat, New Horizons Win PISF Awards
{mosimage}GDYNIA: Distributors Kino Swiat (www.kinoswiat.pl) and New Horizons Association (www.nowehoryzonty.pl) were among the winners of the Polish Film Institute's (www.pisf.pl) fifth annual awards for promotion of Polish Cinema during a…
EFP Producer on the Move: Constanze Schumann
VIENNA: European Film Promotion 2012 Producer on the Move Constanze Schumann comes to Cannes as a part of one of Austria's leading production companies, Allegro Film (www.allegrofilm.at), which she joined…
EFP Producer on the Move: Vladimer Katcharava
TBILISI: Georgia's European Film Promotion 2012 Producer on the Move Vladimer Katcharava says film production "is adrenalin, it's like being in a war," because "things might change in a minute.…
EFP Producer on the Move: Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
BUCHAREST: European Film Promotion 2012 Producer on the Move Monica Lazurean-Gorgan emerged as a force in the Romanian film industry in 2007 when she founded 4Proof Film (www.4prooffilm.ro) and was…
FilmEstonia.eu Launches in Cannes
The Estonian film commission will be officially rolled out during this year's Cannes film market under the brand FilmEstonia.eu.
EFP Producer on the Move: Liisa Penttila
HELSINKI: For Liisa Penttila, whose introduction to production was coproducing Lars von Trier's Dogville in 2001, it is "absolutely essential" to work with good professionals in order to grow.
EFP Producers on the Move: Sinisa Juricic
ZAGREB: For Sinisa Juricic, a European Film Promotion 2012 Producer on the Move, the most difficult task of a film producer is "to keep everyone happy."
PRODUCTION: Ada Solomon Developing Double
BUCHAREST: Romanian director/writer Catrinel Danaiaţa is developing her first feature Double produced by Ada Solomon together with HiFilm Productions (www.hifilm.ro), in co-production with Gabi Antal and Abis Studio (www.abisstudio.ro).
Bulgarian bTV and Global Vision Terminate Contracts
SOFIA: After several disputes between bTV Media Group's leading channel bTV (owned by Central European Media Enterprises, www.cetv-net.com) has ceased broadcasts of two of the most popular programmes, both from…
