Poland, Romania Head to Berlin Coproduction Market
{mosimage}Poland is sending two projects to the Berlin Coproduction Market, while Romania sends one project and Finland sends another two projects.
PRODUCTION: Child's Pose in Preproduction
BUCHAREST: Calin Peter Netzer is preparing Child's Pose, his third feature film, for a February-March 2012 shoot. Netzer (Maria, Medalia de onoare/ The Medal of Honor) is co-authoring the script…
Malta Unveils New Film Equipment Company
{mosimage}With 65 productions spending 105 euros in Malta in the last four years, Malta is promoting the recent launch of the country's first film service equipment company.
Forgacs Documentary Premieres at Hungarian Film Week
{mosimage}BUDAPEST: Honeyland - German unity @ Balaton (Mezfold - Nemet egyseg a balatonnal), a documentary from Hungarian director Péter Forgacs (www.forgacspeter.hu), is set to screen at Hungarian Film Week before…
Malta Revises Censorship Laws
Proposed amendments will alter Malta's film age guidelines with the creation of a Film Age Classification board.
Slovak Hit Wins Czech Viewers
{mosimage}BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Jakub Kroner's domestic hit film Love opened in the Czech Republic to solid box office.
MediaPro Releases Sequel to Poker
{mosimage}BUCHAREST: The Last Corrupted Man in Romania/Ultimul corupt din România, directed by popular Romanian filmmaker Sergiu Nicolaescu, will be released in Romania on 17 February 2012. MediaPro Distribution (www.mediaprodistribution.ro) will…
FESTIVALS: Krakow Announces Deadline
{mosimage}KRAKOW: The 52nd Krakow film festival (28 May - 3 June 2012, www.kff.com.pl) is accepting submissions until 10 February 2012.
FESTIVALS: The House Awarded at Palm Springs
{mosimage}BRATISLAVA: Slovakia noted its first festival win of the year with Zuzana Liova's debut film The House (www.fogndesirefilms.com), which won the New Voices / New Visions Award at the Palm…
Hungarian Film Week Revived with 43rd Edition
{mosimage}BUDAPEST: The 43 Hungarian Film Week will take place from 2-5 February 2012 in Budapest under the leadership of BélaTarr who is reviving the tradition of a pre-Berlin slot for…
Digital Screens Top 50 Percent in Europe
More than 52% of screens in Europe have been digitalized as of the end of 2011 according to a new report by the European Audiovisual Observatory (www.obs.coe.int) and Media Salles.
Istanbul, My Dream to be Released in Hungary
{mosimage}BUDAPEST: Ferenc Török's third feature film Istanbul, My Dream will hit Hungarian cinemas on 16 February 2012. The story written by Török follows a woman who finds herself in Istanbul…
Croatian box office success to open in Bosnia and Lithuania
{mosimage}ZAGREB: Croatian director Daniel Kušan's hit film for children Koko and the Ghosts and is hitting the cinemas in Bosnia in 19 January and in Lithuania in 27 January 2012.
Hungarian 2012 Grants Announced
BUDAPEST: Károly Ujj Mészáros's first feature, Liza, the Fox Fairy, János Szász's The Notebook and Gyula Nemes's Zero received a total amount of 400 M HUF as production grants from…
Wide Release for Czech Animated Film
{mosimage}PRAGUE: The Czech animated film Fimfarum Third Time Lucky (www.maurfilm.com) is being released on 50 prints in France by distribution company Cinema Public Films. The film is the latest in…
Holland Plans Film on Czech Martyr
{mosimage}PRAGUE: Polish director Agnieszka Holland is preparing to direct a film on Jan Palach, who died of self-immolation during the Czechoslovak protests of 1969. The news was made public as…
Turkish Series Conquers Hungary
{mosimage}BUDAPEST: The Turkish crime show Ezel has been breaking TV viewer records in Hungary since its debut in April 2011. According to Today's Zaman, Turkish programmes have become the most…
FNE at Berlinnale 2012: Romanian and Polish actors in EFP Shooting Stars lineup
{mosimage}WARSAW: Polish actor Jakub Gierszal and Romanian actress Ana Ularu will join the European Promotion (EFP, www.efp-online.com) Shooting Stars 2012 lineup at the Berlinnale this year.
PRODUCTION: International doc coproduction Gangster of Love shooting in Croatia
ZAGREB: Croatian director Nebojsa Slijepcevic is in production with a Croatian-Romanian-German documentary Gangsters of Love that follows a matchmaker that is helping a single mother to find a husband while…
EKRAN Training Programme Deadline - 31 January 2012
WARSAW: The Wajda Studio (www.wajdastudio.pl) has announced a 31 January 2012 deadline for the 2012 EKRAN Training Program for Film Professionals. Nine participant teams of three persons each will be…
