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…
14-05-2012

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.
14-05-2012

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…
14-05-2012

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…
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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.
13-05-2012

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…
13-05-2012

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…
13-05-2012

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…
13-05-2012

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…
11-05-2012

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…
10-05-2012

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…
10-05-2012

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.…
10-05-2012

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…
10-05-2012

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.
09-05-2012

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.
09-05-2012

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."
08-05-2012

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).
08-05-2012

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…
08-05-2012

FNE at Gdynia Film Festival : Elles

{mosimage}GDYNIA: In her new drama Elles, Małgorzata Szumowska explores the topic of feminine sexuality and its images in the contemporary society. Elles screens in the main competition of the 37th…
07-05-2012

FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: In Darkness

{mosimage}GDYNIA: The Polish Oscar-nominated film In Darkness by Agnieszka Holland competes at the Gdynia Polish Film Festival (www.fpff.pl) running through 12 May 2012.
07-05-2012