Endorfilm Wins HBO Competition

JIHLAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC: The Czech production company Endorfilm (www.endorfilm.cz) and documentary director Dagmar Smrzova won the East Silver HBO competition for a documentary project with Pribeh Lasky (The Story of…
01-11-2011

Verbascum Begins Mass Documentary Distribution

JIHLAVA: Czech producer/distributor Richard Nemec is teaming up with the Jihlava IDFF (www.dokument-festival.cz) to simultaneously distribute a slate of five Czech documentaries in cinemas throughout the Czech Republic.
01-11-2011

Bruce Willis Not Shooting Die Hard 6 in Prague

PRAGUE: The Czech Republic came up short in a bid for locations of the the new Hollywood movie Die Hard 6 which is scheduled to be shot in 2012. Prague…
31-10-2011

PRODUCTION: TVN Medical Series Alicia's Hospital

TORUN: Polish private broadcaster TVN had moved into production with Alicia's Hospital, a new medical drama series. The show will premiere in 2012.
31-10-2011

PRODUCTION: Lithuanian documentary Zone in Postproduction

The Lithuanian documentary film Zone (Nebalta drobė) directed by Jurga Naraškevičiūtė is now in postproduction.
31-10-2011

Lithuanian documentary Zone in Postproduction

The Lithuanian documentary film Zone (Nebalta drobė) directed by Jurga Naraškevičiūtė is now in postproduction.
31-10-2011

PRODUCTION: Conspiracy in Postproduction

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak directorial duo Gabriel Hoštaj and Roman Lazar are in post-production with Conspiracy, a feature debut for both artists, which should be completed by the end of 2011.
31-10-2011

Conspiracy in Postproduction

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak directorial duo Gabriel Hoštaj and Roman Lazar are in post-production with Conspiracy, a feature debut for both artists, which should be completed by the end of 2011.
31-10-2011

POLAND: New must-carry/must-offer regulation may lead to copyright infringement

On the basis of the latest amendment of the broadcasting law which came into force on August 10, 2011, the must-carry obligation imposed on the operators was significantly reshaped. Eventually,…
30-10-2011

POLAND: Collective rights management organizations wants tariffs authorized by Copyright Commission

At the moment there are several proceedings pending before the Copyright Commission initiated by collective rights management organizations ("CRMOs") like: ZAiKS, SFP, ZASP, which are aim to have their table…
30-10-2011

Bakhmaro, Solar Eclipse Win Top Awards at Jihlava

JIHLAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC: Czech director Martin Marecek took home two of the main prizes at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival Festival (www.dokument-festival.com) at the awards ceremony on 29 October…
30-10-2011

Obsurantist Wins FNE Visegrad Prix at Jihlava

JIHLAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC: Obscurantist and His Lineage or the Pyramids' Tearful Valleys (Tmář a jeho rod aneb Slzavé údolí pyramid, Czech Republic/Slovakia, 2011) by legendary Czech experimental documentary filmmaker Karel…
30-10-2011

PRODUCTION: A Fold in My Blanket Completes Shooting

TBILISI: Zaza Rusadze's feature debut A Fold in My Blanket (produced by Zazarfilm, www.zazarusadze.com) is wrapping the principal shooting.
30-10-2011

PRODUCTION: Across the Mountain in Development

BUCHAREST: Ileana Stănculescu, whose first documentary The Bridge/Podul peste Tisa won First Appereance Award at IDFA in 2004, is developing Across the Mountain, a creative documentary about the friendship between…
27-10-2011

FNE at Regiofun: Polish Documentary on Jewish Culture Completes Filming

KATOWICE: Paweł Gula has moved into post-production with his film Jewish Shtetle, a project exploring the coexistence of Jewish and Polish culture in Świętokrzyskie Province.
27-10-2011

Tomorrow in Development

TBILISI: The young Georgian director/scriptwriter Keti Machavarian is in development with her second feature film, Tomorrow. The film is produced by Sopo Bazgadze.
27-10-2011

PRODUCTION: From Romania to Zion in Preproduction

BUCHAREST: Producer-director Oana Giurgiu is in preproduction with From Romania to Zion, a long documentary on Jewish immigration from Romania to Israel and the present relations between both countries. She…
27-10-2011

FNE at Jihlava Film Festival: Polish-Italian Doc Pays Tribute to Venice

JIHLAVA: Polish documentary director Agnieszka Magdalena Podkowka fell in love when she came to Venice the city where she met her Italian husband Giuseppe Trevisin. Serenissima is her tribute to…
26-10-2011

Romanian Documentary Survey - 2011

BUCHAREST: Romanian documentaries were catapulted into the international spotlight with the success of several films in the last two years. Andrei Ujică's The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu/Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceauşescu…
26-10-2011

Georgian Seagull Gets Eurimages Funds

TBILISI: Seagull / Chaika, a coproduction between Georgia, Spain, France and Russia, received a grant of 210,000 euros from Eurimages. The feature film is produced with 20% of its funding…
26-10-2011