Bartas wins top Lithuanian awards

Šarūnas Bartas won the best director and best film awards for Eastern Drift at the Lithuanian Film and TV industry Silver Crane Awards held in Vilnius on May 28. For…
30-05-2010

Slovak film finds private support

Beginning July 1, 2010, Slovak Film and Television Academy (www.sfta.sk) will launch a partnership with private television JOJ (www.joj.sk) and Slovak beer producer Zlaty Bazant (www.heinekenslovensko.sk) to support distribution of…
30-05-2010

East European Film Alliance chooses 14 film projects

The East European Film Alliance (EEFA, www.eefa-eu.org) has selected 14 film projects to participate in the EEFA Training Network 2010. The projects will receive one year of online assistance along…
30-05-2010

Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Tomorrow Will be Better

Dorota Kędzierzawska's Gdynia competition film Tomorrow Will be Better tells the story of three homeless Russian boys who travel to Poland in search of a better life, with the universal…
27-05-2010

Krakow 50th Anniversary Special: Festival preview

The 50th anniversary edition of the Krakow Film Festival (May 31 - June 6) will present 89 documentary, animated and short films will participating in three competitions. The competition films…
27-05-2010

Krakow 50th Anniversary Special: Jonas Mekas in Krakow

This year the Dragon of Dragons award, given by the Krakow Film Festival (May 31 - June 6) since 1998 to the eminent documentary and animated filmmakers, will go to…
27-05-2010

Krakow 50th Anniversary Special: Krakow documentary premieres

The 50th Krakow Film Festival (May 31-June 6) is going to present the next part of the cycle ‘Krakow Documentary Premieres', consisting of films chosen from foreign film festivals which…
27-05-2010

Krakow 50th Anniversary Special: Events Schedule

The 50th Krakow Film Festival, which takes place May 31 - June 1, has announced its complete schedule of events and ceremonies.
27-05-2010

Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Rite of Passage

In Rite of Passage, director Janusz Majewski creates an image of turbulent events in post-WWII Poland, seen trough the eyes of boys on the verge of their adult life.
26-05-2010

Krakow 50th Anniversary Special: "Somewhere in Europe"

"Somewhere in Europe" is one of the thematic cycles of the jubilee, 50th Krakow Film Festival, which runs May 31 - June 1. The cycle consists primarily of documentaries from…
26-05-2010

Krakow 50th Anniversary Special: International Jury

The 50th Krakow Film Festival (May 31 - June 1) of documentary and short films will host eight juries selecting films in the categories of best documentary, best short, and…
26-05-2010

Krakow 50th Anniversary Special: Film Market and Industry Zone

Krakow Film Festival, which marks its 50th jubilee edition May 31 - June 6, will once again operate a film market and Industry Zone along with the Dragon Forum workshop…
26-05-2010

FNE at Gdynia FF 2010: Polish Film Institute Awards Film Boosters

The Polish Film Institute held a celebratory gala in the Polish seaside resort of Sopot last night (26 May) to recognize the achievements of film professionals in promoting and developing…
26-05-2010

Romania to launch 3D TV

Romania will see the the first 3D TV channel on air in 2010, with the planned launch of Central European Media Enterprises' (CME, www.cetv-net.com) Pro TV 3D in the fall.…
25-05-2010

Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Million Dollars

With his Gdynia main competition film Million Dollar, Polish director Janusz Kondratiuk crafts a fast-paced comedy about contemporary Poland with people adrift following the transformation of the country.
25-05-2010

Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Silence

Based on a true story, Sławomir Pstrong's debut film Silence explores the lives of families who lost their children in a tragic accident. The film will premiere at the Gdyia…
25-05-2010

Italian film fund reaches out to CEE neighbors

Central European filmmakers are the target of a regional film fund operating in northeastern Italy: the FVG Audiovisual Regional Fund headquartered in Udine, Italy. The fund operates in tandem with…
24-05-2010

Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition Three Minutes. 21:37

In Three Minutes. 21:37 director Maciej Ślesicki explores the image of contemporary Poland in the moment of grief after the death of Pope John Paul II. The cast of popular…
24-05-2010

Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: If You Go Away

If You Go Away, the feature film debut from Ewa Stankiewicz, is the emotional story of two people who struggle to find themselves after personal loss. Stankiewicz,a graduate of Łódź…
24-05-2010

Slovenia prepared two new film/TV laws

The Slovenian government has introduced two new laws for covering film, video and TV production.Both have to be ratified, but are expected to pass before the parliament adjourns for summer…
23-05-2010