FESTIVALS: Brazil’s Stories Wins Sofia IFF Grand Prix

{mosimage}SOFIA: The 16th Sofia International Festival (www.siff.bg) jury headed by director David Mackenzie gave its top prize to Julia Murat's lyrical debut Stories Only Exist When Remembered, a 2011 Brazilian-Argentinean-French…
18-03-2012

Palace Cinemas Drives Cinema City Growth

International exhibitor Cinema City posted 14% increase in revenues in 2011, for a total of 267.5 million euros.
18-03-2012

PRODUCTION: Cricket and Antoinette in Development

ZAGREB: Darko Bakliza is in development with Cricket and Antoinette, and 80 minute animated film produced by Dino Krpan and Diedra (www.diedra.hr).
18-03-2012

New date for Polish Eagles Awards

{mosimage}Warsaw: The annual Polish Eagles awards for best Polish films of the year will be held on Monday 19 March 2012 after being cancelled due to a day of national…
16-03-2012

Top doc maker Mandy Rose at East Doc Platform 2012

PRAGUE: Award winning documentary maker Mandy Rose revealed what industry and commissioners can expect from innovations in the new world of participatory documentary (PD) making at a master class at…
16-03-2012

Frankenstein’s Army Shooting in Czech Republic

{mosimage}Dutch director/writer Richard Raaphorst has begun filming the horror movie Frankenstein's Army in the Czech Republic.
15-03-2012

FESTIVALS: Arsenals Festival to End

{mosimage}RIGA: The organizers of Latvia's international film festival Arsenals (www.arsenals.lv) announced that there will be no further editions of the festival.
15-03-2012

Polish critics award Erratum as top film of 2011

{mosimage}WARSAW: Film critics of the Polish Filmmakers Association and FIPRESCI have chosen the best productions of the year.
15-03-2012

Crulic – The Path to Beyond Sells Across Europe

{mosimage}BUCHAREST: Crulic - The Path to Beyond, Anca Damian's animated long documentary inspired by the death of a Romanian in a Polish prison, has been sold to Germany, Austria, Italy…
14-03-2012

Domestic Film Attendance Soars in Finland

Domestic attendance for Finnish films increased 52 percent in the first two months of 2012, reaching 670,000 admissions.
14-03-2012

Open Call for Dragon Forum Pitching

{mosimage}KRAKOW: The documentary film pitching forum Dragon Forum, held 30 May - 3 June 2012 during the Krakow Film Festival (www.kff.com.pl), is accepting applications through 26 April.
14-03-2012

PRODUCTION: The Mysterious Boy in Development in Croatia

ZAGREB: Dražen Žarković plans to shoot The Mysterious Boy, a sequel to the box office success Koko and the Ghosts,in November-December 2012.
14-03-2012

Lithuania Announces 2012 Film Grants

The Lithuanian Ministry of Culture has announced 4,233,360 LT (1.22 million EUR) in film grants for 14 feature, documentary and animated films.
14-03-2012

Poland Signs Film Agreement with France

WARSAW: The Polish and French Ministers of Culture have signed an agreement covering film coproductions between the two countries, replacing an outdated 1970 agreement.
13-03-2012

PRODUCTION: Cowboys in Preproduction

ZAGREB: Tomislav Mršić plans to shoot Cowboys, a comedic drama about eight people facing their lifetime opportunity to put on a theatre production, based on a popular Croatian play.
13-03-2012

PRODUCTION: Magna cum fraudae in Development

BUCHAREST: Producer Iuliana Tarnoveţchi and Alien Film (www.alienfilm.ro) are developing Magna cum fraudae, a feature planned to shoot in Romania, Denmark, France and Spain. The Romanian producer signed a deal…
12-03-2012

Gypsy, The House Dominate Sun in Net Nominations

{mosimage}BRATISLAVA: The House (www.fogndesirefilms.com) directed by Zuzana Liova and Gypsy (www.infilm.cz) directed by Martin Sulik each received 12 nominations for the 2012 Slovak national film awards, Sun in a Net,…
12-03-2012

PRODUCTION: Company of Heroes Filming in Bulgaria

SOFIA: A Hollywood film based on the video game of the same name Company of Heroes is spending the month of March filming in Bulgaria.
12-03-2012

PRODUCTION: Raw and Cooked in Development

BUCHAREST: Gabriel Achim (Adalbert's Dream/Visul lui Adalbert) is developing Raw and Cooked, a political black comedy fantasy about the last days of Nicolae Ceauşescu. The story takes place on 22…
11-03-2012

PRODUCTION: The Reaper in Development

ZAGREB: Zvonimir Juric is developing The Reaper, a drama with four stories connected by an accidental death, produced by Ankica Juric Tilic and Kinorama (www.kinorama.hr).
11-03-2012