Czech Cinema Attendance Down in 2011
PRAGUE: Czech films and cinemas are off to a slow start in the first half of 2011, with numbers approaching 2010 results looking unlikely for the year as a whole.
FESTIVALS: Wroclaw Host 2nd American Film Festival
WROCLAW: The 2nd American Film Festival is scheduled for 15-20 November 2011 in Wroclaw, Poland.
Obituary: Janusz Morgenstern
WARSAW: Polish film director, writer and producer Janusz Morgenstern, whose career spanned six decades, has died at age 89.
FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Competition: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
VENICE: Swedish director Tomas Alfredson brings John Le Carre's 1974 Cold War spy novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to the screen in this big budget European adaptation of the novel.…
Turkish Grants Announced
ISTANBUL: Slightly over $1 million (1.272 million TL) has been distributed to the following films in the summer round of grants from the Turkish Ministry of Culture:
FESTIVALS: Jameson Cinefest Announces Film Line-up
MISKOLC: The 8the Jameson Cinefest Hungary (17-25 September 2011, www.cinefest.hu) has selected 14 films to screen in competition and six films screening out of competition.
PRODUCTION: Closer to the Moon Starts Shooting in Bucharest
BUCHAREST: Nae Caranfil (Restul e tăcere/The Rest Is Silence) writes and directs Closer to the Moon, his first English language feature starring Vera Farmiga and Mark Strong. Filming began on…
FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Competition: Shame
VENICE: British director Steve McQueen follows his critically acclaimed debut, Hunger, about a man who used his body as a political tool to fight for freedom, with Shame, which examines…
FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Screening Alert: Monday, September 5
All parties and events strictly require an invitation from the organisers
TV News Channel Starts Broadcasting in Bulgaria
SOFIA: Bulgaria On Air, registered as part of the Bulgaria On Air Media Group (www.bgonair.bg), will begin broadcasting its 24 hour program on 9 September 2011. According to the Media…
PRODUCTION: Polish Thriller Debut Vulture in Production
WARSAW: Director Eugeniusz Korin is filming Vulture, a new Polish addition to the classic thriller genre. The shoot, which started on the 12 June 2011, is concluding in early of…
FNE at Medias Central European Film Festival: Interview with Radu Gabrea
FNE spoke with Radu Gabrea, the head of the new Central European film festival (www.meceff.ro) located in Medias, Romania, taking place 5-11 September 2011.
FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Competition: A Dangerous Method
VENICE: David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method is a much more conventional film than his recent work with a mostly straight historical recounting of the intersection of the lives of psychiatrists…
FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Competition: Carnage
VENICE: Roman Polanski’s Carnage is an adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s French stage play, God of Carnage, which was one of the most successful international stage hits of the past decade.…
FNE - IDF DocBloc: The Global Town
We follow a successful businessman as he buys land, negotiates with politicians, commissions extensive market surveys and meets with his associates at a major real estate exhibition. He collects art,…
Films Boutique Picks up Two Romanian Films
BUCHAREST: Radu Jude's Everybody in Our Family/Toată lumea din familia noastră and Adrian Sitaru's Best Intentions/Din dragoste, cu cele mai bune intenţii will be sold internationally by the Berlin-based Films…
FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Screening Alerts - Friday, 2 September
All parties and events strictly require an invitation from the organisers
FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Polish coproduction Land of Oblivion premiers in Venice
VENICE: Land of Oblivion, a Polish coproduction directed by Israeli director Michale Boganim and starring Olga Kurylenko and Andrzej Chyra, will have its world premiere on 3 September 2011 in…
Albany Films Picks Up My Name is Ki
WARSAW: The new Paris-based sales company Albany Films International handled by Germain Labeille has picked up Leszek Dawid's debut feature Ki (My name is Ki), which is screening at the…
PRODUCTION: TVN Shooting Series Agatha’s Law
WARSAW: Polish private broadcaster TVN is preparing a new original series entitled Agatha's Law (Prawo Agaty) to premiere in 2012. It will be the first classical law series made in…
