Record Month for Malta Film Industry

VALLETTA: June 2011 is going down as a record-breaking month for Malta's film service industry, with at least five films and TV productions planning to shoot in the island nation.
08-06-2011

Czech Station Ends Broadcasts

Czech station TV Public, which was broadcast by satellite on UPC, ceased broadcasts as of 1 June 2011.
08-06-2011

FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition: Essential Killing

Jerzy Skolimowski tackles the themes of war drama and imperialism in his challenging artistic drama, Essential Killing, considered one of the most significant Polish films of the year. Skolimowski portrays…
08-06-2011

EAVE Graduates in Production

EAVE has announced films currently in preparation or production by graduates of the production programme. The line-up includes six films with the participation of CEE producers.
08-06-2011

Polish Film Institute Awards Film Professionals

Film professionals who had an exceptional part in promoting Polish cinema in 2010 were awarded by the Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl, PFI) during the celebratory opening of the 36th Polish…
07-06-2011

FESTIVALS: Cyprus Upgrades Short Film Fest

LIMASSOL: The Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture and the Rialto Theater have announced that the Short Film and Short Documentary Festival has been upgraded and renamed the International Short…
07-06-2011

TV Barrandov Gets Cash Infusion

PRAGUE: TV Barrandov has received an additional 4 million euros investment, raising the total investment into the station to nearly CZK 900 million, or 36 million euros.
07-06-2011

PRODUCTION: Süskind Filming in Romania

BUCHAREST: Rudolf van den Berg's feature film Süskind is a war drama based on true events. In Amsterdam, 1942, Walter Süskind, a Jew, befriended SS officer Ferdinand Aus der Funten…
07-06-2011

PRODUCTION: Süskind Filming in Romania

BUCHAREST: Rudolf van den Berg's feature film Süskind is a war drama based on true events. In Amsterdam, 1942, Walter Süskind, a Jew, befriended SS officer Ferdinand Aus der Funten…
07-06-2011

FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition: Suicide Room

In his feature debut Suicide Room, Jana Komasa creates a thrilling story about the dangers of modern technology and the problems of the young generation.
07-06-2011

FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition: The Mill And the Cross

Lech Majewski has created an artistic and challenging drama inspired by Pieter Brueghel's art in The Mill and the Cross.
06-06-2011

Malta Film Fund Launched

The government of Malta has officially launched the new Malta Film Fund, with €233,000 to develop and produce feature, documentary, and short films.
06-06-2011

CICAE Extends Deadline

CICAE, the international federation of arthouse cinemas, has announced the extension of the deadline for the September training sessions. The new deadline is 16 June 2011.
06-06-2011

PRODUCTION: Estonia Marks Film Centennial with Mega-Film

TALLINN: The Estonian NGO Cinema Bus (www.kinobuss.ee), which tours the country with film and animation workshops and screens films in rural areas, has initiated an ambitious project to produce a…
06-06-2011

PRODUCTION: Crulic - The Path To Beyond in Postproduction

BUCHAREST: Writer-director Anca Damian (Crossing Dates) is in postproduction with a long animated feature Crulic - The Path to Beyond, a Romanian-Polish coproduction based on the tragic story of Claudiu…
06-06-2011

PRODUCTION: Crulic - The Path To Beyond in Postproduction

BUCHAREST: Writer-director Anca Damian (Crossing Dates) is in postproduction with a long animated feature Crulic - The Path to Beyond, a Romanian-Polish coproduction based on the tragic story of Claudiu…
06-06-2011

Film Funding Proposed in Bulgaria

SOFIA: The Bulgarian government has proposed 16.6 million leva for film funding in 2012, according to a statement by the Minister of Culture Vezhdi Rashidov on 3 June 2011.
05-06-2011

FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition: Italians

In his drama Italians Łukasz Barczyk create a dream-like image of passion and betrayal, where reality is mixed with the memories of his characters.
05-06-2011

FNE at TIFF Romanian Film Days: Different Mothers

BUCHAREST: Different Mothers (Despre alte mame), the feature film debut from Mihai Ionescu and Tiberiu Iordan is based on a true story narrated by famed Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski in…
05-06-2011

FNE at TIFF Romanian Film Days: If the Seed Doesn’t Die

BUCHAREST: If the Seed Doesn't Die (Dacă bobul nu moare) from Serbian-Romanian director Sinisa Dragin tells the story of two fathers, a Romanian searching for his daughter who was forced…
05-06-2011