FESTIVALS: Krakow IFF 2014 Winners
KRAKOW: Domino Effect and its directors Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski were the big winners at the 54th Krakow IFF which concluded on 31 May 2014.
Marhoul Lines up International Coproducers for Painted Bird
PRAGUE: Screenwriter, producer and director Vaclav Marhoul signed three preliminary coproduction agreements in Cannes for The Painted Bird.
FNE at TIFF 2014 Cluj Launches City Film Fund
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The mayor of Cluj-Napoca, Emil Boc, announced that it will be the first Romanian town to launch a local fund for cinema. The announcement was made at the Transilvania…
FNE at TIFF 2014: Where Are You Bucharest?
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Vlad Petri’s first feature documentary follows the anti-government protests that took place in Piaţa Universităţii of Bucharest during a year from January 2012 to January 2013.
Wajda Wałesa Biopic Opens in Italy
WARSAW: Andrzej Wajda's film about the Solidarity leader Lech Walesa, Walesa. A Man of Hope will premiere in Italy on 6 June 2014.
FNE at TIFF 2014: Poarta Albă
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Nicolae Mărgineanu continues the investigation of the communist era with Poarta Albă, a feature about the concentration camp of Poarta Albă and the construction of the Danube-Black Sea channel.
FNE at TIFF 2014: The Unsaved
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Selected in the Romanian Days competitive section of Transylvania IFF, The Unsaved/La limita de jos a cerului captures the lack of prospects in contemporary Republic of Moldova through the…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Interview with Polish Filmmaker Aneta Kopacz
Documentary director Aneta Kopacz was in Prague to introduce her award winning film Joanna.
Latvian Animations Find International Sales
RIGA: Latvian animations sell to Europe, Middle East and Russia.
FNE at TIFF 2014: Closer to the Moon
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Closer to the Moon, Nae Caranfil's first English language film had its national premiere on 7 March 2014, and it is competing in Romanian Days section at Transylvania IFF,…
FNE at TIFF 2014: The Crypt
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The Crypt/Cripta aka The Gentleman from the Courtyard/Domnul de la curte is a Romanian-French coproduction starring Serge Riaboukine as a French real estate developer trapped in a courtyard by…
Polo TV Enters the US market
WARSAW: American Dish Network platform will introduce the Polish channel Polo TV on the US market on 2 June 2014.
TVP Signs Cooperation Agreement with Deutsche Welle
WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster TVP and German broadcaster Deutsche Welle signed an agreement on 23 May 2014 on covering TV and film coproduction projects.
FNE at TIFF 2014: The Second Game
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The Second Game/Al doilea joc which had its world premiere in the Forum section of the Berlinale 2014 is set during a local Romanian football match in December 1988,…
FNE at TIFF 2014: Japanese Dog
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Tudor Cristian Jurgiu's first feature Japanese Dog/Câinele japonez was one of the surprises of 2013.
HBO Europe Producing Drama Series in Romania
BUCHAREST: HBO Europe is beginning production on an eight-part, 45 minute TV series Umbre (Small Time Gangster) in Romania in early June.
PRODUCTION: Muntean Preps One Floor Below
BUCHAREST: Radu Muntean is set for an August- September 2014 shooting on One Floor Below, a Romanian-French-Swedish coproduction.
FNE at Cannes FF 2014: See how the FIPRESCI critics rated the programme
FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Cannes Film Festivalto rate the films in the Main Competition, Certain Regard, Quinzaine, and Critics’ Week giving the films 1, 2,…
FNE at Cannes FF 2014: Cannes Awards Winners
CANNES: Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan swept to victory with his three hour plus Winter Sleep which won the Palme d’or at the 67 Cannes International Film Festival.
Czechs and Slovaks Pick up Cannes Films
PRAGUE: Distributors in the Czech and Slovak Republics have picked up a number of films that screened in competition at Cannes.
