Polish Promotional Video: Poland. Find Your Location
WARSAW: Check out what Poland has to offer as a shooting location with this new video just released by the Film Commission Poland.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Applications Open for Camp 4SCIENCE
Camp 4SCIENCE is the first international training and co-financing event focused on the development and funding of science documentary films in Central and Eastern Europe. For its 3rd edition, applications…
Czech WebTV Series Pushes Boundaries of Traditional Media
PRAGUE: Blanik Office, a series made for the internet and streamed online has become such a success in the Czech Republic that a third season is expected soon.
PRODUCTION: Adina Pintilie in Preparation with Touch Me Not
BUCHAREST: Adina Pintilie is planning to shoot her debut feature in Romania and Germany in June-August 2015.
FNE at When East Meets West/Trieste FF: WEMW Announces Winners
TRIESTE: Wojciech Staron's Brothers won the HBO Europe Award for the best project in Last Stop Trieste, a new section of When East Meets West pitching market running from 18…
Ivan Ostrochovský’s Debut Feature Koza Nominated for the Best First Feature Award at the Berlin Film Festival
BRATISLAVA: One year after Velvet Terrorists, Ivan Ostrochovský returns to Berlinale (5-15 February 2015) with his debut feature Koza (www.kozamovie.com) nominated for the Best First Feature Award of the Forum…
FNE at When East Meets West/Trieste FF: Interviews with Cristina Sain and Alessandro Gropplero
TRIESTE: Cristina Sain, the president of Trieste Film Festival told FNE that the financial situation of the festival has improved in the last few years, while Alessandro Gropplero, who runs…
Polish Film in Berlinale Forum Expanded
WARSAW: The Performer, the debut feature of Łukasz Ronduda and Maciej Sobieszczanski, was selected for Berlinale Forum Expanded (5-15 February 2015).
Romania with Best Admissions in 14 Years and Box Office on the Rise
BUCHAREST: In 2014 admissions in Romania surpassed 10.1m, with Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies topping the chart.
Crowdfunding Campaign for Eleftheria – Woman of Cyprus
NICOSIA: The independent feature Eleftheria – Woman of Cyprus is currently in preproduction hoping to raise 0.5m USD on Indiegogo until 28 January 2015. American star Olympia Dukakis has agreed…
New Distribution Manager for CEE and Russia Appointed by Turner Broadcasting System
WARSAW: Turner Broadcasting System has appointed Dominik Tzimas as the new Distribution Manager for Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. Tzimas will work in the Warsaw office.
French TV Series Section Zero Shooting in Sofia
SOFIA: The first season of a French futuristic political series Section Zero by the famous TV director Olivier Marchal, has started shooting in Sofia. It is the most expensive French…
Romanian Producer Ada Solomon Returns to the Berlinale Competition with Radu Jude's Aferim!
BUCHAREST: Radu Jude's ambitious historical drama Aferim! was selected for Berlinale's Competition (5-15 February 2015), two years after Peter Călin Netzer's Child's Pose (Parada Film), also produced by Ada Solomon,…
Croatian Box Office Down Compared to Record-Breaking 2013
ZAGREB: The Croatian box office decreased 6.74% year-on-year compared to 2013 which was packed with local hits. In 2014. Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies tops the chart.
Czech FITES Trilobit Beroun 2014 Award to Expert Supervision of the Sunrise
PRAGUE: The Czech Film and Television Association FITES with the support of the town of Beroun awarded its top prize for best Czech feature film of 2014 to director Pavel…
FESTIVALS: CEE Films in the Panorama Section of Berlinale
BERLIN: Romanian and Lithuanian coproductions, Why Me? directed by Tudor Giurgiu and The Summer of Sangailé by Alanté Kavaïté, as well as a Czech documentary Daniel’s World by Veronika Liskova,…
FESTIVALS: Cyprus Film Days Announces Call for Entries for its International Competition
NICOSIA: Cyprus Film Days will present a separate international competition section, Glocal Images, for the 5th consecutive year. The deadline for applications is 13 February 2015. The 13th edition of…
When East Meets West Kicks Off
TRIESTE: Along with 22 projects in development selected for pitching, the 5th edition of When East Meets West Trieste (18-20 January) is launching two new initiatives dedicated to films in…
Oscar Nominations for Polish, Estonian and Georgian Films
LOS ANGELES: Nominations for the upcoming Academy Awards were announced on 15 January 2015. Ida by Paweł Pawlikowski was nominated in two categories, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography.…
FESTIVALS: New CEE Films Selected for Berlinale
BERLIN: Polish minority coproduction The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills and a Slovak/Czech coproduction Goat/Koza have been selected for the Forum section of the Berlin Film…
