Eurimages Supports Ten CEE Coproductions

PRAGUE: Eurimages announces support for 31 coproductions including ten coproductions involving CEE countries. A total amount of 7,745,000 EUR goes to 27 features, three documentaries and one animation film.
23-06-2015

Kino Pavasaris to Screen Festival Films All Around the Year

VILNIUS: Vilnius International Film Festival Kino Pavasaris launched a programme allowing festival films to be screeneed throughout the year.
23-06-2015

FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Xavier Henry-Rashid

This month we take a break from out usual distributors list and we speak with Xavier Henry-Rashid, Managing Director at Film Republic, a London-based world sales agency specialised in art…
23-06-2015

PRODUCTION: Swiss Croatian Animation Project Chris the Swiss Begins Production in Zagreb

ZAGREB: Anja Kofmel’s Swiss/Croatian coproduction Chris the Swiss began production in Zagreb mid-June 2015. This is the first animated film benefiting from the incentives scheme launched by HAVC in 2012.
22-06-2015

OBITUARY: Slovak Director Vladimír Mičúch aka Aramisova

BRATISLAVA: Promising Slovak director Vladimír Mičúch, known as Aramisova has died on 19 June 2015. He was 42-years old.
22-06-2015

PRODUCTION: TVN Shoots Australian Series Adaptation

WARSAW: TVN has started producing Aż po sufit, the Polish version of the Australian series Packed to the Rafters. Academy Award nominated Bartosz Konopka and Julia Kolberger are directing.
22-06-2015

An Wins 1st Edition of Valletta Film Festival

VALLETTA: Naomi Kawase's An won the Triton award for Best Film at the 1st edition of the first competitive film festival in Malta, Valletta Film Festival which wrapped 21 June…
22-06-2015

General Assembly of the FERA Urges EU to Enact Five Point Action Plan

LJUBLJANA: Delegates meeting at the General Assembly of the Federation of European Film Directors (FERA) called on members of the European Commission and Parliament to enact FERA’s five point action…
19-06-2015

Hungarian Classics to be Distributed on VOD in the US

BUDAPEST: Cinemadanube.com has signed an agreement with the Hungarian National Digital Archive (MaNDA), for the VOD distribution of 46 Hungarian classics in the US.
19-06-2015

CEE Projects to be Pitched at the 26th Cartoon Forum in Toulouse

TOULOUSE: Projects from Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia will be pitched at the 26th edition of Cartoon Forum, the coproduction platform for European animation series (15-18 September 2015).
19-06-2015

EAVE Heads for Lithuania and Czech Republic in 2016

VILNIUS: EAVE Producers Workshop 2016 will take place in Luxembourg, Lithuania and Czech Republic. The deadline for application is 18 September 2015.
19-06-2015

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Projects Selected for the 13th Ex Oriente Film

Institute of Documentary Film (IDF) is proud to present 12 upcoming documentary projects from the Central and Eastern Europe that have been selected for 13th edition of Ex Oriente Film.
19-06-2015

Art Film Fest Awaits MIDPOINT Script Development Workshops

TRENCIANSKE TEPLICE/TRENCIN: The 6th edition of MIDPOINT Script Development Workshops for feature films and short films will have its first part at the 23rd Art Film Fest (19-26 June 2015).
18-06-2015

The Lake Begins Shooting in Croatia

ZAGREB: Steven Quale’s action thriller The Lake, produced by Luc Besson through EuropaCorp started shooting in Croatia on 17 June 2015. The film is the most ambitious international production filming…
18-06-2015

UNIC Annual Report Shows Box Office Gains in CEE Countries

BRUSSELS: The Annual Report 2014-2015 of the International Union of Cinemas,UNIC shows that the overall box office as well as the market share of national films in the CEE countries…
18-06-2015

Successful Opening for Son of Saul Domestically

BUDAPEST: László Nemes’s debut feature Son of Saul opened third at the Hungarian box office and sold 10,541 tickets in its first weekend. It was also selected as the official…
18-06-2015

Bollywood Comes to Bulgaria

SOFIA: Indian film actor/director/producer Ajay Devgn is currently looking at locations in Bulgaria for his second feature set to be shot in January 2016, as he has decided to also…
17-06-2015

Two Lottery Tickets Starts Crowdfunding Campaign

BUCHAREST: Paul Negoescu launched a crowdfunding compaign on Indiegogo for his independent feature Two Lottery Tickets/Doua lozuri. His aim is to collect 7,650 USD in 19 days.
17-06-2015

SPI International to Launch FilmBox Baltic and Fast&FunBox in Latvia

RIGA: Movie channel FilmBox Baltic and the extreme-sports channel Fast&FunBox will be launched by SPI International on the telecom operator SIA Lattelecom.
17-06-2015

TVP Polonia To Ask Viewers What They Want

WARSAW: TVP Polonia the public channel for Poles abroad will receive 11.3 m PLN in public funding for 2015 according to the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
17-06-2015