TVP and ZDF to Coproduce Mini-series
WARSAW: Poland’s public broadcaster TVP will co-produce a mini-series about Polish-German relations with Germany’s ZDF and 3Sat.
FESTIVALS: 55th Zlin FF Opens Today
ZLIN: The 55th edition of the Zlin Film Festival for Children and Youth opens 29 May and runs through 4 June 2015.
FNE at TIFF Romanian Days: Bucharest Non-Stop
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Writer/director Dan Chişu will show his 5th film, the independent feature Bucharest Non-Stop/Bucureşti non-stop as a world premiere in the Romanian Days at Transilvania IFF (29 May-7 June 2015).
FNE at TIFF Romanian Days: Bondoc
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The long documentary Bondoc directed by Mihai Mincan, Cristian Delcea and Mihai Voinea tells the story of a lonely chess master. The film will have its world premiere in…
FNE at TIFF Romanian Days: Station #15033
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Iulia Matei’s independent long documentary Staţia #15033/Station #15033 will have its world premiere out of the competition in the Romanian Days at Transilvania International Film Festival (29 May-7 June…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex-Oriente Heads to Croatia
Documentary filmmakers have until 1 June 2015 to submit their projects for Ex-Oriente, which will kick off in Croatia in July.
PRODUCTION: Polish-French-German Coproduction Marie Curie Shoots in Krakow
KRAKOW: Marie Curie, a biographical costume drama about Maria Skłodowska-Curie, is being shot at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.
PRODUCTION: Marko Skop Completes Eva Nova for Fall Release
BRATISLAVA: Slovak producer/writer/director Marko Skop is in postproduction with the dramatic feature Eva Nova starring the legendary Slovak actress Emilia Vasaryova.
FNE at TIFF Romanian Days: The World Is Mine
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Nicolae Constantin Tănase's debut feature, The World Is Mine/Lumea e a mea, an independent production from Tudor Giurgiu through Libra Film, will have its world premiere in the national…
FNE at TIFF Romanian Days: Toto and His Sisters
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Alexander Nanau's acclaimed documentary Toto and His Sisters/Toto şi surorile lui will screen in the national competition Romanian Days at Transilvania IFF (29 May-7 June 2015).
PRODUCTION: Michalek Completing Holidays in Provence
PRAGUE: Czech director Vladimir Michalek is in postproduction with a comedy, Holidays in Provence, scheduled for release in September 2015.
Estonian Producers Union Joins FAIPF
TALLINN: The Estonian National Film Producers Union (ERPÜ) announced that it was accepted into the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) during organization’s General Assembly in Cannes on May…
FNE at TIFF Romanian Days: Self-portrait of a Dutiful Daughter
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Ana Lungu's award-winning independent debut feature Self-portrait of a Dutiful Daughter / Autoportretul unei fete cuminţi will be screened in competition in the Romanian Days section of the Transilvania…
FNE at TIFF Romanian Days: Trading Germans
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Răzvan Georgescu’s long documentary Trading Germans / Paşaport de Germania investigates the biggest human trade scandal of the 20th century, when the Romanian communist regime systematically sold German minority…
FNE at TIFF Romanian Days: Be My Cat: A Film for Anne
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Adrian Tofei’s feature film debut Be My Cat: A Film for Anne is the first Romanian found footage horror about a Romanian fan of Anne Hathaway. This independent production…
PRODUCTION: Czech TV Backs Gangster Ka
PRAGUE: Producer Adam Dvorak of Movie is partnering with coproducer Czech TV on a two-part debut crime story, Gangster Ka and Gangster Ka: African.
PRODUCTION: Māris Martinsons in Preproduction with Magic Kimono
RIGA: Director Māris Martinsons will begin shooting a Latvian/Estonian/Japanese feature length modern-day fairytale, Magic Kimono / Maģiskais kimono, in August 2015. The film is a coproduction between Krukfilms in Latvia,…
Czech TV Debuts Nazi-era Reality Show
PRAGUE: A Vacation in the Protectorate, a new docu-reality show which places its participants in a Nazi-occupation type of setting premiered on Czech TV 23 May 2015.
FNE at TIFF Romanian Days: The Treasure
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Awarded Un Certain Talent in Cannes on 23 May 2015, the acclaimed writer/director Corneliu Porumboiu will screen The Treasure/Comoara in the Romanian Days at Transilvania IFF (29 May-7 June…
FNE at Cannes 2015: Cannes Prize Winners
CANNES: The home team scored at the Cannes Film Festival which finished last night with French director Jacques Audiard winning the Palme d’Or for his Dheepan, Emmanuelle Bercot scooping the…
