Malgorzata Szumowska's Body in Berlinale's Official Competition

WARSAW: Body by Malgorzata Szumowska, member of this year’s European Shooting Stars jury and director of In the Name of produced by MD4, has been selected for the Official Competition…
15-01-2015

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino Kuvakukko

This month we speak to Paul Staufenbiel, the head of Kino Kuvakukko from Kuopio, Finland. Located in the centre of the town, the cinema theatre was founded in 1939 and…
15-01-2015

PRODUCTION: Filip Renč Preps The Devil’s Mistress aka Lída Baarová

PRAGUE: After 14 years in preparation, Filip Renč’s highly anticipated Lída Baarová about the famous Czech actress and her relationship with Joseph Goebbels, will start shooting in March 2015. Slovak…
14-01-2015

The Priest’s Children Expected to Open in 16 Territories in 2015

ZAGREB: Vinko Brešan’s comedy The Priest’s Children sold almost 114,000 tickets worldwide in 2014 scoring especially highly in Germany and Brazil.
14-01-2015

Petr Jákl's English Language Ghoul to Hit Czech Cinemas on 26 February

PRAGUE: Petr Jákl's horror movie Ghoul will have its world premiere in 2D and 3D in the Czech Republic on 26 February 2015. It is a highly anticipated event as…
14-01-2015

Projects from Bulgaria and Georgia Selected for the Berlinale Co-Production Market

BERLIN: Two projects by Ivaylo Markov and the duo Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross are among 36 feature film projects from 28 countries selected for the 12th annual Berlinale Co-Production…
14-01-2015

PRODUCTION: Marian Crişan in Postproduction with Orizont

BUCHAREST: Romanian director Marian Crişan is in postproduction on Orizont and plans to release it in late 2015.
14-01-2015

Gods and Leviathan Awarded with Golden Tapes

WARSAW: The Polish section of FIPRESCI together with the Polish Filmmakers Association announced the winners of The Golden Tapes awards for best films screened in Polish cinemas in 2014. The…
13-01-2015

Obituaries: Polish filmmakers Tadeusz Konwicki and Krzysztof Krauze

WARSAW: Poland is mourning the loss of two of Poland’s greatest filmmakers, writer, director and screenwriter Taduesz Konwicki and director and screenwriter Krzysztof Krauze.
13-01-2015

Italian Feature to Start Shooting in Malta in May

VALLETTA: Claudio Malaponti‘s E l’angelo partì da lei is the first result in Malta of the Euro Screen Interreg IVC, a project launched by the non-profit organization Fondazzjoni Temi Zammit…
13-01-2015

FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month – Ileana Cecanu, Freealize

FNE together with Europa Distribution is launching a new chapter of the Distributor of the Month section. This time we focus on new strategies in film distribution and the importance…
13-01-2015

Bulgaria Celebrates 100 Years of National Cinema

SOFIA: Bulgaria’s most important governmental institutions and cultural organizations will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Bulgarian cinema today, 13 January, which has been designated as the official Day of Bulgarian…
13-01-2015

FESTIVALS: Trieste Film Festival Announces Lineup

TRIESTE: The 26th edition of Trieste Film Festival will take place from 16 to 22 January with 37 films screening in three competitive sections.
13-01-2015

The Way Out Tops Nominations for Czech Critics’ Awards

PRAGUE: Fourteen films are competing in eight categories at the 5th edition of the CzechCritics´ Awards organized by the Czech Critics Association.
12-01-2015

Two BAFTA Nominations for Ida

WARSAW: Pawel Pawlikowski's Ida has been nominated for BAFTA Film Awards in the Foreign Film category, and also for Cinematography (Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski).
12-01-2015

FESTIVALS: Bulgarian Minority Coproduction to Open the 65th Berlinale

SOFIA: Isabel Coixet's Nobody Wants the Night will open the 65th Berlin International Film Festival on February 5. The Spanish-French-Bulgarian coproduction is competing for the Golden Bear.
12-01-2015

FESTIVALS: Vilnius IFF Announces Line Up

VILNIUS: Eight films will compete in the New Europe – New Names section of the 20th Kino Pavasaris International Film Festival, one of the biggest film events in Lithuania running…
12-01-2015

Eurimages Funds Eight CEE Coproductions

STRASBOURG: Eurimages decided support for 15 coproductions including the new films of Cristi Puiu, Kristijonas Vildziunas, Ralitza Petrova, Teona Strugar Mitevska, Emin Alper and Ümit Köreken at its 137th meeting…
12-01-2015

Obituaries: Hungarian Filmmakers Janos Zsombolyai and Andras Erkel

BUDAPEST: Hungarian film has lost two of its leading filmmakers. Veteran film director and cinematographer Janos Zsombolyai (75) passed away on 4 January and acclaimed animator Andras Erkel (52) on…
12-01-2015

CEE Films Nominated for Oscars and Golden Globes

Ida, Tangerines and Corn Island are among the nine foreign films shortlisted from a number of 83 originally submitted for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Ida and Tangerines are…
06-01-2015