PRODUCTION: Călin Peter Netzer Develops Ana, Mon Amour
BUCHAREST: The new project Ana, Mon Amour from the acclaimed writer/director Călin Peter Netzer will investigate the romantic relationship with all its dependencies and crisis situations against the backdrop of…
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: The Lesson
VARNA: The Lesson was inspired by the real story of a teacher caught in a bank robbery attempt. Scriptwriters/directors/producers Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov focused their debut feature on a…
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: Bulgarian Rhapsody
VARNA: The first Bulgarian/Israeli coproduction is representing Bulgaria at the Academy Awards nominations for Best Foreign Language Film. Ivan Nichev’s Bulgarian Rhapsody screens in the main competition of the Varna …
FESTIVALS: Camerimage Readies 22 Edition
BYDGOSZCZ: The 22nd edition of the International Film Festival of the art of Cinematography festival will take place from 15 to 22 November in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz.
Ida Submitted in Five Oscar Categories
WARSAW: Paweł Pawlikowski’s Polish international hit Ida will compete for an Oscar nod not only in the Best Foreign Film category but also in the main competition for Best Directing,…
FNE at Regiofun: UK’s Phoenix Buys Film Rights for Bulgarian Hit TV Series
KATOWICE: UK based international sales and distribution company Phoenix Worldwide Entertainment has bought the rights to turn the hit Bulgarian crime series Undercover into a full length feature film.
Roland Rust Departs Film Festival Cottbus
After working for Film Festival Cottbus since 1992, Roland Rust will move on to address new tasks. He has been the festival's artistic director since 1996 and its director since…
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: Alienation
VARNA: Bulgarian film critics consider Milko Lazarov’s debut feature Alienation the “creative surprise of 2013“. The film screens in the main competition of the Varna Golden Rose Film Festival (11-17…
EFP LA Screenings for Nine CEE Films
European Film Promotion will run LA screenings from 29 October to 10 November for nine CEE films and thirteen European films submitted for consideration as Best Foreign Language Film.
PRODUCTION: Corneliu Porumboiu Starts Shooting The Treasure
BUCHAREST: Acclaimed Romanian writer/director Corneliu Porumboiu returns to the dark humor of his debut feature 12:08 East of Bucharest/A fost sau n-a fost? produced by 42Km Film in 2006 with…
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: Stefan Komandarev’s The Judgment
VARNA: The Judgment is the latest film by internationally acclaimed Bulgarian director Stefan Komandarev. The film screens in the main competition of the Varna Golden Rose Film Festival (11-17 October…
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014:Competition: Buffer Zone
VARNA:The 15th feature film directed by the Silver Bear-winner Georgi Djulgerov is inspired by his own life. Buffer Zone screens in the main competition of the Varna Golden Rose Film…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2014: Jihlava Announces Programme Lineup
JIHLAVA: A total of 57 world, international and European premieres will screen in the competition sections of the 18th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival from 23 to 28 October 2014.
PRODUCTION: Hungary’s Laokoon Shooting Kills on Wheels
BUDAPEST: Attila Till’s second feature Kills on Wheels, currently shooting until the end of October, is a thriller involving a crippled young man who finds excitement in joining a gang…
FNE at Let’s CEE FF 2014: Ilmar Raag’s I Won’t Come Back Wins Top Prize
VIENNA: Estonian director Ilmar Raag’s I Won’t Come Back won the top prize of the feature film competition at the third edition of the Let’s CEE Film Festival which took…
First IMAX in the Baltic States to Open in Tallinn
TALLINN: The first IMAX cinema in Estonia and the Baltic States is set to open in the capital city of Tallinn by the end of 2014.
Obituary: Czech actor and playwright Pavel Landovsky
PRAGUE: Czech actor, playwright, and anti-Communist dissident Pavel Landovsky (78) died on 10 October 2014.
FESTIVALS: Maidan Wins ASTRA
SIBIU: Director Sergei Loznitsa received the Trophy for Best Film for his full-length documentary Maidan at the 21st ASTRA Film Festival which wrapped 11 October.
FESTIVALS: Nothing Bad Can Happen Scoops Top Awards at 5th Regiofun IFF
KATOWICE: Nothing Bad Can Happen, a German drama directed by Katrin Gebbe, dominated the 5th International Festival of Film Producers in Katowice (7 -12 October 2014) winning both the top…
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: The Sinking of Sozopol
VARNA: Kostadin Bonev’s third feature film, The Sinking of Sozopol (aka A Town Named Salvation), is “a nostalgic utopia on missing hope, in which a sea engulfs a city“, as…
