TVP ABC Kids Channel Debuts Strong
WARSAW: TVP ABC, a children's channel from Polish public broadcaster TVP has become the leading children station in its first month, outperforming competing paid channels.
PRODUCTION: Damian Climbing The Magic Mountain
BUCHAREST: Using the same mix of animation techniques from Crulic - The Path to Beyond, Anca Damian heads with the second part of her trilogy on heroism into the life…
Anomalia Accepting Applications
PRAGUE: Five training sessions are scheduled for the 2014 edition of the 3D animation workshop Anomalia taking place 14 July through 19 September 2014.
FNE at SIFF 2014: Twelve Projects Participate in Sofia Meetings
SOFIA: Eight fiction and four documentary works-in-progress will be presented at the Sofia Meetings, running 13-16 March 2014.
FNE TV: Malta Film Commissioner Engelbert Grech
FNE TV spoke to Malta Film Commissioner Engelbert Grech about how being a small country can be an advantage for film production and new developments in Malta’s tax incentives and…
Polish-Danish Word Heads to Scandinavia
WARSAW: Sales company LevelK has picked up Anna Kazejak's new drama The Word with distribution planned for Poland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
PRODUCTION: 42Km Film Develops Dogs
BUCHAREST: The production company founded by Corneliu Porumboiu and Marcela Ursu is developing the first feature written and directed by Bogdan Mirică, a drama/thriller set in rural Romania with shooting…
FNE at SIFF: Menzel and Paskaljevic Receive Honorary Awards in Sofia
During their participation in the 18th Sofia IFF famed Eastern European directors will be awarded with honorary distinctions: Czech Jirí Menzel will receive the title Doctor Honoris Causa of the…
PRODUCTION: Finnish Fencer Filming in Estonia
TALLINN: Finnish director Klaus Harö is shooting The Fencer (Vehkleja), planned to premiere in spring 2015, in Estonia.
Ida Wins Polish Eagle
WARSAW: Paweł Pawlikowski’s Ida won Best Film at the Polish Film Awards – The Eagles on 10 March 2014, while Life Feels Good took home the most prizes with five…
PRODUCTION: Love or Death to Start Shooting
ZAGREB: The new feature from the hit series opened with Koko and the Ghosts in 2011 written and directed again by Daniel Kušan will begin filming on 15 March 2014…
FESTIVALS: Judgment in Hungary Wins One World 2014
PRAGUE: Judgement in Hungary directed by Eszter Hajdú tales the Best Film award at the One World Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.
CT Art Channel Hits its Stride
PRAGUE: Czech TV’s new Art Channel has reached an audience share of 0.59% as it marks six months since its launch, putting it on a par with cultural channels elsewhere…
SIFF 2014 Unveils 34 Bulgarian Films
SOFIA: The 18th Sofia International Film Fest will screen 34 Bulgarian films including ten supported by the Bulgarian NFC and the rest of the production mostly privately financed.
Gangster of Love Steals Croatian Hearts
ZAGREB: Nebojša Slijepčević’s documentary Gangster of Love, a coproduction between Croatia, Germany and Romania, sold 6,664 tickets domestically in the first four weeks including 5,000 tickets in the first two…
Georgian Mini EAVE Accepting Applications
TBLISIS: The Georgian National Film Center and EAVE have announced a call for applications for developing Georgian film projects and scripts.
Swedish kids' adventure shooting in Croatia
ZAGREB: A Christmas in the Sun is a Swedish production with Croatian service provider Kinorama, began shooting 24 February and is set to premiere 1 December on Swedish public channel…
PRODUCTION: Live with Ema set for shooting
BUCHAREST: After more than two years in development, the premiere feature of Vlad Păunescu, owner and CEO of Castel Film Studios, will start filming 14 April.
Polsat bringing Hell's Kitchen to Poland
WARSAW: Polish private broadcaster Polsat is betting on success with adapting a culinary reality TV format from New Zealand, with shooting set for 5 March.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Seven projects engage with cross-media
Documentary development organization East Doc Platform is betting on seven surprisingly diverse "socio-eco-politically oriented" projects, presenting them today at Prague's Cervantes Institute in the context of the One World festival.
