New Shareholders at Realitatea Media
BUCHAREST: Strategies Research Investments SRL has acquired a stake of 86.51 per cent in Romanian TV and radio company Realitatea Media.
FNE TV: Lucie Gricci, Head of TIDE project on Day for Date release
FNE TV spoke to Lucie Gricci about the TIDE experiment, Day for Date releases and why the project is important for the future distribution of European film at the at…
FNE Exclusive: Interview with new exec director of Czech Producers Association
PRAGUE: FNE spoke with Karel Zýka, the new Executive Director of the Audiovisual Producers' Association of the Czech Republic, about his plans for the association and the future of filmmaking…
PRODUCTION: Marcin Wrona in Preproduction with Daemon
WARSAW: Polish director Marcin Wronais working on Daemon, an adaption of the Polish theater play Przylgnięcie (Adherance) written by Piotr Rowiecki about a paranormal presence.
Sitaru Launches Domestic Online
BUCHAREST: Domestic,the third feature by Adrian Sitaru (Hooked, Best Intentions) was launched simultaneously in the Romanian cinemas and online for the foreign viewers on 22 March 2013.
Broken Wins at Febiofest
PRAGUE: The British debut drama Broken directed by Rufus Norris won the Grand Prix of the 20th Febiofest, which concluded on 22 March 2013.
Estonian Film Institute appoints new management
TALLINN: The board of the Estonian Film Insitute , the country’s main film financing body, has appointed new management. Edith Sepp-Dallas will assume the post of general director, while Piret…
Lithuania Announces 2013 Grants
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Film Centre has approved production grants for five films.
PRODUCTION: Clownwise in Postproduction
PRAGUE: Director Viktor Tauš has begun editing Klauni (Clownwise) based on a script by Peter Jarchovský and starring an international cast.
PRODUCTION: Filming underway on The Witch in the Jaws of Life
ZAGREB: The Witch in the Jaws of Life, the first documentary feature from Senad Zemunović and Mija Pavliša, follows the famous writer Dubravka Ugrešić, branded a “witch to be burned…
FNE TV: Finnish director Timo Vuorensola speaks about crowd-funding
FNE spoke to Timo Vuorensola director of Iron Sky about crowd-funding and how to do it at the at Sofia Meetings 2013. Click HERE to see the interview on FNE…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Hunting Wins East Doc
Long Live Hunting won the Best Rough Cut at the East Doc Platform Award. Click HERE to read full article on DOKweb.
Bulgarian National Television Launches The Ungiven
SOFIA: On 21 March 2013 Bulgarian National Television begins broadcasting The Ungiven, a new 12 part historical series about the rescue of 48,000 Bulgarian Jews from death camps during World…
PRODUCTION: New Animated Film from George the Hedgehog Creators
WARSAW: Animation directors Tomasz Leśniak, Jakub Tarkowski and Wojtek Wawszczyk are working on Tim and The Master, an adaptation of a graphic novel by Rafał Skarżycki (script) and Tomasz Lew…
PRODUCTION: Boris Bakal Develops Concrete Love
ZAGREB: Concrete Love/Stvarna ljubav (working title), the debut documentary feature of theatre and film actor and director Boris Bakal is the result of his 10-year struggle to save a modernist…
CEE Youth Vote for EFA Best Kids Film
Youths in Bulgaria, Slovenia, Poland and Malta will participate in choosing the winner of the second edition of the EFA Young Audience Award on Young Audience Film Day, 5 May…
PRODUCTION: Żuławski in Development with Zły
WARSAW: Xawery Żuławski will direct the legendary Polish gutter novel Zły with shooting planned to begin by the end of 2013.
Obituary: Irina Petrescu
BUCHAREST: Romanian actress Irina Petrescu, awarded Best Actress at the 1969 Moscow IFF, died on 19 March 2013, at age 71. was one of the most important stage and film…
PRODUCTION: Anna Kazejak Casting Słowo
WARSAW: Anna Kazejak, director of Flying Pigs, is in the process of casting teenagers for her dramatic feature film Słowo.
10 million Poles switch to digital television
WARSAW: Today the analogue transmitters off 346 districts were turned off and 10 million Poles will gained access to digital television.
