Czech Sirena Film Coproducing Danish drama Tordenskiold

PRAGUE: Shooting of Danish feature Tordenskiold, which started on Czech locations 13 October 2014, is scheduled to wrap 18 November.
31-10-2014

The Passing Bells to premiere on TVP and BBC

WARSAW: A new TVP and BBC Worldwide co-production is an epic drama set during WWI. It will premiere this November both in UK and Poland. The show's Polish producer is…
31-10-2014

Gods Tops One Million Admissions

WARSAW: Gods, the winner of the 39th Gdynia Film Festival has racked up 1.149 m admissions within three weeks since its premiere.
31-10-2014

PRODUCTION: Šerbedžija Begins Shooting The Liberation of Skopje

ZAGREB: The Macedonian-Croatian-Finnish coproduction The Liberation of Skopje, the first feature directed by the Croatian-born Hollywood star Rade Šerbedžija (Mission Impossible II, Eyes Wide Shut, Before the Rain), started principal…
31-10-2014

FESTIVALS: Nine Films Compete in Bratislava

BRATISLAVA: A Czech film and a Slovak-Czech coproduction are among the films screening in the 16th Bratislava IFF competition of first and second films.
31-10-2014

CME Announces Continued Revenue Growth

PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises reported another quarter of rising revenues, with 2014 quarter three net revenues up 7 percent over 2013, at 140m USD.
31-10-2014

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: DOK.Incubator

CEE documentary filmmakers screen their films at Leipzig's DOK.Incubator before their releases.
31-10-2014

Skoric Takes Over as Chair of the Croatian Film Directors Guild

ZAGREB: Outgoing chair Antonio Nuić hands over the reins of the Croatian Film Directors’ Guild to young film director Irena Škorić following the Board’s election on Monday, 29 October 2014.
30-10-2014

New Offices for Malta Film Commission

KALKARA: The Malta Film Commission, in the midst of one of Malta’s busiest film production years, announced its relocation to new offices at the Mediterranean Film Studios.
30-10-2014

Freeman Distribution Cuts Deal with Lionsgate/Summit

BUCHAREST: Romania's newest distribution company Freeman Distribution has become the official distributor of Lionsgate/Summit in Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czech and Slovakia.
30-10-2014

French Period Drama Marguerite Shooting in Prague

PRAGUE: The Czech Republic stands in for Paris in Marguerite, a French period film set in the 1920‘s. The drama about a tone deaf opera singer is directed by Xavier…
30-10-2014

Film Incentives Boost International Productions Shooting in Croatia

ZAGREB: Macedonian director Mitko Panov’s Wait for Me/Čekaj me, which wrapped shooting in Croatia on 18 October 2014, is the eighth international project benefitting from the film incentives scheme provided…
29-10-2014

FESTIVALS: France Takes Top Prize at Jihlava IDFF

JIHLAVA: French documentary director Anna Roussillon won the Opus Bonum competition of the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival for I Am the People (Je Suis le Peuple).
29-10-2014

FESTIVALS: Black Nights Baltic Competition Announced

TALLINN: Films from Estonia, Latvia, Poland and the Czech Republic are among the ten films selected for the Tridens Baltic Sea and Nordic debut film award at the 18th Black…
29-10-2014

Malta Invests in Training for Film Crews

VALETTA: The Malta Film Commission (MFC) is partnering with British firm Peachy on a training programme for more than 100 film crew workers.
29-10-2014

Thirteen Films Head to Connecting Cottbus 2014

COTTBUS: Two film projects from Hungary, along with films from Estonia, Georgia, Poland, and Romania, are among the thirteen films that made the cut for the coveted pitching slots at…
29-10-2014

GRANTS: Estonian Grants for 2014

TALLINN: Estonia has awarded 1.4m EUR in grants to seven Estonian films and two international coproductions in 2014.
28-10-2014

Spotlight on Slovak Film

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film Instutute has organised a special panorama of Slovak film to be presented at the Molodist IFF (25 October-2 November 2014) in Kiev.
28-10-2014

Fourth Belarusian Film Festival Held in Warsaw

WARSAW: The fourth edition of Bulbamovie, Belarusian Film Festival in Warsaw, running 24-26 October 2014 in the Muranow Cinema handed out prizes in its competition for best short films, with…
28-10-2014

FESTIVALS: Obvious Child and Life Itself win the 5th American Film Festival in Wroclaw

WROCLAW: 5th edition of the American Film Festival has come to an end. The first event in Eastern and Central Europe focused entirely on independent American cinema closed on October…
28-10-2014