Creative Europe Desk Polska and KIPA Focus on Viewers
WARSAW: August 11, 2014 is the deadline for project submissions to the workshop that will take place during the 39th Gdynia Film Festival.
American indie Nameless shooting in Romania
BUCHAREST: The independent production Nameless directed by Thurman Bryan and Luis Esteban and starring John Rhys-Davies, started shooting in Bucharest on 11 August with the local company Castel Film providing…
Biblical Thriller Clavius with Joseph Fiennes and Tom Felton Filming in Malta
VALLETTA: After shooting in Malta for The Count of Monte Cristo in 2002, director Kevin Reynolds returns with Clavius, an epic thriller starring Joseph Fiennes and Tom Felton with the…
First Bollywood Film Shoots in Romania
BUCHAREST: Director Binoy Gandhi is shooting an untitled Bollywood film on location in Romania according to local Indian media reports.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Czech Documentary Panel
The 2014 panel of upcoming Czech documentaries is set for 29 September 2014.
Czech law office KMVS supports filmmakers from development to distribution
PRAGUE: Today’s rapidly changing audiovisual environment presents filmmakers with new challenges in all areas of production and distribution including in the legal sector.
Lodz, FAMU Top Best Film Schools List
PRAGUE: Poland’s Lodz Film School and Prague’s FAMU film school rank high among the top fifteen international film schools in the Hollywood Reporter’s 2014 annual listings.
Georgia Plans 2015 Calls for Funding
TBLISI: The Gerogian National Film Center will announce 2015 production contests in five categories.
New Minister of Culture Appointed in Bulgaria
SOFIA: Martin Ivanov has been named as the new Minister of Culture in the caretaker government just appointed by the country’s President Rosen Plevneliev.
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Cinema Elvire Popesco, Bucharest
This month we spoke with Boglarka Nagy, the programmer of the Elvira Popescu Cinema, a trendy cinema in Bucharest named after the most famous Romanian actress in France, Elvire Popesco…
PRODUCTION: Anca Damian Developing In Perfect Health
BUCHAREST: Anca Damian is developing a partly autobiographical feature set to shooting in summer 2014, Perfect sănătos/In Perfect Health, the story of a young attorney who starts his own investigation…
CentEast 2014 - submit your work-in-progress!
The call for works-in-progress from Eastern Europe to participate in CentEast Warsaw-Moscow is now open! The deadline for submissions is Friday, 5th of September 2014.
PRODUCTION: Gladiators. A Different World in Production
VILNIUS: Director Arūnas Matelis is in production with his feature length documentary Gladiators. A Different World/Gladiatoriai. Kita planeta, a Lithuanian, Italian, Belgian, Swiss, Irish, Northern Ireland/UK and Latvian coproduction.
PRODUCTION: Olmo Omerzu Shooting Family Film in Thailand
PRAGUE: Prague-trained and based Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu, winner of the 2012 Czech Critics “Discovery of the Year” award, is now shooting his second feature a drama titled Family Film.
PRODUCTION: Thriller Trema in Production
ZAGREB: Greek filmmaker Yorgos Zois (Casus Belli) started shooting his debut feature Trema/Stage Fright in Athens on 31 July 2014. The film is a Greek-Croatian-French-Dutch coproduction with Sinisa Jurićić coproducing…
FNE FIPRESCI Critics 2014: Attention all FIPRESCI members coming to Venice IFF
FNE together with FIPRESCI will offer the ratings of all feature films in the official programme of Venice International Film Festival 2014 by FIPRESCI members attending the Festival.*
White Shadow Wins T-Mobile New Horizons
WROCLAW: White Shadow directed by Noaz Deshe won both the International Competition and the Audience Award Grand Prize at the 14 MFF T-Mobile New Horizons.
FNE at New Horizons Polish Days 2014: Jarzyna, Hasanović and Kolberger Pitch New Projects.
WROCLAW: A pitching session held during Polish Days the 14. IFF T-Mobile New Horizons included a Polish-Norwegian drama about the future of medicine entitled Nano and a Polish-Serbian-Croation coproduction under…
PRODUCTION: Cătălin Mitulescu Shooting Rumeno
BUCHAREST: Cătălin Mitulescu started shooting his third feature on 21 July 2014. Rumeno is a Romanian/Swedish/Italian coproduction which will be presented in the Venice Film Market.
FNE at New Horizons Polish Days 2014: New Polish Projects Showcased
WROCLAW: A special industry event showcases nine up-coming Polish projects were showcased at the Polish Days during the 14 T-Mobile New Horizons Festival held 24 July-3 August 2014. New titles…
