Agnieszka Holland Set for TV Series

PRAGUE: Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland will direct the first 90-minute TV film in a four-part crime series, Death in Breslau.
26-06-2014

FESTIVALS: Motovun Hosts Film Fest Training

MOTOVUN: The Independent Cinema Office will present a course on Developing Your Film Festival at the Motovun Film Festival.
26-06-2014

Eurimages Funds Five CEE Films

PRAGUE: Just five films from the CEE region received support in the June 2014 round of Eurimages out of 23 films receiving grants, with only two productions led by CEE…
26-06-2014

Slovakia Mulls State Bridge Loans for Films

TRENCIANSKE TEPLICE: The Slovak Audiovisual Fund is consulting with the Ministry of Finance about the establishment of conditions to set up a short-term soft loan system for film production.
25-06-2014

Milk & Honey Books Coproductions through End of 2014

PRAGUE: Chinese, Indian and Italian film and TV productions will fill the schedule at Milk & Honey Films and its sister film studio Prague Studios through the end of the…
25-06-2014

TVN Expands Sales beyond Europe

PRAGUE: Polish commercial broadcaster TVN has racked up sales of 40 titles to 100 territories over the past five years, with expansion into the Middle East and Asia developing.
25-06-2014

Slovakia Introduces Film Incentives

TRENCIANSKE TEPLICE: Slovakia will officially launch its first film incentives, in the form of a 20 percent cash rebate, on 1 July 2014.
24-06-2014

Czech Fest Logistics Company Makes International Mark

PRAGUE: Eventival, a Czech company that streamlines film festival systems, has expanded its international reach to a client list of some 90 events and organizations worldwide.
24-06-2014

Slovakia Rides Documentary Wave with Miro Remos Comeback at KVIFF

BRATISLAVA: Slovak documentary filmmaker Miro Remo will debut his documentary Comeback in the documentary competition of the Karlovy Vary IFF.
24-06-2014

Malta’s U-Film Studios Visits Moscow

MOSCOW: The Malta based U-Film head of production Marina Budykho is in Moscow for Moscow Business Square to speak with Russian producers after a busy start to the year for…
23-06-2014 m

FNE at KVIFF 2014: Attention all film critics coming to Karlovy Vary IFF

This year for the first time FNE together with FIPRESCI will offer the ratings of all films in the main competition and the East of the West competition of the…
23-06-2014

FNE at Fest Anca 2014 Kozuch Wins Slovak Award

ZILINA: Irish director Alan Holly won the Anca Award for Coda and Joana Kozuch won the Fest Anca Slovak Award for Fongopolis at the 7th Fest Anca festival of animated…
23-06-2014

MPhilms Completing Postproduction on Vojtek, Hajdu Films

TRENCIANSKE TEPLICE: MPhilms producer Matyas Prikler is gearing up to roll out his second and third films of the year, both expected to complete postproduction in July.
23-06-2014

PRODUCtION: Slovak Fairytale Laska na Vlasku Preps for Fall Bow

TRENSIANSKE TEPLICE: Slovakia will have a domestic fairytale in cinemas in October 2014 with the premiere of Laska na Vlasku, a 15th century romance directed by Mariana Cengel Solcanska, and…
23-06-2014

FNE at Fest Anca: 2014 Anca Launches Animation Industry Programme

ZILINA, SLOVAKIA: The seventh edition of Fest Anca kicked off with the launch of a two-day industry programme running on 19 and 20 June 2014. Seven animators and projects were…
20-06-2014

PRODUCTION: Dalibor Matanić Preps The High Sun

ZAGREB: Croatian filmmaker Dalibor Matanić will begin shooting the Croatian-Slovenian coproduction The High Sun/Zvizdan on 22 September 2014. The film is now in the location scouting and casting phase.
20-06-2014

Romanian Feature Films Hit New High in Financing

BUCHAREST: 25 Romanian feature films received financing in 2013, the highest number since 2009. Admissions and gross box office also increased, but the number of cinemas decreased by five, according…
20-06-2014

FNE IDF DocBloc: Last Call for East Silver

Deadline for submitting your new documentary films to East Silver market is approaching: only two weeks left! Submit your film to the largest internationally recognized database of creative feature and…
20-06-2014

GRANTS: Latvia Funds Seven Debut Films

RIGA: The Latvian Film Centre will finance seven projects under its newly introduced debut film tender.
19-06-2014

TVP Reaches Nearly 100 Percent Coverage

WARSAW: Poland’s public broadcaster Polish TV has expanded its digital coverage to 99.5 percent of the population, according to the Ministry of Administration and Digitalisation.
19-06-2014