Poland to Increase TV License Fees
WARSAW: Poland is set to raise TV and radio license fees at the beginning of 2015.
FNE at Cannes IFF 2014: The Leviathan
CANNES: Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev arrives in competition in Cannes with The Leviathan which might just be his most ambitious and most successful film to date. Zvyagintsev burst onto the…
FNE at Cannes FF 2014: ScripTeast Award Winner
CANNES: One of the EU’s most successful script programmes ScripTeast has awarded its top prize for 2014 to ‘Merican Chick to by Czech scriptwriting team Evita Naušová and Viktor Tauš.
FNE Doc Bloc: Deadline Approaches for Baltic Sea Forum
Producers have two weeks left to apply for the Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries.
Rochstar Prime Time to Enter Polish market
WARSAW: Rochstar production company and Prime Time production house have joined forces and created a new unit aimed at Internet and advertising film production.
FNE at Cannes FF 2014: Party and Screen Alert Friday, Saturday, Sunday May 23-25
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FNE at Cannes IFF 2014: The Search
CANNES: It has been a year when a lot of Cannes critics suffered from sore asses as film after film weighed in at well over two hours and most of…
Estonia Adds Another Midsized Multiplex
TALLINN: The sixth multiplex has opened in Estonia in May, a four-screen midiplex with 4K digital Sony projectors. The new cinema is located in a multifunctional entertainment and wellbeing centre…
PRODUCTION Remo Completes Music Fest Doc
BRATISLAVA: Slovak documentary filmmaker Miro Remo is finishing work on Vrbovský veter, his second documentary after his award-winning short student documentary Arsy-Versy
FNE at Cannes FF 2014: Party and Screen Alert Thursday and Friday 22-23 May
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Premium Films Picks up Czech Way Out
PRAGUE: French sales agent Premium Films has added Czech director/writer Peter Vaclav’s The Way Out to its catalogue.
TVP Introduces VOD to Hybrid Platform
WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster TVP is making a selection of its library of productions available via video on demand in Poland and outside the country.
Romanian Youth Comedy Breaks Domestic Record
BUCHAREST: #Selfie, Cristina Iacob's first feature, had an increase in admissions in its second weekend, up to 14,654 compared to 12,648 in the opening weekend, an unusual result for a…
FNE at Cannes FF 2014: Party and Screen Alert Wednesday and Thursday 21-22 May
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FNE at Cannes IFF 2014: Foxcatcher
CANNES:Director Bennett Miller seems to draw on real life for his best work. He arrives in competition in Cannes with a stunning film based on the real life story of…
PRODUCTION: Jacek Bromski Preps Anatomy of Evil
WARSAW: Jacek Bromski will start shooting the thriller Anatomy of Evil on 24 June 2014 in Warsaw and Szczecin.
In The Name Of... Opens in Germany
WARSAW: Małgorzata Szumowska’s controversial drama In the Name of… opened in German cinemas on 15 May 2014.
TVP Commissions Firefighting Drama
WARSAW: Baltmedia will begin production on a new original Polish series about firefighters for Poland’s public broadcaster in June 2014.
FNE at Cannes FF 2014: Party and Screen Alert Tuesday and Wednesday 20-21 May
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FNE at Cannes IFF 2014: The Homesman
CANNES: Tommy Lee Jones made his directorial debut in the Cannes competition with his highly respected The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and now the director returns to the Cannes…
