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…
Latvia Introduces Coproduction Funding
RIGA: The Latvian Film Centre has launched its first tender for coproduction funding.
Vajna Gets Controversial Casino Concession
BUDAPEST: Hungarian media reports that a casino company owned by Hungarian film commissioner Andrew Vajna received concessions to operate five gambling casinos in Budapest, a government decision that led to…
FNE at Cannes FF 2014: Party and Screen Alert Monday and Tuesday May 19-20
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FNE at Cannes FF 2014: Party and Screen Alert Sunday and Monday May 18-19
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FNE at Cannes IFF 2014: Winter Sleep
CANNES: The principle “less is more” does not apply to Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes competition contender Winter Sleep. Weighing in at nearly three and a half hours it…
Malta’s U-Film Studios Boosts Local Production Business
CANNES: The Malta based U-Film team arrives in Cannes after a busy start to the year for the studios that saw new deals inked and a further enhancement of its…
FNE at Cannes FF 2014: Party and Screen Alert Saturday and Sunday May 17-18
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FNE at Cannes FF 2014: THE EUROPEAN RENDEZVOUS
Presentation of the Prix MEDIA to Danis Tanović
FNE at Cannes FF 2014: Party and Screen Alert Friday and Saturday May 16-17
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Alvernia Studios Adds Production Unit
KRAKOW: Alvernia Studios has launched Alvernia Action, a special production unit focusing on large international coproductions, to be headed by Rafał Orlicki.
Ida Opens in Australia and New Zealand
WARSAW: The award-winning Polish drama Ida directed by Pawel Pawlikowski continues conquering territories worldwide, opening in New Zealand and Australia on 22 May 2014, just 10 days after its successful…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Czech Doc Revue
The first online edition of dok.revue, a Czech journal devoted to documentary filmmaking, has been launched.
FNE Cannes Producers Workshop 2014: Marta Habior
Film New Europe has teamed up with the upcoming Cannes Marche Du Film and the Producers Workshop to promote Central and Eastern European producers during Cannes.
FNE at Cannes FF 2014: Party and Screen Alert Thursday and Friday May 15 -16
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Lithuania Draws Filmmakers with Incentives
VILNIUS: The new Lithuanian film tax incentives launched in January 2014 are attracting higher than expected interest from international producers.
