Malta Awaits Approval of Larger Cash Rebate
The Malta Film Commission has announced that its cash rebate for filmmakers will be increased to a total of 27 percent, subject to government approval.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Clownwise
PLZEN: The film Klauni (Clownwise), based on a script by Petr Jarchovský and directed by Viktor Tauš was nominated for the Czech Lion awards in eight categories and Jiri Labus…
GRANTS: Lithuanian Development Funding for 2014
VILNIUS: Nine feature film projects are among the recipients of 205,000 EUR in development funding announced by the Lithuanian Film Center.
PRODUCTION: Aferim! Set for Shooting Mid-June
BUCHAREST: Radu Jude's 1.4 m EUR film Aferim! has received 180,000 EUR from Film und Medienstiftung in advance of its mid-June 2014 production start.
FESTIVALS: European Film Festival in Bucharest Celebrates Greece
BUCHAREST: The 18th edition of the European Film Festival will take place in Bucharest between 9 and 15 May 2014 and in Târgu-Mureş between 16 and 18 May, showing 42…
FNE at Finale Plzen: To the Sea
PLZEN: Expect intense interest when leading young Czech and international actor Jiří Mádl (Borgia, Four Suns, Colette) makes his directorial and scriptwriting debut with To See a Sea (Pojedeme k…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Eight Projects Selected for DOK.Incubator
The Institute of Documentary Film introduces the projects which will participate in the 2014 edition of DOK.Incubator.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Honeymoon
PLZEN: Honeymoon (Libanky), nominated for the Czech Lion in five categories and the winner of the Best Director Award at Karlovy Vary IFF starts the competition roll-out at the 27th…
FNE at Finale Plzen: Colette
PLZEN: The first day of competition at the 27th Finale Plzen national festival of Czech and Slovak films offers up Milan Cieslar’s English-lingo Colette.
FESTIVALS: Krakow Reveals Documentary Competition
KRAKOW: Twenty films will compete in the documentary competition of the 54th Krakow Film Festival, which runs 25 May to 1 June 2014.
Cent-Eastern European projects presented in China
BEIJING: Eleven Works-in-progress from Center and Eastern Europe will be presented during the Beijing Film Market.
FESTIVALS: Polish drama IDA Wins at goEast
The Polish black-and-white drama Ida took the the ŠKODA Film Award at goEast film festival on 15 April 2014.
Lithuania Announces 2014 Grants
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Film Centre will distribute 2,082,368 EUR to 40 projects in 2014.
Romanian Public TV Finances Seven Films
BUCHAREST: The Romanian Television Society/Societatea Română de Televiziune (SRTv) will support the funding of seven feature films including the next features of Nae Caranfil, Florin Şerban and Igor Cobileanski.
FESTIVALS: Stratos Wins Best Film at Cyprus Film Days
NICOSIA: The 12th Cyprus Film Days International Film Festival held in Limassol and Nicosia 4-13 April ended with Cyprus-born film director Yiannis Economides winning the Best Film award for Stratos.
Romania Launches Save the Big Screen Campaign
BUCHAREST: Romanian Film Promotion and Transilvania IFF have launched the national campaign Save the Big Screen/Salvaţi marele ecran consisting of documenting existing old cinemas, a documentary, seminars, a special screening…
Field of Dogs Distributed in Italy
WARSAW: Field of Dogs, a video-art para documentary from Lech Majewski, will premiere in Italy on 17 April 2014.
TVN Stock Buyback Minimizes Losses
WARSAW: Polish private broadcaster TVN will spend up to 500 m PLN to buy back a portion of its stocks to take them off the market.
Estonia gets a new Midiplex
TALLINN: Pärnu, Estonia’s fifth largest City with a population of 45,000, is to open its first multiscreen cinema in the City centre in May, 2014.
Romania Develops VOD Platforms
BUCHAREST: Platforms for video-on-demand are developing in terms of application but the offer of new Romanian titles is still scarce.
