Slawomir Idziak Completes Shooting on New Natalie Portman movie

WARSAW: Polish cinematographer Slawomir Idziak has just wrapped shooting A Tale of Love and Darkness directed by and starring Natalie Portman. The film which is based on a novel by…
31-03-2014

Bulgarian Advertising Market Struggles to Remain Stable

SOFIA: The Bulgarian Association of Communication Agencies reported that in 2013 the country’s advertising market amounted to 303 m BGN, a decrease of 0.62%, and has a possibility of 2%…
31-03-2014

FESTIVALS: Home Takes Febiofest Grand Prix

PRAGUE: The Swedish-Icelandic romantic tragicomedy Home (Hemma), the first film by director Maximilian Hult, won the main award and a prize of 5,000 EUR at Febiofest’s closing ceremony on 28…
31-03-2014

National Geographic Shooting Series in the Baltics

WARSAW: National Geographic Channels International has commissioned a four-part documentary series about the history WWII to be filmed in the Baltic region.
28-03-2014

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: A Two Way Mirror

The 52-minute Croatian documentary A Two Way Mirror is scheduled for a late-2014 premiere. Click HERE to read full article on DOKweb
28-03-2014

FNE at BIFF 2014: Tenth Edition of Bucharest Film Fest Kicks Off

BUCHAREST: The 10th edition of the Bucharest International Festival (B-IFF) kicked off in Bucharest last night (26 March) with a gala screening of La grande bellezza directed by Paolo Sorrentino.
27-03-2014

Malta Awaits Simshar Premiere

VALLETTA: The most ambitious Maltese film so far and the largest to date will be premiered locally on 27 April and released in two cinema complexes on the islands on…
27-03-2014

Media

Munk Studio in Production with Musical

KRAKOW: Munk Studio has begun production on its first musical Circus Maximus, the short filmdirecting début of Bartek Kulas
27-03-2014

Bulgaria Sets 2014 Film Funding

SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center will distribute 12.7 m BGN (6.5 m EUR) in film funding in 2014.
26-03-2014

Papusza Sold to UK and Macedonia

WARSAW: The black and white biopic Papusza directed by Krzysztof Krauze and Joanna Kos-Krauze continues its sales to new territories.
26-03-2014

FNE Europa Distribution - Distributor of the Month: Ivo Andrle

FNE together with Europa Distribution is launching a new chapter of the Distributor of the Month section. This time we focus on new strategies in film distribution and the importance…
26-03-2014

Ida Triumphs in France

PARIS: Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida topped 400,000 admissions in France over the weekend of 21­-23 March 2014, making it the third best performing Polish film ever released in France.
25-03-2014

Child's Pose Wins Big at Gopo

BUCHAREST: Călin Peter Netzer’s Child's Pose was the big winner at the 8th Gopo Gala Romanian national film awards on 24 March 2014, taking the Best Film prize.
25-03-2014

Kino Polska TV Plans Global Expansion

WARSAW: Kino Polska TV, which noted a 5% increase in revenues (110.3 m PLN income in 2013), will use its additional funding to expand into Africa and South America.
25-03-2014

FESTIVALS: Plzen Finale Announces Czech Slovak Competition

PLZEN: Fourteen Czech and Slovak films will compete for the main Golden Kingfisher at the Plzen Finale Festival, running 27 April – 3 May 2014.
24-03-2014

British Space Age Wraps at Alvernia Studios

KRAKOW: Poland's Alvernia Studios is executive producer of the futuristic series Space Age, which has wrapped production.
24-03-2014

PRODUCTION: Stalin Era Chronicles of Melanie in Production

RIGA: The Latvian-Finnish coproduction of Viesturs Kairiss’s historical drama Chronicles of Melanie (Melanijas hronika) resumes shooting in April with another filming segment scheduled for August 2014.
24-03-2014

TVP Gives 15 Million PLN to Feature Films

WARSAW: Public broadcaster TVP has announced the 10 feature films which will receive more than 15 m PLN in financing from the channel’s cinematography fund in 2014.
21-03-2014

Romanian Public TV Requests Annulment of Debts

BUCHAREST: The Romanian public broadcaster TVR reported a profit of 554,200 EUR/2.5 m RON in 2013, but it is unable to pay debts of 120.5 m EUR/543.7 m RON to…
21-03-2014

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Lithuania Wins Pitching Award

The Lithuanian documentary Liebe Tante, Guten Tag! won the best pitch award at the East European Forum.
21-03-2014