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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
Scandinavian Daughter Shoots in Czech Republic
PRAGUE: The Danish fantasy adventure film The Shamer’s Daughter directed by Kenneth Kainz and produced by Nina Lyng and Eva Juel Hammerich from Nepenthe Film and coproduced by Storm Films…
Young Audience Boosts Box Office of Stones for the Rampant
WARSAW: Stones for the Rampant, the long-awaited film adaptation of a Polish WWII novel, sold 337,000 tickets during the first week in distribution.
TVP Racks up International Sales for over 20 productions abroad
WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster TVP is celebrating a sales streak that saw some 20 productions sold to seven countries.
Eurimages Awards Grants to Eleven CEE Coproductions
STRASBOURG: Eurimages announced 5,367,000 EUR in support for 19 projects, including 17 feature films, one animated film, and one documentary film, following the conclusion of its 134th meeting held in…
FESTIVALS: Istanbul FF Matches Films with Meetings
ISTANBUL: The 33rd Istanbul Film Festival, running 5 - 20 April 2014, expects 150,000 people to attend screenings of over 200 films in 20 categories.
FESTIVALS: TMobile New Horizons IFF Polishes Industry Focus
WARSAW: T-Mobile New Horizons IFF, the biggest Polish film event, returns with new editions of Polish Days, New Horizons Studio and A Sunday In the Country.
New Director Appointed at Bulgarian National Film Center
SOFIA: Film producer Georgy Cholakov has been named Executive Director of the Bulgarian National Film Center, replacing documentary film director and academic Marin Martschewski who has been in the post…
Ida Conquers France and Heads to Spain
WARSAW: Paweł Pawlikowski’s award-winning drama Ida has recorded four times as many admissions as expected in France, before moving on to Spain where it opens on 28 March 2014.
FNE TV: Berlinale Delegate for Eastern Europe and CEE film Expert: Nikolai Nikitin
FNE spoke to Nikolai Nikitin about how more films from CEE can cross borders and find a larger audience
Stopklatka SA signs with Emitel
WARSAW: Stopklatka, the broadcaster of the newly launched Stopklatka TV, has announced plans to invest over 61 m PLN in ground digital broadcasting services.
FNE at Sofia IFF: Georgian Blind Dates Grabs Three Awards in Sofia
SOFIA: Levan Koguashvili’s Blind Dates produced by Millimetr Film won the Sofia IFF Grand Prix in the International competition for first and second films.
FNE TV: Director Georgian National Film Centre: Nana Janelidze
FNE spoke to Nana Janelidze about her first year as director of the Georgian National Film Centre and what she sees as the priority directions for the development of the…
FNE at Sofia Meetings 2014: New Audiences and New Opportunities
SOFIA: Sofia Meetings hosted a number of events that emphasized the development of new audiences for European cinema during the three day event (13-16 March 2014).
Steven Seagal Returns to Romania
BUCHAREST: Filming on The Mercenary: Absolution, directed by Keoni Waxman and shooting entirely in Romania, begins today, 17 March 2014, and continues through 7 April.
GNFC Announces Documentary Grants Competition
TBILISI: A total of 31 projects for short and long documentaries have been submitted to the grants contest launched by the Georgian National Film Centre. Approximately 82,800 EUR/200,000 GEL are…
