Malta’s FilmCorp surfaces with new docs and underwater services at MIPCOM

MALTA: Malta’s top underwater and location services outfit, Film Corporation www.filmcorporation.com.mt , will be in MIPCOM with its newly produced TV content in the form of short documentaries formatted for…
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Romanian Ad Market Continues Decline in 2013

BUCHAREST: A report released by Zenith Optimedia forecasts that the Romanian ad market will drop 3.6 percent before finally recovering in 2014.
07-10-2013

Hungarian FilmLab Acquires CORTEX

BUDAPEST: Postproduction house Hungarian FilmLab (Magyar Filmlabor), announced the purchase of MTI Film’s dailies processing division CORTEX:Dailies Ultimate Edition.
07-10-2013

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month – Kino Europa, Zagreb

This month we speak with Hrvoje Laurenta, the head of Cinema Europa/Kino Europa. Built in 1924/1925, Kino Europa was commissioned by the wealthy Zagreb-based Müller family and destined to become…
07-10-2013

Polish ITI Group Sells Multikino Chain to UK Company

WARSAW: Multikino, one of the biggest Polish cinema chains, has been sold to Vue-Entertainment for 48 m EUR. It is Vue-Entertainment’s first venture in CEE.
04-10-2013

Child's Pose Sold to USA

BUCHAREST: Child's Pose by Călin Peter Netzer will be distributed in American cinemas by Zeitgeist Films starting 19 February 2014.
04-10-2013

CEE Completes Oscar Roster

PRAGUE: The final list of entrees vying for Oscar nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film category includes the recent Slovenian hit and Venice FEDORA winner Class Enemy directed by…
04-10-2013

FNE IDF DocBloc: Nellis Directing HBO Doc

Award-winning Czech director Alice Nellis is a documentary on the subject of adoption. Click HERE to read full article on IDF
04-10-2013

John Boorman’s Queen and Country Joins Films Shooting Romania

BUCHAREST: John Boorman, who started shooting Queen and Country in Shepperton, England, is set to continue production in Romania on 9 October 2013 with Castel Film providing facilities.
03-10-2013

FESTIVALS: Astra FF 2013 Announces Competition Films

The 20th anniversary edition of Astra Film Festival taking place 14-20 October 2013 in Sibiu, Romania, will screen 100 documentaries (50 of them in its five competition sections) out of…
03-10-2013

EFP Launches Westwind in Russia

European Film Promotion will present its first showcase of European Film Showcase, Westwind, in Moscow, 23-27 October 2013.
03-10-2013

In the Name of Tops Polish Box Office

WARSAW: In the Name of, a controversial drama directed by Małgorzata Szumowska, has reached 120,000 admissions in the first 10 days of its domestic release.
02-10-2013

Colette, Don Juan Charm Czech Audiences

PRAGUE: Jiri Menzel’s Don Juan story Womanizer took the top spot on the Czech box office, while director Milan Cieslar’s English language bow Colette remained in the top ten after…
02-10-2013

Rangel Vulchanov Dies at 84

SOFIA: Rangel Vulchanov, voted the best Bulgarian director of the 20th century, died on 30 September 2013 after a long battle with cancer.
02-10-2013

PRODUCTION: Czech Lion Winner Jirasky Directing Slovak Diary

BRATISLAVA: Slovak production company Furia Film is in production with the feature film Diary of Agatha Schindler, which depicts fragments of the lives of four Jewish musicians who were deported…
01-10-2013

Poland Celebrates EFA Animation Nomination

The Congress, a Polish coproduction from Opus Film, is one of the three films nominated for the European Film Awards’ European Animated Feature Film 2013.
01-10-2013

Docs Find a Home in Prague

PRAGUE: The vibrant Czech documentary scene was in evidence at a presentation of ten documentary works-in-progress premiering in the 2013-2014 season, a lead-up to the main event of the year:…
01-10-2013

FNE Focus on Innovation and Building Audiences through regional networks

FNE asks Europe’s leading film professionals how Innovation can help to build new audiences for European film especially in the central and eastern European region. Next Up: We speak to…
30-09-2013

Bulgarian Union of Film Makers Elects New President

SOFIA: Ivan Pavlov has been elected president of the Union of the Bulgarian Film Makers.
30-09-2013

CEE Gets Serious with Oscar Hopefuls

PRAGUE: The minimalist Lithuanian documentary Conversations on Serious Topics directed by Giedre Beinoriute is the latest of the announced entries for the Oscar race for Best Foreign Language Film.
30-09-2013