New Polish TV channel Stopklatka TV to launch in 2014
WARSAW: A new Polish TV channel, Stopklatka, a joint initiative of Kino Polska TV, Stopklatka and Agora, has received a licence to broadcast and a spot in the first Polish…
FNE at Jameson Cinefest- Miskolc IFF 2013: International Competition Announced
MISKOLC: The 10th Miskolc International Film Festival (12 - 22 September 2013) will screen 17 features in the main competion, and three other regular competition section for short films, documentaries…
Romanian Indie Film Sets Opening Record
BUCHAREST: Iulia Rugină's debut feature Love Building set a record for a Romanian independent production, with 10,206 admissions and box office of 35,300 EUR/158,000 RON on its opening weekend, close…
FNE at Portoroz 2013: Class Enemy Takes Main Prize
PORTOROZ: Rok Bicek’s Venice Critics’ Week winner Class Enemy won the Vesna Award for best feature film (producer Triglav Film) at the 16th Festival of Slovenian Film which ended on…
FESTIVALS: Bulgaria Cancels Golden Rose Festival
SOFIA: The 32nd edition of Bulgaria’s national Golden Rose film festival will not take place in 2013 due to an insufficient number of completed films for the competition program.
FNE at Batumi FF 2013:Ten Features to Compete for Batumi IAFF
BATUMI: The 8th Batumi International Art house Film Festival (15 - 22 September 2013) will have three competitive sections and also non-competitive sections such as Georgian Panorama, Music World, Meet…
Film and Music Entertainment commit to Polish Cinema with plans to produce more films in the region.
GDYNIA: Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) CEO and producer Mike Downey re-affirmed at the 38th Gdynia Film festival his company’s ongoing commitment to making films in Poland and, working with…
FNE at Gdynia FF 2013: Prize Winners and Roman Polanski at Fest
GDYNIA: The biggest surprise of the 38 Gdynia Film Festival (9-14 September 2013) was undoubtedly the appearance of Polish director Roman Polanski at the closing ceremony to hand out the…
CME Names New Bosses
PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises, the web of TV networks covering six nations in the region, has announced that Christoph Mainusch and Michael Del Nin will take immediately the reigns…
FNE at Portoroz Slovenian FF 2013: Panic for Adults
PORTOROZ: The debut feature film by Barbara Zemljič is a comic melodrama about a content middle-aged woman whose seemingly stable world starts to crumble when she is overcome by a…
FNE at Portoroz Slovenian FF 2013: Seeking a Home with Seduce Me
PORTOROZ: The protagonist of this Slovenian love story, written and edited by Marko Šantić, is 19-year old Luka, who is leaving the orphanage where he has spent his last 9…
FNE TV AVP Live ! : Doris Pack, Chair EU Parliament Culture and Education Committee
FNE asked Doris Pack for an update on Creative Europe and what she thinks needs to be on the agenda for the upcoming Warsaw Audiovisual Summitt. Click here for video.
Digital Distrib for Poland's Lasting
WARSAW: Polish director Jacek Borcuch has announced he will be one of the country's pioneering adopters of iTunes as a distribution platform when his feature, Lasting (www.manana.pl) on a struggling…
Slovak Films Head to Toronto
TORONTO: Juraj Lehotsky's Miracle, his second feature following the prize-winning 2008 docu Blind Loves, will screen at the Toronto IFF's Discovery section, following up its victory at the Karlovy Vary…
Murder and Abuse Stories Dominate Cinematik
PIESTANY: Celebrated Danish indie director Thomas Vinterberg has taken home the top prize at Slovakia's 8th annual Cinematik fest (http://www.cinematik.sk) for his portrait of public shaming, The Hunt (Hon, www.zentropa.dk/).…
FNE TV: EXCLUSIVE: Gala Premier of Walesa, Man of Hope at the Venice Film Festival
VENICE: The appearance of Andrzej Wajda and Lech Walesa for the international premier of Walesa, Man of Hope was one of the highlights of this year’s Venice Film Festival.
FNE TV AVP Live !: Jožko Rutar, Director, Slovenian Film Centre
FNE asked Jožko Rutar, Director of the Slovenian Film Centre, how regional coproductions are helping to bring Slovenian films to audiences beyond Slovenia and what policies are shaping national support…
CEE Oscar Submissions Heat Up
RIGA: With Latvia's announcement that it will forward Mother I Love You, the touching coming-of-age adventure by Janis Nords for consideration to the Oscars, the list of strong submissions from…
PRODUCTION: Katarzyna Rosłaniec in Development on Grown-up Drama
GDYNIA: Katarzyna Rosłaniec plans to leave the world of teenage girls in distress and is developing a drama inspired by her present life experiences.
PRODUCTION: Game of Thrones Returns to Croatia
ZAGREB: The fourth season of HBO's fantasy adventure hit Game of Thrones is filming in the southern Dalmatian city of Dubrovnik and will continue in Split with Embassy Films providing…
