FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2012: Mellow Mud

COTTBUS: Mellow Mud from debuting Latvian director Remars Vimba and producers Aija Berzina and Alise Gelze of Tasse Film (www.tasse.lv) emerged as one of the strongest contenders at the Connecting…
14-11-2012

FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2012: House of Others

COTTBUS: Georgian director Rusudan Glurjidze and her coproducer Zurab Magalashvili of Cinetech Production (www.cinetech.ge) pitched a Cuacasus post-war drama, House of Others, at the 14th edition of Connecting Cottbus (www.connecting-cottbus.de).
14-11-2012

EMERGING PRODUCER: Slovakia’s Tomas Kaminsky

BRATISLAVA: Slovak documentary producer Tomas Kaminsky tackled the controversial subject of minority issues in his first full-length film, The Gypsy Vote directed by Jaro Vojtek, while infusing it with liberal…
14-11-2012

Czech TV, Prima To Launch New Channels

PRAGUE: Czech Television (www.ceskatelevize.cz) will begin broadcasts of its new children’s channel in mid-2013, Czech TV general director Petr Dvořák announced.
13-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Vilnius-to-London Road Movie Documentary Starts Pre-production

VILNIUS: Lida, Vanda, Liusia, an Anglo-Lithuanian coproduction documentary about three Lithuanian grandmothers who make a road journey from Vilnius to London, has started pre-production.
13-11-2012

Pakalnina Preps Docs, Premieres Feature

RIGA: Latvian director/writer Laila Pakalnina is prepping two new doc productions while her new feature Pizzas premieres in competition at the Rome Film Festival.
13-11-2012

FNE at Cottbus Film Festival 2012: Poland Takes Top Prizes in Cottbus

COTTBUS: A strong Polish presence at the 22nd Film Festival Cottbus (www.filmfestivalcottbus.de) was validated with three of the festival’s top awards, including the main best film award with a prize…
12-11-2012

FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2012: Cottbus Pitches a Strong Field of Contenders

COTTBUS: Projects from Hungary, Poland, Serbia and Kyrgyzstan generated strong interest at the 14th edition of Connecting Cottbus, also known informally as CoCo (www.connecting-cottbus.de).
12-11-2012

Polish Film Institute announced funding for 61 projects

WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl) announced the results of its November round of grants, which included 110,250 PLN in development funding for a feature film by Jan Jakub Kolski…
12-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Petr Zelenka’s CoCo Pitch Winner in Preproduction

COTTBUS: Lost in Munich directedy by Petr Zelenka, the Czech film which won the 2011 Connecting Cottbus (www.connecting-cottbus.de) Best Pitch Award, is in preproduction for a June 2013 shoot.
12-11-2012

FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2012: Film Funding Opportunities Increase for CEE

COTTBUS: New film funding opportunities for filmmakers in Central and Eastern Europe are emerging across the region, including backing for minority coproductions which is crucial especially in smaller countries.
09-11-2012

FNE at Cottbus 2012: Kosovo, Turkey Win Connecting Cottbus Awards

COTTBUS: Three Windows and a Hanging, the first project from Kosovo to be presented at Connecting Cottbus (www.connecting-cottbus.de), won the coco Best Pitch Award voted on by the attendees of…
09-11-2012

Malta Emerging Producer Pierre Ellul

COTTBUS: Malta’s fledgling local film industry needs a dynamic professional to pull the small island country’s film production onto the world stage. Meet Pierre Ellul. Ellul is providing a short…
09-11-2012

FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2012: Radu Muntean Developing One Floor Below

COTTBUS: Romanian director Radu Muntean is in development with his fifth film, One Floor Below, which he and producer Dragos Vilcu pitched at Connecting Cottbus (www.connecting-cottbus.de) running through 9 November…
09-11-2012

Slovak Documentary Sparks Criminal Prosecution

BRATISLAVA: A Slovak documentary about the Slovak judicial system could lead to the prosecution and a prison term for the film’s
09-11-2012

TVN and Canal+ Deal Expected Soon

WARSAW: TVN Group plans to finalize a joint venture with Canal+ to create the NC+ platform by the end of 2012.
09-11-2012

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: IDF Looks Back at Jihlava 2012

JIHLAVA: IDF recaps its activities at the 2012 Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
09-11-2012

FNE Exclusive Interview with Zuzana Mistrikova, Executive Director of PubRes, Vice President Slovak Film and Television Academy

FNE spoke with Zuzana Mistriková about the current situation of the Slovak film industry three years after the creation of the Slovak Audiovisual Fund (www.avf.sk). For Slovak films, 2012 was…
08-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Wrestling in Dakar in Postproduction

WARSAW: Wrestling in Dakar (Dakarskie zapasy), a Polish/French/British documentary which focuses on the first woman in the wrestling business, promoter and politician Ndeye Ndiaye Tyson, and two young Senegalese wrestlers,…
08-11-2012

Era Film in Development with Mixed Slate of Films

COTTBUS: Lithuanian producer Rasa Miskinyte is in development with the feature film Escaping Sunshine and in early development with two animated films and two documentaries.
08-11-2012