FESTIVALS: Latvia, Romania Get Cannes Competition Slots
{mosimage}In the Fog (www.rijafilms.lv), a Latvian coproduction directed by Sergei Loznitsa, and Beyond the Hills (www.mobrafilms.ro) by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu have been chosen for the main competition of the…
FESTIVALS: Krakow Laurels for Trestikova
{mosimage}KRAKOW: Czech documentary filmmaker Helena Trestikova will receive the Dragon of Dragons honorary award at the 52nd Krakow Film Festival (www.krakowfilmfestival.pl), 28 May-3 June 2012.
Universal Picks Diaz-Don't Clean Up This Blood
{mosimage}BUCHAREST: Daniele Vicari's feature on the brutal G8 Summit in Genoa 2001, Diaz-Don't Clean Up This Blood, has been pickep up by Universal Pictures International Entertainment (www.universalpictures.co.uk) for distribution in…
Romania Introduces Digital TV Card
BUCHAREST: Romania is the second CEE country to introduce a digital TV card, following the Czech Republic.
Gypsy, The House Tie for Slovak Film Awards
{mosimage}BRATISLAVA: The House and Gypsy each won six prizes at The Sun in a Net, Slovakia's biannual national film awards which took place on 17 April 2012.
Pepik Hnatek Leads Czech Box Office
PRAGUE: District league - Pepik Hnatek's Last Stand held on to the first place at the Czech box office for the third week in a row, beating out U.S. hit…
PRODUCTION: My Name Is Janez Jansa in Postproduction
{mosimage}LJUBLJANA: Slovenian conceptual artist and performer Janez Jansa is in final post-production on a 67 minute HD documentary on names and identity, focusing on the case of himself and two…
PRODUCTION: Romania's Mungiu in Post-Production with French/Belgian Coproduction
BUCHAREST: Director/writer Cristian Mungiu's new feature Beyond the Hills is in the last stages of post-production and in anticipation of an invitation to screen at Cannes film festival 2012.
PRODUCTION: Southern Scum Go Home! in Preproduction
LJUBLJANA: Writer/Director/screenwriter Goran Vojnovic is preparing an adaptation of his 2008 Slovenian bestselling novel in advance of a 1 July 2012 shoot date.
Declining Ad Revenues at Romanian TV
{mosimage}BUCHAREST: The deficit of the Romanian's public TV, SRTV (www.tvr.ro), decreased by 0.71% in 2011, to €36.7 million Euro, while revenue from advertising was 7.4 million euro in 2011, down…
FESTIVALS: Ten Czech Features Compete in Finale Plzen
{mosimage}PLZEN: The Czech national film festival FINALE (www.festivalfinale.cz/en/), which runs 22-28 April 2012 in the western Czech city of Plzen, has selected 10 Czech feature films for the New Czech…
FNE at Istanbul FF 2012: Istanbul Film Festival Prize winners
{mosimage}ISTANBUL: Two Turkish films dominated the National Competition at this year’s 31st Istanbul Film Festival (www.iksv.org). Beyond the Hill directed by Emin Alper won the Golden Tulip for best film,…
FESTIVALS: Mediawave International Competition
{mosimage}Five feature films will compete in the main competition of the 22nd edition of the Hungarian Mediawave IFF (www.mediawavefestival.hu , taking place 26-30 April in Fort Monostor.
TVN in Talks with German/Swiss Media Group
WARSAW: Polish commercial TV broadcaster TVN (www.tvn.pl) is in exclusive discussions with Ringier Axel Springer Media over the sale of TVN's web portal Onet.pl (www.onet.pl ).
PRODUCTION: Polish-Swedish Green Box Short Begins Filming
WARSAW: The Big Leap, a Polish-Swedish coproduction directed by Kristoffer Rus, began shooting on 15 April at the new ATM Studio (www.atmstudio.eu) in Warsaw.
FNE at Istanbul FF 2012: Festival on Wheels team gears up for film production
ISTANBUL: Festival on Wheels team Ahmet Boyacicoglu and Basak Emre have moved into film production with Inside directed by Zeki Demirkubiz which had its world premier at Istanbul FF (www.iskv.org).
Finland Grants 50/50 Support to Four Films
In the second round of a new funding initiative, the Finnish Film Foundation (www.ses.fi) selected four feature films, including two children/youth films, to receive grants of up to 50%.
Georgia Announces Call for Short Film Grants
TIBLISI: The Georgian National Film Center (GNFC, www.gnfc.ge) has announced a call for applications for the national competition on financing short feature films for production in 2012.
PRODUCTION: Shanghai Gypsy in Postproduction
{mosimage}LJUBLJANA: Director/screenwriter Marko Nabersnik is in post production with Shanghai Gypsy, a love story involving a gypsy family during the break-up of Yugoslavia.
PRODUCTION: Shanghai Gypsy in Postproduction
LJUBLJANA: Director/screenwriter Marko Nabersnik is in post production with Shanghai Gypsy, a love story involving a gypsy family during the break-up of Yugoslavia.
