FESTIVALS: Inspired Jihlava Celebrates 15th Anniversary
PRAGUE: The ingredients that go into a winning recipe are as varied as the chef, but one thing remains constant: it takes taste, talent and innovation to equal success. Going…
Romanian Ad Market Drops in 2011
BUCHAREST: The Romanian ad market is expected to show a decline of 4% in 2011, with light growth anticipated at the beginning of 2012, ZenithOptimedia/Zenith Media Romania (www.zenithmedia.ro) estimates in…
FNE Visegrad Special: Coproductions in Hungary 2011
BUDAPEST: The tax incentive scheme in Hungary set up in 2004 together with special grants for international coproduction from the Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation (MMK www.mmka.hu) was responsible for a…
FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF National Competition: Operation-Shmenti Capelli
Operation-Shmenti Capelli (www.shmentikapeli.com) is one of the most unique filmmaking stories in Bulgaria during the last twenty years. The long awaited eccentric comedy is a personal dream of popular Bulgarian…
FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF National Competition: Ave
Ave is a first feature film from Konstantin Bojanov, funded with €300,000 in public support from the National Film Center (www.nfc.bg), €14,000 - from the Bulgarian National Television (www.bnt.bg), €100,000…
FNE Visegrad 2010 Country profile Czech Republic
The most important development in the Czech Republic was the approval of film tax incentives in 2010. The European Union approved the Czech film tax incentives in June, as announced…
FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF National Competition: NO.1
Bulgaria's first "hip-hop film" (as the local media named it), Atanas Hristoskov's feature film debut NO.1, premiered at the 2011 Sofia film fest (www.siff.bg). The low budget film was produced…
FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF National Competition: Little-Big
Little-Big is a low budget, independently financed musical film directed by Yassen Grigorov, who is mainly known as a book illustrator and director of TV commercials. Its experimental spirit consists…
FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF National Competition: Lora From Morning Till Evening
Dimitar Kotsev - Shosho, the writer and director of Lora From Morning Till Evening (www.lorathemovie.com), describes his film as an "urban adventure with little magical moments." Based on his book…
PRODCUTION: Łukasz Barczyk to Direct Historical Polish Film
POZNAN: Łukasz Barczyk has been selected by the Marshal Office of the Great Poland region to direct a film about the Great Polish Uprising, the most successful of Polish insurrections.…
PRODUCTION: Night Falls in India in Preparation
BUCHAREST: Spanish director Chema Rodriguez is in preproduction with Night Falls in India, a feature based on a script he wrote together with the Romanian filmmaker Cătălin Mitulescu.
Visegrad Special: Czech Coproductions in 2011
PRAGUE: Increasing the number of international coproduction is an acknowledged goal for most Czech producers and 2011 saw the Czech film industry take steps in that direction. Domestically produced commercial…
FNE Visegrad 2011: Polish Coproductions
WARSAW: Poland’s position in the international film industry becomes more prominent each year, not only are more Polish productions and coproductions screened and awarded at major international film festivals each…
FNE Visegrad 2011 Country Profile: Czech Republic
The 2011 year offered some surprizes, with the arrival of new foreign TV productions while the audience share for Czech films fell to 17 percent in the first five months…
FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF National Competition: Old Toughies
Old Toughies is an 86-minute ironic comedy backed by the Bulgarian National Television (www.bnt.bg) and produced by Urban Media. The HD shoot lasted a month in 2010, taking place mainly…
Estonia Ponders New Film Commission
TALLINN: Estonia could launch preparations for setting up a Film Commission before the end of the year if the financing bid of the country's export promotion agency Enterprise Estonia prove…
Central Europeans Bring Competition to Oscar Race
An impressive selection of Central European films competing for a nomination in the Oscar Best Foreign Language film category reflects a creatively robust industry in spite of economic challenges. Films…
PRODUCTION: Independent Polish Comedy Shooting
WARSAW: Indie Polish filmmakers Paweł Sarbinowski and Piotr Zukowski have begun principal shooting on Heaven, a comedy about celebrity afterlife which will premiere in 2012.
FNE Visegrad Country Profile: Slovakia
BRATISLAVA: Slovakia has seen a significant increase in the number of premieres in 2011, particularly in the second half of the year, accompanied by far-reaching international interest in the high…
FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF National Competition: Holy Light
Holy Light is the film debut of Bulgarian writer Georgi Tenev. Based on several short stories from a book of the same name. It is an independent production made in…
