PRODUCTION: Polish Indie Filmmaker Piotr Matwiejczyk in Production
WROCLAW: Leading Polish independent filmmakers is shooting a comedy about the institution of marriage, Wyręczony zaręczony, which translates into a play on words "engaged" and "helped".
Nicky's Family Tops Czech Doc Box Office Chart
PRAGUE:Slovak documentaries were a hit with Czech festivals and viewers in the past year. Nicky's Family, the third and apparently last film from Slovak director Matej Minac and Slovak producer/editor…
FNE Visegrad Special: 2011 Hungarian Film Industry Overview
BUDAPEST: Most of the Hungarian film professionals spent the last year waiting. The main supporter of the sector, the Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation (MMK) became insolvent in mid-2010, leaving production…
New TV Launches in Romania Fill the Gap of Closing Stations
BUCHAREST:: At least five new Romanian TV channels launching in 2011 will fill the void left by the closure of three channels. The latest addition is Mezzo Live HD (www.mezzo.tv)…
PRODUCTION: Life in Squares in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: The Bucharest-based young Serbian director Ivana Mladenovic is in the final stages of post-production (sound and colour correction) with an 84 minute documentary investigating the life of four 19…
Adana Golden Boll FF: The Extremely Tragic Story of Celal Tan and His Family
The Extremely Tragic Story of Celal Tan and His Family directed by Onur Unlu makes its world premiere in the Turkish national competition section of the Adana Golden Boll Film…
FNE Visegrad 2011 special: Polish Coproductions
WARSAW: Polish engagement in the international film industry becomes more prominent each year, with the results visible not only by the increase in Polish presence at major film events but…
PRODUCTION: Feed Me with Your Words in Production
LJUBLJANA: Feed Me With Your Words, the debut feature film by director Martin Turk, is in the middle of shooting and is expected to be completed on 4 October 2011.…
Bulgarian National Television Reopens Second Channel
SOFIA: The second channel of public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (www.bnt.bg) launched in 1975 and cancelled in 2000 for financial reasons will restart on 3 October 2011. Previous known as…
Sponsoring Gets International Distribution
WARSAW: After a successful screening at the Toronto IFF, the new drama from Małgorzata Szumowska Sponsoring was sold to over a dozen countries including UK, Spain, Brazil and Hongkong.
Adana Golden Boll FF: Future Lasts Forever
The Future Lasts Forever directed by Ozcan Alper screens in the Turkish competition of the Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (17-25 September 2011, www.goldenbollfilmfestival.com), immediately following its world premiere at…
Adana Golden Boll FF: September
September, which had its world premiere in the Montreal World Film Festival on 25 August 2011, screens in the Turkish national competition of the Adana Golden Bull Film Festival (17-25…
Grand Cinema Multiplex Opens in Bucharest
BUCHAREST: Grand Cinema Digiplex (www.grandcinemadigiplex.ro), which opens 23 September 2011 in Băneasa Shopping City (www.baneasashoppingcity.ro) in Bucharest, will bring the widest flat screen in Romania (22m wide).
FNE Visegrad 2011 Country Focus : Poland
WARSAW: Heading into the last quarter of 2011, Polish cinema is on track to repeat the steady growth that can be observed since 2005. Thanks to the activities of local…
FNE at BIAFF 2011: Georgian fest launches industry meetings
BATUMI: The 6th edition of the Batumi International Art House Film Festival (http://biaff.org) (17-24 September 2011) kicks off today in the Black Sea resort city with Woody Allen’s Midnight in…
Adana Golden Boll FF: Mar
Caner Erzincan's first film Mar will make its premiere in the Turkish national competition of the Adana Golden Bull Film Festival (17-25 September 2011, www.goldenbollfilmfestival.com).
Adana Golden Boll FF: Loser's Club
Loser's Club, which was released on 25 March 2011 in Turkey, was the seventh spot most popular Turkish film in 2011. Attendance reached nearly 500,000, with 4.5 million Turkish Liras…
FESTIVALS: 30th Bulgarian “Golden Rose” Festival Gets National Funding
SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Centre (www.nfc.bg) announced that despite the severe financial crisis it will organize the 30th edition of the Festival of Bulgarian Feature Film "Golden Rose" in…
FESTIVALS: Batumi Fest Adds Industry Section
BATUMI, GEORGIA: The sixth Batumi International Art-house Film Festival (www.biaff.org) taking place from 17-24 September 2011, has selected 9 films for its international feature film competitions and ten films which…
Czech blockbuster Saxana opens on a record 140 screens
PRAGUE: One of the biggest film openings in Central Europe takes place this week in the Czech and Slovak Republic. The object of all the attention is Saxana: The Little…
