CICAE Extends Deadline
CICAE, the international federation of arthouse cinemas, has announced the extension of the deadline for the September training sessions. The new deadline is 16 June 2011.
PRODUCTION: Estonia Marks Film Centennial with Mega-Film
TALLINN: The Estonian NGO Cinema Bus (www.kinobuss.ee), which tours the country with film and animation workshops and screens films in rural areas, has initiated an ambitious project to produce a…
PRODUCTION: Crulic - The Path To Beyond in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: Writer-director Anca Damian (Crossing Dates) is in postproduction with a long animated feature Crulic - The Path to Beyond, a Romanian-Polish coproduction based on the tragic story of Claudiu…
PRODUCTION: Crulic - The Path To Beyond in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: Writer-director Anca Damian (Crossing Dates) is in postproduction with a long animated feature Crulic - The Path to Beyond, a Romanian-Polish coproduction based on the tragic story of Claudiu…
Film Funding Proposed in Bulgaria
SOFIA: The Bulgarian government has proposed 16.6 million leva for film funding in 2012, according to a statement by the Minister of Culture Vezhdi Rashidov on 3 June 2011.
FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition: Italians
In his drama Italians Łukasz Barczyk create a dream-like image of passion and betrayal, where reality is mixed with the memories of his characters.
FNE at TIFF Romanian Film Days: Different Mothers
BUCHAREST: Different Mothers (Despre alte mame), the feature film debut from Mihai Ionescu and Tiberiu Iordan is based on a true story narrated by famed Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski in…
FNE at TIFF Romanian Film Days: If the Seed Doesn’t Die
BUCHAREST: If the Seed Doesn't Die (Dacă bobul nu moare) from Serbian-Romanian director Sinisa Dragin tells the story of two fathers, a Romanian searching for his daughter who was forced…
Lithuania to Open Vilnius Film Office
The mayor of Vilnius, Artūras Zuokas, met with the head of the Independent Producers Association (NPA) Rasa Miškinytė, the NPA and the representatives of the Lithuanian film industry to discus…
FNE at TIFF Romanian Film Days: Outbound
Bogdan George Apetri's first feature Outbound, written by Tudor Voican and Bogdan George Apetri, is based on a story by Cristian Mungiu and Ioana Uricaru.
FNE at TIFF Romanian Film Days: The Bear
The Bear, the second film from Dan Chişu (Websitestory, www.websitestory.ro), is a bittersweet comedy involving a bear from the Bucharest State Circus, his human colleagues and a German hunter against…
FNE at TIFF Romanian Film Days: Morgen
Short film Palme d'Or winner Marian Crişan (Megatron, 2008) screens at the Transilvania IFF's Romanian Days with his feature debut, Morgen, the story of a Romanian whose passion for fishing…
FNE at TIFF Romanian Film Days: Metrobranding
Ana Vlad and Adrian Voicu will screen their first long film, Metrobranding - A Love Story Between People and Objects/Metrobranding - O poveste de dragoste intre oameni si obiecte, a…
FNE at TIFF Romanian Film Days: The Phantom Father
Lucian Georgescu comes to TIFF's Romanian Film Days with his feature film debut The Phantom Father.
Hungarian Banks Threaten to Close Film Producers Accounts
BUDAPEST: The bank accounts of 19 production companies faced closure as of 1 June 2011, as loan agreements expired on 31 May. Andrew Vajna, Hungary's newly appointed film commissioner, is…
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Hungary
BUDAPEST: When it comes to TV, Hungary prefers to go it alone. Without any natural linguistic partners and lacking the strong regional ties shared by Czechs and Slovaks, the Balkans,…
FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition: Fear Of Falling
In Fear of Falling, his feature film directing debut. Bartosz Konopka creates an emotional drama about crossing the line between madness and sanity.
FNE at TIFF Romanian Days: Loverboy
Loverboy, the second feature from Romanian director Cătălin Mitulescu tells the story of Luca, a 20 year old boy from a Romanian village who makes girls fall in love with…
FNE at TIFF Romanian Days: Close to the Heavens
Close to the Heavens, a full-length documentary debut from Titus Faschina, explores Romania's traditional past by focusing on a family of herders whose old habits are challenged by EU regulations.
FNE at TIFF Main Competition: Principles of Life
Constantin Popescu (Tales from the Golden Age) directed the Transilvania International Film Festival's Romanian competition entry, Principles of Life, with Vlad Ivanov (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) appearing…
