PRODUCTION: I Am You filming in Sofia

I Am You or Adriana, directed by Petar Popzlatev, is nearing the end of filming in emblematic old Sofia locations and the former Bulgarian royal summer palace on the Black…
28-09-2010

Mobile TV stalled in Poland

A six-month investigation by Poland's consumer protection agency has resulted in a charge of price fixing against the country's four leading mobile phone providers, which has stalled the launch of…
28-09-2010

Magyar Telekom plans market expansion

Magyar Telekom (www.telekom.hu ), the leading telecom provider in Hungary, plans to strengthen its position in the pay-TV market, with the goal of becoming the country's market leader.
28-09-2010

FNE Focus: Georgian National System of Film Support

TBILISI: The key document providing the framework of state support to filmmaking is the Georgian Law on State support to Georgian National Cinematography (dated 5 December 2000).
28-09-2010

FNE Focus: GNFC Announces Competition on Financing Production of Full-length Feature Film for 2011

TBILISI: Georgian National Film Center announces competition on financing production of full- length feature film for the year of 2011. GNFC aims at financing Georgian films from state budget.
28-09-2010

Launch of Film New Europe Visegrad Prix for Best Co-Production

WARSAW: Film New Europe together with the International Visegrad Fund has announced a new prize to for best feature and best documentary co-production from a Visegrad country. The prize is…
28-09-2010

A record 4 Estonian films vie for Oscar shortlist

Estonia nominated a record-breaking three films for this year's Acadey Awards, plus a fourth one competing as this year's student film Oscar winner.
27-09-2010

Czechs submit Kawasaki's Rose for Oscar bid

The Czech Film and Television Academy (www.cfta.cz) has chosen Kawasaki's Rose directed by Jan Hřebejk as its entry for the Oscar best foreign language film category. The film beat out…
27-09-2010

The Blacks represents Croatia for Oscar bid

The Film Artists' Association of Croatia announced yesterday that the Croatian feature film The Blacks, a war drama directed by Zvonimir Jurić and Goran Dević, has been selected as Croatia's…
27-09-2010

PRODUCTION: Lidice wraps shooting

Shooting of one of the most anticipated Czech movie of 2011, the big budget historical 1940´s war movie Lidice by director Petr Nikolaev and producer Adam Dvořák of production and…
27-09-2010

Tuesday, After Christmas sold to the USA

Radu Muntean's forth feature Tuesday, After Christmas was acquired by Kino Lorber (www.kino.com ) and will be distributed in the United States after New York Film Forum (www.filmforum.org ) with…
27-09-2010

FNE Georgian Cinema Focus: A Proud History Reborn

In recent years Georgian cinema has been witnessing a period of rebirth and revival. Yet another generation of filmmakers emerged, and the directors who stopped making films in the 1990s…
27-09-2010 m

FNE Focus: Georgian Cinema Today

Georgian cinema has a long and distinguished history but it has also become in recent years a vital new source of young European filmmaking talent and an important partner for…
27-09-2010 m

FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010 National Competition: A Step into Darkness

Atil Inac directed the award winning film A Step into Darkness, which screened in the national competition at Adana, following its premiere at the Montreal Film Festival and screenings at…
26-09-2010

FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010 National Competition: Breath

Breath (Nefes) directed by Levent Semerci is the first war movie about Sirnak and terrorism on the south-eastern border of Turkey. The film, with a cast of first-time actors, was…
26-09-2010

FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010 National Competition: Envy

Envy from director Zeki Demirkubuz is a story of lust, loyalty, passion and trust in 1930's Turkey. The film is adapted from an acclaimed novel by Nahid Sırri Orik.
26-09-2010

FNE at Adana Golden Boll FF 2010: Glory of young Turkish cinema

The 17th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (20-26 September) put on display the glorious talent of today's young Turkish cinema. The Golden Boll for Best Film went to this year's…
26-09-2010

FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010 National Competition: The Voice

The Voice, about a girl who hears voices inside her head, is one of the several Turkish parapsychological horror films. The script was written by noted film critic Uygar Sirin…
25-09-2010

FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010 National Competition: There

There, directed by Melik Saracoglu and Hakki Kurtulus, is a drama about a father and his two estranged sons who reunite following the death of their mother. The film was…
25-09-2010