PRODUCTION: Yavuz Turgul’s detective film in post-production
ISTANBUL: Turkish detective comedy Hunting Season, directed by Yavuz Turgul, is in post-production.
Anarchy in Žirmūnai premieres in Lithuania
Saulius Drunga's debut feature Anarchy in Žirmunai (Anarchija Žirmūnuose) premiered on 9 September in Vilnius, kicking off nationwide distribution. The project, written by Saulius Drunga, won the MEDIA New Talent…
Romania enters If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle for Oscars
Florin Şerban's first feature has been forwarded for consideration as an Oscar Foreign Language Film nomination by a committee including the film critics Eugenia Vodă, Magda Mihăilescu, Cristina Corciovescu, Dana…
Polish director Polanski awarded FIPRESCI Prix for The Ghost Writer
WARSAW: Polish director Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer is Best Film of the Year, according to the members of the International Federation of Film Critics - FIPRESCI who voted for…
Art House Metropolis opened in Zagreb
Audiences in Zagreb are warming to the city's latest repertory cinema, Metropolis Art House opened 2 September at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The venue opened with the premiere of…
Kolski's Venice awarded in Montreal
One of the most awaited Polish films of 2010 has won the best artistic contribution at the 34th Montreal World Film Festival (www.ffm-montreal.org), where it had its international premiere. The…
All That I Love chosen as Polish Oscar candidate
The Polish Oscar Committee has chosen All That I Love as the Polish Oscar nomination candidate for the Best Foreign Language Film.
Polish doc about the Internet community starts production in Warsaw
Jarek Rybus has begun shooting a multimedia experiment fusing film and the Web is in his new documentary about the Polish blog community. "The film is an attempt to look…
Romania’s Prima upgrades with Israeli game show
Isreali company Armoza Formats has sold Romania's Prima TV on the second season of its game show formula Upgrade, which will also be a daily fixture on TV screens in…
FNE: Czech Film Incentives: How They Work
On 21 June of this year, the Czech Republic introduced an incentives plan for filmmakers shooting in the Czech Republic. The Film Industry Support Programme offers rebates of up to…
Polish drama finds an international sales agent
Berlin based m-appeal has picked up the critically acclaimed Polish drama The Christening.
PRODUCTION: Polish-German Winter Daddy in post-production
One of the most promising projects supported by the Polish-German Co-Development Fund, Winter Daddy, directed by Johannes Schmid, is the story of 11-year-old Kattaka, who travels from Germany to Poland…
Applicants line up for Czech Film Industry Support Program
Increasing numbers of local and international film productions are applying for the newly launched 20 percent cash rebates offered by the Czech Republic, submitting to the required cultural test. The…
Lankosz promotes Łódź in noir style
The director of Reverse, awarded best Polish film of 2009, has just finished shooting a short feature promoting the city of Łódź as European Capital of Culture for 2016. Borys…
Asian WWII drama to shoot in Latvia
The biggest war drama of its kind ever to be shot in Latvia is slated to begin shooting early next year. My Way, a Korean-Latvian co-production, will film partly in…
UPC Romania adds new channels to portfolio
One of Romania's major cable companies, UPC (www.upc.ro), has launched six new channels, including one in HD. Starting Sept. 1, UPC, affiliated at Liberty Global Inc. (www.lgi.com), offers Discovery HD…
