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6.3M euro El Greco biopic premieres in Athens

Laszlo Kirston Hungary 2007-10-18

The Greek-Spanish-Hungarian co-production El Greco held its ceremonial premiere in Athens this week with Queen Sofia of Spain in attendance.

Jakimowski did the Trick: Second feature sold to Benelux

Jorn Rossing Jensen Region 2007-10-18

Warsaw (CentEast Daily News) -- In one of the first deals at this year's CentEast Market, Polish director Andrzej Jakimowski's Tricks (Sztuczki) - which opened the Warsaw International Film Festival…

Hungarian Golden Leopard winner scouts Polish locations for next feature

Katarzyna Grynienko Region 2007-10-18

Warsaw (CentEast Daily News) -- Hungarian director Benedek Fliegauf, whose Milky Way (Téjut) is screening in Warsaw's Free Spirit Competition, is scouting locations in Poland for his next feature, The…

Azerbaijan among 15 CentEast countries vying for Oscar nomination

Jorn Rossing Jensen Region 2007-10-18

Warsaw (CentEast Daily News) -- Fifteen member countries from the CentEast network have joined the race for the Oscar nominations as Best Foreign-Language Feature, according to the list of submissions…

Ariadne leaves Naxos for Polish novella film instigated by Wajda school

Szymon Wackowski and Magda Ulejczyk Region 2007-10-18

Warsaw (CentEast Daily News) -- Already famous from Greek mythology - and from operas by Monteverdi, Badia, Benda and Strauss - Ariadne on Naxos comes to life again in Polish…

After Time to Die, Tomorrow Will Be Better for Kedzierzawska

Karolina Koltun Region 2007-10-18

Warsaw (CentEast Daily News) -- As Polish director Dorota Kedzierzawska's Time to Die (Pora umierac) has a special screening in the Warsaw International Film Festival and enters the CentEast Market…

Country focus: Astonishing Estonia

Katarzyna Nowakowska Region 2007-10-18

Warsaw (CentEast Daily News) - The small Baltic republic of Estonia - with a population of just under 1.5 million, and an annual production of just a few full-length feature…

SONY format could help boost film production in Central Europe

Anna Franklin Estonia 2007-10-17

Estonian film is enjoying a production boom both at home and abroad, thanks partly to the XD Cam SONY format as well as an innovative financing scheme that could become…

Third CentEast Market may not Boogie, but is ready for anything else

Jorn Rossing Jensen Region 2007-10-17

Warsaw (CentEast Daily News) -- As the Third CentEast Market at the Warsaw International Film Festival takes off today (Oct. 18), market co-ordinator Rik Vermeulen observed that quality-wise the 2007…

Svensk Filmindustri at CentEast with two Warsaw festival titles

Jorn Rossing Jensen Region 2007-10-17

Warsaw (CentEast Daily News) -- Represented at the CentEast Market by vp international sales Anita Simovic, Swedish major, Svensk Filmindustri, is racking up sales for two Scandinavian movies, Danish director…

Sex in the City

Katarzyna Grynienko Region 2007-10-17

Warsaw (CentEast Daily News) -- The success of the Polish comedy Testosteron-it sold 1.4 million tickets last year, and went on to win the Amber Lion at Gdynia-has encouraged director…

Backed by independent producers, Polish filmmakers establish new distributor

Katarzyna Nowakowska Region 2007-10-17

Warsaw (CentEast Daily News) -- At the CentEast Market, the Polish Film Foundation (PFF)-a new distributor geared for local and international promotion of Polish films-will present its first première, Jerzy…

Estonia Reloads for Second Explosion at CentEast Market

Jorn Rossing Jensen Region 2007-10-17

Warsaw (CentEast Daily News) -- A small republic on the Baltic, with a 1.34 million population, Estonia has a rich history of animation, but with an annual production volume of…

Country focus: The Romanian wave is approaching

Katarzyna Nowakowska Region 2007-10-17

Warsaw (CentEast Daily News) -- The Film Year of 2007 belongs to Romania. Two Romanian films won major prizes at the Cannes International Film Festival, including Cristian Mungiu's abortion story…

Hungarian Pannonia animation studio faces uncertain future

Laszlo Kirston Hungary 2007-10-16

The state-owned Pannónia Film Kft., once the leading force in a booming Hungarian animation sector, is facing an uncertain future due to inaction on the part of its owner, the…

Postwar documentary wins Slovenian Vesna prize for best film

FNE Staff Slovenia 2007-10-16

A documentary about the children of victims of post-World War II killings, Children from Petricek Hill by Miran Zupanic, took the Vesna Award for best film at the 10th Festival…

Prague loses another big-ticket Hollywood production

Irena Zemanova Czech Republic 2007-10-15

In another blow to the fortunes of the Czech Republic's film industry, production of fhe latest sequel of the Chronicles of Narnia franchise (www.narnia.com), The Voyage of the Dawn Treader,…

Popularity of Vorel film High School surprises critics

Radovan Holub Czech Republic 2007-10-15

Tomas Vorel´s new film High School (www.gymplfilm.cz) has grabbed third place among Czech viewers after its first two weeks of screening, surprising some critics.

TVP SA program nominated for International Emmy

FNE Staff Poland 2007-10-14

"The Magic Tree" by Andrzej Maleszka, produced by Polish public broadcaster TVP SA, has been nominated for an International Emmy in the Children and Youth category.

Filmarchives.online is new resource for film professionals

Patricia Koza Region 2007-10-14

A new web gateway called filmarchives.online (www.filmarchives-online.eu) may become a sought-after resource for film professionals seeking convenient access to moving image collections from European film archives. Coordinated by the German…