Film festival awards and commercial sales were among the high points set in 2013.
WARSAW: Cinema City, the leading exhibitor in Central Europe, announced a 3 percent growth in admissions in 2013.
In recognition of the hard work and excellence of European cinema operators, FNE together with Europa Cinemas continues its Cinema of the Month series. This month we spoke with Genė Pučinskienė, the manager of Cinema Center Garsas/Kino Center Garsas since 1992.
WARSAW: Poland’s TVN Group has named Christian Anting as Chief Strategy Officer and Managing Director of international distribution.
VALLETTA: Engelbert Grech has been appointed by the Malta Minister for Home Affairs Manuel Mallia as the new Film Commissioner for Malta. He will replace Peter Busutill at the head of Malta Film Commission.
BUDAPEST: Sony Classics Pictures has picked up Janos Szasz’s Hungarian Oscar hopeful The Notebook.
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film Institute has launched a major new webportal of Slovak film to celebrate its 50th anniversary. SK Cinema is accessible at www.skcinema.sk and is presently only in Slovak but will be available also in English in the first half of 2014.
WARSAW: Poland’s biggest cinema operator Cinema City International has been taken over by the UK’s Cineworld in a deal worth 600m EUR.
'Happily Ever After', a documentary film directed by Tatjana Božić, was selected for the competition of the prestigious International Rotterdam Film Festival, whose 43rd edition takes place 22 January thru 2 February 2014.
