CentEast Student Report: Urszula Antoniak: Things around us are extention of who we are
Urszula Antoniak's feature debut Nothing Personal is an intimate portrait of loneliness as a reincarnative state of mind
CentEast Warsaw - Moscow First Project in Russia Supported by EU’s MEDIA International
CentEast Moscow (www.centeast.org) organized by Russian distrib TVINDIE has attracted worldwide attention as the first project in Russia to be supported by the EU's MEDIA International.
CentEast Student Report:: Polish cinema today
In 2005, when the Polish Film Institute was established under a new law covering film production, Polish cinema started a new chapter of of its history.
CentEast holds first Moscow presentations
CentEast, the pitching forum that lauunched five years ago in Warsaw, expanded this year to include a one-day session in Moscow.
Bathory preps holiday DVD release
Will lightning strike twice? Bathory, the record-breaking film credited with reviving Slovak interest in domestic films, hopes so, with a holiday edition DVD release planned in Slovakia and the Czech…
Intersonic signs deal with FreMantle
Slovak and Czech distributor Intersonic (www.intersonic.sk) has signed a home entertainment deal with FreMantle Media.
Prix Arte nomination for Cooking History
Slovak director Peter Kerekes' film Cooking History has been nominated for the European Film Academy's Prix Arte for best documentary.
ScripTeast workshop wraps
ScripTeast (www.scripteast.pl), the Independent Film Foundation training program in scriptwriting which concluded in the Ossoliński Palace in Sterdyń on October 2, presented the following five films in the early stages…
Estonia nominates December Heat for foreign-language Oscar
December Heat, a historical action thriller by Asko Kase was chosen as Estonia's nomination for this year's best foreign language film.
AXN launhes in Slovenia
Sony Pictures Television's AXN has launched in Slovenia, Croatia, and three othe Balkan territories
ScripTeast projects announced
Twelve film projects from nine CEE countries have been selected for the 4th edition of ScripTeast, which begins its first session in Poland September 26-October 2.
EFP features new distributors at San Sebastian
For the second year, European Film Promotion (www.efp-online.com) gathers a group of eight young European film distributors in partnership with the Sales Office at the San Sebastian film festival.
Two Polish films get EFA nods
Andrej Wajda's Sweet Rush and Małgośka Szumowska's 33 Scenes from Life were among the films selected for the European Film Academy's 2009 awards, giving Poland two of the coveted 48…
FNE in Venice: Romanian Film Francesca Threatened With Ban
VENICE: Venice Orizzonti opening film Francesca has had two of its public screenings pulled after Italian right wing politician Alessandra Mussolini took legal action to stop the screenings.
