Moscow IFF Competition: The Other Family / La Otra Familia

The notable Mexican director Gustavo Loza screens his dramatic film The Other Family, for which he also wrote the screenplay, in the Moscow International Film Festival.
23-06-2011

Moscow IFF Competition: The Waves/Las Olas

The Waves is the first feature fiction film of Alberto Morais, whose credits include several short films and the documentary Un lugar en el cine.
23-06-2011

Moscow IFF Competition: Montevideo

Montevideo, Taste of a Dream, the first feature directed by the popular actor Dragan Bjelogrlić, has been a big hit in Serbia: 515,000 viewers, (twice as many as Avatar) since…
23-06-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: License Market Signature Launches in Poland

BUDAPEST: DISCOP founder Patrick Jucaud started the second day of DISCOP Budapest (21-24 June 2011, www.discop.com) with another major announcement: the launch of Signature, a licensing market, in Poland, followed…
23-06-2011

ACT Faces Copyright Issues

BUDAPEST: Speaking at the DISCOP Budapest TV market, Ross Biggam, Director General of the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) said the issue of copyright will be the organization's…
22-06-2011

Moscow IFF Competition: Revenge: A Love Story/Fuk Sau Che Chi Sei

Wong Ching Po, known for his thriller Jiang Hu (aka Gong Wu, Blood Brothers, 2004) about Hong Kong gangs with Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung, screens his fifth feature film…
22-06-2011

Moscow IFF Competition: American Translation

With their Moscow competition entry American Translation, Pascal Arnold and Jean-Marc Barr create a thriller genre film about two young people, Chris (Pierre Perrier) and Aurora (Lizzie Brocheré), who meet…
22-06-2011

Moscow IFF Competition: The Perfect Life/La Vita Facile

The Italian comedy The Perfect Life was made in the spirit of classic Italian comedies of the 1970's, as a commentary on the national way of life.
22-06-2011

MIFF 2011: Moscow to Host International Film Finance Forum

MOSCOW: For the first time Moscow will host the International Film Finance Forum Moscow 2011, sponsored by Corporate Finance Bank, to be held at Radisson Royal Hotel on 24 June…
22-06-2011

Moscow IFF Competition: Escalation/Escalade

French director, scriptwriter and producer Charlotte Silvera turned to the Russian play Dear Elena Sergeevna by Lyudmila Razumovskaya as the source material for her film Escalation. It tells a story…
21-06-2011

FNE at MIFF: Taboo - The Soul Is Stranger on Earth

Christoph Stark is in competition at Moscow IFF with Taboo - The Soul Is Stranger on Earth/Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden, the haunted love story…
20-06-2011

CME Receives Adam Smith Award

Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME, www.cetv-net.com ) has been awarded the Treasury Today Adam Smith Award for Best Practice and Innovation 2011 in the Best Corporate Debt Solution category.
16-06-2011

Moscow IFF Competition: Joanna

Feliks Falk, one of the masters of Polish cinema, returns with Joanna, a moving story of love and courage set during WWII.
16-06-2011

FNE at Moscow IFF: MIFF Competition Films

MOSCOW: The 33rd Moscow International Film Festival (www.moscowfilmfestival.ru), which takes place 23 June through 2 July 2011, has selected 17 films for its main international competition.
10-06-2011

FNE - IDF DocBlock: "Toys"

Toys, a Lithuanian-Belarus documentary planned for completion in March 2012, was selected for the Institute of Documentary Film's 2011 Ex Oriente programme.
09-06-2011

EEFA Workshop in Sofia

The second East European Film Alliance (eefa-eu.org) Script Development Workshop for Fiction Projects is taking place in Sofia 9-13 June 2011. Eight film projects were selected to participate.
09-06-2011

EAVE Graduates in Production

EAVE has announced films currently in preparation or production by graduates of the production programme. The line-up includes six films with the participation of CEE producers.
08-06-2011

CICAE Extends Deadline

CICAE, the international federation of arthouse cinemas, has announced the extension of the deadline for the September training sessions. The new deadline is 16 June 2011.
06-06-2011

FNE-IDF DocBlock: Prix Europe 2011 Nominations

The European broadcasting festival Prix Europa 2011 announces this year’s nominees. The category of feature-length television documentary presents also two successful Czech documentaries Katka, made by Helena Třeštíková, and Coal…
02-06-2011

Management Changes at HBO Central Europe

BUDAPEST: HBO announced the promotion of Ondrej Zach to Senior Vice President, Programming and Acquisitions, for HBO Central Europe. In addition, HBO has appointed Ivan Sevcik as HBO Czech Republic…
01-06-2011