FNE at Berlinale 2010: Competition If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle (Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier)
BERLIN: Romanian director Florin Serban has brought an uncompromising realism to his debut feature If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle a hard hitting drama based on a stage play…
FNE in Berlin: Party and Screening Alert: Saturday
Party Alert: All parties require an invitation from the organizers
FNE at Berlinale 2010: The Ghost Writer
BERLIN:The ghost of the absent director Roman Polanski, under house arrest in Switzerland, hung over the premier of his film in competition in Berlin. The Polish born director was arrested…
FNE in Berlin: Party and Screening Alert: Friday
Party Alert: All parties require an invitation from the organizers EFM opening party
FNE in Berlin: Party and Screening Alert: Thursday
Party Alert: All parties require an invitation from the organizers Berlinale Opening Party following opening ceremony at Berlinale Palast By Invitation Only
CEE films bow at Berlin: Hungarian Top Prize Winner Rolls into Berlin
Czech director Jan Hřebejk's movie Kawasaki's Rose opens the Panorama section of the Berlinale (Feb. 11-21), with another six Czech films being presented at the European Film Market.
CEE films bow at Berlin
Czech director Jan Hřebejk's movie Kawasaki's Rose opens the Panorama section of the Berlinale (Feb. 11-21), with another six Czech films being presented at the European Film Market.
DG COMM announces video clip contest
The Audiovisual Service of DG COMM is launching a video production competition together with "Content 360" - MIPTV's annual cross-media competition.
High Point send Protector to EFM
UK sales agent has acquired world rights for Czech Oscar foreign language entry Protector and will screen the film at the European Film Market in Berlin.
Central European films screen at NY Jewish Film Festival
Acclaimed fiction and documentary films from Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania will screen at the NY Jewish Film Festival, running through January 28.
Bathory to open in Hungary
Bathory, the ground-breaking box office success from Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko, is poised for a Hungarian gala opening on January 14, attended by the film's international cast of actors.
EU MEDIA Awards FNE Grant of 75 000 Euros for 2010
FNE has been awarded a grant of 75 000 Euros from EU MEDIA to continue and expand its work in 2010.
Poland's Multikino moves into Lithuania
Multikino, the second biggest Polish multiplex operator, will open its first foreign branch in Vilnius in the first half of 2010.
Katalin Varga win European Discovery Award
Katalin Varga, a Hungarian/Romanian/UK co-production, won the European Film Academy's award as European Discovery 2009 on December 12.
Fremantle appoints new CEE executive
FremantleMedia has named Daniela Matei as CEO of it operations in Central Europe.
FNE Copenhagen Initiative: Think Green ! Think FNE !
FNE, the "paperless" newspaper, will launch two initiatives in 2010 to reduce the consumption of paper at international film festivals and events. FNE already contributes to the environment by delivering…
FESTIVALS: PÖFF concludes with six films awarded
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival that ended on December 6 screened over 260 films from 75 different countries in nine Estonian cities. For the first time films were also shown…
FNE Austrians reach out to CEE neighbors
The Vienna Film Fund's director Peter Zawrel has been actively courting CEE producers, showing up at Slovenia's coproduction meeting in mid-November, and at a December 4 panel on Slovak film…
Estonia, Poland selected for Sundance competition
The Temptation of St. Tony from Estonia and All That I Love from Poland have been announced for the World Cinema Narrative competition at the Sundance Film Festival, January 21-31.
FESTIVALS: French/Belgian film wins Bratislava International Film Festival
The International Bratislava Film Festival (www.iffbratislava.sk) under new programme director Matthieu Darras gave its grand prix to the French/Belgian film The Day God Went Away by director Philippe Van Leeuw.