European Film Industry Voices Concerns over Single Digital Market Strategy
WARSAW: European film industry professionals and organisations have voiced strong concerns about the strategy for the creation of a single digital market across the EU adopted on 6 May by…
BEST OF LET’S CEE: Slovenian Film Days 2015 in Graz
VIENNA: Austria’s LET’S CEE Film Festival will once again put a spotlight on neighbouring Slovenia with the second edition of Slovenian Film Days taking place in Graz on 9 and…
CME Remains Optimistic as OBIDA Climbs to Black
HAMILTON, BERMUDA: Central European Media Enterprises touted a healthy rise in revenues minus operating costs to 11.4m USD in Q1 2015, compared with a loss of -3.4m USD for the…
Box Office and Admissions Rise Across CEE
STRASBOURG: With some notable exceptions, box office and admissions saw at least a modest rise in most CEE territories in 2014, according to the newly published report from the European…
PRODUCTION: Slovak OUT Heads to Cannes L'Atelier before Shooting Begins
BRATISLAVA: The first Slovak film, the feature debut OUT (Vychladnutie) by FAMU graduate György Kristóf, has been selected for the 11th Cinéfondation L’Atelier, taking place as part of the Cannes…
Winnetou Returns to Croatia
ZAGREB: Nearly half a century since the Balkan Western Winnetou film series roped in herds of fans across Eastern Europe, a TV film trilogy based on the popular Karl May…
PRODUCTION: Slovak Cross-Genre Waiting Room Completed
BRATISLAVA: Slovak scriptwriter/director Palo Korec has completed work on the feature length film essay Waiting Room (Čakáreň).
PRODUCTION: Ryszard Bugajski Shooting Stalinist Drama in Warsaw
WARSAW: Ryszard Bugajski has started shooting the dramatic film Zaćma, inspired by the life of a Stalinist member of the infamous Polish Ministry of Security known as "Bloody Luna."
Polański Returns to Krakow to Receive Award
KRAKOW: Roman Polański returned to Poland to pick up an award at the PKO Off Camera Festival in Krakow, his home town.
FNE at Finale Plzen 2015: Petr Vaclav Scores Another Win
PLZEN: The Way Out, which marked Petr Václav’s return to directing after an absence of 13 years, took the main award at the 28th Finale Plzen Film Festival which wrapped…
Mazovia Film Fund Awards Grants to Five Films
WARSAW: The Mazovia Film Fund handed out grants totaling some 200,000 EUR to two feature films, two documentaries, and one animated film.
Baltic's Forum Cinemas Parent Company Acquired by UK Firm
TALLIN: The Baltic states' Forum Cinemas parent company Nordic Cinema Group has been acquired by UK-based private equity group Bridgepoint.
FNE at Plzen Finale FF 2015: Czech Film Center Presents Upcoming Feature Films
PLZEN: Czech and international industry representatives filled the annual presentation of upcoming Czech films organized for the 12th time at the Finale Plzen film festival, taking place until 2 May…
Producers Workshop B'EST Call for Projects 2015
TALLINN: The fourth edition of Baltic Bridge East by West (B'EST) is calling for 12 participants to take part in the event. Seven of the selected projects will be from…
FESTIVALS: No One's Child Wins GoEast Festival
WIESBADEN: goEast, the international film festival held in Germany, which focuses on Eastern European films, has announced its award winners. The festival ran from 22 to 28 April 2015. The…
PRODUCTION: Animated Feature Laika in Production
PLZEN: Aurel Klimt's first feature Laika, an animated Czech sci-fi musical that's been in the making for the past five years, is due to be released in 2017.
FESTIVALS: Three Windows and a Hanging Wins Cyprus Film Days
NICOSIA: Three Windows and a Hanging, a coproduction between Kosovo and Germany, took the first prize of Cyprus Film Days. The festival ran from 17 to 26 April 2015.
EAVE Announces Ties That Bind 2015
LUXEMBOURG: Ties that Bind – the Asia Europe Producers Workshop is once again taking place in 2015. Out of 65 applications from Europe and Asia, 10 producers with their feature…
New Grant Programme for Czech Filmmakers
PRAGUE: DOK.Incubator has a new programme to support Czech documentaries. Support will be available for Czech filmmakers and producers both for the shooting stage and during postproduction.
Andrzej Żuławski in Postproduction with Cosmos
WARSAW: Polish director returns after 15 years with a thriller entitled Cosmos planned to premiere in Cannes.
