FESTIVALS: BIAFF Grand Prix award goes to In Darkness
BATUMI: Agnieszka Holland's Oscar nominated In Darkness won the main award at the 7th Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (www.biaff.org).
PRODUCTION: Waldemar Krzystek shooting The Photographer
WROCŁAW: Waldemar Krzystek, director of the Polish Oscar candidate 80 Million, is filming a thriller entitled The Photographer.
Golden Boll Film Festival: Where the Fire Burns
ADANA: Where the Fire Burns, the last part of Ismail Gunes’ Place Trilogy, screens in the Turkish National Competition. The film was released theatrically in Turkey on 5 May 2012…
Golden Boll Film Festival: Somewhere in Between
ADANA: Three years after her San Sebastian winner Pandora’s Box director Yesem Ustaoglu brings Somewhere in Between to the Turkish National Competition of the Golden Boll film festival.
CME Promotes Mocanu, Budinschi of PRO TV
PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises (www.cetv-net.com) announced the appointment of Constantin Mocanu, General Director of PRO TV, to the position of Senior Vice-President Head of Voyo. PRO TV Head of…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Doc Maker Hanna Polak talks about her new film Svalka- Yulia's Journey
IDF interviews Polish documentary filmmaker Hanna Polak about her film Click HERE to read full article on DokWeb
Yuma dominates the Polish box office
WARSAW: The Polish-Czech coproduction Yuma directed by Piotr Mularuk has posted one the strongest openings for a domestic film opening in the last 10 years.
Golden Boll Film Festival: Watchtower
ADANA: Watchtower screens in the Turkish National Competition of the Golden Boll Film Festival, after having its world premiere at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival, in the Contemporary World Cinema…
PRODUCTION: Koko and the Ghosts sequel The Mysterious Boy starts production
ZAGREB: The Mysterious Boy, based on a famous Croatian children’s novel and a sequel to the 2011 critical and box office hit Koko and the Ghosts, has started shooting. Koko…
Alois Nebel Nominated for EFA Award
PRAGUE: The Czech film Alois Nebel is one of three contenders for the European Film Academy’s (www.europeanfilmacademy.org) 2012 animated feature film award.
HBO Poland nabs production chief Lopuch from TVN
WARSAW: HBO Poland (www.hbo.pl) has appointed Izabela Lopuch as Head of Original Production effective 1 October 2012.
FESTIVALS: Bells of Happiness Wins Slovak Doc Award at Cinematick Fest
PIESTANY: The Slovak film festival Cinematik (www.cinematik.sk) has given the Film Europe Award for best feature-length Slovak documentary to Bells of Happiness (Zvonky šťastia) by Marek Šulík and Jana Bučka…
PRODUCTION: Croatian director Matanic in development on The High Sun project
ZAGREB: Croatian writer/director Dalibor Matanic (www.dalibormatanic.com) is developing The High Sun, a Romeo and Juliet-based love story about two people from different villages, religious and ethnic groups.
Work is in progress on filmneweurope.com: FNE Daily delivery
Film New Europe has launched a new website with faster and better technical capabilities and you will be seeing some changes and improvements over the next few weeks as we…
Production: New Polish doc Everything is Possible Completes Production
WARSAW: Polish director Lidia Duda (Entangled) is working on a documentary, Everything is Possible (Wszystko jest możliwe), about a 78-year old female hitch-hiker, who – speaking almost no foreign languages…
FNE at Golden Boll Film Festival: New Demirkubuz film Inside
ADANA: Inside, which screens in the Turkish National Competition of the Golden Boll Film Festival, had its premiere at the 31st Istanbul Film Festival where it received five awards, including…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Directors Dammas and Renner on Polish Illusions
IDF spoke with Polish director Jacob Dammas and German producer/director Helge Renner about the six year long process of creating their documentary Polish Illusions.
Golden Boll Film Festival: The Stranger
ADANA: The Stranger will have its world premiere in the Turkish National Competition of the Golden Boll Film Festival. It will be released in Turkey on 21 December 2012.
OBITUARY: Radoslav Brzobohaty
PRAGUE: Czechoslovak actor Radoslav Brzobohaty died 12 September 2012, just one day short of what would have been his 80th birthday.
PRODUCTION: New Wajda Studio production The Performer Wraps Filming
WARSAW: The Wajda Studio (www.wajdastudio.com) has completed shooting on its second feature film, The Performer, the directing debut from Maciej Sobieszczanski and Łukasz Ronduda.
