Anna Geislerová Set for Czech Horror Film
PRAGUE: Popular Czech actresses Anna Geislerová and Daniela Kolářová are set to star in Polednice /The Noon Witch, a horror film by creative partners Matěj Chlupáček and Michal Samir.
Gdynia Fest Hosts Common Baltic Short Film Contest
WARSAW: Filmmakers from the Baltic Sea region are eligible to submit films for the Common Baltic Short Film Contest, with awards for the best films to be presented at the…
FNE Doc Bloc: KineDok Lauched in Romania
KineDok plans 200 screenings at alternative venues in Romania in 2015.
Applications Due for Polish-German Co-Development Fund
WARSAW: The Polish-German Co-Development Fund is accepting applications through 14 August 2015. Applications are open to film producers from Poland and Germany.
FNE at Venice Biennale FF 2015: Poland’s Skolimowski Scores Slot in Competition
VENICE: Poland’s Jerzy Skolimowski has scored a slot in the competition line-up of the The 72nd Venice Biennale Film Festival (2-12 September 2015) with the Polish Irish coproduction 11 Minutes.
PRODUCTION: She Is a Harbour Starts Shooting
BRATISLAVA: Iveta Grófová has begun filming her second feature, a Slovak/Czech/Hungarian coproduction entitled She Is a Harbour.
Norwegian Miniseries Shooting in Prague
PRAGUE Nobel, a Norwegian public television (NRK) eight-part miniseries began shooting in the Czech Republic on 3 August 2015.
FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project Announces Open Call
WARSAW: The 10th FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project is accepting applications for its training programme for young critics and film journalists from Central and Eastern Europe.
FNE TV: MEP Bogdan Wenta, Member of the Culture Committee of the EU Parliament
FNE spoke to MEP Bogdan Wenta, Member of the Culture Committee of the EU Parliament about Copyright Reform and the Digital Single Market.
FESTIVALS: Lucifer Wins in Wroclaw
WROCLAW: The Belgian film Lucifer directed by Gust Van den Berghe won the grand prize and a 20,000 EUR award at the 15th T-Mobile New Horizons Film Festival, which wrapped…
FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons: Polish Days Works in Progress
WROCŁAW: Ten Polish projects currently in production were showcased during the last day of Polish Days, an industry event held at T-Mobile New Horizons IFF, including new films from Wojciech…
Malta to Upgrade Cinemas
VALLETTA: Malta will see 500,000 EUR going into upgrading cinemas in six cinema complexes.
FESTIVALS: Malek Honoured at Uherske Hradiste
UHERSKE HRADISTE, CZECH REPUBLIC: The Association of Czech Film Clubs handed out its annual awards at the 41st Uherske Hradiste Summer Film School.
FESTIVALS: Ten Films Compete at Sarajevo
SARAJEVO: Two world premieres are among the ten films in the main competition of the Sarajevo Film Festival which runs 14-22 August 2015.
Cinema do Brasil Backs Distribution of Brazilian Film in Czech Republic and Slovakia
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak film distribution company Filmtopia has received a Distribution Support Award of the Cinema do Brasil programme for the release of two Brazilian films in Slovakia and the…
FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons: Polish Days Pitchings
WARSAW: The T-Mobile New Horizons IFF industry event showcased 10 upcoming projects including international coproductions and new films from Marcin Wrona, Dorota Kędzierzawska and Marie Noëlle.
FESTIVALS: Wakhan Front Wins Motovun Film Festival
MOTOVUN: The French/Belgian war film Wakhun Front by Clement Cogitore won the main prize of the 18th Motovun Film Festival, which ran 25-28 July in the Croatian mountain town.
Beata Ryczkowska to Head Stopklatka TV
WARSAW: Beata Ryczkowska has been named the new Programming Director for Stopklatka TV.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Excursions
Documentary director Jan Gogola is in post-production with the 80-minute creative documentary Excursions.
FNE at T-Mobile new Horizons IFF: Polish Days
WROCŁAW: Polish Days, a special industry event,showcases six newly completed Polish projects including titles from Marcin Koszałka, Przemysław Wojcieszek and Bartosz Prokopowicz.
