FNE at Finale Plzen 2014: Czech Industry Gathers in Plzen

PLZEN: Czech and international industry representatives filled the annual presentation of upcoming Czech films organized for the 11th time at the Finale Plzen film festival, taking place through 3 May…
30-04-2014

Latvia Launches Debut Film Funding

RIGA: The Latvian Film Centre has initiated a new tender to support young filmmakers' debut projects.
30-04-2014

EFP Producers on the Move 2014: Matyas Prikler

BRATISLAVA: Slovakia will be represented by the very dry Mátyás Prikler as one of European Film Promotion’s Producers on the Move.
30-04-2014

PRODUCTION: The Wellness Process in Development

BUCHAREST: Marius Iacob’s documentary The Wellness Process, recently awarded with Robert Bosch Stiftung Prize for International Cooperation between Germany and Eastern Europe at goEast Wiesbaden, is set to start shooting…
30-04-2014

FESTIVALS: Transilvania IFF Announces Line-up

BUCHAREST: Twelve films will compete for the Transilvania Trophy at the Transilvania IFF between 30 May and 8 June 2014, among them features from Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland and Romania.
30-04-2014

FESTIVALS Lech Walesa to Attend KVIFF

PRAGUE: The Karlovy Vary IFF announced its first major guest for the 49th edition of the festival, 4-12 July 2014: Nobel Prize winner and former Polish president Lech Walesa who…
29-04-2014

EFP Producers on the Move 2014: Eszter Gyárfás

BUDAPEST: Hungarian producer Eszter Gyárfás will bring Kornel Mundruczó's next feature Make A Wish to European Film Promotion’s 2014 edition of Producers on the Move at Cannes
29-04-2014

EFP Producers on the Move 2014: Tinatin Kajrishvili

TBILISI: Georgian New Wave producer Tinatin Kajrishvili comes to European Film Promotion’s Producers on the Move networking platform with ten film projects to her credit, including the upcoming One Way…
29-04-2014

EFP Producers on the Move 2014: Vanja Jambrović

ZAGREB: Vanja Jambrović, European Film Promotion’s Croatian Producer on the Move, began working as an independent producer within the company Restart in 2008, while still a student.
29-04-2014

FNE at Sun in the Net 2014: Prize Winners

BRATISLAVA: Mira Fornay’s My Dog Killer took home the top prize for Best Film as well as scooping Best Director and Best Screen Play at the Sun in the Net…
28-04-2014

FNE at Canness IFF 2014: CEE Talent Heads for Cannes

CANNES: Talent from the central and eastern European region will be in the spotlight with the special project Les Ponts De Sarajevo an omnibus film featuring 13 European directors who…
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PRODUCTION: Full Contact Starts Shooting in Croatia

ZAGREB: After spending four years in development, the Dutch/Croatian thriller from acclaimed Dutch director David Verbeek began filming in Croatia on 24 April 2014.
28-04-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen: Miracle

PLZEN: Miracle / Zázrak, a Slovak/Czech coproduction by Slovak director and co-writer Juraj Lehotský competes at Finale Plzen after an illustrious film festival roll-out.
28-04-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen: Like Never Before

PLZEN: Like Never Before by Zdeněk Tyc returns to Finale Plzen in the main competition, after having been given a pre-premiere screening there one year ago.
28-04-2014

Ida Gets Cinema Release in US and Canada

WARSAW: Ida, the award winning drama from Paweł Pawlikowski, will receive theatrical distribution in the US and Canada in May.
25-04-2014

AXN to Produce First Polish Series

WARSAW: AXN, the Sony Pictures Entertainment pay television, cable and satellite television channel, avaialble in Poland since 2010, will begin producing original Polish content.
25-04-2014

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Award for Romanian Documentary

The Wellness Project received the Robert Bosch Stiftung Prize at goEast.
25-04-2014

More Bollywood Coming to Krakow

KRAKOW: Bollywood producer Ritesh Sidhwani is currently scouting locations in Krakow for a 40 day shoot of a major film. Poland's Alvernia Studios will co-ordinate the project.
24-04-2014

PRODUCTION: Tarzan’s Testicles in Preproduction

BUCHAREST: After receiving a production grant of 142,553 EUR/636,500 RON from the National Centre for Cinema on 9 April 2014, Alexandru Solomon’s new documentary is set to start shooting this…
24-04-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen: An Unlikely Romance

PLZEN: The feature film competition at the Finale Festival in Plzen, taking place 27 April – 3 May 2014, will include Ivan Vojnár’s hybrid film An Unlikely Romance, an intimate…
24-04-2014