“First Lady of Czech Cinema,” Vera Chytilova, dies aged 85 in Prague.
PRAGUE: Vera Chytilova, one of the leading filmmakers of the Czech New Wave cinema died yesterday (12 March 2014) in Prague at the age of 85. Among Czech filmmakers she…
FESTIVALS: Krakow FF Launches Movie Trailer Competition
The 54 Krakow Film Festival has opened online voting through 10 April 2014 for its new movie trailer competition.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: East Doc Launches 20 Doc Projects
The Institute of Documentary Film’s most important activity and the largest documentary industry event in the region, the East Doc Platform, drew over 300 film professionals to Prague to network,…
FNE TV: Cypriot director Yannis Economides
FNE spoke to Cypriot director Yannis Economides about being a filmmaker in one of the EU’s smallest countries and his new film Stratos that was in competition in Berlinale 2014
TVP ABC Kids Channel Debuts Strong
WARSAW: TVP ABC, a children's channel from Polish public broadcaster TVP has become the leading children station in its first month, outperforming competing paid channels.
Anomalia Accepting Applications
PRAGUE: Five training sessions are scheduled for the 2014 edition of the 3D animation workshop Anomalia taking place 14 July through 19 September 2014.
FNE at SIFF 2014: Twelve Projects Participate in Sofia Meetings
SOFIA: Eight fiction and four documentary works-in-progress will be presented at the Sofia Meetings, running 13-16 March 2014.
FNE TV: Malta Film Commissioner Engelbert Grech
FNE TV spoke to Malta Film Commissioner Engelbert Grech about how being a small country can be an advantage for film production and new developments in Malta’s tax incentives and…
Polish-Danish Word Heads to Scandinavia
WARSAW: Sales company LevelK has picked up Anna Kazejak's new drama The Word with distribution planned for Poland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
FNE at SIFF: Menzel and Paskaljevic Receive Honorary Awards in Sofia
During their participation in the 18th Sofia IFF famed Eastern European directors will be awarded with honorary distinctions: Czech Jirí Menzel will receive the title Doctor Honoris Causa of the…
PRODUCTION: Finnish Fencer Filming in Estonia
TALLINN: Finnish director Klaus Harö is shooting The Fencer (Vehkleja), planned to premiere in spring 2015, in Estonia.
Ida Wins Polish Eagle
WARSAW: Paweł Pawlikowski’s Ida won Best Film at the Polish Film Awards – The Eagles on 10 March 2014, while Life Feels Good took home the most prizes with five…
FESTIVALS: Judgment in Hungary Wins One World 2014
PRAGUE: Judgement in Hungary directed by Eszter Hajdú tales the Best Film award at the One World Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.
CT Art Channel Hits its Stride
PRAGUE: Czech TV’s new Art Channel has reached an audience share of 0.59% as it marks six months since its launch, putting it on a par with cultural channels elsewhere…
SIFF 2014 Unveils 34 Bulgarian Films
SOFIA: The 18th Sofia International Film Fest will screen 34 Bulgarian films including ten supported by the Bulgarian NFC and the rest of the production mostly privately financed.
Georgian Mini EAVE Accepting Applications
TBLISIS: The Georgian National Film Center and EAVE have announced a call for applications for developing Georgian film projects and scripts.
Polsat bringing Hell's Kitchen to Poland
WARSAW: Polish private broadcaster Polsat is betting on success with adapting a culinary reality TV format from New Zealand, with shooting set for 5 March.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Seven projects engage with cross-media
Documentary development organization East Doc Platform is betting on seven surprisingly diverse "socio-eco-politically oriented" projects, presenting them today at Prague's Cervantes Institute in the context of the One World festival.
Jack Strong just shy of 1 million
WARSAW: A spy thriller from Władysław Pasikowski is set to be the first film hitting a million in Polish admissions for 2014, surpassing big international titles.
Febiofest expands into new venues
PRAGUE: The 21st edition of the city's biggest film gala, Febiofest, running 20-28 March in the Cinestar Andel multiplex, has announced its program, encompassing 141 films from 60 countries. In…
