Child's Pose Raises Weak Romanian Attendance
BUCHAREST: With 103,352 admissions Călin Peter Netzer's family drama launched on 8 March 2013 became the most successful Romanian film in the last 11 years. The box office of 275,342EUR/1,224,763RON…
Karlovy Vary Goes Wild for Priests Children
KARLOVY VARY: The Croatian box office smash hit The Priest’s Children ( www.interfilm.hr ) brought Karlovy Vary IFF ( www.kviff.com ) audiences to their feet with a standing ovation and…
Romania Launches National Film Institute
BUCHAREST: Romania’s National Film Archives, Studiul de Creaţie cinematografică and VIDEO ART Studio (the former Editura Video) will be merged into a National Film Institute, operating under the umbrella of…
Hungary to Tweak Film Funding
KARLOVY VARY: Two years since it was launched, and 18 months since it gave its first grants, the Hungarian National Film Fund ( www.filmalap.hu ) is taking a look at…
Itafilm Picks Up Out
KARLOVY VARY: The Slovak distribution company Itafilm ( www.itafilm.sk ) is expanding into the Czech Republic with its first Czech and Slovak acquisition, Out.
Krakow Fund Supports Eight Films
KRAKOW: The Krakow Regional Film Fund (http://en.film-commission.pl/krakow-regional-film-fund.html) announced grants of 983,500 PLN to be distributed to two feature films, two animated films and four documentaries.
FNE at KVIFF East of the West 2013: Adria Blues
LJUBLJANA: Miroslav Mandić’s tragic-comedy, which has its world premiere on 4 July 2013 in East of the West Competition of Karlovy Vary IFF ( www.kviff.com ), looks at contemporary post-Yugoslavia…
Hungary Starts New Chapter with The Notebook
KARLOVY VARY: All eyes will be on the world premiere of Janos Szasz’s The Notebook (Le Grand Cahier) screening in the main competition of the 48th Karlovy Vary IFF (www.kviff.com…
Barrandov Steps Up Coproduction Activities
KARLOVY VARY: Barrandov film studio plans to coproduce three international productions, CEO Petr Tichy told FNE.
FNE at KVIFF 2013 Georgia Wins Works in Progress Award in Strong Field of CEE Films
KARLOVY VARY: Two days of presentations and pitches for upcoming CEE films concluded on 2 July 2013 with a 10,000 EUR in-kind services award from Barrandov film studio going to…
Nikitin Launches Film Biz Training SOFA
KARLOVY VARY: Berlinale film programmer Nikolaj Nikitin announced a new training programme for young industry professionals from CEE along with Germany, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, SOFA (School of Film…
PRODUCTION: Palfi Casting Epic Toldi
BUDAPEST: György Pálfi (Taxidermia, Hukkle) has moved into the final stages of preproduction for a September 2013 start date on the mega-production Toldi.
FNE at KVIFF East of the West 2013: Intimate Parts
MOSCOW: Directed by Natasha Merkulova and Alexey Chupov, Intimie mesta /Intimate Parts is an erotic drama debut feature set in contemporary Moscow which investigates with irony and humour the way…
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Ivan Hronec
FNE together with Europa Distribution continues its Distributor of the Month series. In recognition of the hard work and excellence of European distributors and the common problems they face, especially…
Creative Europe Fights EU Budget Cuts
KARLOVY VARY: Silvia Costa, Member of the Culture and Education Committee of the European Parliament Member and Rapporteur for Creative Europe told a packed room of industry professionals that she…
FNE at KVIFF 2013: The LUX Prize announces Official Selection
KARLOVY VARY: The 10 films of the LUX Prize 2013 Official Selection have been announced at the 48th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
FNE at KVIFF East of the West 2013: The Unsaved
BUCHAREST: Written by Corneliu Porumboiu and Igor Cobileanski, La limita de jos a cerului/The Unsaved captures the lack of prospects in contemporary Republic of Moldova through the bitter sweet drama…
Czech Film Industry in Flux
KARLOVY VARY: Passage of the new Czech Film Act as well as the introduction Czech film incentives are facing off against declining audiences for domestic films and mixed signals on…
PRODUCTION: Slovak Fairy Tale Shooting in Summer
BRATISLAVA: Seven Ravens, a Czech-Slovak coproduction based on a classic fairy tale by Pavol Dobšinský, will start to shoot in July and August 2013 in western Slovakia.
Balvin Appointed Czech Minister of Culture
PRAGUE: Jiri Balvin has been selected as the new Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic.
