Viramundo Launches TIDE Project in Lithuania
VILNIUS: Lithuania saw its first simultaneous VOD and cinema release on 20 June 2013 with Pierre Yves Borgeaud’s documentary about legendary Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil Viramundo presented as part of…
Eurimages Funds 21 Films
Two Romanian coproductions, one Lithuanian film, one Latvian film, and one Polish coproduction were among the 21 European films to receive funding at the latest round of Eurimages which concluded…
PRODUCTION: Third season of Polish In Treatment for HBO Starts Shooting
WARSAW: HBO commission 35 episodes of the Polish version of the hit title.
FNE at KVIFF 2013 East of the West: Miracle
BRATISLAVA: Miracle (Zázrak), a Slovak/Czech coproduction by Slovak director and co-writer Juraj Lehotský, will have a theatrical release in Slovakia and the Czech Republic in the fall, following its debut…
Croatian Filmmakers Expect Increase in Foreign Productions as Croatia Joins EU
ZAGREB: Croatian filmmakers are predicting an increase in foreign film productions when the country becomes the 28th member of the European Union on 1 July 2013.
FNE at KVIFF East of the West: 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…
FNE at KVIFF East of the West: The Sea
MOSCOW: Alexandra Strelyanaya’s feature follows two young people as they meet on the Kola Peninsula and fall in love in a perfect landscape that fits their ideal of love, surrounding…
PRODUCTION: Vasile in Development
BUCHAREST: Alien Film Productions and Multi Media Est are developing Bogdan Bărbulescu's first feature, a tragicomedy set to be released in 2016.
FESTIVALS: Batumi Announces 2013 Workshops
PRAGUE: The Batumi International Art-house Film Festival (BIAFF) will host two film workshops during the festival, which runs 15-22 September 2013.
FNE at KVIFF East of the West Dual
Nejc Gazvoda’s second film is love story between a young Danish woman and a young Slovene woman meeting at the precise moment when they shouldn’t have met.
FNE at KVIFF: Paradjanov
КYIV: Ukrainian director Olena Fetisova and French director Serge Avedikian are paying homage to the great Armenian director Sergei Paradjanov through a feature encompassing his genius and his struggle with…
Adamkiewicz Appointed to Lead TVP Production Unit
WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster TVP has named Zbigniew Adamkiewicz to manage its newly created Agency of Television and Film Production division.
Kino Polska TV Takes Over Filmbox
WARSAW: Kino Polska TV S.A will assume 100% of Filmbox International Ltd. shares in an internal move within Kino Polska TV’s majority stakeholder SPI International Group.
PRODUCTION: Bucharest Non-Stop Begins Filming
BUCHAREST: Writer/director Dan Chişu started shooting Bucharest Non-Stop, his fifth feature, on 17 June 2013.
FNE/IDF Doc Bloc: A Classroom Story
Tanuki films is in production with a Bulgarian documentary about the educational system in present-day Bulgaria. Read the full story on Dokweb.
Czech hits dominate local box office for 2013
PRAGUE: Babovřesky produced by Prague based production outfit Nogup, a summer comedy directed by Zdenek Troška, has taken in over 83,360,000 CZK in box office and nearly 615,000 viewers, breaking…
Silesia Funds Seven Films
KATOWICE: Poland’s regional Silesia Film Fund announced grants totaling 630,000 PLN to coproduce seven films in 2013.
CME Quiet on Time Warner Voting Rights
PRAGUE: Time Warner has received approval from the European Commission to exercise voting rights in Central European Media Enterprises (CME) proportionate to its 49.9 stake in the Central European broadcasting…
Controversial Slovak Doc Scores Hit at Slovak Box Office
BRATISLAVA: Controversial Slovak doc Normalization, titled Kauza Cervanova in Slovak, has scored the biggest domestic box office success of the year for a doc with almost 20,000 EUR at the…
FNE at KVIFF 2013: Trio of Slovak Premieres at Karlovy Vary
Three Slovak coproductions will have their world premieres in competition at the 48th Karlovy Vary IFF, running 28 June – 6 July 2013.
