PRODUCTION: Shia LaBeouf to Shoot The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman in Romania
BUCHAREST: Fredrik Bond's first feature The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman will bring Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, Melissa Leo, Mads Mikkelsen, Til Schweiger and James Buckley to Bucharest. Shooting…
FESTIVALS: The House Takes Top FINALE Award
PLZEN: The House (www.fogndesirefilms.cz)by debuting Slovak director Zuzana Liova won the Golden Kingfisher for best film at the 25th FINAL (www.festivalfinale.cz) festival of Czech Films.
Bulgaria’s National Film Center Increases Funding
SOFIA: Bulgaria's main film body, the National Film Center (NFC, www.nfc.bg) announced that it will double the amount of money available for the first round of grants in 2012, from…
Autlook, Sideways Pick Up Wajda Studio Films
{mosimage}Three documentaries from Wajda Studio (www.wajdastudio.pl), Losing Sonia by Radka Franczak, Paparazzi by Piotr Bernas and 3 Days of Freedom Lukasz Borowski, have signed deals with international sales agents at…
PRODUCTION: Border Doc Mama Europe in Postproduction
LJUBLJANA: Slovenian producer Petra Seliškar is in post-production with a creative documentary humorously and personally confronting the borders of Europe. This 60 minute/90 minute film is a sequel to Seliškar's…
FNE at FINALE Plzen: Alois Nebel
{mosimage}PLZEN: Tomas Lunak makes an impressive debut with the black-and-white rotoscope animated film Alois Nebel based on a Czech graphic novel and screening in the Czech Feature Film Competition at…
FNE at FINALE Plzen: Gypsy
{mosimage}PLZEN: Martin Sulik, who received a five-film tribute at the Czech nation film festival FINALE, presents his multiple award winner Gypsy in the main competition.
PRODUCTION: Slovenian Box Office Champ Preps New Film
LJUBLJANA: After Izlet/A Trip, a hit in the Slovenian cinemas, 26-year-old director Nejc Gazvoda is preparing his second feature, Dual, a Slovenian-Dutch-Croatian co-production.
FNE at FINALE Plzen: District League – Pepik Hnatek’s Last Stand
{mosimage}PRAGUE: The current Czech box office hit District League - Pepik Hnatek's Last Stand screens in competition at the 25th FINALE festival of Czech Films (www.filmfestfinale.cz).
FNE at FINALE Plzen: Nothing Against Nothing
{mosimage}PLZEN: Director Petr Marek screen his thirty-something film Nothing Against Nothing in the main competition of the Czech national film festival FINALE, running through 28 April 2012. The film is…
Slovenian Box Office Hit The Trip Gets Croatian Distribution
{mosimage}LJUBLJANA: The coming of age drama and first feature of Nejc Gazvoda, which has had over 12,000 admissions in Slovenia since its premiere in January 2012, will be released in…
PRODUCTION: Musical Documentary My World Is Upside Down
LJUBLJANA: Slovenian director/producer Petra Seliškar is currently shooting a 52/90 minute Slovenian-Italian-Austrian musical documentary inspired by the personality of Frane Milcinski Ježek, known as the Slovenian Charlie Chaplin.
FNE at FINALE Plzen: Long Live the Family
{mosimage}PLZEN: Director Robert Sedlacek, whose TV film Men in Rut was a surprise hit at the 2010 FINALE festival of Czech films, returns to the 25th FINALE with a satiric…
FNE at FINALE Plzen: Oldies But Goldies
{mosimage}PLZEN: Current Czech box office hit Oldies But Goldies directed by Jiri Strach screens in the main competition of the Czech national film festival FINALE (www.datakal.filmfestival.cz), running through 28 April…
FNE Interview with Slovak Best Film Winner Michal Kollar
{mosimage}BRATISLAVA: Slovak producer Michal Kollar was recently awarded Slovakia's national Oscar equivalent, Best Film at Then Sun in a Net (http://www.slnkovsieti.sk) awards for The House by Zuzana Liova. Kollar is…
FNE at FINALE Plzen: Four Suns
{mosimage}PLZEN: Czech director and screenwriter Bohdan Slama brings his Sundance screened drama Four Suns to Plzen, where it screens in the main competition of the national Czech film festival FINALE.
FNE at FINALE Plzen: The House
{mosimage}PLZEN: Following its recent Best Film win at the Slovak national The Sun in a Net awards, The House by Slovak director/writer Zuzana Liova screens in the main competition of…
FNE at FINALE Plzen: A Night Too Young
{mosimage}PLZEN: A Night Too Young (Prilis mlada noc), the first feature film from Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu, competes at the FINALE Plzen, after its 29 March 2012 theatrical release in…
FNE at FINALE Plzen: Flower Buds
{mosimage}PLZEN: Flower Buds (Poupata), the debut film from Zdenek Jirasky and big winner at the Czech Lion film awards (www.vac.cz), goes up against nine other film in the main competition…
Lithuania Approves National Film Centre
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian government approved the formation of a Lithuanian Film Centre on 19 April 2012, following upon the December 2011 passage of a new film law which paved the…
