Czechs announce first appearance at Clermont-Ferrand
The Czech Film Center is set to represent the Czech Republic at the Clermont-Ferrand market for short films (Feb 1-6) for the first time, and will have two shorts in…
DG COMM announces video clip contest
The Audiovisual Service of DG COMM is launching a video production competition together with "Content 360" - MIPTV's annual cross-media competition.
Warner Bros Poland signs first look deal with San Graal
Warner Bros. Entertainment Polska announced a production and distribution deal with Polish filmmaker, Andrzej Saramonowicz and his production company San Graal.
Czech Center to Issue DVD of shorts
The Czech Film Center will release Czech Short Films Vol. 1, a selection of 12 short films by students the FAMU and Zlín Film Schools, at end of January.
Slovak presence at Rotterdam and Goteborg announced
Slovakia will present three films at the Rotterdam film festival and two films at Goteborg, spanning both fiction and documentary films.
Production: The Mission of the Human Resource Manager moves into postproduction
Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis (Lemon Tree, The Syrian Bride) completed a 20 days shoot of his new feature in Romania in late December, after shooting in Israel for 3 weeks…
Production: Tuesday after Christmas wraps postproduction
Radu Muntean's fourth feature after Rage, The Paper Will Be Blue and Boogie will complete postproduction by the end of January 2010.
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: The Gravedigger (A sírásó)
The Gravedigger is best characterized as an experimental film, as director-photographer Sándor Kardos creates a film interpretation of Rainer Maria Rilke's poem "The funeral of John Mortonson."
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Bibliotheque Pascal
Bibliotheque Pascal from director Szabolcs Hajdu had a long production process and overcame numerous problems before it completion.
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Vespa
Vespa, the second feature from Diana Groó (Csoda Krakkóban) is about a Romany child who wins a Vespa scooter and must travel from his poor home town to Budapest to…
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Question in Details (Köntörfalak)
After two fresh comedies (Tesó, Kész cirkusz), director Zsombor Dyga turned to the darker side in Question in Details, a film about triangular relationships filled with tension.
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Czukor Show
Tamás Dömötör's Czukor Show takes on the cruelty of TV talk shows - the film was inspired by a show featuring a woman who killed her own child.
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Team Building
Team Building, the debut feature of Réka Almási, looks at the curious development of capitalist Hungary through the twisted logic of team building management techniques.
Romania introduces new tax on copyright income
Romanian writers and artists are objecting to a pending law on social security contributions based on copyright income, which is expecte to be passed into law in February
Bulgaria establishes film Academy
Bulgaria's national film awards will be decided by a newly created Academy beginning with the 2010 awards.
Bathory celebrates Hungarian premiere
Juraj Jakubisko's historical epic movie Bathory had a gala premiere in Hungary January 14, with star Franco Nero in attendance.
Bulgarian film on Oscar foreign film short list
Stephan Komandarev's Bulgarian-German-Hungarian-Slovenian co-production, The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner, is among nine films vying for an Oscar nomination for the best foreign language film.
Zero 2 premieres in Lithuania
Emilis Velyvis' second feature film Zero 2 (www.zero2.lt) premieres on January 20 in Vilnius, with nation-wide distribution beginning on January 22.
Romania sees surge in box office, admissions
2009 was a record-breaking year for Romania, with admissions growing 43% compared to 2008, and box office up by 60%.
Musicals draw Hungarian audiences, box office up
Hungarian viewers made box office successes of two domestic musical films in 2009: Gábor Herendi's A Kind of America 2 and Made in Hungaria from Gergely Fonyó.
