New docu-series on Spektrum

On the Spot, a Hungarian documentary series, is launching on TV channel Spektrum on November 7.
26-10-2009

Kenyeres conquers Chicago

History of Aviation (A repülés története), a short film by Bálint Kenyeres, won the main prize (the Golden Hugo) at the Chicago International Film Festival.
26-10-2009

FNE FEATURE SPOTLIGHT: Janosik

The opening of Janosik. A True Story in Central Europe came after more than six years in production limbo before being resuscitated by Polish funding.
25-10-2009

Production: Born to Raise Hell to shoot in Romania

Born to Raise Hell, an action movie directed by Lauro Chartrand and starring Steven Seagal, will be shot at Castel Film Studios starting in early November.
25-10-2009

MEDIA support for Slovenian films announced

Three Slovenian projects have been awarded 113,500 EUR in support from the EU MEDIA programme.
22-10-2009

Hungary's Toth showcased in Lithuania

Hungarian actress Orsi Tóth is one of three European Film Promotion (EFP) "Shooting Stars" who will be feted during the European Film Forum Scanorama in Vilnius (November 5-7, 2009).
22-10-2009

Production: Czech 3-D animated film sets 2010 release date

Czech puppet animation feature Fimfárum 3 by directors Vlasta Pospíšilová, David Súkup and Kristina Dufková is set to be released in autumn 2010, producer Martin Vandas announced.
22-10-2009

Romanian ad market drops

The Romanian ad market will drop by 35% or more in 2009, to a projected 350 million euro, compared with the 2008's 540 million euro local market.
21-10-2009

Production: Women´s Temptation goes into post-production

Women´s Temptation, a comedy by director Jiří Vejdělek, moved into post-production following completion of filming on October 19.
21-10-2009

CentEast Student Report: Seven Minutes in Heaven Sheva dakot be gan eden (Israel-France-Hungary)

A Transfax Film Prods. (Israel)/ EZ Films (France)/KMH Films (Hungary) production,
21-10-2009

CentEast Student Report: The Rainbowmaker

The Georgian directress Nana Dzhordzhadze's enchanting cinema has been for long time an intimate guide for foreigners to her beloved homeland.
21-10-2009

CentEast Student Report: The Warsaw Count-Down to Zero

Polish director Paweł Borowski's feature debut was chosen to close the 25th Warsaw International Film Festival.
21-10-2009

EFP screens CEE Oscar hopefuls

European Film Promotion ( www.efp-online.com) has selected four Oscar entries from Central Europe among eight films to be screened during AFM in Beverly Hills.
20-10-2009

Production: Adrian Sitaru preps For Love With Best Intentions

After Angling/Pescuit sportiv, Adrian Sitaru is preparing his second feature, From Love With Best Intentions/ Din dragoste cu cele mai bune intenţii, a story about growing up in contemporary Romania.
20-10-2009

CentEast Student Report: Interview: Yoav Shamir "I want to know what makes a hero"

Participating in the Documentary Competition section of the Warsaw Film Festival, Yoav Shamir's thought provoking documentary "Defamation" sets out to understand the contemporary obsession with anti-Semitism.
20-10-2009

CentEast Student Report: Urszula Antoniak: Things around us are extention of who we are

Urszula Antoniak's feature debut Nothing Personal is an intimate portrait of loneliness as a reincarnative state of mind
20-10-2009

CentEast Warsaw - Moscow First Project in Russia Supported by EU’s MEDIA International

CentEast Moscow (www.centeast.org) organized by Russian distrib TVINDIE has attracted worldwide attention as the first project in Russia to be supported by the EU's MEDIA International.
19-10-2009

New multiplex ceiling collapses

The newly opened Cinamon multiplex in Tallinn, Estonia, suffered a heavy blow to its launch and, potentially, audience figures for some time to come as the soundproof ceiling of its…
19-10-2009

CentEast Student Report:: Polish cinema today

In 2005, when the Polish Film Institute was established under a new law covering film production, Polish cinema started a new chapter of of its history.
19-10-2009

CentEast holds first Moscow presentations

CentEast, the pitching forum that lauunched five years ago in Warsaw, expanded this year to include a one-day session in Moscow.
19-10-2009