New Czech animation festival premieres
The Czech Republic will see two animation film festivals competing for attention in the upcoming weeks: Anifest, which moved to the town of Teplice, and Anifilm, which has been newly…
Turkey’s Top Resort To Host Big Bash For Turkish TV Awards
ANTALYA: The first ever Ismail Cem Turkish TV Awards (www.ismailcemawards.com) on 24 April in Antalya promises to be one of the biggest events of the year in Turkey. Antalya already…
SFP opens Wroclaw branch
The Polish Filmmakers Association hads opened a new branch in Wrocław to accommodate the needs of a growing community of film professionals in the region.
Poland honored at Eurovision TV Summit
Public broadcaster Telewizja Polska (www.tvp.pl) was honored for its series Londoners at the Eurovision TV Summit in Lucerne on April 21.
MTG announce first quarter revenues up
Modern Times Group (www.mtg.se), the Swedish based TV operator and owner of Viasat, announced a 6% rise in revenues, but a 13% decline in sales for its operations in Estonia,…
PRODUCTION: Something Good From Life begins filming
Director Dan Piţa (Luxury Hotel/Hotel de lux, Paso doble/Pas în doi) is in production with his latest film, Something Good From Life.
FNE at FINALE Plzen FF: Competition: Janosik. A True Story
Janosik. A True Story, a Central European co-production from Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary directed by Agnieszka Holland and Kasia Adamik, screens in the main competition of the Czech…
Ismail Cem Turkish TV Awards Nominees Announced
ANTALYA:The nominations for the first ever Ismail Cem Turkish TV Awards (www.ismailcemawards.com) have been announced. Turkey is one of the world's biggest producers and exporters of TV programming and the…
PRODUCTION: Black Thursday goes into postproduction
Black Thursday, a historical drama about the tragic Polish workers riots of December 1970, directed by Antoni Krauze, completed filming in early April and is now in post-production.
FNE at FINALE Plzen FF: Competition: Twosome
A Finale Plzen main competition slot goes to the low-budget road movie Twosome directed by Jaroslav Fuit.
FNE at FINALE Plzen FF: Competition: Unknown Hour
Unknown Hour, a Czech/Slovak co-production from director Dan Svátek screening in the Finale main competition, is based on a grisly story that captured news headlines in the Czech Republic.
FESTIVALS: Plzen deals with travel crisis
Feature competition juror Alissa Simon was one of the guests stranded en route to the Finale (datakal.filmfestfinale.cz ) fest of Czech films in Plzen, but organizers were taking the volcano-induced…
FNE at FINALE Plzen FF: Competition: Protector
Marek Najbrt spent more than three years preparing his award winning, 2.7 million Euro film Protector, screening in competition at Finale Plzen.
EFP announces Producers on the Move
Nine young producers from Central Europe are among the 23 Producers on the Move presented European Film Promotion (www.efp-online.com ) during the Cannes film festival on May 15-18.
Croatia increases support for festivals
The Croatian Audiovisual Centre (www.havc.hr) will increase financial support to Croatian film festivals and other film-related activities by some 15% from to 1,267,050 to 1,430,555 euros.
FNE at FINALE Plzen FF: Competition: An Earthly Paradise for the Eyes
Irena Pavlásková directs bitter comedy An Earthy Paradise for the Eyes, from an autobiographical screenplay from Tereza Boučková, screening in the Finale Plzen main competition.
Estonia funds digital post-production centre
Enterprise Estonia (www.eas.ee), the country's export and industry promotion agency, has decided to financialliy support the setting up of an audiovisual digital post-production centre in Tallinn.
PRODUCTION: Adalbert's Dream in pre-production
Gabriel Achim's first feature, Aldabert's Dream, is a black comedy set on May 8, 1986, the anniversary of the Communist Party, and the day following a historic Champion's League football…
FNE at FINALE Plzen FF: Competition: Foxes
Mira Fornay's debut film Foxes screens in competition at Finale Plzen, following a successful premiere at the Venice festival last fall.
FNE at FINALE Plzen FF: Competition: Walking Too Fast
Radim Špaček returns to the absurdism of Communist life in the 1980's in his Finale Plzen competition film Walking Too Fast (Pouta), a Czech/Slovak/Polish coproduction.
