PRODUCTION: Olmo Omerzu Shooting Family Film in Thailand
PRAGUE: Prague-trained and based Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu, winner of the 2012 Czech Critics “Discovery of the Year” award, is now shooting his second feature a drama titled Family Film.
FNE FIPRESCI Critics 2014: Attention all FIPRESCI members coming to Venice IFF
FNE together with FIPRESCI will offer the ratings of all feature films in the official programme of Venice International Film Festival 2014 by FIPRESCI members attending the Festival.*
White Shadow Wins T-Mobile New Horizons
WROCLAW: White Shadow directed by Noaz Deshe won both the International Competition and the Audience Award Grand Prize at the 14 MFF T-Mobile New Horizons.
FNE at New Horizons Polish Days 2014: Jarzyna, Hasanović and Kolberger Pitch New Projects.
WROCLAW: A pitching session held during Polish Days the 14. IFF T-Mobile New Horizons included a Polish-Norwegian drama about the future of medicine entitled Nano and a Polish-Serbian-Croation coproduction under…
FNE at New Horizons Polish Days 2014: New Polish Projects Showcased
WROCLAW: A special industry event showcases nine up-coming Polish projects were showcased at the Polish Days during the 14 T-Mobile New Horizons Festival held 24 July-3 August 2014. New titles…
Creative Europe Expands in the Balkans
Three new countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, have signed agreements to participate in the EU’s Creative Europe programme.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Tatjana in Motherland
Miha Celar creates a partially animated Slovenian documentary. Click HERE to read full article on DOKweb
CME Back on Track under New Management
PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) posted increases in net revenues for the Q2 2014, up almost 17% at for the three month period at 204.9 m USD and 16%…
Petr Zelenka Starts Shooting Lost in Munich
PRAGUE: Petr Zelenka kicked off the shooting of his long-prepared absurd comedy Lost in Munich.
PRODUCTION: Mellow Mud Wraps Summer Shooting
RIGA: Latvian director's Renārs Vimba debut feature Mellow Mud has finished its summer production shoot, producers Alise Ģelze and Aija Bērziņa said.
Bulgarian National Film Center to Fund Low Budget Films
SOFIA: For the first time since its establishment in 1991 the Bulgarian National Film Center will support low budget feature films, with up to 200,000 EUR per project. The application…
PRODUCTION: Bodo Kox Developing Children’s Film
WARSAW: Polish filmmaker Bodo Kox will make his first foray into youth oriented cinema with Three Cousins, an adaptation of the bestselling children’s novel Felix, Net, Nika And The Three…
FESTIVALS: Czech Summer Film School Honours Greenaway
UHERSKE HRADISTE: British director Peter Greenaway has received the prize of the Association of Czech Film Clubs (AČFK) at the 40th edition of the Summer Film School (LFS) running through…
GRANTS: Georgian Animation Grants Announced
TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Fund (GNFC) has announced the winners of the competition for grants national development finance for animated short films. GNFC allotted 10,568EUR/25,000GEL for five out of…
FESTIVALS: T-Mobile New Horizons Kicks
WROCLAW: The 14th edition of T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival kicked off last night opened by festival director Roman Gutek and the screening of Argentine director Damián Szifrón’s Wild…
IDF DocBloc: Czechs Back Zeman Doc
Groundbreaking Czech animation filmmaker Karel Zeman is the subject of an upcoming Czech documentary.
Pixar’s Anthony Wong teams up with Anomalia CG animators and artists for animated short Wildlife Crossing
PRAGUE: Work on CG animated short film Wildlife Crossing! has been completed.
New Head’s for Creative Europe MEDIA and EU CULT Committee
WARSAW: Lucia Recalde Langarica has been announced as the new head of the Creative Europe MEDIA programme. She succeeds Xavier Troussard who stepped down at the end of June. She…
Malta Court Upholds Eviction of Mediterranean Film Studios
MALTA: The Malta Court of Appeals has upheld an eviction order against the Mediterranean Film Studios according to local media reports. The decision will open the door for the use…
Kinocola Launches VOD in Slovakia
BRATISLAVA: Kinocola, a new VOD platform, was launched in Slovakia on 22 July 2014. The platform is the creation of producer Peter Nedvedal of Filmpark and co-founder Jana Klukova.
