EFP Producers on the Move 2014: Vanja Jambrović
ZAGREB: Vanja Jambrović, European Film Promotion’s Croatian Producer on the Move, began working as an independent producer within the company Restart in 2008, while still a student.
FNE at Sun in the Net 2014: Prize Winners
BRATISLAVA: Mira Fornay’s My Dog Killer took home the top prize for Best Film as well as scooping Best Director and Best Screen Play at the Sun in the Net…
FNE at Canness IFF 2014: CEE Talent Heads for Cannes
CANNES: Talent from the central and eastern European region will be in the spotlight with the special project Les Ponts De Sarajevo an omnibus film featuring 13 European directors who…
PRODUCTION: Full Contact Starts Shooting in Croatia
ZAGREB: After spending four years in development, the Dutch/Croatian thriller from acclaimed Dutch director David Verbeek began filming in Croatia on 24 April 2014.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Miracle
PLZEN: Miracle / Zázrak, a Slovak/Czech coproduction by Slovak director and co-writer Juraj Lehotský competes at Finale Plzen after an illustrious film festival roll-out.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Like Never Before
PLZEN: Like Never Before by Zdeněk Tyc returns to Finale Plzen in the main competition, after having been given a pre-premiere screening there one year ago.
Ida Gets Cinema Release in US and Canada
WARSAW: Ida, the award winning drama from Paweł Pawlikowski, will receive theatrical distribution in the US and Canada in May.
AXN to Produce First Polish Series
WARSAW: AXN, the Sony Pictures Entertainment pay television, cable and satellite television channel, avaialble in Poland since 2010, will begin producing original Polish content.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Award for Romanian Documentary
The Wellness Project received the Robert Bosch Stiftung Prize at goEast.
More Bollywood Coming to Krakow
KRAKOW: Bollywood producer Ritesh Sidhwani is currently scouting locations in Krakow for a 40 day shoot of a major film. Poland's Alvernia Studios will co-ordinate the project.
PRODUCTION: Tarzan’s Testicles in Preproduction
BUCHAREST: After receiving a production grant of 142,553 EUR/636,500 RON from the National Centre for Cinema on 9 April 2014, Alexandru Solomon’s new documentary is set to start shooting this…
FNE at Finale Plzen: An Unlikely Romance
PLZEN: The feature film competition at the Finale Festival in Plzen, taking place 27 April – 3 May 2014, will include Ivan Vojnár’s hybrid film An Unlikely Romance, an intimate…
FNE at Finale Plzen: Wings of Christmas
PLZEN: Karin Babinská, whose popular and internationally acclaimed road-movie Dolls, won the 20th Finále Plzen, returns to Plzen to compete with the romantic film Wings of Christmas (Kridla Vanoc).
FNE at Finale Plzen: Uni
PLZEN: Directed, written and photographed by Tomáš Vorel, Uni continues in the aesthetics prompted by his earlier film, The Can.
EFP Introduces 2014 Producers on the Move
European Film Promotion has announced the 24 participants selected for its 15th annual European networking platform which will be held 17-19 May 2014 during the Cannes film festival.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Burning Bush
PLZEN: The most acclaimed Czech film of 2013, crowned with 11 Czech Lions and awarded as the Best film by Czech Critics, Burning Bush directed by Polish filmmaker Agniezska Holland…
FNE at Finale Plzen: Krasno
PLZEN: Krásno, the directorial debut of acclaimed Czech theatre actor Ondřej Sokol, will compete at the 27th Finale Plzen, running 27 April – 3 May 2014.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Revival
PLZEN: Director Alice Nellis scored a hit with the popular comedy Revival, winner of the Audience award at the 2013 Karlovy Vary IFF and one of the top Czech films…
PISF 10th Anniversary
Congratulations On the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Polish Film Institute the following organisations have expressed their congratulations and their opinions on the successful work of the institute…
Polish Film Institute celebrates its 10th anniversary
Film New Europe salutes the Polish Film Institute on its 10th anniversary with a series of articles this week looking back at the work of the institute over the past…