Golden Carpathian Market scores sales success
BUCHAREST: Participants at the second edition of the Golden Carpathian (www.goldencarpathian.com) film market have scored a number of sales during the event which was held in Bucharest from 23 to…
Polish Film Hel Wins at Golden Carpathian Pitching Forum
BUCHAREST: Polish director Katarzyna Priwieziencew’s Hel has won the top prize for best pitch at the Golden Carpathian film market held in Bucharest. Hel is an a feature film produced…
GRANTS: Slovakia Funds 15 Feature Films
BRATISLAVA: Ten Slovak feature films, one TV film, and five Slovak minority coproductions have received production grants from the Slovak Audiovisual Fund (www.avf.sk).
PRODUCTION: Machulski Comedy Wraps Shoot
WARSAW: Juliusz Machulski, the director of Sexmission and Vabank, has completed filming his new fantasy comedy AmbaSSada (EmbaSSy).
Worldfilm Accepting Documentary Film Submissions
The 10th Worldfilm (www.worldfilm.ee) festival to be held 18 – 24 March 2013 in Tartu, Estonia, has opened its call for submissions. The deadline for film submissions is 15 October.…
Three Polish world premiers set for Toronto IFF
WARSAW: The Toronto International Film Festival will present the world premieres of three Polish films: Baby Blues by Katarzyna Rosłaniec, Imagine by Andrzej Jakimowski, and the Polish coproduction Igor and…
Romanian Film Market Opens
BUCHAREST: The second edition of Romania’s only film market, Golden Carpathian (www.goldencarpathian.com) is underway through 26 August 2012 in Bucharest.
TLC Plans Three Polish Series
The U.S. TV channel TLC plans Polish versions of three reality TV programmes for its Polish station, TLC Polska (www.tlcpolska.pl). : Mad About the House, The Great Polish Bake-Off, and…
PRODUCTION: Romanian Polish Doc Sulina:Trapped in Paradise Shooting
BUCHAREST: Diana Munteanu (23) is shooting her first long documentary by the Danube Delta. Sulina:Trapped in Paradise (working title) is a Romanian-Polish coproduction set to be finished next year.
FNE at Venice IFF 2012: Czech coproduction starring Gerard Depardieu gets Venice slot
PRAGUE: The Man Who Laughs which was shot entirely in the Czech Republic has nabbed a Venice IFF Out of Competition slot. Directed by Jena-Pierre Ameris and starring Gerard Depardieu…
Slovakia Announces New Call for Grant Applications
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Audiovisual Fund (www.avf.sk) has issued the fourth of its 2012 calls for grant applications. A total of 1,250,000 EUR is available in this round.
CICAE Hosts Workshop in Venice
Representatives from 26 countries are expected to attend CICAE’s(cicae.org) 9th European Summer University for arthouse cinema professionals taking place 27 August – 2 September in Venice.
PRODUCTION: Dan Pita to Shoot Chira Chiralina in Autumn
BUCHAREST: Dan Piţa (Stone Wedding) is in early preproduction with a cinematic adaptation of Romanian writer Panait Istrati’s 1923 novella Chira Chiralina.
Mika Named Director of Slovak TV
BRATISLAVA: Former Markiza TV (www.markiza.sk) CEO Vaclav Mika has been elected as general director of public broadcaster Slovak Radio and Television (www.rtvs.eu).
FESTIVALS: FF Riga Festival Launches in September
RIGA: Latvia will host the first FF Riga international film festival 10-12 September 2012, an “homage” to the Arsenals film festival which was suspended as of March 2012 for lack…
PRODUCTION: Terry Gilliam to Shoot The Zero Theorem in Romania
BUCHAREST: Austrian actor Christoph Waltz is set to star in The Zero Theorem directed by Terry Gilliam, with shooting planned to start at MediaPro Studios (www.mediaprostudios.com) in October 2012.
DOK.Incubator Applications Open
BRATISLAVA: The second session of the postproduction workshop DOK.Incubator (docincubator.net) is accepting observer and consultation applications from Slovak, Czech and Polish film professionals and Slovak film students for the Final…
Disney Ends Polish Distribution Agreement
WARSAW: The Walt Disney Company Poland (www.disney.pl) will end its distribution agreement with Forum Film Poland (www.forumfilm.pl) as of 1 October 2012.
Stoessel to Head Bulgarian TV Group
SOFIA: Didier Stoessel has been appointed CEO of Bulgaria's Nova Broadcasting Group (nova.bg).
FNE AVP Live! : CEE Culture Ministers Seek New Funding Sources for Film
EDINBURGH: Representatives from the Ministries of Culture of six of the newest EU and CEE countries have said there is a need to support coproductions and to find new sources…
