Malta Emerging Producer Pierre Ellul
COTTBUS: Malta’s fledgling local film industry needs a dynamic professional to pull the small island country’s film production onto the world stage. Meet Pierre Ellul. Ellul is providing a short…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2012: Radu Muntean Developing One Floor Below
COTTBUS: Romanian director Radu Muntean is in development with his fifth film, One Floor Below, which he and producer Dragos Vilcu pitched at Connecting Cottbus (www.connecting-cottbus.de) running through 9 November…
Slovak Documentary Sparks Criminal Prosecution
BRATISLAVA: A Slovak documentary about the Slovak judicial system could lead to the prosecution and a prison term for the film’s
TVN and Canal+ Deal Expected Soon
WARSAW: TVN Group plans to finalize a joint venture with Canal+ to create the NC+ platform by the end of 2012.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: IDF Looks Back at Jihlava 2012
JIHLAVA: IDF recaps its activities at the 2012 Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
FNE Exclusive Interview with Zuzana Mistrikova, Executive Director of PubRes, Vice President Slovak Film and Television Academy
FNE spoke with Zuzana Mistriková about the current situation of the Slovak film industry three years after the creation of the Slovak Audiovisual Fund (www.avf.sk). For Slovak films, 2012 was…
PRODUCTION: Wrestling in Dakar in Postproduction
WARSAW: Wrestling in Dakar (Dakarskie zapasy), a Polish/French/British documentary which focuses on the first woman in the wrestling business, promoter and politician Ndeye Ndiaye Tyson, and two young Senegalese wrestlers,…
Era Film in Development with Mixed Slate of Films
COTTBUS: Lithuanian producer Rasa Miskinyte is in development with the feature film Escaping Sunshine and in early development with two animated films and two documentaries.
PRODUCTION: Anca Damian Develops Eden Hotel
BUCHAREST: Following the international success of the animated documentary Crulic: The Path to Beyond, director Anca Damian is developing Eden Hotel, a psychological drama she is also producing through Aparte…
Foreign Sales for Now, Forager and It Looks Pretty from a Distance
WARSAW: Polish film sales agent New Europe Film Sales (www.neweuropefilmsales.com) has sold Now, Forager: A Film about Love and Fungi by Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin to distribution companies Accent…
FESTIVALS: Black Nights Adds Baltic Debut Competition
TALLINN: Feature debuts from the Baltic and Nordic countries will compete in the new Tridens Herring competition programme at the Black Nights film festival (www.poff.ee), running 12-28 November 2012.
Wajda Studio Wraps Polish-Armenian Short
WARSAW: Milky Brother, the first Polish-Armenian coproduction, directed by Vahram Mkhitaryan and produced by Wajda Studio (www.wajdastudio.com) has completed production.
FESTIVALS: Bratislava IFF Upgrades Slovak, Industry Presence
BRATISLAVA: The 14th Bratislava International Film Festival (www.iffbratislava.com) which opens on 9 November 2012 and runs through 15 November unveils a new Slovak competition section and increase services for industry…
Czechs Unite Film Institutions
PRAGUE: The Czech National Film Archives will become the parent organization of the Czech Film Center (www.filmcenter.cz), the Czech MEDIA Desk (www.mediadesk.cz), and the Czech Film Commission (www.filmcommission.cz) as of…
PRODUCTION: Bibiliotheque Pascal Director in Preproduction with Mirage
BUDAPEST: Hungarian filmmaker Szabolcs Hajdu (Bibiliotheque Pascal, White Palms) is currently in preproduction for a Hungarian/Slovak coproduction, Mirage (Délibáb).
Sarajevo Film Festival opens it doors to Georgian filmmakers
TBILISI: The Sarajevo Film Festival has opened its doors to Georgian filmmakers who are now able to participate in all industry programmes of the biggest annual event in South East…
PRODUCTION: A Step into Darkness Goes into Production
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Martin Luther (A Path across the Danube) has started shooting his historical drama A Step into Darkness in the western Slovak village of Uhrovec, the site of…
FESTIVALS: Young Polish and German Directors Compete at Cottbus
COTTBUS: Six films are competing for a 1,500 EUR prize in the third U-18 German-Polish Youth Film Competition of new films from German and Poland as part of the Cottbus…
FESTIVALS: Lithuanian Films Debut at Scanorama
VILNIUS: Four Lithuanian films will have their world premieres at the Scanorama Film Festival (www.scanorama.lt) which opens in Vilnius on 8 November 2012.
Hungary Launches Film and TV Awards in 2013
BUDAPEST: The HUFTA’s, Hungary’s first official film and TV awards event, is planned for 1 June 2013 in Budapest.
