FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF National Competition: Spain
VARNA : The only coproduction that participated in the feature film competition of the 31st “Golden Rose” Varna Film Festival (5-11 October 2012) Spain grabbed the “best script” award.
PRODUCTION: The Brave Adventures of Little Shoemaker Shooting
ZAGREB: Director/screenwriter Silvije Petranovic’s adaptation of I.Brlic.Mazuranic‘s famous children novel The Brave Adventures of Hlapić started shooting in September 11 and will wrap November 17. Maydi Mervar Petranovic and Silvije…
Cyprus Short Film Days 2012 Honours Teo Angelopoulos
LIMASSOL: The International Short Film Festival of Cyprus kicks off on 13 October with a screening of Theo Angelopoulos's first short film entitled 'The Broadcast' (1968). This year's festival is…
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2012: One More Dream
VARNA: Director Nikolay Mutafchiev presents his debut film One More Dream in the Bulgarian National Competition of the Golden Rose Film Festival.
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2012: The Foreigner
VARNA: The Foreigner by writer/director/actor Niki Iliev is a romantic comedy about a young man who travels to Bulgaria and falls in love with a hot tempered village girl.
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2012: Puzzle
VARNA:Puzzle tells a story of thirty years of romantic love of a man for the woman in his life. Scriptwriter and director Ivo Staikov (son of eminent director Ludmil Staikov…
FNE Doc Bloc: Nobel Prize Winner at Jihlava
JIHLAVA: Chinese novelist and filmmaker Gao Xingjian, a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, will be a guest at the 2012 Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, 23-28 October.
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2012: Competition: Incognita
VARNA: Mihail Pandoursky’s Incognita, screening in the Bulgarian national competition at the Golden Rose Film Festival is a coproduction with the world famous Marinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. The film…
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2012: Competition: Migration of the Belted Bonito
VARNA: Bulgarian film critics called Migration of the Belted Bonito, written, directed and produced by Lyudmil Todorov, “one of the finest comedies of the newest Bulgarian cinema.” The film is…
PRODUCTION: Romanian Debut At My Father’s Home in Preparation
BUCHAREST: At My Father’s Home, the first feature film of Andrei Cohn, is completing preproduction and will begin shooting on 17 October 2012. Giuliano Doman is producing through Family Film…
Poles Look at AV Training
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl) and the Centre for Open Multimedia Education are sponsoring a conference on the situation of audiovisual education in Poland on 23 November 2012.
FNE AVP Live !: Interview with Irina Kanousheva Head of Bulgarian National Film Centre
SOFIA: FNE spoke with Irina Kanousheva, acting director of the Bulgarian National Film Center (www.nfc.bg) on the challenges facing the film industry in Bulgaria and how Bulgarian and EU policies…
PRODUCTION: Laokoon in development on Hungarian comedy Kills on Wheels
BUDAPEST: Director and screenwriter Attila Till is completing the development phase of Kills on Wheels, the story of a wheelchair-bound gang of assassins.
PRODUCTION: Doc director Ciulei Wraps Shooting on First Feature 2+2
BUCHAREST: Romanian documentary filmmaker Thomas Ciulei (The Flower Bridge) is in postproduction with his first feature film 2+2, a dark comedy set during communism in a country named Miranda where…
PRODUCTION: Polish Doc Albert Cinema in Production
WROCŁAW: Albert Cinema, an experimental document about homelessness which was developed during the Dragon Forum International Academy of the Document, is nearing the end of production.
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2012:Competition: Faith, Love and Whisky
VARNA: Kristina Nikolova’s debut film Faith, Love and Whisky is an emotional and personal film about a young woman whose life is divided between the US, where she emigrated, and…
FNE at Golden Rose FF 2012: Competition: Rapid Reaction Corps
VARNA: The 91-minute comedy Rapid Reaction Corps directed by Stanislav Donchevshot on HD is appearing in the Bulgarian national competition of the Golden Rose Film Festival, running through 11 October…
PRODUCTION: Croatian first feature Zagreb Cappuccino in Preproduction
ZAGREB: Vanja Svilicić is preparing her first feature, Zagreb Cappuccino, produced by Damir Teresak through Maxima Film (www.maxima-film.hr).
Twelve Projects Selected for ScripTeast
WARSAW: Twelve feature film projects from eight countries are participating in the 7th edition of ScripTeast, a year-long programme for experienced writers from Central and Eastern Europe.
Baltic Film and Media School Opens New Premises
TALLINN: The Tallinn-based Baltic Film and Media School (BFM) has opened its new purpose-built premises in the main campus of Tallinn University in the centre of Estonia’s capital.
