Film New Europe STEP IN Locarno: Country Report Poland
Seven years after Poland decided to make the film industry a priority with both money and expertise that established the Polish Film Institute (PISF), Polish cinema is a well-established presence…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Vitić Dances
Croatian director Boris Bakal is participating in Ex-Oriente 2012 with his documentary film project Vitic Dances.
FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Polish Days: My Father’s Bike
WROCŁAW: An elderly man, accompanied by his son and grandson, undertakes a journey to win back the wife who left him for another man in Piotr Trzaskalski's dark comedy My…
FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Polish Days: Manhunt
WROCŁAW: Manhunt, a moving war-time drama about WWII resistance fighters by Marcin Krzyształowicz, will be showcased during Polish Days of the New Horizons film festival.
Antena TV Group Reports Profit in 2011
BUCHAREST: Antena TV Group had a turnover of 52.62 m EUR and a profit of 1.47 m EUR. It is the only TV company in Romania to show a profit…
Hungarian National Film Fund Announces Grants
BUDAPEST: Ádám Császi's Hungarian-German coproduction Land of Storms/ Viharsarok received 208,000 Euro/60 M HUF on July 12. Other three projects received script development grants.
Low-budget Film Production at VFF 2012
{mosimage}Second year of a networking and educational platform for European students Visegrad Film Forum (VFF) will take place at the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts…
Hrebejk, Ondricek Films Headed to Cinemas
{mosimage}PRAGUE: The Czech fall film season will get off to an early strong start with films by Jan Hrebejk and David Ondricek scheduled for end-of-summer theatrical releases.
Sarajevo Forum Lays Out New Coproduction Minimums
{mosimage}The third Sarajevo Film Festival Regional Forum (www.sff.ba) outlined proposed reforms to the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production that will ease the way toward expansion eastward.
Funding Hampers Czech Film Restoration
{mosimage}PRAGUE: A lack of funds is delaying the restoration of classic Czech films, according the the new director of the Czech National Film Archives, Michal Bregant.
FESTIVALS: Black Nights Expands Horizons Eastward
{mosimage}TALLINN: The Estonian Foreign Ministry announced its support of a new programme at the Black Nights Film Festival (13-28 November 2012, www.poff.ee) of films about Estonia's East European development cooperation…
FESTIVALS: Pula Completes National Film Competition Line-up
{mosimage}PULA: Three films have been added to the eight previously announced films to be screened in the national programme of the 59th Pula Film Festival (www.pulafilmfestival.hr), which takes place during…
FEATURES AND DOCUMENTARIES PRODUCED OR DEVELOPED IN ROMANIA, JULY 2011-JUNE 2012
More than 20 features have been shot in Romania between July 2011 and June 2012:
Sarajevo CineLink Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
{mosimage}CineLink (www.sff.ba/en/cinelink), the key industry platform of the 18th Sarajevo Film festival (www.sff.ba), expanded its focus for its tenth anniversary edition, to include presentations from four new countries.
FESTIVALS: T-Mobile New Horizons IFF Announces Polish Days Films
WROCŁAW: The festival will host a new industry event showcasing the latest Polish films, works in progress and productions in the first stages of development presented during a special pitching…
T-Mobile New Horizons IFF announces all Polish Days titles
WROCŁAW: The festival will host a new industry event showcasing the latest Polish films, works in progress and productions in the first stages of development presented during a special pitching…
PRODUCTION: Wojciech Smarzowski In Preproduction with Angel
WARSAW: Accomplished Polish director Wojciech Smarzowski will direct a film based on The Mighty Angel, the bestselling Polish novel by Jerzy Pilch.
PRODUCTION: TVP Shooting Series in Italy and Poland
LUBLIN, POLAND: Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP, www.tvp.pl) has begun production of a new daytime drama that will be shot both in Lublin and Milan.
The Best Offer Shoots in Prague
PRAGUE: The Best Offer, by Italian film director Giuseppe Tornatore, is filming in central Prague through local service provider Sirena Film (www.serenafilm.com). The drama set amid the world of art…