CEE Films on Show at Slovenian Animated Festival
LJUBLJANA: The 8th Animateka IFF, which kicks off 5 December 2011, puts films from Central and Eastern Europe on prominent display, with a CEE short animated film competition and a…
Baltic Event Awards for Georgia, Hungary, Finland
The Baltic Event Co-Production Market presented three awards at the closing ceremony, at the conclusion of its 10th anniversary edition, which ran from 30 November - 2 December 2011. The…
PRODUCTION: Blood of Blood Goes into Production for Canal+ Poland
WARSAW: Shooting has begun on Blood of Blood, an action series produced by Endemol Poland for Canal +. The show is the second original Polish television production that Canal +…
FNE-IDF DocBloc: “It’s Always night, or we wouldn’t need light”
The Austrian filmmaker Ivette Löcker discusses with us her latest film Night Shifts, mysterious nights, the omnipresence of non-stop operationg surveillance cameras, the intimacy of darkness and the contamination of…
PRODUCTION: Documentary Sofia’s Last Ambulance
{mosimage}SOFIA: A Bulgarian/Croatian/German coproduction, Sofia's Last Ambulance directed by Ilian Metev was presented at the 2011 Doc Launch organized by the Institute of Documentary Film in Jihlava . The documentary…
Lithuania 2011 Country Profile
{mosimage}VILNIUS: Lithuania‘s recent struggles for the survival of its film industry appear to be ending at last. Lithuania continues to produce a low number of films. In 2010 there were…
PRODUCTION: Piargy: Antichrist Reborn in Development
BRATISLAVA: Fledgling Slovak director Lukáš Hanulák and award-winning scriptwriter Hana Cielová (The Sixth Sentence)are co-writing the first draft of Piargy: Antichrist Reborn, a feature based on a short story by…
Obituary: Andrei Blaier
{mosimage}BUCHAREST: The Romanian film director and screenwriter Andrei Blaier died in Bucharest on 1 December 2011. He was 78. After finishing his film studies in Bucharest in 1956, Blaier started…
Wajda Retrospective in Berlin
{mosimage}The Wajda School (www.wajdaschool.pl) continues its celebration of the 10th aniversary of its founding with a 28 film survey of the films of Poland's master director Andrzej Wajda and his…
OBITUARY: Zdenek Miler, Czech Animator
{mosimage}PRAGUE: Czech animator Zdenek Miler, who created the most beloved Czech cartoon character the Little Mole (Krtek), has died at the age of 90. Miler was born in Kladno and…
PRODUCTION: Corneliu Porumboiu is Developing A Nine-Minute Interval
{mosimage}BUCHAREST: Two years after Police, Adjective/Poliţist, adjectiv won Un Certain Regard Jury Prize and FIPRESCI Prize in Cannes, Corneliu Porumboiu is writing the script of a new feature A Nine-Minute…
FESTIVALS: A Simple Life Wins Black Nights
{mosimage}The Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF, www.poff.ee), which ran from 18 to 30 November 2011, ended with a screening of The Tree of Life, with actress Fiona Shaw in attendance.…
Gutek Receives Europa Cinemas Award
{mosimage}Roman Gutek, Polish distributor, exhibitor, and film festival director, has been named Entrepreneur of the Year by Europa Cinemas (www.europa-cinemas.org). He will be awarded the prize on 18 December 2011…
PRODUCTION: Polish Film about Belarus in Production
WARSAW: Director Krzysztof Łukasiewicz has begun shooting Żywie Biełaruś, a Polish production about the political reality on Belarus.
Obituary: Dinos Katsouridis
{mosimage}Greek Cypriot director/editor/cinematographer/producer/writer Dinos Katsouridis died on 28 November 2011 at age 84. His death in Athens was announced on 29 November. He is credited with directing 17 films, most…
PRODUCTION: 7 of Hearts in Development
{mosimage} BUCHAREST: Sorin Marin, a businessman and the founder of Anonimul International Independent Film Festival (www.festival-anonimul.ro), is developing his first feature film, 7 of Hearts/7 de inimă roşie. Marin also…
FESTIVALS: LIfetime Awards for Raamat and Maran
{mosimage}TALLINN: The Black Nights FF (www.poff.ee) will present Lifetime Achievement awards to two Estonian filmmakers, Rein Raamat and Rein Maran, at the closing ceremony on 30 November 2011. Raamat is…
PRODUCTION: Polish 3D Thriller in Production
WARSAW: Polish director Maciej Odoliński had moved into production with Hot Date 3D. The thriller will be shot in Warsaw, Poznań and Nowy Tomyśl. Hot Date 3D follows a crook…
Slovenia Country Profile 2011
{mosimage}LJUBLJANA: The 2011 year saw a strong start for the film industry in Slovenia, with the launch of the Slovenian Film Center (SFC; www.film-center.si). The new public agency replaced the…
Eurimages Distribution Support for CEE
{mosimage}Romanian, Hungarian and Turkish distribution companies were among the recepients of the latest round of Eurimages grants for distribution support. The funds will be used to screen films from a…
