PRODUCTION: Yuma in Production

The Polish/Czech coproduction Yuma, a drama set in the early 1990's directed by Piotr Mularuk, is scheduled to go into postproduction in May 2011. The Polish premiere is scheduled for…
20-03-2011

PRODUCTION: Yuma in Production

The Polish/Czech coproduction Yuma, a drama set in the early 1990's directed by Piotr Mularuk, is scheduled to go into postproduction in May 2011. The Polish premiere is scheduled for…
20-03-2011

PRODUCTION: Child Miner in Production

BUCHAREST: Director/screenwriter Alexandra Gulea is shooting her first feature Child-Miner (Copil-miner) in Romania until the end of March. Shooting started on 16 February 2011 and will wrap at the end…
20-03-2011

PRODUCTION: Child Miner in Production

BUCHAREST: Director/screenwriter Alexandra Gulea is shooting her first feature Child-Miner (Copil-miner) in Romania until the end of March. Shooting started on 16 February 2011 and will wrap at the end…
20-03-2011

Innocence sold to France and Benelux

PRAGUE: Innocense, by Czech director Jan Hřebejk, has been sold to France, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg, producer Rudolf Biermann of Infilm announced. Biermann signed a distribution and franchise contract with…
20-03-2011

Georgian National Film Center sends Mosidze to MAIA Workshops

TBILISI: Georgian film director Papuna Mosidze has won a Georgian National Film Center (GNFC, www.gnfc.ge) competition to participate in the MAIA workshops for young film-makers. Mosidze, aged 27, participated in…
20-03-2011

Czech State Fund Continues Support Digitalisation of Cinemas

PRAGUE: The Czech State Fund has called for submission to the forth wave of financial support of digitalisation of Czech cinemas with 50 milion CZK (1.2 milion euro) available. The…
17-03-2011

PRODUCTION: The Corpse Must Die Delays Premiere

BRATISLAVA: The Corpse Must Die, screenwriter Jozef Paštéka's directorial debut,is set to hit Slovak cinemas after its September premiere. Initially, the opening night was scheduled for 31 March 2011, but…
17-03-2011

FESTIVALS: Krakow Lifetime Achievement for Piotr Kamler

KRAKOW: The Krakow Film Festival (www.kff.com.pl) will give the Dragon of Dragons Award for lifetime achievement award to Piotr Kamler, a French animation director of Polish origin, and 1975 winner…
17-03-2011

PRODUCTION: The Edge of Happiness in Development

BUCHAREST: Romanian director Ruxandra Zenide (Ryna) is currently developping her second feature, The Edge of Happiness, the story of a girl, Felicia, who arrives in Geneva in the autumn of…
17-03-2011

PRODUCTION: The Edge of Happiness in Development

BUCHAREST: Romanian director Ruxandra Zenide (Ryna) is currently developping her second feature, The Edge of Happiness, the story of a girl, Felicia, who arrives in Geneva in the autumn of…
17-03-2011

PRODUCTION: In the Shadow Filming in Prague

WARSAW: Czech director David Ondricek is in production with In The Shadow, a Czech-Polish-Slovak coproduction which began shooting on 5 March 2011 in Prague. Polish cinematographer Adam Sikora is the…
17-03-2011

PRODUCTION: In the Shadow Filming in Prague

WARSAW: Czech director David Ondricek is in production with In The Shadow, a Czech-Polish-Slovak coproduction which began shooting on 5 March 2011 in Prague. Polish cinematographer Adam Sikora is the…
17-03-2011

ATM Grupa Plans TV Channel

WARSAW: Independent Polish television and film producer ATM Grupa plans to launch its own channel in 2011 and is currently seeking a location in the first Polish ground television multiplex…
16-03-2011

MEDIA Programme Offers Two Day Training

The MEDIA (http://ec.europa.eu/media) Programme Initial Training Conference taking place in Brussels on 21-21 March 2011 will present 45 speakers giving a complete overview of EU funding opportunities for higher education…
16-03-2011

PRODUCTION: Narcissus in Production

VILNIUS: Young Lithuanian film director Dovilė Gasiūnaitė is working on her first feature film, Narcissus, a modern-day version of the ancient Greek myth.
16-03-2011

FNE - IDF DocBloc : ESODOC DEADLINE EXTENDED > MARCH 23

ESoDoc - European Social Documentary is a training initiative promoted by ZeLIG School for Documentary (Italy) with the support of EU's Media Programme.
16-03-2011

Eurimages Announces Production and Distribution Support

Six films from Central Europe are among the 16 films which will receive 5.26 million Euros in funding from Eurimages (www.coe.int) in its latest round of funding. An additional 34…
15-03-2011

Lithuanian Advertising Market Begins to Stabilize

VILNIUS: The Lithuanian market research and consulting company TNS LT reports that media advertising in Lithuania fell 1.5 % in 2010. Media advertising totaled 324.6 Million LTL. In 2009 media…
15-03-2011

FESTIVALS: Polish-Norwegian Co-production Forum at ERA New Horizons

ERA New Horizons IFF (www.enh.pl) will host a meeting of Polish and Norwegian film professionals on 26-28 July 2011 in Wroclav. The forum is a joint initiative of the festival…
15-03-2011