Funding for two EAVE projects

EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, www.eave.org) announced that two of its CEE films have received national funding support: Vanishing Waves (Lithuania) and Wolf (Romania).
30-09-2010

Hungarian film nominated for EFA prize

The Hungarian film Here I Am directed by Bálint Szimler has been selected as the final nomination in the European Film Academy (www.europeanfilmacademy.org) short film awards category.
30-09-2010

FNE Focus: Interview with GNFC Director Tamara Tatishvili

"Georgian film is a strange phenomenon. It is special, philosophically bright, sophisticated and at the same time childishly pure and innocent. There is everything in it that can make me…
29-09-2010

FNE Focus: News from Georgia

TBILISI: Street Days by Levan Koguashvili sold to Russia, Canada and USA
29-09-2010

PRODUCTION: Domestic in development

BUCHAREST: Adrian Sitaru (Angling/Pescuit sportiv) who is currently filming his second feature From Love With Best Intentions/Din dragoste, cu cele mai bune intenţii,is developing another feature, Domestic, which received a…
29-09-2010

Markiza director resigns

Václav Mika, the general director of leading Slovak commercial station Markiza TV (www.markiza.sk), has resigned, after five years in the position.
29-09-2010

PRODUCTION: Ludmilla in production

The Hungarian amimated series Ludmilla produced by Inforg Studio (www.inforgstudio.hu) and Solve Art Film (www.solveart.hu) is now in production, with the first episode of the 12-part series already in the…
29-09-2010

CentEast announces line-up

CentEast Warsaw-Moscow (www.centeast.eu) has announced seven film projects being presented in Warsaw and Moscow and seven screenings of new Polish films to be presented in Warsaw on 15-16 October.
29-09-2010

PRODUCTION: Vanishing Waves filming in Lithuania

Rising young Lithuanian director Kristina Buožytė is currently working on her second feature film, Vanishing Waves (Aurora). Buožytė‘s first feature, The Collectress, won the Lithuanian national cinema award "Silver Crane"…
29-09-2010

FNE Focus: Georgian Films at International Festivals

Georgian Films in the Focus of Montréal World Film Festival (August 26 – September 6)This year Montréal World Film Festival hosts 4 student films as well as 2 professional full-length…
29-09-2010

FNE Focus: Film Festivals in Georgia

Batumi International Art-house Film FestivalBatumi is a seaside city which presents an interesting international film festival, held for the 5th time in 2010. BIAFF is an annual event, one of…
29-09-2010

FNE Focus: Georgian Film Week in London

LONDON: Life Through Cinema: September brought Georgian films within the focus of London (23-26 September) as "Riverside Studio" hosted a festival of Georgian films.
29-09-2010

FNE at Cinepecs 2010: Competition lineup announced

The second edition of the CienPecs International Film Festival (www.cinepecs.hu) will take place in the Hungarian city Pecs, European Capitol of Culture 2010, from 4-10 October. The festival has two…
28-09-2010

FESTIVALS: Hungarian Film Week faces reforms

The new president of the Hungarian Motion Picture Association (MMKA - http://english.mmka.hu/ ) Zoltán Kőrösi is making plans to open the traditional national film festival to foreign films and adding…
28-09-2010

Latvia submits Amaya for Oscar bid

Latvia has chosen director Maris Martinsons' romantic drama Amaya (Hong Kong Confidential) as the country's entry for the Oscar's Best Foreign Language Film category.
28-09-2010

PRODUCTION: I Am You filming in Sofia

I Am You or Adriana, directed by Petar Popzlatev, is nearing the end of filming in emblematic old Sofia locations and the former Bulgarian royal summer palace on the Black…
28-09-2010

Mobile TV stalled in Poland

A six-month investigation by Poland's consumer protection agency has resulted in a charge of price fixing against the country's four leading mobile phone providers, which has stalled the launch of…
28-09-2010

Magyar Telekom plans market expansion

Magyar Telekom (www.telekom.hu ), the leading telecom provider in Hungary, plans to strengthen its position in the pay-TV market, with the goal of becoming the country's market leader.
28-09-2010

FNE Focus: Georgian National System of Film Support

TBILISI: The key document providing the framework of state support to filmmaking is the Georgian Law on State support to Georgian National Cinematography (dated 5 December 2000).
28-09-2010

FNE Focus: GNFC Announces Competition on Financing Production of Full-length Feature Film for 2011

TBILISI: Georgian National Film Center announces competition on financing production of full- length feature film for the year of 2011. GNFC aims at financing Georgian films from state budget.
28-09-2010