FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010 National Film competition: Oh Dear Oh Dear!

Oh Dear Oh Dear! from director Hakan Algul, rose to a strong second place showing among national films at the Turkish box office, following its release on 26 February, 2010.…
23-09-2010

FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010: National Film competition

ADANA: The Adana 17th Altin Golden Boll Film Festival which is taking place from 20 to 26 September in the Turksih city of Adana will be screening a programme of…
22-09-2010

FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010: National Competition: Five Cities

Five Cities directed by Onur Unlu is the story of five people crossing from Eskisehir to Istanbul. It is a production of Eflatun Film (www.eflatunfilm.com), founded by Unlu. The company…
22-09-2010

Kozole selected for ScripTeast

One of the most recognized Slovenian filmmakers, Damjan Kozole is headed to Poland to develop his project Nightlife at the 5th edition of ScripTeast.
22-09-2010

Bulgaria sends Eastern Plays to the Oscars

The Film Council of the Bulgarian National Film Center (www.nfc.bg) has selected Kamen Kalev's Eastern Plays (www.easternplays.com) as the country's official entry to the 2011 Oscar best foreign language film…
22-09-2010

PRODUCTION: At My Father's Home in development

Andrei Cohn is in development with his first feature, At My Father's Home, "the story of a young man put to a test by his girlfriend, who goes back to…
22-09-2010

Chinese film week in Poland

The Polish Filmmaker Association (SFP, www.sfp.org.pl) is launching a retrospective of new Chinese cinema. The third edition of the event is taking in Warsaw and Łódź between 21 and 30…
22-09-2010

Chinese film week in Poland

WARSAW: The Polish Filmmakers' Association (SFP, www.sfp.org.pl ) is launching a retrospective of new Chinese cinema. The third edition of the event is taking place in Warsaw and Łódź between…
22-09-2010

FESTIVALS: Polish debut film premieres in Pusan

Between Two Fires, the feature film debut of Agnieszka Lukasiak, a Swedish-Polish co-production, has been selected for Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea, 7-15 October, 2010.
21-09-2010

FESTIVALS: Grand-Off reveals competition films

WARSAW: The Grand Off World Intependent Film Awards (www.grandoff.eu ), a competition of short films taking place in Warsaw 22-29 November, 2010, has announced 52 films from 32 countries competing…
21-09-2010

FESTIVALS: IFF Bratislava announced doc competition

IFF Bratislava (www.iffbratislava.sk), 5-11 November, will include three CEE films in its documentary competition. Directors Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria), Boris Mitic (Serbia), and Alexander Nanau (Romania) will be in the Slovak…
21-09-2010

Estonian film wins Cartoon d'Or

One of the major prizes in animation, the Cartoon d"Or, was awarded to Crocodile by Estonian filmmaker Kaspar Jancis. The award was presented at the conclusion of Cartoon Forum (14-17…
21-09-2010

Mission Impossible 4 begins filming October 4 in Prague

PRAGUE: The Tom Cruise Hollywood action coproduction Mission Impossible 4 by director J.J. Abrams and production studio Paramount (www.paramount.com ) begins shooting in Prague on 4 October, Ludmila Claussová of…
20-09-2010

South Korean film shoots in Latvia

RIGA: South Korean film My Way is set to shoot in Latvia. The 22 million euro drama is directed by blockbuster South Korean helmer Kang Je-Gyu. The 24-day shoot will…
20-09-2010

Rófusz introduces holiday-themed animation series

SOPRON: Academy Award winning animator, Ferenc Rófusz presented his new series Hoppi Holidays, now in pre-production, at the Cartoon Forum (www.cartoon-media.be/FORUM/index.php ) in Sopron, Hungary 14-17 September. His animation series…
20-09-2010

Oscar-nominated author set for ScripTeast

WARSAW: Fred Breinersdorfer, the author of Oscar-nominated Sophie Scholl is coming to Poland to participate in the 5th edition of ScripTeast (www.scripteast.eu ) as a Creative Advisor, at the invitation…
20-09-2010

The Border – Slovak National Nomination for Oscar 2011 - Best Foreign Language Film

The Slovak Film and Television Academy (SFTA) decided to nominate the film The Border (orig. Hranica, dir. Jaro Vojtek) as the Slovak entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy…
20-09-2010

PRODUCTION: Fimfarum 3 goes into post-production

The latest installment of the popular Czech animated film series, Fimfarum 3, has completed production work on all three of its sequences and is headed into a demanding post-production phase…
19-09-2010

PRODUCTION: Looking For A Mare's Nest in shooting

BUCHAREST: The new feature of Dan Chişu (Websitestory) is the story of a storekeeper who becomes unemployed when the warehouse where he used to work for 15 years sees the…
19-09-2010

PRODUCTION: Hrebejk's Innocence films in Prague

Czech director Jan Hrebejk currently shootinging Innocence, a crime psychdrama written by his longtime collaborator Petr Jarchovsky. Filming, taking place in Prague, will continue through October 10, with a January…
19-09-2010