FNE at KVIFF 2010: Sarajevo's New Film Center Promotes Coproductions

KARLOVY VARY: Adis Bakrac director of East of the West competitor The Abandoned is also head of the newly established Sarajevo Film Center. The Abandoned produced by Heft Production (www.heft.ba)…
07-07-2010

Two Hungarian film projects presented in Paris

Szabolcs Hajdu's (Bibliotheque Pascal, White Palm) Mirage and Bálint Kenyeres's (The History of Aviation) Hier (Tegnap) have been selected for the co-production forum and development platform organised by the Paris…
07-07-2010

PRODUCTION: Istanbul begins filming in July

Hungarian director Ferenc. Török's film Istanbul, the story of a middle aged woman who is abandoned by her husband, begins filming in Istanbul July 12 for a 13 day shoot.…
06-07-2010

PRODUCTION: Will finishes shooting in Turkey

Will, a co-production of England's Strangelove Films and Turkey's Galata Film, directed by Ellen Perry, has completed its Turkish shoot.
06-07-2010

FNE at KVIFF 2010 East of the West: Gastarbeiter

Gastarbeiter, the new film from director Yusup Razykov who set a distinctive style for new Uzbek cinema, is a contemporary roadmovie connecting Uzbekistan and Russia through a variety of characters,…
06-07-2010

FNE at KVIFF 2010: Mother Teresa of Cats Screens Today in Main competition

In his new drama Mother Teresa of Cats, Paweł Sala presents a moving image of a contemporary brutal crime that shocked Poland.
06-07-2010

PRODUCTION: Puzzle for a Blind Man in pre-production

Romanian director Andrei Zincă is in pre-production with Puzzle for a Blind Man, an adaptation of Argentinian playwright Mario Diament's Blind Date.
05-07-2010

East Silver announce July 31 deadline

The 7th East Silver documentary market specializing in Eastern and Central European documentary is now open for submissions through July 31. East Silver is the largest database of creative feature…
05-07-2010

FNE at KVIFF 2010 East of the West: The Abandoned

Ostavljeni (The Abandoned) directed by Bosnian director Adis Bakrac has its world premiere in Karlovy Vary's East of the West section. The film is a coproduction between Bosnia and Herzegovina,…
05-07-2010

PRODUCTION: Emerson and Co. received funding

Director Krisztina Goda (Children of Glory, Just Sex and Nothing Else) has received a declaration of intent for funding from the Hungarian Motion Picture Association (MMKA - http://english.mmka.hu/) for the…
05-07-2010

FNE at KVIFF 2010: New Czech US Production Company Launches

KARLOVY VARY: The new Czech tax rebate law has spawned the first of what will undoubtedly be many new production and location services outfits.California based director/producer Sean Ramsay speaking to…
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Disney acquires Tapulous

The Walt Disney company purchased Tapulous, a game and application developer for iPhone. Tapulous has a development studio in the Czech Republic.
04-07-2010

Cyta withdraws from digital TV license tendor

Cyta (www.cyta.com.cy) has withdrawn its bid for the second digital TV license in Cyprus. Cyta withdrew when the bid reached €5 million.
04-07-2010

FNE at KVIFF 2010 East of the West: The Dreamers

The Dreamers (Zoufalci) was a surprise critical success in autumn 2009 in the Czech Republic. A story about six former class-mates in their early 30's who are drifting and decide…
04-07-2010

New Docu Talents at KVIFF

The Institute of Documentary Film (www.dokweb.net ) will present nine work-in-progress documentary films under the banner "Docu Talents from the East" at the Karlovy Vary film festival (www.kviff.com ) on…
04-07-2010

PRODUCTION: Szász directs Goodbye Komárom

Hungarian director János Szász will be taking on an English speaking project with working title Goodbye Komárom.
03-07-2010

PRODUCTION: PISF finances new projects

In the last session of financing for 2010, the Polish Film Institute announced funding for debuts, veteran filmmakers, and several international co-productions.
03-07-2010

FNE at KVIFF 2010 East of the West: The Albanian

Johannes Naber, one of the scriptwriters of Philipp Stölzl's North Face (2008) and director of several documentaries and TV shorts, makes his feature directing debut with The Albanian, the story…
03-07-2010

PRODUCTION: First Polish 3D production starts shooting

Jerzy Hoffman has begun filming The Battle Of Warsaw 1920, one of the biggest Polish film projects of the last decade and the first with full 3D technology.
02-07-2010

PRODUCTION; Szász in pre-production with The Notebook

Hungarian director János Szász is preparing for his new film, an adaptation of Le Grand Cahier (The Notebook), a novel by Agota Kristof.
02-07-2010