Indie and documentary films triumph at TWO RIVERSIDES

Six short and long feature productions were awarded at the Film and Art Festival TWO RIVERSIDES.
10-08-2010

Indie and documentary films triumph at TWO RIVERSIDES

Six short and long feature productions were awarded at the Film and Art Festival TWO RIVERSIDES.
09-08-2010

Croatia aims to revive production

With 18 films with awarded public funds that are still not in production, Croatia is seeking ways to revive film production, which is currently stagnant.
09-08-2010

Puskás feature in preproduction

Legendary Hungarian soccer player, Ferenc Puskás is the protagonist of an ambitious feature project which is planned to be finished in 2012. Producer Ádám Neményi told film.hu that the script…
09-08-2010

East Euorpean Doc Forum announces deadlines

The 10th East European Forum (www.DOKweb.net) for documentary filmmakers is accepting applications through September 3, 2010.
09-08-2010

Documentary Campus open for registration

Documentary Campus (www.documentary-campus.com), which will be held in Munich September 10-12, is accepting reduced registration fees from East European participants.
09-08-2010

Mission Impossible 4 headed to Prague

Mission Impossible 4 by director Brad Bird will film to Prague. Hollywood studio Paramount (www.paramount.com) is planning a 150 million dollars budget for the action adventure movie with Tom Cruise…
08-08-2010

Documentary Afghan Freedom is shooting in Lithuania

Director Juozas Koreivais shooting the documentary film Afghan Freedom („Afganų laisvė"). Filming is scheduled tp be completed by the beginning of November.
08-08-2010

Telesport declares bankruptcy

The Court of Bucharest accepted the request of Telesport Intermedia SRL (www.telesport.ro) to become insolvent on August 2, 2010, and moving the TV company into bankruptcy.
06-08-2010

FNE at the Film and Art Festival Two Riversides: Interview with Grażyna Torbicka

Grażyna Torbicka, the Artistic Director of the festival and a renowned Polish film journalist talked to FNE about her search for new form in cinema and plans for the future…
06-08-2010

Nova TV seeks new director

Nova TV director Petr Dvořák was promoted to vice president of CME, leaving the Czech station without a director.
05-08-2010

Kaunas International Film Festival announces Silver Audience Award

Lithuanian movie channel "Silver" has become an official partner of Kaunas International Film Festival (www.kinofestivalis.lt). The 4th edition of the festival, October 1-10, will introduce the "Silver Audience Award," with…
04-08-2010

SPI International signs deal with Romtelecom

SPI International signed a deal with Romtelecom, the largest telecommunications company in Romania, last week.
03-08-2010

CineLink awards seven CEE films

Sarajevo CineLink co-production market (www.sff.ba) gave its Excellence Award to Serbian Circles by writers Srđan Koliević and Melina Pota Koliević and director Srdan Golubović.
02-08-2010

PRODUCTION: In Treatment / În derivă series shooting

HBO Central Europe is shooting its first European series in Romania, from April until the end of August 2010. In Treatment is an adaptation of BeTipul, a series made by…
02-08-2010

FESTIVALS: Mundane History wins ERA New Horizons top prize

Mundane History, Anocha Suwichakornpong's biting critique of Thai society has won the Grand Prix (€20,000) of the NEW HORIZONS International Competition.
01-08-2010

Czech cinemas post record year

Czech cinemas reached record sales and attendance in 2009 with box office of 1.25 billion crowns (50.4 mil. euros) and attendance of 12.4 million viewers, according to the Czech Audiovisual…
01-08-2010

FNE at ERA New Horizons: Interview with Roman Gutek

While celebrating the 10th edition of ERA New Horizons, festival director Roman Gutek talked with FNE about the unique role of the festival and its plans for the future.
29-07-2010

Weekend postponed

The shooting of Weekend by director Áron Mátyássy (winner of the main prize of the Hungarian Film Week with his first feature Utolsó idők / Last Times), is postponed until…
29-07-2010

PRODUCTION: Las Fierbinti shooting

Dragoş Buliga is in production with Las Fierbinţi, a rural comedy focusing on the machinations around the local elections in a Romanian village, involving the mayor, his deputy, a bartender,…
29-07-2010