FNE at Finale Plzen: CFC introduces new Czech productions

The Czech Film Center (CFC, www.filmcenter.cz) offered a platform for 18 films in development and production at its annual presentation during the Finale (www.filmfestfinale.cz) festival of Czech films on April…
25-04-2010

FESTIVALS: Gdynia announces competition lineup

The 35th Polish film festival taking place in Gdynia May 24-29, 2010, has announced the titles of 21 films in the main competition.
25-04-2010

FNE at Finale Plzen: Kawasaki's Rose wins Finale Plzen festival

Director Jan Hřebejk picked up the Golden Kingfisher for best feature film and the Audience Award for Kawasaki's Rose at the closing ceremony of Finale festival of Czech films held…
24-04-2010

New Czech animation festival premieres

The Czech Republic will see two animation film festivals competing for attention in the upcoming weeks: Anifest, which moved to the town of Teplice, and Anifilm, which has been newly…
22-04-2010

Turkey’s Top Resort To Host Big Bash For Turkish TV Awards

ANTALYA: The first ever Ismail Cem Turkish TV Awards (www.ismailcemawards.com) on 24 April in Antalya promises to be one of the biggest events of the year in Turkey. Antalya already…
22-04-2010

SFP opens Wroclaw branch

The Polish Filmmakers Association hads opened a new branch in Wrocław to accommodate the needs of a growing community of film professionals in the region.
22-04-2010

Poland honored at Eurovision TV Summit

Public broadcaster Telewizja Polska (www.tvp.pl) was honored for its series Londoners at the Eurovision TV Summit in Lucerne on April 21.
22-04-2010

MTG announce first quarter revenues up

Modern Times Group (www.mtg.se), the Swedish based TV operator and owner of Viasat, announced a 6% rise in revenues, but a 13% decline in sales for its operations in Estonia,…
22-04-2010

PRODUCTION: Something Good From Life begins filming

Director Dan Piţa (Luxury Hotel/Hotel de lux, Paso doble/Pas în doi) is in production with his latest film, Something Good From Life.
22-04-2010

FNE at FINALE Plzen FF: Competition: Janosik. A True Story

Janosik. A True Story, a Central European co-production from Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary directed by Agnieszka Holland and Kasia Adamik, screens in the main competition of the Czech…
22-04-2010

Ismail Cem Turkish TV Awards Nominees Announced

ANTALYA:The nominations for the first ever Ismail Cem Turkish TV Awards (www.ismailcemawards.com) have been announced. Turkey is one of the world's biggest producers and exporters of TV programming and the…
22-04-2010

PRODUCTION: Black Thursday goes into postproduction

Black Thursday, a historical drama about the tragic Polish workers riots of December 1970, directed by Antoni Krauze, completed filming in early April and is now in post-production.
21-04-2010

FNE at FINALE Plzen FF: Competition: Twosome

A Finale Plzen main competition slot goes to the low-budget road movie Twosome directed by Jaroslav Fuit.
21-04-2010

FNE at FINALE Plzen FF: Competition: Unknown Hour

Unknown Hour, a Czech/Slovak co-production from director Dan Svátek screening in the Finale main competition, is based on a grisly story that captured news headlines in the Czech Republic.
21-04-2010

FESTIVALS: Plzen deals with travel crisis

Feature competition juror Alissa Simon was one of the guests stranded en route to the Finale (datakal.filmfestfinale.cz ) fest of Czech films in Plzen, but organizers were taking the volcano-induced…
20-04-2010

FNE at FINALE Plzen FF: Competition: Protector

Marek Najbrt spent more than three years preparing his award winning, 2.7 million Euro film Protector, screening in competition at Finale Plzen.
20-04-2010

EFP announces Producers on the Move

Nine young producers from Central Europe are among the 23 Producers on the Move presented European Film Promotion (www.efp-online.com ) during the Cannes film festival on May 15-18.
20-04-2010

Croatia increases support for festivals

The Croatian Audiovisual Centre (www.havc.hr) will increase financial support to Croatian film festivals and other film-related activities by some 15% from to 1,267,050 to 1,430,555 euros.
20-04-2010

FNE at FINALE Plzen FF: Competition: An Earthly Paradise for the Eyes

Irena Pavlásková directs bitter comedy An Earthy Paradise for the Eyes, from an autobiographical screenplay from Tereza Boučková, screening in the Finale Plzen main competition.
20-04-2010

Estonia funds digital post-production centre

Enterprise Estonia (www.eas.ee), the country's export and industry promotion agency, has decided to financialliy support the setting up of an audiovisual digital post-production centre in Tallinn.
19-04-2010