FNE at Berlinale 2016: Bulgaria’s NFC Backs Official Stand at the ЕFM

The Bulgarian National Film Center will be present at the forthcoming European Film Market with an official stand in the Martin Gropius Bau. The country’s participation became possible after a…
13-02-2016

FNE Speaks to General Director of the Polish Film Institute Magdalena Sroka

WARSAW: After her first four months as General Director of the Polish Film Institute FNE spoke to Magdalena Sroka about what has been accomplished over the past ten years and…
12-02-2016

PRODUCTION: The Legacy of the Cypriot Goddess in Production

NICOSIA: Director and writer Stavros Papageorgiou is currently in production with the ethnographic, arts and historical documentary The Legacy of the Cypriot Goddess.
12-02-2016

CEE Sees Rise in Admissions and Box Office in 2015

BRUSSELS: Cinema box office and admissions rose in all CEE territories except Slovenia in 2015, according to the new report from The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC).
12-02-2016

DocBloc: East Doc Platform

PRAGUE: East Doc Platform announced the opening of accreditations for the Prague event.
12-02-2016

Lída Baarová Film Holds Top Spot in Czech Cinemas

PRAGUE:Filip Renč’s film The Devil´s Mistress produced by NoGup, about the 1930’s Czech film star and mistress of Joseph Goebbels Lída Baarová, is proving a success in Czech cinemas despite…
11-02-2016

PRODUCTION: Greek Minds at Work in Development

NICOSIA: Director-producer and founder of Tetraktys Films Ltd, Stavros Papageorgiou is developing the 60 minute documentary Greek Minds at Work, the first creative space technology documentary ever produced in Cyprus.
11-02-2016

HBO Rebrands CEE Channels

LONDON: HBO will re-launch its linear channels in Central and Eastern Europe on 21 March 2016.
11-02-2016

FNE at Berlinale 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Thursday 11 February

Thursday 11 February - Party and Event Alert
10-02-2016

PRODUCTION: Petr Vaclav in Postproduction with Skokan

PRAGUE: The Czech/French coproduction Skokan directed by Petr Vaclav is in postproduction. The film produced by Jan Macola of Mimesis Film and coproduced by French Cinema Defacto was partially shot…
10-02-2016

PRODUCTION: Petr Nikolaev Prepares Film about Czechoslovak Legionnaires

PRAGUE: An important anniversary of Czechoslovak legionnaires inspired Czech director Petr Nikolaev to pay a tribute to them with an epic feature film. The Czechoslovak Legionnaires Community approached Petr Nikolaev…
10-02-2016

PRODUCTION: Missing Fetine in Postproduction

NICOSIA: The 60-minute social/human rights documentary Missing Fetine is in the postproduction stage.
10-02-2016

Prague Post-production house MagicLab to Provide VFX for Masaryk Biopic

PRAGUE: The Prague based MagicLab has announced it is providing VFX and grading for the highly anticipated two part historical biopic Masaryk, about son of the first president of Czechoslovakia…
09-02-2016

FESTIVALS: Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris Competition Announced

VILNIUS: The 21st Vilnius IFF, running 31 March – 14 April 2016, will screen 47 films in three competition sections.
09-02-2016

Cyprus Web Series Adds New Episodes

NICOSIA: I Gotta Be Me, a ten episode web-series set in Cyprus, will be releasing three more episodes in February 2016.
09-02-2016

French Films Find Favor in CEE

PARIS: French films claimed a market share of 8.9 percent in CEE territories. The numbers were driven by the strong performances of Taken 3 and The Little Prince across the…
09-02-2016