Broken Wins at Febiofest

PRAGUE: The British debut drama Broken directed by Rufus Norris won the Grand Prix of the 20th Febiofest, which concluded on 22 March 2013.
25-03-2013

Estonian Film Institute appoints new management

TALLINN: The board of the Estonian Film Insitute , the country’s main film financing body, has appointed new management. Edith Sepp-Dallas will assume the post of general director, while Piret…
22-03-2013

Lithuania Announces 2013 Grants

VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Film Centre has approved production grants for five films.
22-03-2013

PRODUCTION: Clownwise in Postproduction

PRAGUE: Director Viktor Tauš has begun editing Klauni (Clownwise) based on a script by Peter Jarchovský and starring an international cast.
22-03-2013

PRODUCTION: Filming underway on The Witch in the Jaws of Life

ZAGREB: The Witch in the Jaws of Life, the first documentary feature from Senad Zemunović and Mija Pavliša, follows the famous writer Dubravka Ugrešić, branded a “witch to be burned…
22-03-2013

FNE TV: Finnish director Timo Vuorensola speaks about crowd-funding

FNE spoke to Timo Vuorensola director of Iron Sky about crowd-funding and how to do it at the at Sofia Meetings 2013. Click HERE to see the interview on FNE…
22-03-2013

FNE IDF DocBloc: Hunting Wins East Doc

Long Live Hunting won the Best Rough Cut at the East Doc Platform Award. Click HERE to read full article on DOKweb.
22-03-2013

Bulgarian National Television Launches The Ungiven

SOFIA: On 21 March 2013 Bulgarian National Television begins broadcasting The Ungiven, a new 12 part historical series about the rescue of 48,000 Bulgarian Jews from death camps during World…
21-03-2013

PRODUCTION: New Animated Film from George the Hedgehog Creators

WARSAW: Animation directors Tomasz Leśniak, Jakub Tarkowski and Wojtek Wawszczyk are working on Tim and The Master, an adaptation of a graphic novel by Rafał Skarżycki (script) and Tomasz Lew…
21-03-2013

PRODUCTION: Boris Bakal Develops Concrete Love

ZAGREB: Concrete Love/Stvarna ljubav (working title), the debut documentary feature of theatre and film actor and director Boris Bakal is the result of his 10-year struggle to save a modernist…
21-03-2013

CEE Youth Vote for EFA Best Kids Film

Youths in Bulgaria, Slovenia, Poland and Malta will participate in choosing the winner of the second edition of the EFA Young Audience Award on Young Audience Film Day, 5 May…
21-03-2013

PRODUCTION: Żuławski in Development with Zły

WARSAW: Xawery Żuławski will direct the legendary Polish gutter novel Zły with shooting planned to begin by the end of 2013.
20-03-2013

Obituary: Irina Petrescu

BUCHAREST: Romanian actress Irina Petrescu, awarded Best Actress at the 1969 Moscow IFF, died on 19 March 2013, at age 71. was one of the most important stage and film…
20-03-2013

PRODUCTION: Anna Kazejak Casting Słowo

WARSAW: Anna Kazejak, director of Flying Pigs, is in the process of casting teenagers for her dramatic feature film Słowo.
20-03-2013

10 million Poles switch to digital television

WARSAW: Today the analogue transmitters off 346 districts were turned off and 10 million Poles will gained access to digital television.
19-03-2013

Seven CEE Films Receive Eurimages Funding

Films from Slovakia, Georgia, and Austria are among 13 recipients of the March 2013 Eurimages meeting, which distributed 3.58 m EUR.
19-03-2013

Poland Launches New Digital Platform

WARSAW: The new digital platform nC+, a fusion of the n and Cyfra+ platforms, will launch on 21 March 2013.
19-03-2013

PRODUCTION: Stuhr and Son Team up on Citizen

WARSAW: Polish actor and director Jerzy Stuhr is in development with Citizen, a new dramatic comedy which he wrote.
19-03-2013

Poland Announces First Session Grants for 2013

The Polish Film Institute (PISF) has awarded grants to 42 productions, including major production grants to 11 feature films.
19-03-2013

FNE TV: Claude-Eric Poiroux, Director General of Europa Cinemas

FNE spoke to Claude-Eric Poiroux about the most important issues facing exhibitors today including digitalization and day for date releases. Claude-Eric declared the FNE series of publications of the latest…
19-03-2013