PRODUCTION: The Will to Live Goes into Production
WARSAW: Polish film director Maciej Pieprzyca will begin filmimg his second feature The Will to Live (Chce sie zyc)on 16 June 2012, continuing through 31 July. The film is produced…
FESTIVALS: Europeans Dominate Art Film Fest Competition
As in previous years, the centrepiece of the 20th Art Film Fest (www.artfilmfest.sk), running from 16 to 23 June in Trenčianske Teplice and Trenčín, will be the International Competition of…
Bulgarian Lifetime Achievement Award for Tosheva
SOFIA: One of Bulgaria's most valued film prizes, the Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award was given to the eminent documentary director Nevena Tosheva who marks her ninetieth birthday.
FESTIVALS: Anniversary Screening for Sun in a Net
BRATISLAVA: Slovakia will commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Sun in a Net with a gala premiere of the digitally restored version of the classic film by Stefan Uher at…
PRODUCTION: Our Queen, Mary in Production
BUCHAREST: Adrian Popovici is working on a 90 minute documentary about the life of Queen Mary of Romania (1875-1938), granddaughter of Victoria Queen of England and wife of the King…
EAVE Producers Workshop Heads to Croatia
Fifty-three producers representing 31 countries and 33 documentary and feature projects will participate in the second EAVE (www.eave.org) European Producers Workshop 2012, set to take place in in Opatija, Croatia,…
PRODUCTION: I Mean It, Lord in Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Iva Kúšiková finished principal shooting I Mean It, Lord, a TV documentary on the deportation of nuns into labour camps in the 1950's, and began editing in…
FESTIVALS: KVIFF Complete Competition Line-up
The 47th Karlovy Vary IFF (www.kviff.cz) taking place 29 June - 7 July 2012 has announced its competion films in all categories.
FESTIVALS: Art Film Fest Presents New Slovak Films
A selection of new Slovak films will be screened in the Slovak Season section of the Art Film Fest (www.artfilmfest.sk) taking place 16-23 June in Trencianske Teplice and Trencin, Slovakia.
PRODUCTION: Sulik Documentary in Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: Martin Sulik (Gypsy, The City of the Sun) is in postproduction with A Pilgrim through Slovak Times,a 52 minute documentary on the director, screenwriter, playwright, art director and ethnographist…
FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary Unveils East of the West Competition
PRAGUE: The Slovak-Czech debut Made in Ashrnrnthere (Až do mesta Aš) by Iveta Grófová will open Karlovy Vary's IFF (www.kviff.cz) East of the West competition of films from Central and…
FNE at Krakow Film Festival: Double Awards for Staron
KRAKOW: Polish cinematographer Wojciech Staron was the big winner at the 52nd Krakow Film Festival (www.kff.com.pl), winning two awards for his work on the film Entangled. The other prizes in…
FNE at TIFF: Romanian Days - Gone Wild
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The 80 minute documentary Gone Wild is a fascinating wild life "fairy tale." Written, directed and shot by Dan Curean, it was filmed entirely on the Danube Delta, mostly…
FNE at TIFF: Romanian Days - A Dream's Merchant
CLUJ-NAPOCA: In his 173 min independent documentary A Dream's Merchant, Bogdan Ilie-Micu follows the young photographer Mihai Barbu as he travels by motorcycle from Romania to Mongolia, traversing 26,000 km…
FNE at Krakow FF 2012: Winners of the 52nd Krakow Film Festival
CRACOW: The 52 Krakow Film Festival (www.krakowfilmfestival.pl) held from 28 May to 3 June 2012 gave its highest honour this year in the Documentary section to Swedish director Peter Gerdehag…
FNE at TIFF: Romanian Days - Visiting Room
CLUJ-NAPOCA: After four feature films - Rage/Furia, The Paper Will Be Blue/Hârtia va fi albastră, Boogie and Tuesday, After Christmas/Marţi, după Crăciun - screenwriter/director Radu Muntean has directed Visiting Room,…
MTG Buys Latvia’s LNT
Modern Times Group (MTG, www.mtg.se) the international entertainment broadcasting group, completed the acquisition of 100% of the Latvian free commercial TV group AS Latvijas Neatkarīgā Televīzija (LNT, www.lnt.lv) for an…
New Horizons Pick up Cannes Films
WARSAW: New Horizons Association (www.nowehoryzonty.pl) has picked up the Polish rights for Cannes titles Holy Motors by Leos Carax, Post Tenebras Lux by Carlos Reygadas and După dealuri (Beyond the…
FNE at ZLIN: Superhero Conquers Zlin
ZLIN: The German/Irish coproduction Death of a Superhero was the big winner of the 52nd Zlin International Film festival for Children and Youth (www.zlinfest.cz), while local favorite Blue Tiger from…
Documentary Production: My Six Million Dollar Father
RIGA: Latvian director Ieva Ozolina is in production with the documentary film My Six Million Dollar Father for a March 2013 completion date.
