FNE at Regiofun: Bollywood Returns to Krakow
KRAKOW: Indian director Shankar Dayal has completed principal photography for the political drama Saguni on location in Krakow. The film is the second Bollywood project brought to the city through…
FNE Visegrad Prix Nominations Announced
WARSAW: Nominations for the second edition of the FNE Visegrad Prix for best documentary film coproduction from a Visegard country have been announced. The films are all screening in the15th…
PRODUCTION: Niascharian (Let’s Revive) Films in Romania and Moldavia
BUCHAREST: Leonardo Tonitza has begun shooting a long documentary on the origins of the Romanian language, Niascharian (Let's Revive)/Niascharian (Să renaştem). Preproduction began in March 2011, producer Alexandru Iclozan told…
DocBloc: Argentinian Lesson has International Premiere at Leipzig
WARSAW: Argentinean Lesson by Polish director Wojciech Staron makes its international premiere in the main competition of the 54th DOK Leipzig festival of documentary films. The film was produced by…
DocBloc: Argentinian Lesson has International Premiere at Leipzig
WARSAW: Argentinean Lesson by Polish director Wojciech Staron makes its international premiere in the main competition of the 54th DOK Leipzig festival of documentary films in Germany. The film was…
PRODUCTION: Une Estonienne à Paris (Veel üks croissant) in Postproduction
TALLINN: Estonian director Ilmar Raag takes on French cinema classics by casting Jeanne Moreau in the lead role of his upcoming feature Une Estonienne à Paris (Veel üks croissant), currently…
DocBloc: TVP Increases Documentary Production
WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster TV Polska (www.tvp.pl), responding to an appeal from Polish documentary filmmakers, has selected 18 documentary films from 137 applications to receive funding support. Four of the…
PRODUCTION: Polish Six Degrees Moves Shoot to Mexico
WARSAW: The Polish documentary Six Degrees which tests the theory that everyone in the world is connected by only six degrees of separation (six people), has reached Mexico in a…
Finnish Best Seller Films in Estonia
TALLINN: Purge, a Finnish film based on a national best-selling novel, is currently in production in Estonia where the entire shoot will take place.
Estonia Wins Anim'est Prize
BUCHAREST: Estonian animation director Ulo Pikkov won the main prize of the 6th Anim'est festival of animated film for Body Memory.
Malta Set to End Analogue Transmission
Malta is on schedule to cease analogue TV transmission on 31 October 2011, with only digital TV transmissions available beginning 1 November.
East Pictures Tests Polish 3D Market
WARSAW: 4:13 To Katowice, the first Polish thriller made only for 3D screenings, will have its premiere on 21 October 2011 in Warsaw. The film will be first presented in…
PRODUCTION: Portaits in a Forest Completes Shoot
BUCHAREST: Romanian director Dinu Tănase wraps filming 19 October 2011 on Portraits in a Forest, a contemporary police story involving a crime and an officer solving the case. Shooting started…
Koko and the Ghosts Tops Croatian Domestic Box Office
The feature live-action film Koko and the Ghosts has become the number one box office entry in Croatia after its premiere in early October. During the opening weekend it was…
Polish Pay-TV Market Near Saturation
WARSAW: Poland has reached 74% penetration of the pay TV market, according to a report in the Warsaw Voice. Analysts estimate that only just over 500,000 new customers are yet…
Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot Adapted by Estonian Director Rainer Sarnet
An adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel, The Idiot (Idioot) by Estonian director Rainer Sarnet screened in the Flash Forward section of the Busan International Film Festival. The film, produced by…
Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot adapted by Estonian Director Rainer Sarnet
An adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel, The Idiot (Idioot) by Estonian director Rainer Sarnet screened in the Flash Forward section of the Busan International Film Festival. The film, produced by…
CentEast Works in Progress: Baby Blues
WARSAW: Polish director Katarzyna Rosłaniec explores the topic of teen pregnancy in her new drama Baby Blues presented at the CentEast forum in Warsaw.
CentEast Works in Progress: Baby Blues
WARSAW: Polish director Katarzyna Rosłaniec explores the topic of teen pregnancy in her new drama Baby Blues presented at the CentEast forum in Warsaw.
Root Joins HBO CE as Vice President
BUDAPEST: HBO Central Europe has appointed Antony Root as Executive Vice President, Original Programming and Production at HBO Central Europe, reporting to Chief Executive Linda Jensen. He will be responsible…
