FNE at KVIFF: Sulik Leads Solid Slovak Line-up at Karlovy Vary
KARLOVY VARY: Slovakia brings a notable selection of films to Karlovy Vary (1-9 July 2011, www.kviff.com), a testament to the country's new healthy and savvy funding by the Slovak Audiovisual…
FNE at KVIFF East of the West Competition: Mother's Paradise
Shortly after The Light Thief (2010), the Kyrgyz filmmaker Aktan Arym Kubat presents a new feature film, Mother's Paradise.
CME Completes Bontonfilm Acquisition
HAMILTON, BERMUDA: Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME) closed its previously announced transaction to acquire 100% of the shares of Bontonfilm a.s. on 30 June 2011.
FNE at KVIFF East of the West Competition: Marija’s Own
The Croatian director Zeljka Sukova's debut film, Marija's Own, is an unconventional documentary that screens in Karlovy Vary's East of the West competition.
FNE at KVIFF East of the West Competition: Nothing Against Nothing
Nothing Against Nothing directed by Petr Marek makes its world premiere in the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival East of the West competition.
PRODUCTION: Shanghai Gypsy Begins Filming
Shanghai Gypsy, the second feature film by Slovenian director Marko Naberšnik, began shooting on 27 June 2011 and is expected to wrap on 2 October 2011.
MIFF 2011: Moscow Business Square focuses on Baltics, Georgia and CIS countries
MOSCOW: MIFF's business platform Moscow Business Square (27-29 June 2011) chose to focus on the Baltics, Georgia and CIS countries in its third edition giving Russian producers and film professionals…
FNE at KVIFF East of the West Competition: Sneakers
Sneakers, the Bulgarian debut film by co-directors Ivan Vladimirov and Valery Yordanov, screens in competition in Karlovy Vary's East of the West section, following a slot in the main competition…
Croatian Film Grants Announced
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Center (HAVC, www.havc.hr ) selected five feature films for co-funding at its 19th session on 27 June 2011. A total of HRK 2,200,000 was distributed.
Magyar Filmunio Closes
BUDAPEST: Magyar Filmunio (www.magyarfilmunio.hu), the Hungarian film promotion organisation established in 1992 by the Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation (www.mmka.hu), will cease operations on 1 July 2011. The contract of Eva…
Andrzej Muszyński to head ATM Grupa
WARSAW: One of Poland's largest production companies ATM Grupa S.A. selected Andrzej Muszyński as President of the Board at its General Meeting.
FNE at KVIFF East of the West Competition: There Was Never a Better Brother
Murad Ibragimbekov's newest film There Was Never a Better Brother is the result of the director‘s latest artistic collaboration with Maksud Ibragimbekov, one of Azerbaijan's most established writers and Murad‘s…
MIFF 2011: Russian programme director Irina Pavlova, New Directions of Russian Cinema
MOSCOW: MIFF`s Russian film programme will present over 150 films this year screening all the recent features, docs and animation as well as a selection of shorts. For most foreigners…
PRODUCTION: Of Snails and Men to Shoot in August
BUCHAREST: Tudor Giurgiu's second feature, Of Snails and Men/Despre oameni şi melci, is inspired by true events, even if they may sound quite odd. In 2002, Reuters published an news…
PRODUCTION: Of Snails and Men to Shoot in August
BUCHAREST: Tudor Giurgiu's second feature, Of Snails and Men/Despre oameni şi melci, is inspired by true events, even if they may sound quite odd. In 2002, Reuters published an news…
FNE at KVIFF East of the West Competition: Visible World
BRATISLAVA: Visible World, an intimate psychological drama by Slovak writer and director Peter Krištúfek (Long Short Night; Snapshots), makes its world premiere in the 46th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival's…
FNE at KVIFF East of the West Competition: Salt White
The Georgian director Ketevan Machavariani presents her debute feature film Salt White/ Marilivit tetri (www.saltwhite.ge) in its world premiere in the East of the West competition at the Karlovy Vary…
FNE at KVIFF East of the West Competition: Punk's Not Dead
Punk's Not Dead /Pankot ne e mrtov by Vladimir Blaževski, which has its international premiere in the East of the West competition of the Karlovy Vary IFF, is a punchy…
FNE at KVIFF East of the West Competition: Belvedere
Ahmed Imamović's second feature Belvedere, which has its European premiere in the East of the West competition of the Karlovy Vary IFF, is a drama about the survivors of the…
MIFF 2011: Moscow’s Programme Director, Kirill Razlogov: Big Programme, Big Ambitions
MOSCOW: Moscow International Film Festival (http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/eng/) programme director Kirill Razalogov cannot be accused of lacking ambition. He presides this year over a programme that can only be described as vast…
