FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Out/In Tawaret (Ki/Be Tawaret)

Veteran director György Molnár collected the crazy adventures of contemporary extravagant female poet Orsolya Karafiáth to create the film Out/in Tawaret.
01-02-2010

FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Deathwaltz (Halálkeringő)

The Deathwaltz from director Krisztián Károly Köves is billed as the first modern Hungarian thriller.
01-02-2010

Streičs directs another hit film for Latvia

Latvian director Janis Streičs has revived interest in domestic film production with his latest feature Rudolf's Legacy (Rudolfa mantojums).
31-01-2010

Czechs announce first appearance at Clermont-Ferrand

The Czech Film Center is set to represent the Czech Republic at the Clermont-Ferrand market for short films (Feb 1-6) for the first time, and will have two shorts in…
31-01-2010

DG COMM announces video clip contest

The Audiovisual Service of DG COMM is launching a video production competition together with "Content 360" - MIPTV's annual cross-media competition.
31-01-2010

Warner Bros Poland signs first look deal with San Graal

Warner Bros. Entertainment Polska announced a production and distribution deal with Polish filmmaker, Andrzej Saramonowicz and his production company San Graal.
28-01-2010

Czech Center to Issue DVD of shorts

The Czech Film Center will release Czech Short Films Vol. 1, a selection of 12 short films by students the FAMU and Zlín Film Schools, at end of January.
28-01-2010

Slovak presence at Rotterdam and Goteborg announced

Slovakia will present three films at the Rotterdam film festival and two films at Goteborg, spanning both fiction and documentary films.
27-01-2010

Production: The Mission of the Human Resource Manager moves into postproduction

Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis (Lemon Tree, The Syrian Bride) completed a 20 days shoot of his new feature in Romania in late December, after shooting in Israel for 3 weeks…
27-01-2010

Production: Tuesday after Christmas wraps postproduction

Radu Muntean's fourth feature after Rage, The Paper Will Be Blue and Boogie will complete postproduction by the end of January 2010.
27-01-2010

FNE at Hungarian Film Week: The Gravedigger (A sírásó)

The Gravedigger is best characterized as an experimental film, as director-photographer Sándor Kardos creates a film interpretation of Rainer Maria Rilke's poem "The funeral of John Mortonson."
26-01-2010

FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Bibliotheque Pascal

Bibliotheque Pascal from director Szabolcs Hajdu had a long production process and overcame numerous problems before it completion.
26-01-2010

FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Vespa

Vespa, the second feature from Diana Groó (Csoda Krakkóban) is about a Romany child who wins a Vespa scooter and must travel from his poor home town to Budapest to…
26-01-2010

FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Question in Details (Köntörfalak)

After two fresh comedies (Tesó, Kész cirkusz), director Zsombor Dyga turned to the darker side in Question in Details, a film about triangular relationships filled with tension.
25-01-2010

FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Czukor Show

Tamás Dömötör's Czukor Show takes on the cruelty of TV talk shows - the film was inspired by a show featuring a woman who killed her own child.
25-01-2010

FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Team Building

Team Building, the debut feature of Réka Almási, looks at the curious development of capitalist Hungary through the twisted logic of team building management techniques.
25-01-2010

Romania introduces new tax on copyright income

Romanian writers and artists are objecting to a pending law on social security contributions based on copyright income, which is expecte to be passed into law in February
24-01-2010

Bulgaria establishes film Academy

Bulgaria's national film awards will be decided by a newly created Academy beginning with the 2010 awards.
24-01-2010

Bathory celebrates Hungarian premiere

Juraj Jakubisko's historical epic movie Bathory had a gala premiere in Hungary January 14, with star Franco Nero in attendance.
21-01-2010

Bulgarian film on Oscar foreign film short list

Stephan Komandarev's Bulgarian-German-Hungarian-Slovenian co-production, The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner, is among nine films vying for an Oscar nomination for the best foreign language film.
21-01-2010