Mother Teresa of Cats chosen for Karlovy Vary
Pavel Sala's debut film Mother Teresa of Cats will have its premiere in the main competition of the Karlovy Vary film festival (www.kviff.cz).
Israel Theatres Takes Over Cinema City International in Bulgaria
Israel Theatres has agreed to buy Cinema City International in Bulgaria (www.cinemacity.bg) for approximately 85m Euros.
Deficit rises for Romanian National TV
In 2009 the deficit of Romanian National Television (SRTv, www.tvr.ro) rose by 1.36 million in 2009, for an overall gap of 13 million euros.
Soul At Peace Wins Top Slovak Film Prize
BRATISLAVA: The Sun in the Net awards for Slovak films of 2008 and 2009 were announced at a gala ceremony on 27 April at the Slovak National Theatre.
New 15 Screen Multiplex Opens in Bucharest
Cinema City has opened a new 15 screen multiplex in the newly opened Sun Plaza shopping centre in Bucharest.
FNE Turkish Week: Turkish Comedy Franchise Tops Turkish Box Office Again in 2010
ISTANBUL: The money spinning Turkish comedy franchise Recep Ivedik has scored a third straight year of box office success with the release of Recep Ivedik 3. Released in 378 prints…
Slovakia gets Cinéfondation spot at Cannes
Slovak director Matyas Prikler's mid-length film Dakujem, dobre (Thanks, fine) will have its international premiere in the Cinéfondation selection at the Cannes film festival.
FNE Turkish Week: Turkish Film Continues to Dominate Local Box Office
ISTANBUL: Turkish films dominated the local market in 2009 with a 51% share of the box office in 2009.
FESTIVALS: Fresh Film fest moves to Prague
The Fresh Film Fest will move to Prague this year, after six years in the spa town of Karlovy Vary.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Midpoint launches new training programme
Five leading Central European film schools are joining forces on a project to move young filmmakers into the professional world with Midpoint, the Central European Script Center (www.midpoint-center.eu).
Romanian grant conditions announced
The National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro) has allocated 4,354,000 million euro (18 million RON) for the first session of the grants in 2010.
FNE Turkish Week: Turkish Film Production Up more than 700% in Seven Years
ISTANBUL: Turkish feature film production has increased from 9 films released in 2002 to 69 in released in 2009 according to the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Wisla Polish film fest opens in Moscow
33 sceny z życia (33 Scenes from Life) by Małgorzata Szumowska opened the Wisla Polish Film Festival (www.festiwalwisla.pl) in Moscow, with the festival dedicated to deputy minister of foreign affairs…
Bulgaria’s Zincograph selected by Cannes L'Atelier
Vladislav Todorov's and Yavor Gardev's political psycho-thriller Zincograph is the first Bulgarian feature project ever chosen by the Cannes Cinéfondation (www.festival-cannes.com/fr/cinefoundation) L'Atelier networking program.
FESTIVALS: Final call for BuSho film fest
The 6th BuSho film festival, running September 1-5, 2010 in Budapest, has announced its final call for online entries on May 1, 2010.
Ezel Sweeps Ismail Cem Turkish TV Awards
The first ever Ismail Cem Turkish TV Awards (http://www.ismailcemawards.com/) took place on 24 April in the Turkish resort of Antalya. Prizes were awarded by Mustafa Akaydın, Provost of Antalya. The…
FNE at Finale Plzen: CFC introduces new Czech productions
The Czech Film Center (CFC, www.filmcenter.cz) offered a platform for 18 films in development and production at its annual presentation during the Finale (www.filmfestfinale.cz) festival of Czech films on April…
FESTIVALS: Gdynia announces competition lineup
The 35th Polish film festival taking place in Gdynia May 24-29, 2010, has announced the titles of 21 films in the main competition.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Kawasaki's Rose wins Finale Plzen festival
Director Jan Hřebejk picked up the Golden Kingfisher for best feature film and the Audience Award for Kawasaki's Rose at the closing ceremony of Finale festival of Czech films held…
New Czech animation festival premieres
The Czech Republic will see two animation film festivals competing for attention in the upcoming weeks: Anifest, which moved to the town of Teplice, and Anifilm, which has been newly…
