PISF celebrates 100 years of Polish cinema
Celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the first Polish feature film, the Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl) had prepared a series of events including gallery shows, retrospectives and a DVD collection.
Perpetuum Mobile premieres in Lithuania
Valdas Navasaitis' new feature film Perpetuum mobile premieres on November 4 in Vilnius, with nation-wide distribution beginning on November 7.
Mustafa takes box office crown
Mustafa, a 115-minute documentary about the founder of the modern Turkish Republic, led the box office charts on its opening day.
Sappho takes top Cyprus fest awards
Director Robert Crombie's Sappho took home the bulk of the awards at the closing ceremony of the 3rd Cyprus International Film Festival on October 25.
Rome win for Zanussi film
Krzysztof Zanussi's competition film, With a Warm Heart, earned the best actor prize for Bodhan Stupka at the awards ceremony of the Rome International Film Festival on October 31.
Landscape No. 2 wins Portoroz top prize
Vinko Moedendorfer's second feature film, Landscape No. 2, won the Vesna best film award at the 11th Slovenian Film Festival held in the resort town of Portoroz.
New Turkish films lift local box office
New Turkish films hitting the cinemas are expected to attract record numbers of viewers and drive local box office.
Krakow film fest invites entries
The 49 Krakow Film Festival, running May 29-June 4, announced its call for competition films in three categories.
Polish films win top Tokyo prize
Two Polish productions won the Grand Prix and the Special Jury Prize at the 21st Tokyo Film Festival.
Eurimages supports 13 European co-productions
The Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund (www.coe.int/Eurimages) announced support of 13 European co-productions, out of 20 applicants, with 4,212,529 euros in funding.
Immigrants world premier in Hungary
Immigrants - L.A. Dolce Vita (www.immigrantsthemovie.com), the feature animation film from Hungarian-American filmmaker Gabor Csupo, has its world premiere on October 30 in Hungary.
Gypsy Virgin bows in Slovakia
Virgin Gypsy (Cinka Panna), a Slovak/Czech/Hungarian co-production, opened in Slovak cinemas on October 23.
Estonia nominates I was here for foreign-language Oscar
I Was Here by Rene Vilbre was chosen as Estonia's entry to compete for this year's best foreign language Oscar award.
CME announces strong third quarter results
Central European Media Enterprises (CME) announced solid increases for both its third quarter and year on year results.
East European Forum brings industry to Jihlava
The 8th East European Forum put a professional stamp on the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival with an array of documentary film buyers and distributors guiding and networking with selected…
Czech docs in the spotlight
With the Czech film Rene the recently announced winner of the European Film Academy's best documentary award, documentaries from the Czech Republic are suddenly in the spotlight.
East European Forum: case studies
For some of the participants at the East European Forum, a week-long documentary workshop (October 22-27), the networking opportunities bring immediate results.
Celebrity political party enters ruling coalition
The newly-founded National Resurrection Party (http://www.prisikelimopartija.lt/) headed by TV star Arunas Valinskas entered into four-party ruling coalition in the 141-member Seimas, the Lithuanian parliament.
Polish Pixels in four perspectives
Pixels, an absurd comedy about contemporary Poland will finish shooting on October 30.
Filmrights goes to the Hungarian National Film Archive
The distribution rights to Hungarian movies made before 1987 has been granted to the Hungarian National Film Archive (www.filmintezet.hu), following a four-year long process.
