56’ revolution Documentary for Oscar
Hungarian born Hollywood director Klaudia Kovacs will place her documentary Torn from the Flag in competition for the best feature-length documentary Academy Award.
BooBoo in the Land of Bears and Palms
Agencies selling films abroad, institutions common in the West, are still as rare in Poland as snow in Havana.
Opus Film Sees Potential in Young Artists
The films presented at this year's CentEast Market included My Flesh, My Blood by debuting director Marcin Wrona, a project involving Opus Film, one of Poland's largest production companies.
Czechs dominate EFA documentary nominations
Prix Arte winner Rene was one of two Czech films among the ten documentary films nominated for the European Film Academy (EFA) "European Film Academy Documentary 2008 - Prix Arte".
Antalya Film Festival And Eurasia Market and Festival
The 45th edition of the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (October 10-19) turned out to be a surprise
Festival winners also market winners in Warsaw
Three award winners at the 24th Warsaw International Film Festival were also screened in the CentEast Market Warsaw programme, which ran during the latter half of the Warsaw festival.
Polish films: still finding a way to the international market
Although more full-length features are being made in Poland in recent years, still very few of them find their way to distribution in other countries.
Media's MIPCOM platform supports new EU states
Stand H4.35 has become one of the liveliest business meeting spots at MIPCOM: the MEDIA Unbrella stand offers a home to over 100 companies from the EU.
Two Polish films will vie for Golden Globes
Jerzy Skolimowsk's Golden Globe hopeful Four Nights with Anna could find competition at home: recently announced Oscar candidate Tricks is also hoping to be entered in the Golden Globe foreign…
Star of Good, Viggo Mortensen praises the Hungarian shoot
An adaptation of the C. P. Taylor 1981 play, the Hungarian filmed Good will receive its European premiere at the upcoming Rome Film Festival starting next week (www.romacinemafest.it).
The Polish Film Institute: first production, then promotion
"The Warsaw International Film Festival is one of our priorities when it comes to film-related events," says Jacek Fuksiewicz, Deputy Director for Film Production at the Polish Film Institute.
Farewell Hemingway, hello Bulgaria
Svetoslav Ovtcharov's A Farewell to Hemingway is the latest piece from Bulgaria, which in the last five years has pulled itself out of cinematic oblivio.
TVP business buzzes at MIPCOM
Public broadcaster Polish Television (TVP) is doing brisk business at MIPCOM, running October 13-17
Goat Story premieres October 16
Goat Story: The Old Prague Legends, the first Czech CGI feature animated comedy, premiered October 16 in Prague.
End of Uncertainty for Warsaw Film Festival
The 24th Warsaw International Film Festival is turning out to be a breakthrough edition in terms of the event's financing.
Treat on "Tricks”
Andrzej Jakimowski's second feature, Tricks, is the topic of CentEast's distribution panel discussion, taking place October 17 as part of the 4th CentEast Market Warsaw (October 15-19).
Ukraine reaches out to neighbors
A 65% increase in ad revenues is fueling Ukrania's production and TV growth, a panel of industry leaders told MIPCOM attendees.
December Heat burns budgets for Estonian films
The highest ever budgeted Estonian feature film, December heat by debut director Asko Kase, premieres October 17 across Estonia, while budget shortages are dampening the film's roll out and advertising…
Maciej Slesicki starts shooting his "minute trilogy"
Maciej Slesicki attempts to create a universal image of contemporary Poland in his new trilogy under the umbrella title Three Minutes.
