Romanian Box Office Rises 46% over Five Years
BUCHAREST: General admissions rose significantly in Romania by 41.72 % since 2010, while the box office rose by 46% since 2010.
PRODUCTION: The Legacy of the Cypriot Goddess in Production
NICOSIA: Director and writer Stavros Papageorgiou is currently in production with the ethnographic, arts and historical documentary The Legacy of the Cypriot Goddess.
CEE Sees Rise in Admissions and Box Office in 2015
BRUSSELS: Cinema box office and admissions rose in all CEE territories except Slovenia in 2015, according to the new report from The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC).
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Friday 12 February and Saturday 13 February
Party and Event Alert
DocBloc: East Doc Platform
PRAGUE: East Doc Platform announced the opening of accreditations for the Prague event.
Lída Baarová Film Holds Top Spot in Czech Cinemas
PRAGUE:Filip Renč’s film The Devil´s Mistress produced by NoGup, about the 1930’s Czech film star and mistress of Joseph Goebbels Lída Baarová, is proving a success in Czech cinemas despite…
Georgia Gives Grants to Animated Shorts
TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center gave 54,000 EUR / 150,000 GEL for the production of two short animated films for children.
PRODUCTION: Greek Minds at Work in Development
NICOSIA: Director-producer and founder of Tetraktys Films Ltd, Stavros Papageorgiou is developing the 60 minute documentary Greek Minds at Work, the first creative space technology documentary ever produced in Cyprus.
HBO Rebrands CEE Channels
LONDON: HBO will re-launch its linear channels in Central and Eastern Europe on 21 March 2016.
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Thursday 11 February and Friday 12 February
Party and Event Alert
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Party and Screening Alert: Thursday 11 February
Thursday 11 February - Party and Event Alert
PRODUCTION: Petr Vaclav in Postproduction with Skokan
PRAGUE: The Czech/French coproduction Skokan directed by Petr Vaclav is in postproduction. The film produced by Jan Macola of Mimesis Film and coproduced by French Cinema Defacto was partially shot…
PRODUCTION: Kinorama Preps Final Koko Series Installment
ZAGREB: The fourth and final installment of the successful Koko series will start shooting in June 2016. The Mystery of Green Hill will be directed by first time director Čejen…
PRODUCTION: Petr Nikolaev Prepares Film about Czechoslovak Legionnaires
PRAGUE: An important anniversary of Czechoslovak legionnaires inspired Czech director Petr Nikolaev to pay a tribute to them with an epic feature film. The Czechoslovak Legionnaires Community approached Petr Nikolaev…
PRODUCTION: Missing Fetine in Postproduction
NICOSIA: The 60-minute social/human rights documentary Missing Fetine is in the postproduction stage.
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Adriana Papp, Cityplex Constanța
This month we speak with Adriana Papp, the manager of Cityplex Constanța, a four-screen multiplex with 651 seats within Tomis Mall in Constanța, a Romanian city located by the Black…
Romania Plans Overhaul of Cinema Industry
BUCHAREST: The new minister of Culture Vlad Alexandrescu, helped by his film adviser Andrei Rus, is planning major changes in Romanian cinema starting with the Romanian Film Center, old cinemas…
Prague Post-production house MagicLab to Provide VFX for Masaryk Biopic
PRAGUE: The Prague based MagicLab has announced it is providing VFX and grading for the highly anticipated two part historical biopic Masaryk, about son of the first president of Czechoslovakia…
FESTIVALS: Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris Competition Announced
VILNIUS: The 21st Vilnius IFF, running 31 March – 14 April 2016, will screen 47 films in three competition sections.
PRODUCTION: Uruguay in Shooting
BUCHAREST: Uruguay, by the Spanish-born Madrid- and Bucharest-based director Jesús del Cerro, started shooting on 2 February 2016. The film stars Dragoș Bucur (The Way Back) and Cristina Flutur (Beyond…
