Riga Film Studio Sold at Auction

RIGA: The complex of Riga Film Studio buildings, including the largest sound stage in the Baltic states, was sold at auction this week due to presumed land lease debts, leaving…
02-11-2012

Thirteen Projects Pitch at Connecting Cottbus

COTTBUS: The 14th edition of the East-West coproduction market connecting cottbus (www.connectingcottbus.de) taking place 8-9 November will present 13 films representing 12 countries, with participants pitching to an industry audience…
02-11-2012

Latvia’s Ego Media Lines up Documentary Coproductions

RIGA: Latvian producer Guntis Trekteris is producing and developing a slate of international documentary films through his company Ego Media (www.egomedia.lv).
02-11-2012

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Poland Triumphs at East Silver

JIHLAVA: Poland took home two Silver Eye awards, and Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovakia were also among the winners at the East Silver film market.
02-11-2012

Czech Film Promoters Unveil Strategy to Boost Coproductions

PRAGUE: The Czech MEDIA Desk (www.mediadesk.cz) and the Czech Film Center (www.filmcenter.cz) are launching new strategies to help Czech filmmakers increase the scope of coproductions.
31-10-2012

FESTIVALS: LIFFE 2012 Announces Competition

LJUBLJANA: Ten films will compete in Perspectives, the main competition of the 23rd Ljubljana International Film Festival (www.liffe.si), taking place 7-18 November.
31-10-2012

Slovenia and Italy to Expand Coproduction Agreement

ROME: Slovenia and Italy are expected to finalize a bilateral agreement on film coproduction that would extend cooperation, currently on a regional level, to the national level.
31-10-2012

Polish Animation in the Spotlight at DOK Leipzig

LEIPZIG: DOK Leipzig, which runs through 4 November 2012, marks the centennial of Poland’s first puppet animation film with a retrospective of its creator, Władysław Starewicz, and a special programme…
31-10-2012

Czechs Limit TV Ad Volume

PRAGUE: The Czech Senate has passed a bill that controls the volume of advertising on TV.
30-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Georgian doc See You in Chechnya in Production

JIHLAVA: Georgian director/producer Alexander Kvatashidze is in production with a feature documentary on war correspondents. The film will be a Georgian-Dutch-Estonian-French coproduction.
30-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Alexandru Solomon Developing Tarzan's Testicles

JIHLAVA: Romanian director/producer Alexandru Solomon is working on Tarzan's Testicles, a feature documentary on the Abkhazian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Pathology and Therapy, established in 1927, a renowned primatology…
30-10-2012

FNE AVP Live ! Jakub Duszynski, Co-President of Europa Distribution and Artistic Director of Gutek Film, Poland.

FNE asks what are the most important issues facing European independent distributors today. Read more>>>
30-10-2012

FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2012: Serbian Mirage Wins Jihlava European Competition

JIHLAVA: Serbian director Srdjan Keča’s film Mirage (skeca.com/mirage) won the Best CEE Documentary Film at the 16th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (www.dokument-festival.cz), which concluded 28 October 2012.
29-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Estonian Documentary The New Silk Way to Start Shooting in Mid-2013

JIHLAVA: Estonian producers Elina Litvinova from Allfilm (www.allfilm.ee) and Marianna Kaat from Baltic Film Production (www.bfp.ee) are developing The New Silk Way, a feature/TV documentary directed by Evdokiya Moskvina set…
29-10-2012

FNE Exclusive: Q & A with Hana Rezkova of the Institute of Documentary Film

JIHLAVA: FNE asked Hana Rezková about new trends in the documentary market and the projects the IDF (www.dokweb.net) runs not only at Jihlava IDFF but throughout the year.
29-10-2012

Romania’s Family Film Takes new Chisu’s Chasing Rainbows on the Road

BUCHAREST: Dan Chisu's Chasing Rainbows, will be released on 2 November 2012 in eight Romanian towns and on 15 screens.
26-10-2012

FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2012: Visegrad Public TV Stations Look at Doc Coproduction Options

JIHLAVA: The heads of the public TV broadcasters from the four Visegrad countries – Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary - met this week during the Jihlava International Documentary Film…
26-10-2012

FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2012: Emerging Producers Connects Documentary Filmmakers

JIHLAVA: Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (23-28 October 2012, www.dokument-festival.cz) has launched a new platform for documentary producers under the title Emerging Producers.
26-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Animated Feature Magical Book of Adventure in Production

WARSAW: Co-directors Paweł Dębski and Mateusz Heldwein are in production with Magical Book of Adventure (Magiczna Księga Przygód), a feature-length animated film with a gripping story about brotherhood, tolerance and…
26-10-2012

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Ex Oriente at Jihlava IDFF

IDF's Ex Oriente programme features two master classes on its closing day in Jihlava.
26-10-2012