CME Promotes Mocanu, Budinschi of PRO TV

PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises (www.cetv-net.com) announced the appointment of Constantin Mocanu, General Director of PRO TV, to the position of Senior Vice-President Head of Voyo. PRO TV Head of…
21-09-2012

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Doc Maker Hanna Polak talks about her new film Svalka- Yulia's Journey

IDF interviews Polish documentary filmmaker Hanna Polak about her film Click HERE to read full article on DokWeb
21-09-2012

Yuma dominates the Polish box office

WARSAW: The Polish-Czech coproduction Yuma directed by Piotr Mularuk has posted one the strongest openings for a domestic film opening in the last 10 years.
20-09-2012

Golden Boll Film Festival: Watchtower

ADANA: Watchtower screens in the Turkish National Competition of the Golden Boll Film Festival, after having its world premiere at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival, in the Contemporary World Cinema…
20-09-2012

PRODUCTION: Koko and the Ghosts sequel The Mysterious Boy starts production

ZAGREB: The Mysterious Boy, based on a famous Croatian children’s novel and a sequel to the 2011 critical and box office hit Koko and the Ghosts, has started shooting. Koko…
19-09-2012

PRODUCTION: Nejc Gazvoda Shooting Dual

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian director Nejc Gazvoda (27) has begun shooting on Dual, a love story between two girls, a Slovenian and a Danish, his first film after his acclaimed debut feature…
19-09-2012

Alois Nebel Nominated for EFA Award

PRAGUE: The Czech film Alois Nebel is one of three contenders for the European Film Academy’s (www.europeanfilmacademy.org) 2012 animated feature film award.
19-09-2012

Of Snails and Men sets admissions record in Romania

BUCHAREST: Of Snails and Men / Despre oameni şi melci (www.despreoamenisimelci.ro), the second film from Tudor Giurgiu, netted 13,929 admissions in its opening weekend, setting a ten-year record for a…
18-09-2012

Jon Voight Vampire Movie Starts Shooting in Romania

BUCHAREST: Director Pearry Reginald Teo (Necromentia) begins filming The Dark Prince, a medieval vampire movie starring Jon Voight on 18 September 2012.
18-09-2012

HBO Poland nabs production chief Lopuch from TVN

WARSAW: HBO Poland (www.hbo.pl) has appointed Izabela Lopuch as Head of Original Production effective 1 October 2012.
18-09-2012

FESTIVALS: Bells of Happiness Wins Slovak Doc Award at Cinematick Fest

PIESTANY: The Slovak film festival Cinematik (www.cinematik.sk) has given the Film Europe Award for best feature-length Slovak documentary to Bells of Happiness (Zvonky šťastia) by Marek Šulík and Jana Bučka…
17-09-2012

PRODUCTION: Bosnia and Croatia team up for Hotel Drina project

SARAJEVO: Director Šahin Šišić is in very early development with Hotel Drina, a cinematic adaptation of the play I Left My Heart in Zvornik, by the writer, scriptwriter and poet…
17-09-2012

PRODUCTION: Croatian director Matanic in development on The High Sun project

ZAGREB: Croatian writer/director Dalibor Matanic (www.dalibormatanic.com) is developing The High Sun, a Romeo and Juliet-based love story about two people from different villages, religious and ethnic groups.
17-09-2012

Work is in progress on filmneweurope.com: FNE Daily delivery

Film New Europe has launched a new website with faster and better technical capabilities and you will be seeing some changes and improvements over the next few weeks as we…
14-09-2012

Production: New Polish doc Everything is Possible Completes Production

WARSAW: Polish director Lidia Duda (Entangled) is working on a documentary, Everything is Possible (Wszystko jest możliwe), about a 78-year old female hitch-hiker, who – speaking almost no foreign languages…
14-09-2012

FNE at Golden Boll Film Festival: New Demirkubuz film Inside

ADANA: Inside, which screens in the Turkish National Competition of the Golden Boll Film Festival, had its premiere at the 31st Istanbul Film Festival where it received five awards, including…
14-09-2012

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Directors Dammas and Renner on Polish Illusions

IDF spoke with Polish director Jacob Dammas and German producer/director Helge Renner about the six year long process of creating their documentary Polish Illusions.
14-09-2012

Golden Boll Film Festival: The Stranger

ADANA: The Stranger will have its world premiere in the Turkish National Competition of the Golden Boll Film Festival. It will be released in Turkey on 21 December 2012.
13-09-2012

OBITUARY: Radoslav Brzobohaty

PRAGUE: Czechoslovak actor Radoslav Brzobohaty died 12 September 2012, just one day short of what would have been his 80th birthday.
13-09-2012

PRODUCTION: New Wajda Studio production The Performer Wraps Filming

WARSAW: The Wajda Studio (www.wajdastudio.com) has completed shooting on its second feature film, The Performer, the directing debut from Maciej Sobieszczanski and Łukasz Ronduda.
12-09-2012