FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Polish Days: Viva Bel@rus!

WROCŁAW: Krzysztof Lukaszewicz's second feature film Viva Bel@rus! is the story of a young rock musician who unwittingly get caught up in the world of political protest in Belarus under…
24-07-2012

PRODUCTION: Actor Dragoş Bucur Preps Directing Debut

BUCHAREST: After starring in several acclaimed Romanian New Wave features Dragoş Bucur is preparing to shoot his directorial debut, Love Building, starting 23 July 2012.
24-07-2012

FNE - Step In - Locarno Country Report: Bulgaria

After almost two years of a funding crisis, the second half of 2011 marked the restoration of the government's financial support for Bulgarian film.
24-07-2012

FESTIVALS: New Horizons Hosts Polish Days Pitching Session

WROCŁAW: Seven new film projects at various stages of development were showcased during Polish Days at the T-Mobile New Horizons festival (www.nowehoryzonty.pl) underway in Wrocław.
24-07-2012

Film New Europe STEP IN Locarno: Country Report Bosnia - Herzegovina

With Bosnia and Herzegovina entering the MEDIA Programme, expanding its access to film funding and now looking at a promising line-up of new films in the coming year, the country…
23-07-2012

FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Polish Days: You Will Never Know

WROCŁAW: You Will Never Know by Jan Kidawa-Błoński, tells the story of a young woman who shelters a young Jewish woman during WWII, and the obsessive bond that grows between…
23-07-2012

Croatian Audiovisual Centre Announces 2012 Grants

ZAGREB: Croatia has awarded grants of 402,082 EUR/3,015,622 HRK to four feature films, one documentary and two short films - all minority co-productions.
23-07-2012

FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Polish Days : You Are God

WROCŁAW: Leszek Dawid's original take on the legendary Polish hip hop band, You Are God, tells the story of the meteoric rise of the band Paktofonika and the suicide of…
23-07-2012

Film New Europe STEP IN Locarno: Country Report Poland

Seven years after Poland decided to make the film industry a priority with both money and expertise that established the Polish Film Institute (PISF), Polish cinema is a well-established presence…
20-07-2012

FNE IDF DocBloc: Vitić Dances

Croatian director Boris Bakal is participating in Ex-Oriente 2012 with his documentary film project Vitic Dances.
20-07-2012

FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Polish Days: My Father’s Bike

WROCŁAW: An elderly man, accompanied by his son and grandson, undertakes a journey to win back the wife who left him for another man in Piotr Trzaskalski's dark comedy My…
20-07-2012

FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Polish Days: Manhunt

WROCŁAW: Manhunt, a moving war-time drama about WWII resistance fighters by Marcin Krzyształowicz, will be showcased during Polish Days of the New Horizons film festival.
20-07-2012

Antena TV Group Reports Profit in 2011

BUCHAREST: Antena TV Group had a turnover of 52.62 m EUR and a profit of 1.47 m EUR. It is the only TV company in Romania to show a profit…
20-07-2012

Hungarian National Film Fund Announces Grants

BUDAPEST: Ádám Császi's Hungarian-German coproduction Land of Storms/ Viharsarok received 208,000 Euro/60 M HUF on July 12. Other three projects received script development grants.
20-07-2012

Low-budget Film Production at VFF 2012

{mosimage}Second year of a networking and educational platform for European students Visegrad Film Forum (VFF) will take place at the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts…
19-07-2012

Hrebejk, Ondricek Films Headed to Cinemas

{mosimage}PRAGUE: The Czech fall film season will get off to an early strong start with films by Jan Hrebejk and David Ondricek scheduled for end-of-summer theatrical releases.
19-07-2012

Sarajevo Forum Lays Out New Coproduction Minimums

{mosimage}The third Sarajevo Film Festival Regional Forum (www.sff.ba) outlined proposed reforms to the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production that will ease the way toward expansion eastward.
19-07-2012

Funding Hampers Czech Film Restoration

{mosimage}PRAGUE: A lack of funds is delaying the restoration of classic Czech films, according the the new director of the Czech National Film Archives, Michal Bregant.
18-07-2012

FESTIVALS: Black Nights Expands Horizons Eastward

{mosimage}TALLINN: The Estonian Foreign Ministry announced its support of a new programme at the Black Nights Film Festival (13-28 November 2012, www.poff.ee) of films about Estonia's East European development cooperation…
18-07-2012

FESTIVALS: Pula Completes National Film Competition Line-up

{mosimage}PULA: Three films have been added to the eight previously announced films to be screened in the national programme of the 59th Pula Film Festival (www.pulafilmfestival.hr), which takes place during…
18-07-2012