FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Secret

{mosimage}GDYNIA: In his drama Secret, screening in competition at the Gdynia Polish Film Festival (7-12 May 2012, www.fpff.pl), Przemysław Wojcieszek creates another challenging and artistic independent film.
06-05-2012

FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Supermarket

{mosimage}GDYNIA: Maciej Zak creates a disturbing image of the impact that consumerism has on our life in his thriller Supermarket which appears in the main competition of the 37th Polish…
06-05-2012

FNE at Cyprus Film Days 2012: Winners

LIMASSOL: the 10th International Cuprus Film Days Film Festival awarded its top prize to Combat Girls by David Wnendt along with a 7000 EUR prize. The Special Jury Award and…
04-05-2012

FESTIVALS: Transilvania IFF Announces 12 Films in Competition

{mosimage}Films from Iceland, Norway, USA, Germany, Denmark, Holland, Israel, Austria, Russia and Chile and Japan will compete in the main competition of the 11th Transilvania IFF (www.tiff.ro), running 1-10 June…
03-05-2012

DOK.Incubator Announces New Award

{mosimage}DOK.Incubator (www.dokincubator.net), a workshop focused on the distribution and rough cut phase, is offering a postproduction award for the documentary project that show the development at the workshop.
03-05-2012

FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: You Are God

{mosimage}GDYNIA: Leszek Dawid tackles the story of a legendary Polish hip hop band in his drama You Are God, screening in the main competition of Poland's national film festival in…
03-05-2012

FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Crulic - The Path To Beyond

{mosimage}GDYNIA: Romanian writer-director Anca Damian (Crossing Dates) brings one of the most original films of the year to the Polish national film festival in Gdynia (www.fpff.pl), the animated feature Crulic…
02-05-2012

FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: My Father's Bike

In My Father's Bike, premiering at the Gdynia Polish Film Festival (www.fpff.pl), Piotr Trzaskalski portrays three generations of men who are trying to explore their relationships as a grandfather, father…
02-05-2012

FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Manhunt

{mosimage}Director/screenwriter Marcin Krzyształowicz enters the Main Competition in Gdynia (www.fpff.pl) with a WWII drama about the need for vengeance and compassion, Manhunt.
02-05-2012

FNE announces fifth year of MEDIA support

WARSAW: FNE will once again be supported by the European Union’s MEDIA programme making this the fifth year the EU funding body has endorsed the work of FNE by granting…
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FNE exclusive: Q&A with Tudor Giurgiu - Head of Romanian Film Promotion and of Transylvania IFF

FNE: As a president of Romanian Film Promotion (www.romfilmpromotion.ro), which is organizing annualy the Gopo Gala (www.premiilegopo.ro) celebrating the Romanian film industry, what do you think it was the most…
02-05-2012

PRODUCTION: Romanian-Chinese Coproduction in Development

BUCHAREST: Bobby Paunescu is developing the first Romanian-Chinese coproduction, The Girl Who Knew Too Much, a thriller/love story set in the fashion industry and involving a Romanian model and the…
01-05-2012

CME Q1 Revenues Down

Central European Media Enterprises (CME, www.cetv-net.com) reported a 3.1% decline in net revenues in the first quarter of 2012, falling to USD 167.4 million.
01-05-2012

FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Shameless

{mosimage}GDYNIA: In his moving debut Shameless, Filip Marczewski explores the issues of social taboo in contemporary Poland.
01-05-2012

FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Man, Chicks Are Just Different

{mosimage}GDYNIA: Marek Koterski explores the male view on women in his intimate dark humor comedy, Man, Chicks Are Just Different, in competition at the Polish national film festival in Gdynia…
01-05-2012

PRODUCTION: Shia LaBeouf to Shoot The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman in Romania

BUCHAREST: Fredrik Bond's first feature The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman will bring Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, Melissa Leo, Mads Mikkelsen, Til Schweiger and James Buckley to Bucharest. Shooting…
29-04-2012

FESTIVALS: The House Takes Top FINALE Award

PLZEN: The House (www.fogndesirefilms.cz)by debuting Slovak director Zuzana Liova won the Golden Kingfisher for best film at the 25th FINAL (www.festivalfinale.cz) festival of Czech Films.
29-04-2012

Bulgaria’s National Film Center Increases Funding

SOFIA: Bulgaria's main film body, the National Film Center (NFC, www.nfc.bg) announced that it will double the amount of money available for the first round of grants in 2012, from…
29-04-2012

Autlook, Sideways Pick Up Wajda Studio Films

{mosimage}Three documentaries from Wajda Studio (www.wajdastudio.pl), Losing Sonia by Radka Franczak, Paparazzi by Piotr Bernas and 3 Days of Freedom Lukasz Borowski, have signed deals with international sales agents at…
27-04-2012

PRODUCTION: Border Doc Mama Europe in Postproduction

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian producer Petra Seliškar is in post-production with a creative documentary humorously and personally confronting the borders of Europe. This 60 minute/90 minute film is a sequel to Seliškar's…
26-04-2012