Director of Latvian Film Centre Resigns
RIGA: Ilze Gailite-Holmberga, director of the National Film Centre of Latvia, has officially resigned from her duties.
Burning Bush Fires up Czech Critics
PRAGUE: Agnieszka Holland’s acclaimed film version of Burning Bush won six awards, including Best film of 2013, at the fourth Czech Critics Awards on 25 January 2014.
PRODUCTION: Palfi Free Fall in Fast Forward
BUDAPEST: European Film Award winner György Pálfi (Hukkle, Taxidermia, Final Cut) is already in production with Free Fall, a film that originated from a concept in November 2013.
Czech Films Find Local Fans
PRAGUE: Five Czech films made it into the list of the top ten box office hits of 2013, with the village comedy Babovresky taking the number one spot.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Slovak Graduates Freedom is Not for Free
A new Slovak documentary looks at the struggles of young Slovak artists entering the job market.
Czech Lion Nominations Announced by New Management
PRAGUE: Four films lead the nominations for the Czech Lion Awards. Burning Bush received 14 nominations, followed by 12 nominations for Like Never Before, and 11 each for Revival and…
Artificial Eye Picks up Ida
London-based distributor Artificial Eye picked up UK rights to the Polish drama Ida (Opus Film) directed by Pawel Pawlikowski.
Czech Attendance Dips
PRAGUE: Czech film attendance fell slightly in 2013, according to the Union of Film Distributors.
Mighty Opening for The Mighty Angel in Poland
WARSAW: The Mighty Angel a drama from Wojciech Smarzowski had the fourth best opening of a Polish film in the last 20 years with 253 937 admissions on its first…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino Aero, Prague
This month FNE speaks with Zuzana Kameniková, the head of Kino Aero, one of the oldest art-house cinemas in Prague. Built in 1933 in the courtyard of a residential house…
Polish Attendance Falls in 2013
WARSAW: Cinema attendance in Poland dropped almost 6% in 2013 compared to 2012, to 36.3 m viewers, but the interest in domestic productions held strong.
PRODUCTION: New WWII drama by Elmo Nüganen director of Estonian hit Names Engraved in Marble
ESTONIA: The epic war drama 1944, now halfway through a two-part filming schedule, is primed to continue a tradition of a strong box-office for patriotic war films in Estonia.
Burning Bush Leads Czech Film Critics Nominations
PRAGUE: Agnieszka Holland’s acclaimed historical film (fashioned from her three-part TV series) Burning Bush received ten nominations for the Czech Film Critics Awards, nominated in every category for which it…
FNE at Berlinale 2014: CEE films in Berlin: Berlinale Programme lineup
BERLIN: Films from Georgia, Romania, Estonia, Poland, Hungary and a Slovak Czech Croatian coproduction have all scored slots in the 2014 Berlinale Panorama and Forum programme lineups although no film…
Kino Lorber Picks up Burning Bush for US
New York based Kino Lorber has picked up Agnieszka Holland’s lauded Burning Bush for U.S. distribution.
Kino Swiat Signs with nc+
WARSAW: One of the biggest Polish distribution companies has re-signed their agreement with Canal+ that will bring their titles to channel nc+.
First Latvian 3D Film Announced
RIGA: Latvian filmmakers will team up with Romanian director Adina Istrate to produce the film Riga-2041, the first 3D film from Latvia.
PRODUCTION: SPInka Film Studio is working on an animated series Tim and the Master
WARSAW: SPInka Film Studio and Human Ark will create a series based on the popular Polish comic books Tim and the Master.
FNE IDF DocBloc: DOK.Incubator Looks Back at 2013 Successes
Film festival awards and commercial sales were among the high points set in 2013.
Cinema City Records Admissions Growth
WARSAW: Cinema City, the leading exhibitor in Central Europe, announced a 3 percent growth in admissions in 2013.
