Blancanieves wins at B-EST IFF
BUCHAREST: Blancanieves by Pablo Berger received the trophy of the 9th edition of Bucharest International Film Festival on April 21. Amir Manor (Epilogue) was awarded Best director, while Sightseers by…
PRODUCTION: Cannes Winner Developing About Oneself and the Others
BUCHAREST: Cannes prize-winning Romanian director Ionuţ Piţurescu is developing a character driven creative documentary exploring the culture and identity of the Aromanians, a Balkan-based Latin minority people also known as…
PRODUCTION: Croatian Ministry of Love in Development
ZAGREB: Croatian director Pavo Marinković is writing and developing The Ministry of Love, a comedy with "modern absurd and classic Gogolian motifs" inspired by Croatian Family Law.
FNE at Cannes FF 2013: Official Selection Announced
WARSAW: The Cannes Film Festival announced its official selection in Paris yesterday with films from Central and Eastern Europe scoring slots only in the Short Film and Cinefondation sections after…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Jihlava Emerging Producers Applications Opens
The Jihlava IDFF is accepting applications for the second annual Emerging Producers workshop. Click HERE to ready full story.
FESTIVALS: Author Rights Take Center Stage at Plus Camerimage
WARSAW: The Plus Camerimage Festival and BVK (German Society of Cinematographers) will hold a panel discussion about authors’ rights during the festival, which runs 16 – 23 November 2013 in…
Traffic Police Tops One Million Mark in Poland
WARSAW: Wojciech Smarzowski’s drama Traffic Police is the first domestic film of 2013 to reach one million admissions in Poland.
First Polish Film Competes for Short Film Palme d'Or
WARSAWA: Olena, a short feature directed by Elżbieta Benkowska, will compete in the main short film competition at the 2013 Cannes film festival.
Romanian TV Debt to Film Fund Rises
BUCHAREST: Romanian public TV, SRTV increased its debt to the Romanian Film Fund to a historic high of 6,528,930 EUR/28,617,584 RON, as announced in its annual report for 2012.
Closed Circuit Dominates Polish Box Office
WARSAW: The Polish drama The Closed Circuit has passed the 250,000 admissions mark since its 5 April 2013 opening, outperforming its Hollywood competition.
FESTIVALS: Georgian Bloom Wins Record Setting goEast
WISEBADEN: In Bloom, a Georgian/German/French coproduction directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, won the 10,000 EUR Best Film prize at 13th edition of goEast (10-16 April 2013), which attracted…
Vanishing Waves Leads Lithuanian Silver Crane Nominations
VILNIUS: Aurora / Wanishing Waves directed by Kristina Buožytė and produced by Ieva Norvilienė for Tremora production company received nine nominations for Lithuania’s national Silver Crane awards, including Best Film.
New Europe Film Sales Picks up Latvian Mother I Love You
WARSAW: Warsaw-based sales agent New Europe Film Sales has acquired worldwide rights to the Latvian coming-of-age drama Mother, I Love You (Mammu, es Tevi mīlu) by Jānis Nords.
FNE at Istanbul FF 2013: Prize winners and Emek protests
ISTANBUL: The 32nd Istanbul Film Festival held from 30 March to 14 April 2013 finished last night after a tumultuous two weeks that saw protests over the closure of the…
PRODUCTION: Fixeur in Development
BUCHAREST: Adrian Sitaru (Angling, Best Intentions, Domestic) is developing a feature inspired by true events involving the idea of personal ascent versus loss of innocence.
PRODUCTION: Zanussi Begins Shooting The Foreign Body
WARSAW: Krzysztof Zanussi (Persona Non Grata, 2005) has started a 30 day filming schedule on The Foreign Body (Obce ciało), also known as Inner Voice (Głos wewnętrzny).
PRODUCTION: Photoshop in Production
ZAGREB: Silvana Menđušić is shooting her first documentary, 65 min story about the death of a newspaper and the moral decay preceding cataclysm.
m-appeal Buys Romanian Dog
The Berlin-based world sales company has picked up Japanese Dog, a Romanian debut film directed by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu and produced by Tudor Giurgiu’s Libra Film Productions.
FNE - IDF DocBloc: goEast Gears Up for Lucky 13
The 13th edition of goEast brings Central and East European filmmakers together in Wiesbaden. Read the full story on Dokweb.
PRODUCTION: Non Present Time in Postproduction
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian feature film Non Present Time (Nesamasis laikas) directed by Mykolas Vildžiūnas is now in postproduction.
