FESTIVALS: Jameson Cinefest Announces Film Line-up

MISKOLC: The 8the Jameson Cinefest Hungary (17-25 September 2011, www.cinefest.hu) has selected 14 films to screen in competition and six films screening out of competition.
05-09-2011

PRODUCTION: Closer to the Moon Starts Shooting in Bucharest

BUCHAREST: Nae Caranfil (Restul e tăcere/The Rest Is Silence) writes and directs Closer to the Moon, his first English language feature starring Vera Farmiga and Mark Strong. Filming began on…
05-09-2011

FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Competition: Shame

VENICE: British director Steve McQueen follows his critically acclaimed debut, Hunger, about a man who used his body as a political tool to fight for freedom, with Shame, which examines…
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FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Screening Alert: Monday, September 5

All parties and events strictly require an invitation from the organisers
05-09-2011

TV News Channel Starts Broadcasting in Bulgaria

SOFIA: Bulgaria On Air, registered as part of the Bulgaria On Air Media Group (www.bgonair.bg), will begin broadcasting its 24 hour program on 9 September 2011. According to the Media…
04-09-2011

PRODUCTION: Polish Thriller Debut Vulture in Production

WARSAW: Director Eugeniusz Korin is filming Vulture, a new Polish addition to the classic thriller genre. The shoot, which started on the 12 June 2011, is concluding in early of…
04-09-2011

FNE at Medias Central European Film Festival: Interview with Radu Gabrea

FNE spoke with Radu Gabrea, the head of the new Central European film festival (www.meceff.ro) located in Medias, Romania, taking place 5-11 September 2011.
04-09-2011

FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Competition: A Dangerous Method

VENICE: David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method is a much more conventional film than his recent work with a mostly straight historical recounting of the intersection of the lives of psychiatrists…
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FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Competition: Carnage

VENICE: Roman Polanski’s Carnage is an adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s French stage play, God of Carnage, which was one of the most successful international stage hits of the past decade.…
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FNE - IDF DocBloc: The Global Town

We follow a successful businessman as he buys land, negotiates with politicians, commissions extensive market surveys and meets with his associates at a major real estate exhibition. He collects art,…
02-09-2011

Films Boutique Picks up Two Romanian Films

BUCHAREST: Radu Jude's Everybody in Our Family/Toată lumea din familia noastră and Adrian Sitaru's Best Intentions/Din dragoste, cu cele mai bune intenţii will be sold internationally by the Berlin-based Films…
01-09-2011

FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Screening Alerts - Friday, 2 September

All parties and events strictly require an invitation from the organisers
01-09-2011

FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Polish coproduction Land of Oblivion premiers in Venice

VENICE: Land of Oblivion, a Polish coproduction directed by Israeli director Michale Boganim and starring Olga Kurylenko and Andrzej Chyra, will have its world premiere on 3 September 2011 in…
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Albany Films Picks Up My Name is Ki

WARSAW: The new Paris-based sales company Albany Films International handled by Germain Labeille has picked up Leszek Dawid's debut feature Ki (My name is Ki), which is screening at the…
01-09-2011

PRODUCTION: TVN Shooting Series Agatha’s Law

WARSAW: Polish private broadcaster TVN is preparing a new original series entitled Agatha's Law (Prawo Agaty) to premiere in 2012. It will be the first classical law series made in…
31-08-2011

PRODUCTION: Sonja & the Bull Begins Filming

ZAGREB: Director Vlatka Vorkapic started filming Sonja & the Bull, produced by Interfilm and Croatian Radio and Television, on 25 August 2011 in rural Croatia. Filming takes place in Zagreb…
31-08-2011

Lotte Sequel Opens Strong in Estonia

TALLINN: Lotte and the Moonstone Secret, an Estonian-Latvian children's animated feature film, drew 9,658 film-goers in its opening weekend, making it the fifth largest Estonian domestic film launch in 10…
31-08-2011

Battle Of Warsaw 1920 Sets US Premiere

Battle Of Warsaw 1920, a 3D major costume production directed by Jerzy Hoffman, will have its American premiere on 14 and 15 October at the Mauvico Rosemont cinema in Chicago.
31-08-2011

Bulgarian TV Advertising Income on the Rise

The Bulgarian Be Media Consultant agency reported that during the first half of 2011 the TV ad market was able to maintain a 78% share of the total domestic market.…
31-08-2011

Polish Coproduction Carnage Premieres in Venice

Roman Polański's film Carnage, a coproduction between Poland, Franc, Spain and Germany, has its international premiere on 1 September at the 68th Venice IFF.
30-08-2011