Estonia Cinema Attendance Reaches 18-year High

TALLINN: Newly released data shows that 2010 saw Estonian audiences flock to cinemas in record numbers. The total number of admissions reached 2.1 million in a country of 1.3 inhabitants,…
09-06-2011

Hollywood Film 5 Days of August Premieres in Tbilisi

TBILISI: 5 Days of August, the action film about the Russian-Georgian war, premiered on 5 June 2011 in Rustaveli cinema in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. Along with the director of…
09-06-2011

FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition: Black Thursday

In his drama Black Thursday Antoni Krauze explores the tragic Polish shipyard workers riots of December 1970, a recent and painful chapter in the Polish history. The script is based…
09-06-2011

PRODUCTION: Everybody in Our Family to Begin Filming

BUCHAREST: Everybody in Our Family, the second feature from Romanian director Radu Jude (The Happiest Girl in the World/Cea mai fericită fată din lume) starts shooting in 15 June 2011…
08-06-2011

PRODUCTION: Everybody in Our Family to Begin Filming

BUCHAREST: Everybody in Our Family, the second feature from Romanian director Radu Jude (The Happiest Girl in the World/Cea mai fericită fată din lume) starts shooting in 15 June 2011…
08-06-2011

FNE at Art Film Fest: Kronerova to Receive Art Film Award

BRATISLAVA: Slovak actress Zuzana Kronerová will receive the Actor's Mission Award at Art Film Fest (www.artfilmfest.sk), taking place 17-25 June 2011 in Trenčianske Teplice and Trenčín, Slovakia. The Golden Camera…
08-06-2011

Record Month for Malta Film Industry

VALLETTA: June 2011 is going down as a record-breaking month for Malta's film service industry, with at least five films and TV productions planning to shoot in the island nation.
08-06-2011

Czech Station Ends Broadcasts

Czech station TV Public, which was broadcast by satellite on UPC, ceased broadcasts as of 1 June 2011.
08-06-2011

FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition: Essential Killing

Jerzy Skolimowski tackles the themes of war drama and imperialism in his challenging artistic drama, Essential Killing, considered one of the most significant Polish films of the year. Skolimowski portrays…
08-06-2011

EAVE Graduates in Production

EAVE has announced films currently in preparation or production by graduates of the production programme. The line-up includes six films with the participation of CEE producers.
08-06-2011

Polish Film Institute Awards Film Professionals

Film professionals who had an exceptional part in promoting Polish cinema in 2010 were awarded by the Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl, PFI) during the celebratory opening of the 36th Polish…
07-06-2011

FESTIVALS: Cyprus Upgrades Short Film Fest

LIMASSOL: The Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture and the Rialto Theater have announced that the Short Film and Short Documentary Festival has been upgraded and renamed the International Short…
07-06-2011

TV Barrandov Gets Cash Infusion

PRAGUE: TV Barrandov has received an additional 4 million euros investment, raising the total investment into the station to nearly CZK 900 million, or 36 million euros.
07-06-2011

PRODUCTION: Süskind Filming in Romania

BUCHAREST: Rudolf van den Berg's feature film Süskind is a war drama based on true events. In Amsterdam, 1942, Walter Süskind, a Jew, befriended SS officer Ferdinand Aus der Funten…
07-06-2011

PRODUCTION: Süskind Filming in Romania

BUCHAREST: Rudolf van den Berg's feature film Süskind is a war drama based on true events. In Amsterdam, 1942, Walter Süskind, a Jew, befriended SS officer Ferdinand Aus der Funten…
07-06-2011

FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition: Suicide Room

In his feature debut Suicide Room, Jana Komasa creates a thrilling story about the dangers of modern technology and the problems of the young generation.
07-06-2011

FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition: The Mill And the Cross

Lech Majewski has created an artistic and challenging drama inspired by Pieter Brueghel's art in The Mill and the Cross.
06-06-2011

Malta Film Fund Launched

The government of Malta has officially launched the new Malta Film Fund, with €233,000 to develop and produce feature, documentary, and short films.
06-06-2011

CICAE Extends Deadline

CICAE, the international federation of arthouse cinemas, has announced the extension of the deadline for the September training sessions. The new deadline is 16 June 2011.
06-06-2011

PRODUCTION: Estonia Marks Film Centennial with Mega-Film

TALLINN: The Estonian NGO Cinema Bus (www.kinobuss.ee), which tours the country with film and animation workshops and screens films in rural areas, has initiated an ambitious project to produce a…
06-06-2011