Kaunas Announces Plans for New Film Studio

KAUNAS: The Kaunas City Municipality (www.kaunas.lt) has approved the establishment a new film studio in Kaunas. The founders of the public institution will be the city municipality, businessman Edvinas Bindokas…
14-04-2011

FESTIVALS: Turkey, Romania Get Cannes Slots

CANNES: Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan won a coveted Cannes competition slot with his film Once Upon a Time in Anatolya (Bir Zamanlar Andolu'da), as did expat Romanian director Radu…
14-04-2011

Dragon Forum Call for Applications

KRAKOW: Dragon Forum Pitching 2011 has announced an open call for documentary film projects through 29 April 2011. The sixth edition takes place 25-29 May during the 51st Krakow International…
14-04-2011

Latvia’s Ticket Prices Drop as Local Films Attract Viewers

RIGA: Newly released date from the Latvian National Film Center (www.nfc.lv) show the effect that Latvia's economic problems of the past two years have had on cinema. Most alarmingly, ticket…
14-04-2011

TVP's Venice Awarded in Cleveland

WARSAW: Venice by Polish director Jan Jakub Kolski has been honored with the Special Jury Mention for Cinematography by Arthur Reinhartd at the 35th Cleveland International Film Festival.
14-04-2011

Cinema City Continues Expansion in Romania

Cinema City opened its tenth multiplex in Romania in early April. The cinema, located in Braila has 10 screens and 2,135 seats and it's equipped with 5 digital projectors. Cinema…
13-04-2011

FESTIVALS: FNE at Istanbul IFF: Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits

The documentary film Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits, makes its world premiere at the Istanbul Film Festival as the final screening in the National Competition.
13-04-2011

FNE - IDF DocBlock: The Blueberry Spirits

Blueberry spirits tells the ghost stories of the small Gypsy family who spend their summers living in forest. Every member of the small community has experienced several scary encounters with…
13-04-2011

FESTIVALS: FNE at Istanbul IFF: Our Grand Despair

Seyfi Teoman's Our Grand Despair, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, received both the Best Film award and the Film Critics' Choice award at the Turkey/German Film Festival in…
12-04-2011

PRODUCTION: Apricot Island Premieres in Slovakia

BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Peter Bebjak's debut feature, Apricot Island, will hit Slovak cinemas on 14 April 2011 after four years in production.
12-04-2011

FESTIVALS: FNE at Istanbul IFF: Press

Press had its world premiere at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival in October 2010, and was released in Turkish cinemas on 18 March 2011. The film received the Special…
12-04-2011

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court Declares Controversial Film Law Amendment Illegal

SOFIA: Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has struck down a controversial amendment to the Film Industry Act that would have reduced the government’s obligations to fund the film industry and opened the…
11-04-2011

FESTIVALS: FNE at Istanbul IFF: Hair

Hair had its world premiere in competition at the Locarno Film Festival in August 2010, with the Turkish premiere following in October at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, where…
11-04-2011

Romania Awards 2.4 Million Euros in Grants

BUCHAREST: Ten feature films, including three debut films, are among the recipients of the latest round of Romanian film grants. Over 2.4 million Euros was dispersed to full length features,…
11-04-2011

FESTIVALS: FNE at Istanbul IFF: Toll Booth

Toll Booth is the debut film by director Tolga Karacelik. It received the Best First Film, Best Actor, and Best Cinematography awards at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival in…
11-04-2011

PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Co-production Blood in the Snow Wraps Shoot

VILNIUS: The Spanish-Lithuanian co-production Blood in the Snow (Sangre en la nieve) from director Gerardo Herrero will complete filming by 15 April 2011.
10-04-2011

FESTIVALS: FNE at Istanbul IFF 2011: White as Snow

White as Snow, the feature film directing debut of Selim Gunes, competes in the national competition at Istanbul after receiving awards at two previous Turkish festivals. It received the Best…
10-04-2011

Slovakia to Retain License Fee until 2013

BRATISLAVA: Licence fees for the Slovak public-service broadcaster Radio and Television of Slovakia (www.rtvs.sk) will remain in force until at least January 2013, Slovak Culture Minister Daniel Krajcer announced. The…
10-04-2011

FESTIVALS: FNE at Istanbul IFF2011: Merry-Go-Round

Merry-Go-Round directed by Ilksen Basarir screens in the Istanbul national film competition following its theatrical release in Turkey on 1 April 2011. The film had its world premiere at the…
10-04-2011

The Mill and The Cross Breaks Genre Boundaries

WARSAW: The Mill And The Cross, director Lech Majewski's artistic drama about Peter Breugel's painting Christ Carrying A Cross, is breaking records for a non-mainstream movie in Poland. Since its…
07-04-2011