Executive Director of Bulgaria's National Film Centre Resigns

SOFIA: The Executive Director of Bulgaria's National Film Centre (www.nfc.bg) Alexander Donev resigned on 23 December 2010. Donev was elected to the position in May 2009. It was the second…
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Nicky’s Family Sets Prague Premiere

PRAGUE: Nicky's Family, the sequel to director Matěj Mináč's 2002 International Emmy award-winning film Nicholas Winton - The Power of Good, will have its world premiere on 20 January 2011…
10-01-2011

Romania Concludes Second Grant Session

BUCHAREST: The National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro) announced the second 2010 grant session on 21 December 2010, with a 31 January deadline. The rushed session was due to the approval…
10-01-2011

PRODUCTION: Little Gypsy Witch in Production

ZAGREB: Tomislav Žaja's feature film for children and adults Little Gypsy Witch (Duh babe Ilonke, screenplay by Irena Krčelić) began shooting on 28 December 2010.
10-01-2011

PRODUCTION: 4 Blows in Development

BUCHAREST: Writer/director Peter Kerek is developing his first feature film, 4 Blows/Patru lovituri, a fictional self-portrait told through four life-changing events in one man's life.
09-01-2011

PRODUCTION: Scapegoat goes into Postproduction

ISTANBUL: Scapegoat, a slapstick comedy expected to rival the success of the 2009 Turkish box office hit Recep Ivedik (4.5 million admissions), is completing postproduction. A $1 million production by…
09-01-2011

New Distributor Enters the Polish Market

Spectator, a new company connected to the European Cinema Group of Distributors, will enter the Polish market in March 2011.
09-01-2011

Lithuania‘s Box Office National Hits

VILNIUS: Emilis Velyvis' crime comedy Zero 2 (http://www.zero2.lt) about mafia wars and family dramas has become the most profitable Lithuanian movie at the national box office since 1993. Zero 2,…
09-01-2011

WINNER OF THE FESTIVAL ON WHEELS: ILLEGAL

The winning films of the 16th Festival on Wheels have been announced. Of the nine titles which competed in the Festival, Olivier Masset-Depasse's Illegal took the Golden Bull Award. The…
21-12-2010

GNFC Awards Spanish-Georgian Project “Chaika” in Co-production Competition

On December 20th, Georgian National Film Center announced a winner of the competition for financing full-length feature co-production (for 2011).
21-12-2010

PRODUCTION: Lea and Darija Completes Filming

Branko Ivanda finished the last day of shooting on his feature film Lea and Darija on 12 December 2010. The film is a drama with biographical elements about two child…
17-12-2010

PRODUCTION: Bromski Crime drama in Postproduction

Jacek Bromski, one of the most popular Polish filmmakers goes back to crime genre with his new film Entanglement.
16-12-2010

PRODUCTION: Hřebejk drama Innocence Sets Release Date

Czech director Jan Hrebejk is completing post-production on Innocence, a criminal psychdrama written by his longtime collaborator Petr Jarchovsky. Post-production is taking place in Prague. Slovak producer Rudolf Biermann of…
16-12-2010

FNE 2010 Year in Review: Progress in Croatia

Croatia was rich with major developments in 2010: the support to minority co-productions was multiplied, 10 more film festival were supported with public funds, a new art cinema in Zagreb…
16-12-2010

FNE 2010 Year in Review: Chaos in Hungary

Almost complete stoppage of Hungarian film production, blocking of all public funding for film production and distribution, the uncertain future (and possible postponement or cancellation) of Hungarian Film Week, total…
16-12-2010

FNE 2010 Year in Review: Czechs Turn a Corner

With the approval of the highly anticipated film tax incentives, the return of foreign film production, continuing record box office attendance, and a wealth of film productions in the pipeline,…
16-12-2010

Bruno Valsangiacomo to head ITI Holdings

Bruno Valsangiacomo will be the new President of ITI Holdings, one of the biggest Polish media companies, when Mariusz Walter steps down as the President of the company on 4…
16-12-2010

FNE 2010 Year in Review: Latvia Sets the Stage

2010 will go down as a seminal year for Latvia, with the passage of a new film law and the establishment of a regional film fund that bring it up…
16-12-2010

Bulgarian Filmmakers Protest in the Streets

For the fourth time this month film makers gathered en masse in the streets of Sofia on 14 December 2010 protesting the latest financial restrictions on public support.
15-12-2010

Polish series sold to Denmark

Danish public broadcaster DR (www.dr.dk) bought rights to show two TV series from Polish commercial broadcaster TVN: Odwróceni (Turned) and Naznaczony (Marked).
15-12-2010