AXN to Produce First Polish Series
WARSAW: AXN, the Sony Pictures Entertainment pay television, cable and satellite television channel, avaialble in Poland since 2010, will begin producing original Polish content.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Award for Romanian Documentary
The Wellness Project received the Robert Bosch Stiftung Prize at goEast.
More Bollywood Coming to Krakow
KRAKOW: Bollywood producer Ritesh Sidhwani is currently scouting locations in Krakow for a 40 day shoot of a major film. Poland's Alvernia Studios will co-ordinate the project.
PRODUCTION: Tarzan’s Testicles in Preproduction
BUCHAREST: After receiving a production grant of 142,553 EUR/636,500 RON from the National Centre for Cinema on 9 April 2014, Alexandru Solomon’s new documentary is set to start shooting this…
FNE at Finale Plzen: An Unlikely Romance
PLZEN: The feature film competition at the Finale Festival in Plzen, taking place 27 April – 3 May 2014, will include Ivan Vojnár’s hybrid film An Unlikely Romance, an intimate…
FNE at Finale Plzen: Wings of Christmas
PLZEN: Karin Babinská, whose popular and internationally acclaimed road-movie Dolls, won the 20th Finále Plzen, returns to Plzen to compete with the romantic film Wings of Christmas (Kridla Vanoc).
FNE at Finale Plzen: Uni
PLZEN: Directed, written and photographed by Tomáš Vorel, Uni continues in the aesthetics prompted by his earlier film, The Can.
EFP Introduces 2014 Producers on the Move
European Film Promotion has announced the 24 participants selected for its 15th annual European networking platform which will be held 17-19 May 2014 during the Cannes film festival.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Burning Bush
PLZEN: The most acclaimed Czech film of 2013, crowned with 11 Czech Lions and awarded as the Best film by Czech Critics, Burning Bush directed by Polish filmmaker Agniezska Holland…
FNE at Finale Plzen: Krasno
PLZEN: Krásno, the directorial debut of acclaimed Czech theatre actor Ondřej Sokol, will compete at the 27th Finale Plzen, running 27 April – 3 May 2014.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Revival
PLZEN: Director Alice Nellis scored a hit with the popular comedy Revival, winner of the Audience award at the 2013 Karlovy Vary IFF and one of the top Czech films…
PISF 10th Anniversary
Congratulations On the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Polish Film Institute the following organisations have expressed their congratulations and their opinions on the successful work of the institute…
Polish Film Institute celebrates its 10th anniversary
Film New Europe salutes the Polish Film Institute on its 10th anniversary with a series of articles this week looking back at the work of the institute over the past…
Polish Film Institute Celebrates 10th Anniversary: Interview Agnieszka Odorowicz General Director
The Polish Film Institute celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. General Director Agnieszka Odorowicz has been at the helm of the Polish Film Institute since the beginning. FNE spoke to…
FNE at Istanbul FF 2014: Prize Winners
ISTANBUL: The top prize in the international competition at the 33 Istanbul Film Festival (5-20 April 2014) went to Blind directod by Eskil Vogt, a Norwegian film which has already…
Malta Awaits Approval of Larger Cash Rebate
The Malta Film Commission has announced that its cash rebate for filmmakers will be increased to a total of 27 percent, subject to government approval.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Clownwise
PLZEN: The film Klauni (Clownwise), based on a script by Petr Jarchovský and directed by Viktor Tauš was nominated for the Czech Lion awards in eight categories and Jiri Labus…
GRANTS: Lithuanian Development Funding for 2014
VILNIUS: Nine feature film projects are among the recipients of 205,000 EUR in development funding announced by the Lithuanian Film Center.
PRODUCTION: Aferim! Set for Shooting Mid-June
BUCHAREST: Radu Jude's 1.4 m EUR film Aferim! has received 180,000 EUR from Film und Medienstiftung in advance of its mid-June 2014 production start.
FESTIVALS: European Film Festival in Bucharest Celebrates Greece
BUCHAREST: The 18th edition of the European Film Festival will take place in Bucharest between 9 and 15 May 2014 and in Târgu-Mureş between 16 and 18 May, showing 42…
