PRODUCTION: Jure the Gambler Wraps Shooting

ZAGREB: Denis Lepur and Marko Stanić's documentary on gambling addiction, Jure the Gambler/Jure kockar, which they are also producing through Kadar22, has completed shooting and is headed for editing.
16-08-2013

FNE-IDF DocBloc: An Eye-Witness to History

Czechoslovakia - The Destiny of a Canadian, by award-winning filmmaker Lukáš Přibyl, is slated for release in October, according to the Institute of Documentary Film.
16-08-2013

FNE FIPRESCI Venice Critics 2013: Sign up Now

This year for the first time FNE together with FIPRESCI will offer the ratings of features films in all sections of the official Venice IFF programme by international critics attending…
15-08-2013

Prague Hosts Third 48 Hour Film Project

Fall will see indie film crews scrambling in the city streets as the Czech capital commences its third edition of the 48 Hour Film Project 4-6 October. The event, billed…
15-08-2013

History TV Series Bring Summer Business to Prague

The first of three multi-episode international dramas for broadcast has wrapped with the completion of location shoots on 1864, the Czech/Danish/German co-production shot at Barrandov through Sirena Film, with epic…
15-08-2013

PRODUCTION: Slovak Omnibus Twenty to Wrap in Fall

BRATISLAVA: Mátyás Prikler, director of the social drama Fine, Thanks, screened at the Rotterdam IFF this year, is prepping to produce the final segments of the episodic Twenty, a look…
14-08-2013

Juricic: EU Membership Will be Boon to Croatian Film

ZAGREB: With Croatia's entry into the EU on 1 July, the climate of film production has not yet been much affected. “Things have not changed,” Sinisa Juricic of Nukleus Film…
14-08-2013

Georgians Score in Locarno's Open Doors Development Slate

Alexander Kvatashidze's Georgian/French/Estonian/Netherlands war documentary See you in Chechnya (Lokokina Studio, Exitfilm, Estonia) has taken top honors in the Locarno IFF industry event Open Doors, winning its production award of…
14-08-2013

Romania and Israel Seek Future Co-productions

BUCHAREST: Romania and Israel could soon be co-producers on films for the first time, following an agreement signed by Romanian Minister of Culture Daniel Barbu and the Israeli ambassador, Dan…
13-08-2013

UK's Second Run Picks Up Home Video of Slovak Classic

The lyrical 1962 Czechoslovak love story The Sun in a Net (Slnko v sieti), directed by Stefan Uher will be lighting up British TV screens this week, following its release…
13-08-2013

Hungary Backs Five Projects

BUDAPEST: The second summer round of funding by the Hungarian Film Fund sees two new projects in production, both by directors with rising stars, László Nemes Jeles and Lili Horváth.
12-08-2013

Slovakia's Cinematik Fest Fetes the Cream of European Film

PIESTANY: The eighth edition of the Cinematik fest honors top European films made in 2012 and 2013, chosen by the panel of 17 European critics in its main competitive section,…
12-08-2013

Poland's Rozbitek Institute Building Bridges for International Projects

Serving a growing role in the Poznan region's major annual film and music event, the Rozbitek Institute will soon be mentoring filmmakers, writers and composers, based on the US Sundance…
12-08-2013

PRODUCTION: Šeregi Prepping Football Drama ZG80

ZAGREB: Igor Šeregi’s debut feature retraces the story of one of the greatest rivalries in soccer history, between the Bad Blue Boys, the supporters of football club Dinamo, Zagreb, Croatia…
12-08-2013

PRODUCTION: Svěrák Music Fairy Tale Three Brothers Shooting

PRAGUE: Czech Oscar winner Jan Svěrák is in production on the music fairy tale Tři bratři (Three Brothers), based on the script by his father, Zdeněk, who has incorporated music…
09-08-2013

FNE - IDF DocBloc: Mark the Fall of the Wall with Rabbits at Prague's Světozor

PRAGUE: The disarming, award-winning Polish documentary Rabbit a la Berlin screens at Kino Světozor (www.kinosvetozor.cz/en/‎) in a celebration of the end of the Berlin Wall, which ironically gave the bunnies…
09-08-2013

PRODUCTION: Czech Village Tale Nowhere Shooting in Hills

Miroslav Krobot's original script chronicling the pitfalls of love in a small Moravian town, Nowhere (Díra u Hanušovic), is filming in the Czech Republic's Jeseniky mountains, which form and shape…
09-08-2013

PRODUCTION: America, Here We Come Shooting

BUCHAREST: Răzvan Săvescu's debut feature is filming in Romania through 17 August and will then incorporate US locations in New York for 10 days.
09-08-2013

Croatia's Juricic Headed for EFP Producers Lab Toronto

The head of Croatia's Nukleus Film, launched in 2009 and expanded into Slovenia three years later, will represent Eastern Europe at the European Film Promotion Producers Lab in Toronto September…
08-08-2013

Cinema City to Launch IKEA Lublin Multiplex

A nine-screen digital Cinema City Multiplex with cutting-edge 3D projection is being built within the IKEA center in Lublin, company officials have announced. The project, in a shopping mall featuring…
08-08-2013