FNE IDF DocBloc: Czechoslovakia - The Destiny of a Canadian
Lukas Pribyl, director of the Forgotten Transports series of documentaries, is working on a portrait of Czech expatriate H.G. Skilling.
Resignations at Romanian Culture Ministry and Public TV
BUCHAREST: Daniel Barbu, Romania’s Minister of Culture, resigned on 12 December 2013 after a public statement in which he noted that the budget of the HIV/AIDS programme is half of…
Audiovisual summit “From MEDIA to CREATIVE EUROPE” broadcast online
Warsaw: The audiovisual summit “From MEDIA to CREATIVE EUROPE started yesterday 11 December at 9.55 CET in Warsaw and film professionals are able to watch the event live online. FNE…
US Zodiak Picks up Polish Flapper and Friends
WARSAW: The Polish animated children’s series Flapper and Friends has been funded for a second season and has been picked up by Zodiak Rights Limited, a US company specializing in…
EFP Names Polish, Romanian Shooting Stars
Polish actor Mateusz Kościukiewicz and Romanian actress Cosmina Stratan are among ten young Europeans selected as the European Film Promotion 2014 Shooting Stars.
Georgia Opens Coproduction Funding Applications
TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center is accepting applications for funding for film coproductions.
Ovashvili Going into Postproduction with Corn Island
TBILISI: The acclaimed Georgian filmmaker George Ovashvili plans an April 2014 completion date for Corn Island which is finishing a two-part shoot.
EFA Honoree Solomon Crafts Strong Film Slate
BUCHAREST: Romanian producer Ada Solomon, fresh from receiving the European Co-production Award - Prix Eurimages at the 26th European Academy Awards in Berlin, spoke with FNE about her upcoming film…
Bulgarian Cinemania Rises above Political Turmoil
SOFIA: The 27th edition of Cinemania went ahead despite political protests which rocked Bulgaria in November.
Warsaw AV Summit Countdown: Just two days left
Just two days left before the top Central European AV policy makers and film industry leaders gather on 11-12 December for the most important meeting of the year. FNE will…
Screen tourism in Croatia boosted by Game of Thrones
ZAGREB: Stimulated by the international productions shot in Croatia recently, especially the fourth season of HBO’s series Game of Thrones, screen tourism can be a strong alternative to regular tourism…
FNE at Tbilisi IFF: Disorder wins at Tbilisi
TBILISI: The 14th edition of Tbilisi IFF 2-8 December 2013 awarded its main prize to the Georgian film Disorder directed by Archil Kavtaradze, produced by Windmill Production. The jury of…
PRODUCTION: ScripTeast Winner Goes into Production
WARSAW: False Witness, the film written by Iglika Triffonova which won the Krzysztof Kieślowski Award at the fifth edition of ScripTeast, is now shooting.
FNE at EFA Awards: Holland Named EFA Chairman of the Board and Solomon Receive Awards
BERLIN: Ari Folman’s The Congress won the European Animated Feature Film Award and Romanian producer Ada Solomon receive the EFA European Co-production Award 2013 - Prix Eurimages at the 26th…
Bulgarian Romanian Coproduction Selected for Sundance
Viktoria, a debut feature film from Maya Vitkova, will be the first Bulgarian film screening in the World Competition of the Sundance film festival.
Joj TV Fined for Foreign Language Violation
BRATISLAVA: Slovak commercial station Joj TV has been fined 200 EUR for breaching the Slovak law limiting foreign language broadcasting on a Slovak station.
Malta Raises Fees for Film Classification
VALETTA: The government of Malta has increased the fee of age-classification to 100 EUR for a film from the former fee of 50 EUR.
Czech Christmas Wings Soar at Box Office
PRAGUE: A Czech holiday drama, Vanoce Kridla (Wings of Christmas), held the number one spot at the domestic box office in its third week of release, taking in some 19m…
FNE IDF DocBloc: In Prison with Mum
Czech TV is producing a documentary on the effects of being raised inside a prison by an incarcerated mother.
Alvernia Studios and Rat Entertainment Team up Magnitude 9
KRAKOW: Poland’s Alvernia Studios is partnering on the international coproduction Magnitude 9, a modern version of the Madame Butterfly story, which will be shot in Japan in 2014.
