FESTIVALS: Matthew's Law Wins 20th Astra Doc Fest
SIBIU: The Grand Prize of the 20th Astra Film Festival of documentary films went to Marc Schmidt’s Dutch entry Matthew’s Laws.
Further Management Changes at CME
PRAGUE: Two more top executives are departing regional TV group Central European Media Enterprises (CME), the company announced on 17 October 2013.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Eugenic Minds
Czech producer Jiri Konecny looks at the disgraced subject of selective human breeding.
Czech Film Archives Celebrates 70th Anniversary
PRAGUE: Michal Bregant, General Director of the newly revitalized Czech National Film Archives (NFA) presided over a 70th anniversary celebration that attracted some of the top film industry heads.
PRODUCTION: Jerzy Stuhr Filming Generational Drama
WARSAW: Polish actor and director Jerzy Stuhr has begun production on The Citizen, a drama in which he stars along with his son.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers: Nina Pehlivanova
FNE interviews Bulgarian documentary producer Nina Pehlivanova, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2013: Dagne Vildziunaite
FNE interviews Lithuanian documentary producer Dagne Vildziunaite, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
Houdini Works Magic in Hungary
BUDAPEST: Houdini, a four-hour miniseries starring Adrien Brody, began filming in Budapest on 14 October 2013.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2013: Between the Seas Casts a Wide Net
PRAGUE: Twelve documentaries representing 15 countries stretching from Estonia to Croatia and from the U.K. to Armenia have been selected for the CEE competition section Between the Seas at the…
PRODUCTION: Croatian Television Shooting War Drama
ZAGREB: Kristijan Milić’s TV movie Number 55/ Broj 55 is in production on location in Zagreb for Telefilm and public broadcaster Croatian TV (HRT).
MIDPOINT Chooses Eight Films for Czech Workshop
PRAGUE: The MIDPOINT Central European dramaturgy programme will host its third annual workshop on recognizing dramatic potential in a story at Prague’s FAMU film school on 17-19 October 2013.
Andrusko Departs TV Nova
Jan Andrusko, general director of Central European Media Enterprises’ (CME) Czech flagship station TV Nova, is leaving his position at the end of October 2013.
NATPE Takes Market to Prague
PRAGUE: After a 23 year run, NATPE Budapest (formerly DISCOP Budapest) will move the CEE region’s leading TV market to Prague under the new name NATPE Europe.
Slovenia Adds Second DTT Multiplex
LJUBLJANA: Slovenian public broadcaster RTV Slovenija announced that the country’s second DTT multiplex has gone into operation.
PRODUCTION: Poland Puts Money on Gods
WARSAW: Gods, a drama about the Polish heart transplant pioneer, is in production in Warsaw.
Foreign Channels Face CEE Rebuke
PRAGUE: TV broadcasts from foreign stations have prompted action from authorities in Lithuania, Latvia, and the Czech Republic.
Croatian Cowboys Tops Gravity on Opening Weekend
ZAGREB: Cowboys/Kauboji based on a popular Croatian play opened on 42 screens in 36 locations – a record for a Croatian film – with weaker-than-expected admissions of 8,210. It was…
FNE at EFP Moscow 2013: EFP launches European Film showcase in Moscow
MOSCOW: European film Promotion (EFP) will launch Westwind on 23-27 October 2013 with screening of 11 new European films at Moscow’s 35mm Cinema. Westwind is a special European Film Showcase…
Still Life opened the 29. Warsaw Film Festival
WARSAW: The 29. edition of the festival launched on 11 October 2013 in Warsaw with a screening of an intimate drama from Uberto Pasolini
Captain Phillips Boosts Interest in Malta
VALLETTA: Tom Hanks starrer Captain Phillips is expected to stimulate further international production in Malta following the film's ballyhooed 11 October 2013 release.
