CEE Gets Serious with Oscar Hopefuls
PRAGUE: The minimalist Lithuanian documentary Conversations on Serious Topics directed by Giedre Beinoriute is the latest of the announced entries for the Oscar race for Best Foreign Language Film.
FNE Europa Distribution - Distributor of the Month: Stefan Kitanov
FNE together with Europa Distribution continues its Distributor of the Month series in recognition of the hard work and excellence of European distributors and the common problems they face -…
Last Minute Registration for Digital Production Workshop
WARSAW: FOCAL will hold workshop on digital production and post-production workflows (www.focal.ch/digiprodchallenge) in Warsaw, 28-30 November 2013. Registration deadline is 1 October.
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus Compete for EFA Awards
PRAGUE: Twelve films representing Central and Eastern Europe are among the 46 films entered into competition for EFA’s European Film Awards.
FNE at CentEast 2013: Big Names Bring Pitches to Warsaw
WARSAW: Krzysztof Zanussi, Jan Hrebejk, Nae Caranfil and Wojciech Smarzowski are among the more than 20 directors whose films are part of the works-in-progress presentation at the CentEast Market.
Janos Szasz’s KVIFF Prize Winner Hits Hungarian Screens
BUDAPEST Hungarian director János Szász’s Karlovy Vary Film Festival winner The Notebook opened last weekend (18 September 2013) with 25 copies in Hungary.
Viacom Launches US Comedy and Kids Channels on Additional Operators in Romania and Hungary
BUCHAREST/BUDAPEST: Viacom Media Networks (http://www.viacom.com/), the largest portfolio of ad-supported cable networks in the United States in terms of audience share, cut a deal with the communication operator RCS&RDS (www.rcs-rds.ro)…
FNE - IDF DocBloc: Laugh if You Can
WARSAW: Narcolepsy sufferers are caught in a landscape that melds reality and the world of their dreams in Agnieszka Woszczynska's Polish documentary Laugh if You Can.
Slovenian Duo Dual and Class Enemy Break into Top Ten perform well at Slovenian box office
LJUBLJANA: A pair of Slovenian films have emerged as fall box office hits: Dual by Nejc Gazvoda and Class Enemy by Rok Biček. Both films also had strong showings at…
FNE at Warsaw FF 2013: Warsaw Competition Looks East
WARSAW: Six CEE films, including the world premiere of Anca Damian’s A Very Unsettled Summer, are among the 15 international competition films selected for the 29th Warsaw Film Festival running…
CME Appoints Matthias Settele General Director of TV Markiza
PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises (CME, www.cme.net) announced the appointment of Matthias Settele to replace outgoing General Director of Slovakia’s TV Markiza Zuzana Tapakova on 23 September.
Andrzej Jakimowski’s Imagine scores European Film Academy Nomination and international sales success
WARSAW: Polish director Andrzej Jakimowski’ Imagine has been selected as the Polish nomination for the European Film Awards.
Bulgarian Commissioner Fears Loss of Coverage with End of Analogue TV
SOFIA: As many as 350,000 to 1 m Bulgarians are unprepared for the end of the analogue TV signal, now scheduled to happen on 30 September 2013.
FNE at BIAFF 2013: Norway Takes Two Top Awards at Georgian Festival
BATUMI: The 8th Batumi International Art-house Film Festival held in Batumi 15-22 September 2013 gave its Grand Prix to the Norwegian/German/Iraqi film Before Snowfall. The Danish/Norwegian/British film Act of Killing…
PRODUCTION: Single Cut Hany Wraps 3-Day Shoot
PRAGUE: Debuting director Michal Samir finished a marathon three-day filming schedule on Hany, a drama shot on location in the famed Czech brewery city of Plzen, on 21 September 2013.
PRODUCTION: Polish Artist Libera to Make Film Debut
WARSAW: Internationally acclaimed Polish artist Zbigniew Libera is in production with his directing debut, an experimental science-fiction feature titled Walser starring Krzysztof Stroiński (Fear of Falling) and Adam Sikora (Essential…
Hungary Extends Tax Rebate through 2019
BUDAPEST: The European Commission approved the continuation of Hungary’s tax rebate system for films through 31 December 2019. Production companies can claim 20 percent of costs under the scheme.
FESTIVALS: Germany, Singapore Take Top Prizes at 10thCinefest Hungary
MISKOLC: Katrin Gebbe’s Nothing Bad Can Happen (Tore tanzt) won the Emeric Pressburger Grand Prize of the 10th edition of the Jameson CineFest, named in honor of the Miskolc-born Academy…
FNE at LET’S CEE 2013: Romanian Domestic Sweeps up Main Award
VIENNA: Domestic by Romanian director Adrian Sitaru won Best Film and the Bulgarian documentary The Last Black Sea Pirates by Svetoslav Stoyanov won Best Documentary at the 2nd edition of…
German and Norwegian Productions Joins Slate of International TV Projects Shooting on Czech Locations
PRAGUE: Historical TV productions are energizing the Czech international film service industry, with two TV projects for Germany’s SAT 1 and Norwegian TV scheduled to production within the next month,…
