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.
Czechs Weigh Lawsuit against National Geographic TV
PRAGUE: An inflammatory programme presented as a documentary on crime in Prague could lead to a civil lawsuit by the City of Prague against the National Geographic Channel.
Bulgaria Confronts Digital TV Dilemma
SOFIA: Following the 30 September switch off of analogue TV which left some 100,000 rural residents without digital transmission, Bulgaria is set to spend an additional 800,000 BGN on it…
Fuso Adds Disney on Demand
BUDAPEST: OTT platform Fuso will add Disney Movies on Demand to its Hungarian service.
FNE IDF DocBloc: An Art Detective Story
Czech director Andrea Culkova journeys back to 1940 to uncover the mystery of two Czech artists who seemingly disappear en route from Paris to Prague.
Croatia Announces Fall 2013 grants
ZAGREB: Nearly 200,000 EUR was awarded in coproductions and development grants in the latest round, announced on 9 October 2013.
Nana Janelidze, Head of the Georgian National Film Center
FNE spoke to Nana Janelidze, appointed to run the Georgian National Film Center in March 2013, about her goals for restoring cinemas and moving ahead with the development of Georgian…
Sequel Planned for Surprise Romanian Indie Success
BUCHAREST: The opening record for an independent domestic film (10,200 admissions) set by Iulia Rugină’s debut feature Love Building has convinced producers Dragoş Bucur, Dorian Boguţă and Alexandru Papadopol to…
Heavy Slovak Demand for Grants in Fall 2013 Round
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Audiovisual Fund has received 93 grant applications for its fall session, requesting over 6m EUR in funds.
Walesa Dominates Polish Box Office
WARSAW: Polish Oscar candidate Walesa. Man of Hope topped the Polish box office with an outstanding number of 150,000 viewers during its opening weekend (beginning 4 October 2013). The biopic…
Czech Dubbing Could Get a Drubbing
PRAGUE: The Czech newswire CTK reports that the venerated Czech tradition of dubbing (which even has its own awards) is under fire.
