Georgia Aims at Eligibility for Creative Europe Plan

European Commission officials have announced that countries bordering the union, including Georgia, could fully participate in the Creative Europe arts and culture funding program as soon as January if they…
19-07-2013

Antena 3 the Sole Profitable Romanian TV Channel

BUCHAREST: Romanian broadcasters continue to struggle, based on annual reports showing that TV channel Antena 3 (www.antena3.ro) managed just 190,573 EUR in profits for 2012, while Pro TV (protv.ro) had…
19-07-2013

PRODUCTION: Krzysztof Krauze in Preps Rwanda Drama Shoot

WARSAW: After years of planning, Krzysztof Krauze and his wife Joanna Kos-Krauze will start shooting Birds Sing in Kigali this fall. The film follows a young Tutsi girl and a…
19-07-2013

FNE - IDF DocBloc: Tidbits of Rijeka: Ex Oriente meets Marijke Rawie

PRAGUE: Marijke Rawie offers insight and inspiration for docu makers and producers in an interview from the Ex Oriente project development sessions in Rijeka. Read the full story on Dokweb.…
19-07-2013

Georgian Projects Headed for Development Coaching

Five promising projects have been chosen by the Georgian National Film Center for development assistance in the form of training at the Microschool International, a three-day program run by the…
18-07-2013

Prague Production Snowpiercer Pre-sells to 167 Countries

SEOUL: The sci-fi epic shot at Prague's Barrandov Studios by South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho over the last year has set a pre-sales record for a Korean film, according to…
18-07-2013

Romania Sees New TV Channels and Last Broadcasts

BUCHAREST: International channels have been flickering on and off in a hustle for broadcast licenses but several victors are now set for launch in autumn in the wake of rulings…
18-07-2013

Production: Hungary's Pejo Shooting Paw

Robert Adrian Pejo, the Romanian-born writer-director who won praise for Dallas Among Us in 2005 and for The Camera Murderer at Karlovy Vary in 2010, has announced he is shooting…
17-07-2013

PRODUCTION: Florin Şerban Preps Box

BUCHAREST: The second feature of Florin Şerban (If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle) starts shooting on 12 August.
17-07-2013

28 Croatian Cinemas to be Digitalized by Autumn


ZAGREB: The Croatian Ministry of Culture and the city government are investing 1,655,210 EUR/12,477,500 HRK into the digitalization of 29 independent cinemas from 18 counties and 27 towns over the…
17-07-2013

PRODUCTION: Michał Bielawski Shooting Another Sports Documentary

WARSAW: The director of Mundial. The Highest Stakes is taking on the world of male volleyball in The Team.
17-07-2013

PRODUCTION: The Keeping Room About to Wrap Shooting in Romania

BUCHAREST: Directed by Daniel Barber and starring Sam Worthington, this Civil War drama began shooting in June and is expected to wrap this week. Romania's MediaPro Studios is providing facilities.
16-07-2013

Polish Film Institute Backs Slate of 29 Films

WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute's second grant session of the year has endowed 10 new feature films with funding, along with nine documentaries and ten animated films.
16-07-2013

Poland's New Horizons Festival Screens Progressive Visions

WROCŁAW: The 12 international films competing at the 13th T-Mobile New Horizons Festival offer a varied feast of trends and voices in contemporary cinema from three continents.
16-07-2013

Georgia's Tatishvili honoured as French Chevalier

TBILISI: Georgian producers are studying up on the French system of film support, under the tutelage of Eric Garandeau, president of the French Film Center (CNC), who on Saturday presented…
15-07-2013

Iron Sky Sequel Succeeds With Crowdfunded Script

The team behind crowdfunding pioneer Iron Sky has announced they have raised more than 139,000 EUR via the same source, using IndieGoGo, to develop Moon Nazi sequel Iron Sky II…
15-07-2013

PRODUCTION: Cristi Puiu Preps Sierra-Nevada

BUCHAREST: Acclaimed Romanian New Wave writer/director Cristi Puiu, has announced a shoot date of November 1for Sierra-Nevada, a feature about a family reunion.
15-07-2013

Cine Grand Opens Its First Multiplex in Romania

BUCHAREST: With the opening of Cine Grand Botoşani which set up shop in Uvertura Mall in this northeastern Romanian city of 100,000 on 12 July, the company marks its first…
15-07-2013

Slovakia Drives Digitalization Forward

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Audiovisual Fund (www.avf.sk) has taken the lead in digitalizing the country’s small cinemas.
12-07-2013

FNE/IDF DocBloc: Pipeline Triumphs at Karlovy Vary

The Karlovy Vary IFF gave the Best Documentary Award to the IDF film project Pipeline. Read the full story on Dokweb.
12-07-2013