Bulgarian President Vetoes Film Tax Incentives
SOFIA: Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev vetoed the Investment Encouragement Act, which outlined tax incentives for film productions, shortly after it passed a vote in Parliament.
New Czech Film Law Awaits EU Approval
PRAGUE: The long-awaited Czech Film Law, which was adopted by the Czech Parliament on its second vote after overriding a veto by Czech President Vaclav Klaus, is waiting for ratification…
EKRAN Applications Close 20 January
WARSAW: The EKRAN training programme for creative preproduction organized by Wajda Studio and the Wajda School is accepting applications from Poland and Croatia until 20 January 2013. Participation in the…
Bulgaria Assumes European Audiovisual Observatory Presidency
STRASBOURG: Irina Kanousheva will represent Bulgaria as the country takes on the annually rotating Presidency of the European Audiovisual Observatory for 2013.
FNE IDF DocBloc: East European Docs Invited to Apply to IDFA Fund
Creative documentaries from Eastern Europe are eligible to apply for IDFA's Bertha Fund, which has a deadline of 1 February. Read the full story on the IDF website.
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Denis Boric - Croatia
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, especially…
Slovak Duo Heads to Rotterdam
BRATISLAVA: Two young Slovak filmmakers will present their films at the 42nd Rotterdam IFF, opening on 23 January 2013.
TV Advertising Grows in Lithuania
VILNIUS: Lithuania saw advertising on TV and in cinemas rise substantially in 2012, contrasting with a steep decline in print advertising.
Two Estonian Films Share Award
TALLINN: Mushrooming and Varesesaar Russians tied for the Film of the Year award given out for the 20th time by the Estonian Association of Film Journalists on 8 January 2013.
Obituary: Jirina Jiraskova
PRAGUE: Czech film, TV and stage actress Jiřina Jirásková died 7 January 2013 at age 81.
Obituary: Sergiu Nicolaescu
BUCHAREST: Romania’s most popular director Sergiu Nicolaescu died on 3 January 2013 at age 82.
IFF Cyprus Announces Deadline
The 11th IFF Cyprus Film Days is accepting submissions for the international competition Glocal Images through 8 February 2013.
Croatia Sets New Record Opening
ZAGREB: Vinko Bresan's comedy The Priest's Children set a domestic film record opening in Croatia since the country became independent. The film opened on 3 January 2013.
Seven CEE Films Receive Eurimages Support
STRASBOURG: Coproductions from Croatia, Hungary, Latvia, Romania and Poland are among 17 films selected for Eurimages funding during the December 2012 meeting.
In the Shadow, Four Suns Lead Czech Critics Nominations
PRAGUE: David Ondříček’s 1950’s drama Ve Stinu (In the Shadow) and Bohdan Sláma’s contemporary dark comedy Čtyři slunce (Four Suns) dominated the nominations for the Czech Film Critics Awards, which…
New Chief for Bulgaria’s National Film Center
SOFIA: Documentary film director and academic Marin Martschewski has been selected as the new director of the Bulgarian National Film Center (www.nfc.bg). He was officially nominated to the post by…
PRODUCTION: Radu Jude Developing Aferim
BUCHAREST: Director/screenwriter Radu Jude (The Happiest Girl in the World, Everybody in Our Family) is planning a spring 2014 shoot of his third film Aferim!, a Romanian-French-Italian coproduction set in…
Georgia’s Fold in My Blanket Heads to Berlin
A Fold in My Blanket, the feature film debut of Georgian film director Zaza Rusadze, will have its world premiere at the 63rd Berlinale (7-17 February 2013) where it will…
Lithuania Digitalises Cinemas
VILNIUS: Lithuania is expecting to see a burst of activity in the process of cinema digitalisation. “The comming year, 2013, probably will be a match point in digitalisation of cinemas,”…
Bohrer Continues as EUFCN President
Arie Bohrer, Film Commissioner of Location Austria (www.locationaustria.at), has been re-elected President of the European Film Commissions Network (www.eufcn.org), a position he has held since the organization’s first general assembly…
