PRODUCTION: Liza, the Fox-Fairy Begins Filming
BUDAPEST: The Hungarian-Swedish coproduction Liza, the Fox-Fairy, the feature film debut of Karoly Ujj Meszaros written by Meszaros and Balint Hegedus, is currently in production with shooting due to wrap…
Greek Film Wins KVIFF Works in Progress Prize
KARLOVY VARY: The Eternal Return of Antonis P, a debut film from Greece, won the first Works in Progress award at the Karlovy Vary IFF (www.kviff.com), which comes with a…
Government to Take Back Mediterranean Film Studios
A Malta court has ordered the owner of the Mediterranean Film Studios to return the property to the government of Malta due to nonpayment of rent.
PRODUCTION: Slovak Documentary Indiano from Zihlava
BRATISLAVA: Miro Remo is in production with Indiano from Zihlava, a long documentary on the amateur Slovak films of the late 1970's. The directors of hundreds of such films "tried…
PRODUCTION: Hungarian Debut Heavenly Shift in Preproduction
BUDAPEST: Márk Bodzsár will begin filming his first feature, Heavenly Shift, at the end of August 2012. The film, described as a sort of „Fargo meet Pulp Fiction," follows a…
Kastelicova to Head up HBO Documentaries
BUDAPEST: HBO Europe (www.hbo-europe.com) announced the appointment of Hanka Kastelicova to the new position of Executive Producer, Documentaries.
New President for Romanian Public Television
BUCHAREST: Claudiu Săftoiu was elected as the president/general manager of Romanian Public TV by a Parliamentary vote of 265 to 5 on 2 July 2012.
PRODUCTION: Vanishing Waves in KVIFF’s East of the West
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian production company Tremora (www.tremora.com) sends it newly completed film Vanishing Waves to compete in the East of the West section of the Karlovy Vary IFF (www.kviff.com), running…
FNE at KVIFF 2012: Nine Polish films screen in Karlovy Vary
KARLOVY VARY: Nine Polish films are screening at the 47th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (www.kviff.com) with seven of the nine in official competition.
Motive Television Signs Contract with CME
LONDON: TV software and services company Motive Television (www.motivetelevision.co.uk) has signed a five year contract with Central European Media Enterprises (www.cetv-net.com) subsidiary CET 21 to provide a technology platform for…
Czech Film Law to Include Incentives
PRAGUE: Czech film incentives for foreign films are expected to be incorporated in the new film law, which will be in place at the start of 2013.
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Jakub Duszynski, Gutek Film
FNE together with Europa Distribution today launches its new Distributor of the Month series. In recognition of the hard work and excellence of European distributors and the common problems they…
FNE Connection Moscow Berlin: FNE presents award at Russian Producers Awards Ceremony
{mosimage}MOSCOW: FNE director Anna Franklin was on stage in Moscow recently to present a prize on behalf of FNE at Cut the Russian awards for best producer of debuts in…
FNE at MIFF 2012: MIFF 2012 Prize Winners
MOSCOW: The 34 Moscow International Film Festival (21-30 June 2012) ended with the British film Junkhearts directed by Tinge Krishnan winning the Golden George for Best Film and an honourary…
FNE at KVIFF 2012: Three films from CEE make LUX Prix finalists
KARLOVY VARY: Three films from central and eastern Europe were included in the 10 films selected as finalists for the European Parliament's 2012 LUX Prize. The finalists were announced at…
FESTIVALS: New Horizons Announces Polish Short Film Competition
WROCLAW: The T-Mobile New Horizons IFF (www.nowehoryzonty.pl), running 19-29 July 2012, will present 68 short Polish films competing in three sections: fiction, documentary, and animation.
PRODUCTION: Catalin Mitulescu's El Rumano in Development
BUCHAREST: Romanian producer, screenwriter and director Catalin Mitulescu (The Way I Spent the End of the World, Loverboy) plans to shoot his third feature, El Rumano, in autumn 2013. Details…
FNE at KIVFF 2012: Helen Mirren awards kicks off 47 KVIFF Festival
KARLOVY VARY: The 47 Karlovy Vary International Film (www.kviff.com) kicked off with festival president Jiri Bartoska presenting a life-time achievement award to Helen Mirren who visited the Czech spa town…
FNE at KVIFF 2012: Visit KVIFF 2012 virutally
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FNE IDF DocBloc: A Classroom Story from Bulgaria
Bulgarian production company tanaki films plans a January 2014 premiere for the documentary A Classroom Story from director David Djambazov.
