European Sales Agents Attend Warsaw Meetings
WARSAW: Over 60 new Polish film projects were presented to international sales agents during meetings held in Warsaw on 26 - 27 September 2012.
Oscar double act for Slovakia
BRATISLAVA: Slovakia has entered Made in Ash as its contender for the Oscar’s Best Foreign Language Film category, and will also be represented in the short animation category with The…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival 2012: Good to Go
POTOROZ: Good to Go a debut feature film from young Slovenian director Matevž Luzar screens in competition at the 15th Festival of Slovenian Film (www.fsf.si), running through 30 September 2012.
FNE-IDF DocBloc: Czechs Unveil New Documentary Catalogue
PRAGUE: The 2012 catalogue of Czech documentary films in development, production or postproduction has been released along with data on the top documentaries in domestic release.
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month. Hungary - Gábor Böszörményi, Mozinet Ltd.
FNE together with Europa Distribution have launched its new Distributor of the Month series. In recognition of the hard work and excellence of European distributors and the common problems they…
Doge’s Palace and The Bed Is Broken Win Aristoteles Workshop
VAMA, ROMANIA: An all-Romanian team and a Polish director-led team were the split decision winners of the five-week-long 7th Aristoteles documentary workshop (www.aworkshop.org) ended which concluded on 23 September 2012.
You are God tops Polish Box Office
WARSAW: You are God (Jesteś Bogiem), a Polish drama about a legendary hip hop band, has recorded the best opening weekend for a Polish film in 2012, with 373,796 admissions.
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival 2012: Shanghai Gypsy
POTOROZ: Shanghai Gypsy by director/screenwriter Marko Nabersnik, a love story involving a gypsy family during the break-up of Yugoslavia, will screen in competition at the 15th Slovenian Film Festival (www.fsf.si),…
PRODUCTION: Hit Kids Book Filming in Croatia
ZAGREB: Writer/director Silvije Petranović is in production with The Brave Adventures of Lapitch, Croatia’s best-selling children’s novel, with a 2013 release timed to mark the book’s 100th anniversary.
PRODUCTION: Doc coproduction The Last Transhumance in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: Dragoş Lumpan expects to complete an ambitious 90-minute documentary shot along a 45,000 km route in Albania, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Wales and Romania by early 2013.
FNE at Cinefest Miskolc 2012: Winners
MISKOLC: The Lithuanian Vanishing Waves by Kristina Buozyte won the Emeric Pressburger Prize of the 9th Jameson CineFest (14-23 September 2012). The Grand Prix of the festival, named upon Adolph…
Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills sold in 38 territories
BUCHAREST: Cristian Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills/După dealuri (www.dupadealuri.ro) will open in Hungary on 11 October before its domestic release in Romania on 26 October, when its makers hope it will…
PRODUCTION: Agnieszka Holland starts work onThe Death's Cold Hand
WARSAW: The Oscar-nominated director of In Darkness (2011), Agnieszka Holland is starting work on The Death's Cold Hand (Zimna pięść śmierci), a thriller based on Olga Tokarczuk’s recent novel Drive…
TVP wins Prix Italia
WARSAW: The TV Polska (www.tvp.pl) series The Deep End took the Best Series award at the 64th Prix Italia TV Festival, following its Gold Plaque at the Hugo TV Awards.
Golden Boll FF 2012: Festival winners
ADANA: Voice of My Father by Orhan Eskikoy and Zeynel Dogan has won the Best Film and Best Screenplay awards at the 19th Adana Golden Boll International Film Festival.
FESTIVALS: BIAFF Grand Prix award goes to In Darkness
BATUMI: Agnieszka Holland's Oscar nominated In Darkness won the main award at the 7th Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (www.biaff.org).
PRODUCTION: Waldemar Krzystek shooting The Photographer
WROCŁAW: Waldemar Krzystek, director of the Polish Oscar candidate 80 Million, is filming a thriller entitled The Photographer.
Chello, RCS&RDS to Launch New Channels in Romania
BUCHAREST: Two major TV players plan fall 2012 launches of theme channels Digi World, Digi Life and Megamax TV.
Golden Boll Film Festival: Where the Fire Burns
ADANA: Where the Fire Burns, the last part of Ismail Gunes’ Place Trilogy, screens in the Turkish National Competition. The film was released theatrically in Turkey on 5 May 2012…
Golden Boll Film Festival: Somewhere in Between
ADANA: Three years after her San Sebastian winner Pandora’s Box director Yesem Ustaoglu brings Somewhere in Between to the Turkish National Competition of the Golden Boll film festival.
