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…
01-07-2012

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…
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FNE at KVIFF 2012: Visit KVIFF 2012 virutally

Click HERE to visit KVIFF 2012 virtualy
30-06-2012

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.
29-06-2012

FNE at KVIFF: Hungary Back in East of the West

The Hungarian contender for the Karlovy Vary IFF (www.kviff.com) East of the West competition, Dear Betrayed Friends directed by Sara Czerhalmi, has reclaimed its competition slot. The festival had previously…
28-06-2012

New Horizons Unveils Competition Films

WROCLAW: Fourteen films, all of the premieres in Poland, will compete for a 20,000 euro Grand Prix and national distribution in the international competition of the 12th T-Mobile New Horizons…
28-06-2012

PRODUCTION: Green Dog in Development

ZAGREB: The Croatian company Kinorama (www.kinorama.hr) is developing a cinematic adaptation of the novel Green Dog written by Nada Mihelcic. No director is attached yet. Green Dog/ Zeleni pas is…
27-06-2012

Sixteen CEE Films Receive Eurimage Funding

Eurimages announced funding for 33 film, with Central and East European producers attached to nearly half of the selected films.
27-06-2012

PRODUCTION: Sonja and the Bull

ZAGREB: Vlatka Vorkapic's debut film, a romantic comedy titled Sonja and the Bull, will open the National Programme of the 59th Pula Film Festival (www.pulafilmfestival.hr) on 21 July 2012.
27-06-2012

Polish Animation on European Tour

WARSAW: The second edition of a retrospectiveof Polish animation is headed for Slovenia, Bulgaria and Estonia in its tour of Europe.
26-06-2012

Poland Launches Film Financing Award

{mosimage}WARSAW: The first Film Finance Awards ceremony (www.filmfinanceawards.com) is scheduled for 5 December 2012 in Warsaw.
26-06-2012

Scotland Shifts Sights to CEE

{mosimage}EDINBURGH: Central European filmmakers will find a warmer reception from Scotland in the future.
26-06-2012

June 2012 Grants for Hungarian Films

BUDAPEST: Hungarian Film Fund (www.filmalap.hu) has designated production grants for two feature films and one documentary, and preproduction support for one feature film. Production funds will go to Heavenly Shift…
25-06-2012

Czech Film Fund Gets Emergency Cash Infusion

PRAGUE: The Czech Republic Ministry of Finance has confirmed it will give 50 milion CZK (2 million euro) to the State Fund for Support and Development of Czech Cinema, which…
25-06-2012

Czech Goat Story Set for Autumn Distribution

{mosimage}PRAGUE: Czech director/producer Jan Tomanek is in production with the animated feature Goat Story with Cheese (www.kozipribeh.cz/kozipribeh2).
25-06-2012

FNE at Art Film Fest: CEE Filmmakers Triumph at Art Film Fest

{mosimage}Twilight Portrait by director Angelina Nikonova won the Blue Angel for Best Film at Art Film Fest (www.artfilm.sk), held from 16 to 23 June 2012 in the Slovak spa and…
24-06-2012

PRODUCTION: Szabolcs Hajdu Preps Mirage

{mosimage}BUDAPEST: Acclaimed Hungarian director Szabolcs Hajdu (White Palms, Bibliothèque Pascal) is in preparation with a Hungarian/ Slovak/British coproduction, Mirage, a drama exploring the Hungarian Puszta and the way the Hungarians…
24-06-2012

Czechs Launch Film Corner and Pitching at Karlovy Vary

{mosimage}PRAGUE: The Czech Film Center (CFC, www.filmcenter.cz) marks its 10th anniversary with an expanded presence at the Karlovy Vary IFF (www.kviff.com) targeting industry professionals.
24-06-2012

FNE - IDF DocBloc: Marcel Łoziński

{mosimage}The Institute of Documentary film interviews Polish documentary director Marcel Łoziński
22-06-2012

New Russian studio Glavkino ready to invest in international coproductions

{mosimage}MOSCOW: Glavkino Studios (www.glavkino.ru), Russia’s newest state-of-the art digital film and studio complex is open for business and ready to invest in international coproductions as well as offering deals on…
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