EFP Producer on the Move: Ondrej Zima
PRAGUE: Ondřej Zima, European Film Promotion's Czech 2012 Producer on the Move, reckons his biggest success to date is the Czech-Slovak coproduction Love, a box office hit with audiences in…
PRODUCTION: ScripTeast Winner The Japanese Dog in Preproduction
BUCHAREST: Tudor Cristian Jurgiu is preparing his first feature The Japanese Dog written by Ioan Antoci, winner of the Krzysztof Kieslowski Prize at ScripTeast workshop (www.scripteast.pl) in 2009. Tudor Giurgiu…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Aftermath
{mosimage}GDYNIA: Władysław Pasikowski's Aftermath was added to the Main Competition of the 37th Polish Film Festival (www.fpff.pl) in Gdynia just one day after it completed postproduction, making it the 14th…
FNE IDF DocBloc: An Interview with Richard Komárek
An Interview with Czech filmmaker Richard Komárek about the collapsing Twin Towers, lawsuits, disco lounges and patriot trucks in his documentary project Play 9/11. Richard Komárek belongs among emerging Czech…
Kino Swiat, New Horizons Win PISF Awards
{mosimage}GDYNIA: Distributors Kino Swiat (www.kinoswiat.pl) and New Horizons Association (www.nowehoryzonty.pl) were among the winners of the Polish Film Institute's (www.pisf.pl) fifth annual awards for promotion of Polish Cinema during a…
EFP Producer on the Move: Constanze Schumann
VIENNA: European Film Promotion 2012 Producer on the Move Constanze Schumann comes to Cannes as a part of one of Austria's leading production companies, Allegro Film (www.allegrofilm.at), which she joined…
EFP Producer on the Move: Vladimer Katcharava
TBILISI: Georgia's European Film Promotion 2012 Producer on the Move Vladimer Katcharava says film production "is adrenalin, it's like being in a war," because "things might change in a minute.…
EFP Producer on the Move: Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
BUCHAREST: European Film Promotion 2012 Producer on the Move Monica Lazurean-Gorgan emerged as a force in the Romanian film industry in 2007 when she founded 4Proof Film (www.4prooffilm.ro) and was…
FilmEstonia.eu Launches in Cannes
The Estonian film commission will be officially rolled out during this year's Cannes film market under the brand FilmEstonia.eu.
EFP Producer on the Move: Liisa Penttila
HELSINKI: For Liisa Penttila, whose introduction to production was coproducing Lars von Trier's Dogville in 2001, it is "absolutely essential" to work with good professionals in order to grow.
EFP Producers on the Move: Sinisa Juricic
ZAGREB: For Sinisa Juricic, a European Film Promotion 2012 Producer on the Move, the most difficult task of a film producer is "to keep everyone happy."
PRODUCTION: Ada Solomon Developing Double
BUCHAREST: Romanian director/writer Catrinel Danaiaţa is developing her first feature Double produced by Ada Solomon together with HiFilm Productions (www.hifilm.ro), in co-production with Gabi Antal and Abis Studio (www.abisstudio.ro).
Bulgarian bTV and Global Vision Terminate Contracts
SOFIA: After several disputes between bTV Media Group's leading channel bTV (owned by Central European Media Enterprises, www.cetv-net.com) has ceased broadcasts of two of the most popular programmes, both from…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival : Elles
{mosimage}GDYNIA: In her new drama Elles, Małgorzata Szumowska explores the topic of feminine sexuality and its images in the contemporary society. Elles screens in the main competition of the 37th…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: In Darkness
{mosimage}GDYNIA: The Polish Oscar-nominated film In Darkness by Agnieszka Holland competes at the Gdynia Polish Film Festival (www.fpff.pl) running through 12 May 2012.
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: In the Bedroom
{mosimage}GDYNIA: In his feature In the Bedroom, Tomasz Wasilewski creates an intimate image of a new relationship formed under unusual circumstances. The film competes at the Gdynia Polish Film Festival…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival : 80 Million
{mosimage}GDYNIA: Polish director Waldemar Krzystek creates a fast-paced crime film using an actual episode from the history of the Solidarity movement for a Polish take on the Ocean's Eleven franchise…
PRODUCTION: Grlic in Preproduction with The Viper's Glen Miracle
{mosimage}ZAGREB: Acclaimed Croatian director Rajko Grlić, nominated at the Palm d'Or for Bravo Maestro in 1978, is preparing The Viper's Glen Miracle for shooting in 2013. The Viper's Glen Miracle/Čudo…
Record Premiere for Punk Syndrome
{mosimage}HELSINKI: The Punk Syndrome was released on 4 May 2012 on 45 screens in Finland, a record for a domestic documentary.
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Women's Day
{mosimage}GDYNIA: In her feature debut Women's Day, premiering at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia (www.fpff.pl) Maria Sadowska takes on the issue of female solidarity and its boundaries in a…
