FNE at FINALE Plzen: Alois Nebel

{mosimage}PLZEN: Tomas Lunak makes an impressive debut with the black-and-white rotoscope animated film Alois Nebel based on a Czech graphic novel and screening in the Czech Feature Film Competition at…
25-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: Gypsy

{mosimage}PLZEN: Martin Sulik, who received a five-film tribute at the Czech nation film festival FINALE, presents his multiple award winner Gypsy in the main competition.
25-04-2012

PRODUCTION: Slovenian Box Office Champ Preps New Film

LJUBLJANA: After Izlet/A Trip, a hit in the Slovenian cinemas, 26-year-old director Nejc Gazvoda is preparing his second feature, Dual, a Slovenian-Dutch-Croatian co-production.
25-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: District League – Pepik Hnatek’s Last Stand

{mosimage}PRAGUE: The current Czech box office hit District League - Pepik Hnatek's Last Stand screens in competition at the 25th FINALE festival of Czech Films (www.filmfestfinale.cz).
24-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: Nothing Against Nothing

{mosimage}PLZEN: Director Petr Marek screen his thirty-something film Nothing Against Nothing in the main competition of the Czech national film festival FINALE, running through 28 April 2012. The film is…
24-04-2012

Slovenian Box Office Hit The Trip Gets Croatian Distribution

{mosimage}LJUBLJANA: The coming of age drama and first feature of Nejc Gazvoda, which has had over 12,000 admissions in Slovenia since its premiere in January 2012, will be released in…
24-04-2012

PRODUCTION: Musical Documentary My World Is Upside Down

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian director/producer Petra Seliškar is currently shooting a 52/90 minute Slovenian-Italian-Austrian musical documentary inspired by the personality of Frane Milcinski Ježek, known as the Slovenian Charlie Chaplin.
24-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: Long Live the Family

{mosimage}PLZEN: Director Robert Sedlacek, whose TV film Men in Rut was a surprise hit at the 2010 FINALE festival of Czech films, returns to the 25th FINALE with a satiric…
23-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: Oldies But Goldies

{mosimage}PLZEN: Current Czech box office hit Oldies But Goldies directed by Jiri Strach screens in the main competition of the Czech national film festival FINALE (www.datakal.filmfestival.cz), running through 28 April…
23-04-2012

FNE Interview with Slovak Best Film Winner Michal Kollar

{mosimage}BRATISLAVA: Slovak producer Michal Kollar was recently awarded Slovakia's national Oscar equivalent, Best Film at Then Sun in a Net (http://www.slnkovsieti.sk) awards for The House by Zuzana Liova. Kollar is…
23-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: Four Suns

{mosimage}PLZEN: Czech director and screenwriter Bohdan Slama brings his Sundance screened drama Four Suns to Plzen, where it screens in the main competition of the national Czech film festival FINALE.
22-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: The House

{mosimage}PLZEN: Following its recent Best Film win at the Slovak national The Sun in a Net awards, The House by Slovak director/writer Zuzana Liova screens in the main competition of…
22-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: A Night Too Young

{mosimage}PLZEN: A Night Too Young (Prilis mlada noc), the first feature film from Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu, competes at the FINALE Plzen, after its 29 March 2012 theatrical release in…
22-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: Flower Buds

{mosimage}PLZEN: Flower Buds (Poupata), the debut film from Zdenek Jirasky and big winner at the Czech Lion film awards (www.vac.cz), goes up against nine other film in the main competition…
22-04-2012

Lithuania Approves National Film Centre

VILNIUS: The Lithuanian government approved the formation of a Lithuanian Film Centre on 19 April 2012, following upon the December 2011 passage of a new film law which paved the…
20-04-2012

New Documentary Workshop Accepting Applications

{mosimage}PRAGUE: DOK.Incubator (www.dokincubator.net) is accepting applications for its first workshop through 15 May 2012.
19-04-2012

FESTIVALS: Latvia, Romania Get Cannes Competition Slots

{mosimage}In the Fog (www.rijafilms.lv), a Latvian coproduction directed by Sergei Loznitsa, and Beyond the Hills (www.mobrafilms.ro) by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu have been chosen for the main competition of the…
19-04-2012

FESTIVALS: Krakow Laurels for Trestikova

{mosimage}KRAKOW: Czech documentary filmmaker Helena Trestikova will receive the Dragon of Dragons honorary award at the 52nd Krakow Film Festival (www.krakowfilmfestival.pl), 28 May-3 June 2012.
19-04-2012

Universal Picks Diaz-Don't Clean Up This Blood

{mosimage}BUCHAREST: Daniele Vicari's feature on the brutal G8 Summit in Genoa 2001, Diaz-Don't Clean Up This Blood, has been pickep up by Universal Pictures International Entertainment (www.universalpictures.co.uk) for distribution in…
18-04-2012

Romania Introduces Digital TV Card

BUCHAREST: Romania is the second CEE country to introduce a digital TV card, following the Czech Republic.
18-04-2012