Alvernia Studios Partners with Wroclaw American Festival
KRAKOW: Krakow-based Alvernia Studios (www.alvernia.com) will partner with the 2nd American Film Festival's (www.americanfilmfestival.pl) coproduction market Gotham in Progress, taking place 17-19 November 2011 in Wroclaw.
FESTIVALS: Lithuania Hosts Slovak New Wave
KAUNAS, LITHUANIA: The 5th Kaunas film festival (27 September - 16 October 2011, www.kinofestivalis.lt) screens nine films in a 1960's Slovak New Wave special section, introduced by a two-part documentary…
PRODUCTION: A Fold in My Blanket Begins Filming in Georgia
Zaza Rusadze's feature debut A Fold in My Blanket produced by Zazarfilm (www.zazarusadze.com) began shooting 12 September 2011 in Georgia.
PRODUCTION: Wajda's Wałęsa Film to Shoot in November
WARSAW: Shoot on Andrzej Wajda's biopic Walesa, postponed by the director's recent health collapse, is set to begin in November 2011. Wajda still has not cast an actor to play…
PRODUCTION: Domestic in Preparation
BUCHAREST: Adrian Sitaru (Pescuit sportiv/Angling, Din dragoste, cu cele mai bune intenţii/Best Intentions) is preparing to shoot his third feature, Domestic. Sitaru's second film, Best Intentions, recently won the FNE…
FNE at Jameson Cinefest: Austria's Breathing Take Main Prize
MISKOLC, HUNGARY: The 8th Jameson CineFest (www.cinefest.hu) awarded tthe Austrian film Breathing (Atmen) directed by Karl Markovicx the Emeric Pressburger Prize, named for the Oscar-winning native son of the northeastern…
FESTIVALS: Gypsy Shares Main Prize at Batumi IFF
Slovak director Martin Sulik's multiple prize winning film Gypsy shared the Grand Prix at the 2011 Batumi IFF in Georgia (17-25 September 2011, biaff.org) with the Iranian film Golchehreh directed…
FNE Visegrad Prix for Best Intentions
MISKOLC, HUNGARY: Hungarian coproducer Emoke Vagasi of Cor Leonis Films picked up the FNE Visegrad Prix for best coproduction for the film Best Intentions at the 8th Jameson Cinefest held…
Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2011 Winners
ADANA: The awards of the 18. Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (www.goldenbollfilmfestival.com) held from 17-25 September 2011 in the historic Turkish city of Adana were shared between four films which…
FESTIVALS: Warsaw Announces Competition Line-up
WARSAW: Twenty films will compete in the main competition of the Warsaw IFF (www.wff.pl) taking place 7-17 October 2011. The selection includes four world premieres, three international premieres, and five…
FESTIVALS: Docs Prized at Slovak Cinematik
PIESTANY, SLOVAKIA: British director Mike Leign took home the main prize at Slovakia's 6th Cinematik film festival (www.cinematik.sk), with Slovak documentaries capturing two additional awards.
PRODUCTION: Siberian Education filming in Lithuania
VILNIUS: Italian director Gabriele Salvatores is shooting English language feature film Siberian Education (Educazione Siberiana) in Vilnius, Lithuania. The film is a coproduction between Italian film company Cattleya S.r.l. (http://www.cattleya.it/home/)…
FNE Visegrad: 2011 Hungarian Film Industry Overview
BUDAPEST: Most of the Hungarian film professionals spent the last year waiting for the government to restructure funding for the Hungarian film industry. The Hungarian Film Fund (www.filmalap.hu) has just…
Czech Doc Shoots in Georgia
Czech TV (www.ceskatelevize.cz) and studio FRMOL (www.frmol.com) are shooting a documentary film in Georgia. . Within the framework of a popular documentary series "On the road" and in collaboration with…
FNE - IDF DocBloc: Deadline: Baltic Event Co-Production Market
The 10th film market Baltic Event, held annually in Tallin, Estonia, invites European filmmakers who seek financing and presenting. If you are interested in your project entering the co-production market,…
Adana Gold Boll FF: Simurgh
Simurgh, a docu-drama produced and directed by Ruhi Karadag, has its world premiere in the Turkish national competition section of the Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (17-25 September 2011, www.goldenbollfilmfestival.com).
Adana Golden Boll FF: Velvet
Velvet directed by Erdogan Kar has its world premiere in the Turkish national competition at the Golden Boll Film Festival in Adana (17-25 September 2011, www.goldenbollfilmfestival.com).
Dvorak to Head Czech TV
PRAGUE: Petr Dvorak has been selected as the new executive director of public broadcaster Czech TV (www.ceskatelevize.cz). His appointment was announced on 22 September 2011.
Battle Of Warsaw 1920 in UK Distribution
WARSAW: Battle of Warsaw 1920, directed by Jerzy Hoffman and one of the biggest Polish productions ever made, is set to premiere in 16 British cities on 7 October 2011.
Adana Golden Boll FF: Love Me
Veteran Turkish director Ali Ozgenturk's latest film Love Me (Gorunmeyen) competed in the Turkish national competition section of the Golden Boll Film Festival in Adana (17-25 September 2011, www.goldenbollfilmfestival.com). The…
