FESTIVALS: Rose Wins Warsaw Grand Prix
WARSAW: The closing ceremony of the 27th Warsaw Film Festival (www.wff.pl) on 16 October 2011 was a night of home town success amid a festival line-up that was strong on…
FESTIVALS: NO. 1 Grabs the Bulgarian Golden Rose Award
VARNA, BULGARIA: The 30th Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival (7-13 October 2011) delivered the Best Feature Film "Golden rose" award to Atanas Hristoskov's debut film NO. 1. The president…
Crulic - The Path To Beyond Gets Polish Distribution
WARSAW: Crulic - The Path to Beyond, a striking animated documentary based on the tragedy of Claudiu Crulic, will open in Polish cinemas in December 2011.The decision followed the film's…
CentEast Works in Progress: Woman's Day
WARSAW: Polish director Maria Sadowska tackles the issue of female solidarity in a male driven work place in her feature film debut Women's Day, presented during the Warsaw CentEast (www.wff.pl)…
PRODUCTION: The Last Days of Ceauşescu in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: Radu Gabrea is in the last stages of postproduction with his docu-drama The Last Days of Ceauşescu, with plans for a pre-premiere screening on Christmas, the day the Romanian…
FESTIVALS: Filmmakers Gather at Zagreb
ZAGREB: One hundred Croatian and international filmmakers are expected in Zabreb for the 9th edition of the Zagreb Film Festival (www.zagrebfilmfestival.com) taking place 16-23 October 2011. This year, eight Croatian…
FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF National Competition: There Was Never a Better Brother
Murad Ibragimbekov's newest film There Was Never a Better Brother is the result of the director‘s latest artistic collaboration with Maksud Ibragimbekov, one of Azerbaijan's most established writers and Murad‘s…
FESTIVALS: Inspired Jihlava Celebrates 15th Anniversary
PRAGUE: The ingredients that go into a winning recipe are as varied as the chef, but one thing remains constant: it takes taste, talent and innovation to equal success. Going…
Romanian Ad Market Drops in 2011
BUCHAREST: The Romanian ad market is expected to show a decline of 4% in 2011, with light growth anticipated at the beginning of 2012, ZenithOptimedia/Zenith Media Romania (www.zenithmedia.ro) estimates in…
FNE Visegrad Special: Coproductions in Hungary 2011
BUDAPEST: The tax incentive scheme in Hungary set up in 2004 together with special grants for international coproduction from the Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation (MMK www.mmka.hu) was responsible for a…
FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF National Competition: Operation-Shmenti Capelli
Operation-Shmenti Capelli (www.shmentikapeli.com) is one of the most unique filmmaking stories in Bulgaria during the last twenty years. The long awaited eccentric comedy is a personal dream of popular Bulgarian…
FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF National Competition: Ave
Ave is a first feature film from Konstantin Bojanov, funded with €300,000 in public support from the National Film Center (www.nfc.bg), €14,000 - from the Bulgarian National Television (www.bnt.bg), €100,000…
FNE Visegrad 2010 Country profile Czech Republic
The most important development in the Czech Republic was the approval of film tax incentives in 2010. The European Union approved the Czech film tax incentives in June, as announced…
FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF National Competition: NO.1
Bulgaria's first "hip-hop film" (as the local media named it), Atanas Hristoskov's feature film debut NO.1, premiered at the 2011 Sofia film fest (www.siff.bg). The low budget film was produced…
FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF National Competition: Little-Big
Little-Big is a low budget, independently financed musical film directed by Yassen Grigorov, who is mainly known as a book illustrator and director of TV commercials. Its experimental spirit consists…
FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF National Competition: Lora From Morning Till Evening
Dimitar Kotsev - Shosho, the writer and director of Lora From Morning Till Evening (www.lorathemovie.com), describes his film as an "urban adventure with little magical moments." Based on his book…
PRODCUTION: Łukasz Barczyk to Direct Historical Polish Film
POZNAN: Łukasz Barczyk has been selected by the Marshal Office of the Great Poland region to direct a film about the Great Polish Uprising, the most successful of Polish insurrections.…
PRODUCTION: Night Falls in India in Preparation
BUCHAREST: Spanish director Chema Rodriguez is in preproduction with Night Falls in India, a feature based on a script he wrote together with the Romanian filmmaker Cătălin Mitulescu.
Visegrad Special: Czech Coproductions in 2011
PRAGUE: Increasing the number of international coproduction is an acknowledged goal for most Czech producers and 2011 saw the Czech film industry take steps in that direction. Domestically produced commercial…
FNE Visegrad 2011: Polish Coproductions
WARSAW: Poland’s position in the international film industry becomes more prominent each year, not only are more Polish productions and coproductions screened and awarded at major international film festivals each…
