FNE at MECEFF: Poland's Little Rose Wins Best Film

MEDIAS, ROMANIA: Jan Kidawa-Błoński's Różyczka/Little Rose won the Best Film Award at the first Central European Film Festival (www.meceff.ro) which wrapped in September 11 in the small Romanian medieval town…
11-09-2011

Slovak Films Continue Festival Successes

BRATISLAVA: Marking an especially strong year, Slovak films are racking up more festival successes. After their successes at the Karlovy Vary IFF, Nicky's Family and Gypsy are noting positive receptions…
11-09-2011

FESTIVALS: Adana Announces Turkish Competition

ISTANBUL: The 18th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (20 - 25 September 2011, www.goldenbollfilmfestival.com) for will screen 14 films in the national film competition with 350,000 Turkish Liras award for…
11-09-2011

FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Competition: Faust

VENICE: Faust is the final installment of Russian director Alexander Sokurov’s tetralogy on the nature of power and it has already succeeded in establishing itself as the most controversial entry…
09-09-2011 m

FNE-IDF DocBlock: Prix Europa 2011 Nominations

The European broadcasting festival Prix Europa 2011 announces this year’s nominees. The category of feature-length television documentary presents also two successful Czech documentaries Katka, made by Helena Třeštíková, and Coal…
09-09-2011

Cinema City Shows Mixed Results in 2011

Regional exhibitor Cinema City (www.cinemacity.nl) reported an 12.6% increase in ticket sales, reflecting its agressive acquisition strategy, but a decrease in per screen attendance of 11.9%
07-09-2011

Czech Cinema Attendance Down in 2011

PRAGUE: Czech films and cinemas are off to a slow start in the first half of 2011, with numbers approaching 2010 results looking unlikely for the year as a whole.
07-09-2011

FESTIVALS: Wroclaw Host 2nd American Film Festival

WROCLAW: The 2nd American Film Festival is scheduled for 15-20 November 2011 in Wroclaw, Poland.
06-09-2011

Obituary: Janusz Morgenstern

WARSAW: Polish film director, writer and producer Janusz Morgenstern, whose career spanned six decades, has died at age 89.
06-09-2011

FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Competition: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

VENICE: Swedish director Tomas Alfredson brings John Le Carre's 1974 Cold War spy novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to the screen in this big budget European adaptation of the novel.…
06-09-2011 m

Turkish Grants Announced

ISTANBUL: Slightly over $1 million (1.272 million TL) has been distributed to the following films in the summer round of grants from the Turkish Ministry of Culture:
05-09-2011

FESTIVALS: Jameson Cinefest Announces Film Line-up

MISKOLC: The 8the Jameson Cinefest Hungary (17-25 September 2011, www.cinefest.hu) has selected 14 films to screen in competition and six films screening out of competition.
05-09-2011

PRODUCTION: Closer to the Moon Starts Shooting in Bucharest

BUCHAREST: Nae Caranfil (Restul e tăcere/The Rest Is Silence) writes and directs Closer to the Moon, his first English language feature starring Vera Farmiga and Mark Strong. Filming began on…
05-09-2011

FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Competition: Shame

VENICE: British director Steve McQueen follows his critically acclaimed debut, Hunger, about a man who used his body as a political tool to fight for freedom, with Shame, which examines…
05-09-2011 m

FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Screening Alert: Monday, September 5

All parties and events strictly require an invitation from the organisers
05-09-2011

TV News Channel Starts Broadcasting in Bulgaria

SOFIA: Bulgaria On Air, registered as part of the Bulgaria On Air Media Group (www.bgonair.bg), will begin broadcasting its 24 hour program on 9 September 2011. According to the Media…
04-09-2011

PRODUCTION: Polish Thriller Debut Vulture in Production

WARSAW: Director Eugeniusz Korin is filming Vulture, a new Polish addition to the classic thriller genre. The shoot, which started on the 12 June 2011, is concluding in early of…
04-09-2011

FNE at Medias Central European Film Festival: Interview with Radu Gabrea

FNE spoke with Radu Gabrea, the head of the new Central European film festival (www.meceff.ro) located in Medias, Romania, taking place 5-11 September 2011.
04-09-2011

FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Competition: A Dangerous Method

VENICE: David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method is a much more conventional film than his recent work with a mostly straight historical recounting of the intersection of the lives of psychiatrists…
03-09-2011 m

FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Competition: Carnage

VENICE: Roman Polanski’s Carnage is an adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s French stage play, God of Carnage, which was one of the most successful international stage hits of the past decade.…
02-09-2011 m