Ten Projects Selected for Polsh-Norwegian Coproduction Forum
WROCLAW: Five Polish film projects and five Norwegian film projects have been chosen to participate in the Polish-Norwegian Co-production Forum, taking place 26-28 July 2011 during the 11th New Horizons…
FNE - IDF DocBloc: Europa Cinemas Accepting New Exhibitors
Europa Cinemas, a European network funded by the MEDIA Programme, is now open for applications from new members. Membership allows cinemas that programme a significant number of European films to…
PRODUCTION: September 11,1683 Wraps Romanian Shoot
BUCHAREST: September 11,1683, Italian director Renzo Martinelli's second collaboration with the Romanian Castel Film (www.castelfilm.ro), wrapped filming in Romania at the end of June.
PRODUCTION: September 11,1683 Wraps Romanian Shoot
BUCHAREST: September 11,1683, Italian director Renzo Martinelli's second collaboration with the Romanian Castel Film (www.castelfilm.ro), wrapped filming in Romania at the end of June.
FESTIVALS: Seven Croatian Films Compete at Sarajevo
Seven Croatian films have entered the official competition programme of this year's 17th Sarajevo Film Festival (22-30 July).
Estonia Adds Animation Workshop
TALLINN: Animated Dreams, the Estonian animation film festival, will introduce the first training and networking platform, AnimaCampus Tallinn, 15-19 November 2011.
Debt Consolidation Moves Forward in Hungary
BUDAPEST: The Hungarian National Film Fund will receive HUF 5.97 billion (EUR 22.5 million) to consolidate the debts of the Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation (www.mmka.hu). The 11 July 2011 decision…
Poland Selects In Darkness as Oscar Entry
WARSAW: The Polish Oscar selection committee has unanimously selected W ciemności (In Darkness) by Agnieszka Holland as the Polish candidate for the Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film…
PRODUCTION: Fifth Season of the Year Begins Filming
The Polish director Jerzy Domaradzki is in production with Fifth Season of the Year, an unusual love story taking place in Silesia.
Viacom Premieres New Channel in Poland
Viacom International Media Networks will launch its new international entertainment channel Viacom Blink! in Poland on 20 July 2011.
PRODUCTION: Polish Sibiriad in Postproduction
WARSAW: Janusz Zaorski finished shooting his new drama Polish Sibiriad (Syberiada Polska), a major production devoted to a dark period in Polish history, on 1 July and has now entered…
PRODUCTION: Historia de la meva muerte in Preproduction
BUCHAREST: The Spanish filmmaker Albert Serra (Birdsong) is due to start shooting his new feature Historia de la meva muerte in Romania on 1 September 2011.
PRODUCTION: Historia de la meva muerte in Preproduction
BUCHAREST: The Spanish filmmaker Albert Serra (Birdsong) is due to start shooting his new feature Historia de la meva muerte in Romania on 1 September 2011.
Cinema City Plans Second Sofia Multiplex
SOFIA: Cinema City International's Bulgarian unit has leased space in the Paradise Center shopping mall in Sofia with plans to open a multiplex at the end of 2011. The ten-year…
Love.net Tops Bulgarian Box Office
Bulgaria's first IT romantic drama Love.net (www.themovielove.net) is on its way to become the country's second most successful film. By the end of the 14th week in distribution the film…
FNE at KVIFF 2011: Karlovy Vary IFF Winners
KARLOVY VARY: The Grand Prize for best film went to the Israeli film, Restoration, directed by Joseph Madmony at the 46th Karlovy Vary IFF (1-9 July 2011 http://www.kviff.com/) at the…
FNE at KVIFF: Slovakia Shines at Karlovy Vary
KARLOVY VARY: The big winner at the 46th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (www.kviff.com), which wrapped on 9 July 2011, was Slovakia. Its revived film industry produced four-award winner Gypsy…
Poland's TVN for Sale
WARSAW: Polish media reports that a controlling interest in commercial TV station TVN is for sale. Majority stakeholder ITI Group announced that it had hired bankers to field interested buyers.
Mungiu Named President of Europa Distribution
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu was selected as president of Europa Distribution (www.europa-distribution.org) during the association's third general assembly and workshop, held in Paris 5-7 July 2011. Jakub Duszynski of Poland's…
PRODUCTION: Horses are Green on the Walls in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: The feature film Horses Are Green On The Walls from director/writer Dan Chişu (Websitestory, The Bear) is nearing the end of postproduction and had a prescreening in the work-in-progress…
