Estonia Baltic Event Special: A record 4 Estonian films vie for Oscar shortlist
Estonia nominated a record-breaking three films for this year's Acadey Awards, plus a fourth one competing as this year's student film Oscar winner.
Estonia Baltic Event Special: Aarma Launches New Production Company
Estonia earned international acclaim for the 2009 documentary Estonian documentary Disco and Atomic War. FNE spoke wth the film's producer/co-director Kiur Aarma about the launch of his new production company,…
Estonia Baltic Event Special: Interview with Marge Liiske
FNE speaks with Marge Liiske, Director of the Estonian Film Foundation.
Estonia Baltic Event Special: Estonian Animation
Estonian animation which recently celebrated its 50th birthday has been the flagbearer of Estonian cinema for most of that period with its seemingly endless list of festival awards and a…
Art of the Doc Hosts Media Conferences
WARSAW: Art of the Doc Festival (www.sztukadokumentu.pl) is sponsoring a series of discussions and workshops focusing on the Visegrad countries, running through 2 December 2010.
Barrandov to Sell Historic Studio
PRAGUE: Barrandov film studio is in negotions to sell a historic recording studio in central Prague to Cultural Landmark Management Ltd.
PRODUCTION: Gabrea in Development with Lindenfeld
Radu Gabrea (Gruber's Journey, The Beheaded Rooster) is currently in development with the long docu-drama The Last Days of Ceauşescu (planned for shooting starting February 2011) and is also developing…
Apple Film 20th Anniversary: Interview with Dariusz Jablonski
Apple Film Production (www.applefilm.pl) has been a ground-breaking company since it was launched 20 years ago. On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, FNE spoke with founder Dariusz Jablonsik about…
FESTIVALS: Spotlight on Slovakia at Black Nights
The Black Nights film festival taking place in Tallinn (www.poff.ee) through 5 December 2010 is presenting a selection of five Slovak films from the Czechoslovak New Wave of 1960s in…
Aurora sold to the USA
Cristi Puiu's third feature film Aurora will be distributed in the United States by The Cinema Guild in 2011.
Apple Film Fosters Scriptwriting with ScripTeast
Five years ago, Apple Film Production branched out from its core business to initiate a programme that would benefit regional film production at large. The vehicle was ScripTeast, a unique…
Who's Who at Apple Film
Apple Film Production is led by a three-person team, consisting of founder Dariusz Jabłoński, along with Violetta Kamińska and Izabela Wójcik. FNE looks at the team, their responsibilities and their…
Apple Film Production Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Apple Film Production, one of the first and leading independent production companies in Poland and in Central and Eastern Europe, celebrated it 20th anniversary on 22 November 2010. The company…
A Full Slate of Films for Apple Film
Coproductions are a staple of Apple Film's current slate of films. Apple Film capped off a busy 2009-2010 with the premiere of its latest film, a Swedish/Polish coproduction Between Two…
FESTIVALS: Festival on Wheels Announces Turkish Schedule
The 16th Festival on Wheels, organized by the Ankara Cinema Association in association with the Turkish Ministry of Culture & Tourism, the Governorship of Artvin, the Municipality of Artvin and…
Bajon Film Tops Polish Attendance for 2010
Filip Bajon's comedy Maiden Vows has drawn over 957,000 viewers, surpassing the previous Polish leader for 2010, Ciacho by Patryk Vega. The Polish distribution is handled by Kino Świat (www.kinoswiat.pl).
Gutek Film Launches Distribution Company for Children's Films
WARSAW: Polish distributor Gutek Film is entering the market with a series quality animated films under newly created Maly Gutek brand, the first of its kind in Poland. The films…
FESTIVALS: Hand Soap Wins Tallinn Animated Dreams Competition
TALLINN: The Japanese animated film Hand Soap directed by Kei Oyama won the grand prix of the 12th Animated Dreams festival (19-23 November) which took place during the Black Nights…
Dragon Forum Extends Deadline
The application deadline for the Dragon Forum (www.dragonforum.pl) documentary workshop has been extended to 13 December 2010.
Dvorak Resigns from CME
Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME, www.cmegroup.com) announced that it has accepted the resignation of Petr Dvorak, Senior Vice President Broadcasting of CME. His resignation is effective 31 December 2010.…
