Czech leaders pledge to carry on incentives for 2011
PRAGUE: Culture Minister Jiri Besser has announced that he will seek 300 million Kc from next year's budget to continue the film production incentives launched in June. The Czech sweeteners,…
Essential Killing to compete for Oscar
WARSAW: Following Essential Killing winning the special jury prize this year in Venice, Agnieszka Odorowicz has announced that the Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl ) will try to enter Jerzy Skolimowski's…
Amaya premieres in Lithuania
VILNIUS: Latvian director, screenwriter and producer Maris Martinsons will premiere his new film Amaya on 17 September in Lithuania. Amaya (www.amaya.lt ). The story of hard-working Japanese woman Amaya a…
Multikino to list on Warsaw stock exchange
WARSAW: By year-end, Polish stockbrokers will be able to trade in shares of the country's leading cinema operator as part of a plan to expand the Multikino chain.
PRODUCTION: Polish-American drama in post production
WARSAW: Wieslaw Saniewski has wrapped shooting of The Winner, one of the most anticipated Polish productions of the year. The Polish-American drama revolves around a talented young pianist, an American…
A fresh take on doc pitching arrives at Jihlava fest’s East European Forum
PRAGUE: The 10th edition of the East European Forum at the 14th Jihlava IDFF (www.dokument-festival.cz ) brings a significant change to the pitching sessions held each year for the international…
PRODUCTION: Pre-war Warsaw reconstructed in 3D
WARSAW: The production stage has just ended for the first part of the Warsaw 1935 trilogy, an ambitious project of 3D reconstruction of the Polish capital.
PRODUCTION: Syrena Films backs Cheronobyl 2011
WARSAW: Polish company Syrena Films will co-produce and distribute the new film by Patryk Vega, director one of the hit Polish comedy Ciacho. Syrena (www.syrenafilms.com ) has signed a co-production…
European Film Academy announces contenders
A rich and varied crop of 46 films are in the running for the 23rd European Film Awards nominations, 11 of them from Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey
PRODUCTION: Weapon shoots in Bucharest
Shooting for Weapon, an action movie directed by Ernie Barbarash, started 9 September at MediaPro Studios (www.mediaprostudios.com ) near Bucharest. The story centers on two famous assassins who put their…
Baltic Event Co-Production Market: Call For Entries
The 6th edition of the Baltic Event Co-Production Market will take place from 1-3 December during the Black Nights Film Festival and right before the European Film Academy Awards ceremony…
Tbilisi Hosts Pitch.Doc
Pitch.Doc, a documentary pitching session which will take place 8-10 December during the 11th Tbilisi film festival (www.tbilisifilmfestival.ge), is open for project submissions. The event is a two-day training session…
FNE at Venice IFF 2010: Venice Festival Prize Winners
VENICE: Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski's Essential Killing picked up the Special Jury Prize of the main competition at the 67th Venice International Film Festival while the Turkish film Majority directed…
FNE at Venice IFF 2010: Essential Killing
VENICE: Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski deservedly won the Venice film festival's Special Jury prize for the courageous film that is a directing tour de force. The film begins with shots…
PRODUCTION: Yavuz Turgul’s detective film in post-production
ISTANBUL: Turkish detective comedy Hunting Season, directed by Yavuz Turgul, is in post-production.
Anarchy in Žirmūnai premieres in Lithuania
Saulius Drunga's debut feature Anarchy in Žirmunai (Anarchija Žirmūnuose) premiered on 9 September in Vilnius, kicking off nationwide distribution. The project, written by Saulius Drunga, won the MEDIA New Talent…
Romania enters If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle for Oscars
Florin Şerban's first feature has been forwarded for consideration as an Oscar Foreign Language Film nomination by a committee including the film critics Eugenia Vodă, Magda Mihăilescu, Cristina Corciovescu, Dana…
Polish director Polanski awarded FIPRESCI Prix for The Ghost Writer
WARSAW: Polish director Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer is Best Film of the Year, according to the members of the International Federation of Film Critics - FIPRESCI who voted for…
Art House Metropolis opened in Zagreb
Audiences in Zagreb are warming to the city's latest repertory cinema, Metropolis Art House opened 2 September at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The venue opened with the premiere of…
