New mobile provider could enter Hungarian market
The National Media and Telecommunications Authority (NMHH, www.nmhh.hu) plans to sell the 450 MHz band in Hungary in 2010. The deputy chief of the Authority, Gábor Mátrai, explained that the…
Bulgarian Hunting Down Small Predators starts digital distribution
The new teenage romance Hunting Down Small Predators (http://hdsp.bg/) shot in HD (2K) with a SI-2K camera and directly transferred to positive film stock using the Cinevator technology started a…
FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010 National Competition: Honey
Director/writer/producer Semih Kaplanoglu scored an international success with his film Honey, winner of the Golden Bear when it premiered at the 2010 Berlinale. It opened in Turkey on 9 April,…
FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010 National Film competition: Brought by the Sea
Brought by the Sea directed by Nesli Colgecen is a movie about the immigrant problem, centered on an African immigrant, a lonely man and a nurse's friendship. The film was…
FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010 National Film competition: Oh Dear Oh Dear!
Oh Dear Oh Dear! from director Hakan Algul, rose to a strong second place showing among national films at the Turkish box office, following its release on 26 February, 2010.…
FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010: National Film competition
ADANA: The Adana 17th Altin Golden Boll Film Festival which is taking place from 20 to 26 September in the Turksih city of Adana will be screening a programme of…
FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010: National Competition: Five Cities
Five Cities directed by Onur Unlu is the story of five people crossing from Eskisehir to Istanbul. It is a production of Eflatun Film (www.eflatunfilm.com), founded by Unlu. The company…
Kozole selected for ScripTeast
One of the most recognized Slovenian filmmakers, Damjan Kozole is headed to Poland to develop his project Nightlife at the 5th edition of ScripTeast.
Bulgaria sends Eastern Plays to the Oscars
The Film Council of the Bulgarian National Film Center (www.nfc.bg) has selected Kamen Kalev's Eastern Plays (www.easternplays.com) as the country's official entry to the 2011 Oscar best foreign language film…
PRODUCTION: At My Father's Home in development
Andrei Cohn is in development with his first feature, At My Father's Home, "the story of a young man put to a test by his girlfriend, who goes back to…
Chinese film week in Poland
The Polish Filmmaker Association (SFP, www.sfp.org.pl) is launching a retrospective of new Chinese cinema. The third edition of the event is taking in Warsaw and Łódź between 21 and 30…
Chinese film week in Poland
WARSAW: The Polish Filmmakers' Association (SFP, www.sfp.org.pl ) is launching a retrospective of new Chinese cinema. The third edition of the event is taking place in Warsaw and Łódź between…
FESTIVALS: Polish debut film premieres in Pusan
Between Two Fires, the feature film debut of Agnieszka Lukasiak, a Swedish-Polish co-production, has been selected for Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea, 7-15 October, 2010.
FESTIVALS: Grand-Off reveals competition films
WARSAW: The Grand Off World Intependent Film Awards (www.grandoff.eu ), a competition of short films taking place in Warsaw 22-29 November, 2010, has announced 52 films from 32 countries competing…
FESTIVALS: IFF Bratislava announced doc competition
IFF Bratislava (www.iffbratislava.sk), 5-11 November, will include three CEE films in its documentary competition. Directors Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria), Boris Mitic (Serbia), and Alexander Nanau (Romania) will be in the Slovak…
Estonian film wins Cartoon d'Or
One of the major prizes in animation, the Cartoon d"Or, was awarded to Crocodile by Estonian filmmaker Kaspar Jancis. The award was presented at the conclusion of Cartoon Forum (14-17…
Mission Impossible 4 begins filming October 4 in Prague
PRAGUE: The Tom Cruise Hollywood action coproduction Mission Impossible 4 by director J.J. Abrams and production studio Paramount (www.paramount.com ) begins shooting in Prague on 4 October, Ludmila Claussová of…
South Korean film shoots in Latvia
RIGA: South Korean film My Way is set to shoot in Latvia. The 22 million euro drama is directed by blockbuster South Korean helmer Kang Je-Gyu. The 24-day shoot will…
Rófusz introduces holiday-themed animation series
SOPRON: Academy Award winning animator, Ferenc Rófusz presented his new series Hoppi Holidays, now in pre-production, at the Cartoon Forum (www.cartoon-media.be/FORUM/index.php ) in Sopron, Hungary 14-17 September. His animation series…
Oscar-nominated author set for ScripTeast
WARSAW: Fred Breinersdorfer, the author of Oscar-nominated Sophie Scholl is coming to Poland to participate in the 5th edition of ScripTeast (www.scripteast.eu ) as a Creative Advisor, at the invitation…
