Fimfárum 3 postpones release

One of the most anticipated Czech animated movies, Fimfarum 3, has postponed its release to February 10, 2011, producer Martin Vandas of production Maurfilm company (www.maurfilm.com) announced last week. Previously,…
25-07-2010

Surviving D-Day winds up Lithuanian shoot

British film company Dangerous films (http://www.dangerous.co.uk) and Lithuanian company Baltijos filmų paslaugos are finishing shooting of the TV film Surviving D-Day in Klaipėda, Lithuania.
25-07-2010

FESTIVALS: Era New Horizons opens with Cannes winner

Cannes grand prix winner, Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux) by Xavier Beauvois, will make its Polish premiere as the opening film of the Era New Horizons…
22-07-2010

Bulgarian National TV names new director

After three days of intense public hearings, the five members of the Council of Electronic Media (www.cem.bg) elected Viara Ankova as Director General of Bulgarian National Television (www.bnt.bg). The vetting…
22-07-2010

Eastern Plays wins Bulgarian film awards

The freshly founded Film Academy announced its first annual awards with Eastern Plays (www.easternplays.com) winning film of the year, topping the list of eleven 2009 feature films. The same film…
21-07-2010

PRODUCTION: A Very Unsettled Summer in development

A Very Unsettled Summer, a Romanian/Swedish coproduction and the second feature of Romanian director Anca Damian (Crossing Dates), is currently in development. The script is written by the Irish writer…
21-07-2010

French historical drama begins filming at Barrandov

After years of decline, the Czech Republic is attracting foreign filmmakers again with its new film tax incentive, approved in June by the European Union. From July through September, the…
20-07-2010

PRODUCTION: The Phantom Father in post-production

Lucian Georgescu will finish the post-production of his first feature, The Phantom Father, in September. The editing is completed, and the German composer Johannes Malfatti has worked on the music…
20-07-2010

FNE at Script Forum in Warsaw

The third edition of Script Forum, taking place at the Summer Film Festival in Warsaw (www.latofilmow.pl), has awarded three cash prizes. The prizes were given by the Polish Filmmakers Association…
19-07-2010

Lietuvos Kinas sale suspended

The planned sale of real estate properties by Lithuanian distribution company Lietuvos Kinas (www.lietuvoskinas.lt) has been suspended by the Ministry of Culture.
19-07-2010

PRODUCTION: Something Good From Life in postproduction

Romanian filmmaker Dan Piţa's Something Good from Life, his third film produced by Andrei Boncea and MediaPro Pictures (www.mediapropictures.com), is in post-production until December 2010.
18-07-2010

Agnieszka Odorowicz re-elected as PFI Director

Agnieszka Odorowicz has been elected to a second term as Director of the Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl) . Odorowicz became the first PFI Director in 2005, when the Insitiute was…
18-07-2010

mk2 picks up Outbound

French company mk2 (www.mk2.com) will handle the international sales of the first feature made by the young Romanian director Bogdan George Apetri. Outbound (Periferic) will have its world premiere in…
15-07-2010

PRODUCTION: Nagy lands lead in Paw

Hungarian actor Ervin Nagy (Chameleon) will play the main role in Robert Pejó's new feature, Paw (Mancs). According to producer László Kántor, Nagy was chosen over Jean Reno and Christopher…
15-07-2010

Hell goes into postproduction

Turkey's first 3-D movie, Cehennem (Hell), finished filming in June 2010. It was shot with digital HD technology.
14-07-2010

Turkish TV series sell abroad

Turkish TV series are taking off in Eastern Europe as well as Arabic countries, according to a new Eurodata report.
14-07-2010

Slovakia announces coproduction forum

MEDIA Desk Slovakia (www.mediadeskslovakia.eu) and the European Documentary Network (www.edn.dk) are organising a one-day ‘Co-Producing Documentaries in Europe' seminar and workshop focusing on the opportunities for documentaries on the European…
13-07-2010

East Silver accepts applications

The 7th Annual East Silver Market, specialising in Eastern and Central European documentaries, has announced it is accepting submissions for 2010.
13-07-2010

If I Want to Whistle racks up more sales

Berlinale Silver Bear winner If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle has been sold to the United Kingdom, France and the United States. Director Florin Şerban's first feature was released…
12-07-2010

PRODUCTION: Antonio Riestra signs on to Lidice

Mexican cinematographer Antonio Riestra, Oscar nominiee for best cinematography for Amores Perros (2000), will shoot Lidice, a big-budget Czech war movie directed by Petr Nikolaev and starring Karel Roden.
12-07-2010