FNE at Zlin 50th Anniversary: Zlin's long road to the top
The Zlin International Festival of film for Children and Youth (www.zlin-fest.cz) proudly bills itself as the oldest children's film festival in the world -- as well as the largest. But…
FNE at Krakow 50th Anniversary: Interview with Krzysztof Gierat
The 50th edition of the Krakow Film Festival started on the 31st of May and will last till the 6tth of June 2010. Festival Director Krzysztof Gierat talked to FNE…
FNE at TIFF: Romanian award-winning films show box office strength
If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle (www.vreausafluier.ro) by Florin Şerban is leading a revival of Romanian film at the local box-office. The feature, awarded at the Berlinale 2010, comes…
FNE at Zlin’s 50th Anniversary: Visegrad Competition
The Zlin festival of films for children and youth (May 31-June 6, www.zlin-fest.cz) has been steadily expanding beyond its original mission and name suggests. One of the more welcome sections,…
Cartoon Forum heads to Hungary
Cartoon Forum, the European coproduction forum for TV and new platform animation, will be held in a new EU country for the first time this year, in the Hungarian border…
Estonian film production increases
Estonia film production rose in 2009, according to official government statistics, with seven feature films released in cinemas, a major increase from the average four features over the course of…
Poland Establishes Film Commission
Poland has established a national Film Commission. The protocol setting up the new organization was signed during the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia (http://pl.fpff.pl) at a meeting of Polish regional…
FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival 2010: Winners
Polish director Jan Kidawa Blonski won the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Festival of Polish Film Festival in Gdynia (24-29 May, http://eng.fpff.pl/) for his film Little Rose.
Slovenian allots 4.7 million Euros for film funding
The Slovenian government announced that the Slovenian Film Fund (www.film-sklad.si) will receive 4,7 million Euros to finance Slovenian film production in 2010. Of that, 1.3 million will go toward new…
FNE at Zlin’s 50th Anniversary: Czech and Slovak films take center stage
For Zlin (www.zlinfest.cz) festival director Petr Koliha, deciding how to mark the 50th anniversary of the Zlin festival of films for children and youth was an easy decision. At least…
Bartas wins top Lithuanian awards
Šarūnas Bartas won the best director and best film awards for Eastern Drift at the Lithuanian Film and TV industry Silver Crane Awards held in Vilnius on May 28. For…
Slovak film finds private support
Beginning July 1, 2010, Slovak Film and Television Academy (www.sfta.sk) will launch a partnership with private television JOJ (www.joj.sk) and Slovak beer producer Zlaty Bazant (www.heinekenslovensko.sk) to support distribution of…
East European Film Alliance chooses 14 film projects
The East European Film Alliance (EEFA, www.eefa-eu.org) has selected 14 film projects to participate in the EEFA Training Network 2010. The projects will receive one year of online assistance along…
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Tomorrow Will be Better
Dorota Kędzierzawska's Gdynia competition film Tomorrow Will be Better tells the story of three homeless Russian boys who travel to Poland in search of a better life, with the universal…
Krakow 50th Anniversary Special: Festival preview
The 50th anniversary edition of the Krakow Film Festival (May 31 - June 6) will present 89 documentary, animated and short films will participating in three competitions. The competition films…
Krakow 50th Anniversary Special: Jonas Mekas in Krakow
This year the Dragon of Dragons award, given by the Krakow Film Festival (May 31 - June 6) since 1998 to the eminent documentary and animated filmmakers, will go to…
Krakow 50th Anniversary Special: Krakow documentary premieres
The 50th Krakow Film Festival (May 31-June 6) is going to present the next part of the cycle ‘Krakow Documentary Premieres', consisting of films chosen from foreign film festivals which…
Krakow 50th Anniversary Special: Events Schedule
The 50th Krakow Film Festival, which takes place May 31 - June 1, has announced its complete schedule of events and ceremonies.
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Rite of Passage
In Rite of Passage, director Janusz Majewski creates an image of turbulent events in post-WWII Poland, seen trough the eyes of boys on the verge of their adult life.
Krakow 50th Anniversary Special: "Somewhere in Europe"
"Somewhere in Europe" is one of the thematic cycles of the jubilee, 50th Krakow Film Festival, which runs May 31 - June 1. The cycle consists primarily of documentaries from…
