FNE Austrians reach out to CEE neighbors

The Vienna Film Fund's director Peter Zawrel has been actively courting CEE producers, showing up at Slovenia's coproduction meeting in mid-November, and at a December 4 panel on Slovak film…
07-12-2009

Lucerna celebrates centenary

Prague's art nouveau architectural masterpiece, the Lucerna cinema, was the centerpiece of a celebration to mark 100 years since it opened on December 3, 1909.
07-12-2009

Estonia, Poland selected for Sundance competition

The Temptation of St. Tony from Estonia and All That I Love from Poland have been announced for the World Cinema Narrative competition at the Sundance Film Festival, January 21-31.
06-12-2009

Slovakia looks to build on current successes

A Slovak Film Institute (www.sfu.sk) panel, sponsored by Film New Europe, on the global position of Slovak films had a practical goal: to ensure that the current crop of international…
06-12-2009

FESTIVALS: French/Belgian film wins Bratislava International Film Festival

The International Bratislava Film Festival (www.iffbratislava.sk) under new programme director Matthieu Darras gave its grand prix to the French/Belgian film The Day God Went Away by director Philippe Van Leeuw.
06-12-2009

FESTIVALS: Plus Camerimage awards Lebanon cinematographer

Giora Bejach won the Golden Frog for Lebanon at the 2009 Plus Camerimage (www.pluscamerimage.pl), the festival recognizing cinematographers, and Marian Prokop took the Polish competition prize for Snow White Russian…
06-12-2009

EFA honors Wajda

The European Film Academy (EFA, www.europeanfilmacademy.org) will bestow its 2009 EFA FIPRESCI Critics award on Polish director Andrzej Wajda for his film Sweet Rush (Tatarak).
03-12-2009

Malta markets film service industry

Malta is building on the wave of western films shot in the island nation in recent years to attract productions from farther afield.
03-12-2009

Slovenia introduces digital TV transmission

With only one year remaining before it ends analog TV transmissions, Slovenia has begun digital transmissions as of December 1.
03-12-2009

Vrabec replaces Jurenc at PRO PLUS

Central European Media Enterprises (CME, www.cetv-net.com ) has named Pavel Vrabec to replace outgoing general manager Marijan Jurenc at its Slovenian company PRO PLUS.
02-12-2009

Strong CEE selection in EFP Shooting Stars

Czech, Polish, Romanian and Croatian actors are among the ten finalists selected for the prestigious Shooting Stars presentation by European Film Promotion (EFP).
02-12-2009

Baltic Event wraps in Tallinn

After two, intensive days of one-on-one meetings and making business deals, the best projects and producers at the Baltic Event were honored at an awards ceremony on December 1, 2009…
02-12-2009

Hungary prepares for MMKA leadership change

Five candidates are under consideration to become the new president of the Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary (MMKA, www.mmka.hu): Ferenc Tolvaly, producer András Muhi, scriptwriter Zoltán Kőrösi, producer Andrew…
02-12-2009

Hungary launches new regional film fund

Hungary is reaching out to neighboring Slovakia with the launch of the North Hungarian Film Fund, which follows the establishment of similar funds in the south and the west of…
02-12-2009

Slovenian cinemas convene on digital issue

Slovenian commercial and art house cinema owners meeting in Ljubljana have decided to unite behind the issue of converting cinema houses to digital projection.
01-12-2009

TV stations face cuts

Televison stations across CEE are feeling the effects of the economic crisis, cutting salaries and entire channels.
01-12-2009

PRODUCTION: Goran Vojnović's debut begins filming

Young Slovenian film and TV director Goran Vojnović begins filming film Piran - Pirano which received the largest support (920,507 Euros) from the Slovenian Film Fund (www.film-sklad.si) grants in 2009.
30-11-2009

Hřebejk film gets early release

Kawasaki´s Roses from Czech director Jan Hřebejk will get a December 21 release, instead of the previously announced spring 2010 release.
30-11-2009

FNE VISEGRAD FORUM: Interview with Pavel Strnad

FNE spoke with Pavel Strnad, chairman of the Czech Audiovisual Producers' Association about the current state of the Czech film industry
30-11-2009

ESTONIAN FOCUS: Bank Robbery

Bank Robbery, a feature debut from Andrus Tuisk opened in Estonia on October 23.
30-11-2009