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Sauna awarded in Latvia, Stormheart in Belgium

AJ Annila's film Sauna has been awarded the main prize - The Golden Tooth - of Riga Fantasy Film Festival in Latvia (February 27 - March 8, 2009).
13-03-2009

Night Owls, The Karamazovs to screen at festival in Argentine resort Pinamar

Prague, March 11, 2009 - On March 12 and 13, 2009, the Argentine festival Encuentro Cinematográfico Argentino-Europeo "Pantalla Pinamar" will screen Michaela Pavlátová's Night Owls and Petr Zelenka's The Karamazovs in a special section, New Czech Cinema (Cine Checo de Ultima Hora).
12-03-2009

Scholarship Aplication to Cartoon Digital

Dear professional, As you know the MEDIA programme actively supports the training of professionals from new member countries (Bulgaria, Czeck Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia).To this end, CARTOON encourages applications for scholarships to its CARTOON MASTERS.The next Cartoon DIGITAL will be held in…
28-02-2009

*EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY*

*SHORT MATTERS! Brings Nominated Shorts to a Festival Near You!*Supported by Shorts International, programme now includes 15 festivals
28-02-2009

Huge international success for Yellow Bird’s Millennium films

Production company Yellow Bird's Swedish productions of Stieg Larsson's three books in the Millennium series are currently enjoying great international interest.
25-02-2009

ACADEMIA FILM OLOMOUC: WATCH AND KNOW! (...and for free!)

The 44th annual of the international festival of popular-scientific films, which belongs among the most renowned events of its kind in Europe, takes place in Olomouc from the 14th to the 19th of April, 2009.
24-02-2009

59. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (5 - 15 Februar 2009)

European Film Market 2009 Comes to a Successful Close
22-02-2009

STIEG LARSSON’S MEN WHO HATE WOMEN TO PREMIERE IN SCANDINAVIA

Stockholm, 13 February, 2009 - The worldwide gala premiere of the feature film based on the first book in Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium trilogy - Men Who Hate Women - will take place in Stockholm on 16 February. Following this, the public premiere of the film will take place in…
17-02-2009

ITV GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT AQUIRES BBS FOUR’S UPCOMING ‘NEW TOWN’

- Starring mark gatiss (LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN) & daniela nardina (This Life)- PRODUCED BY ANNIE GRIFFIN (The Book Group)
17-02-2009

TORN FROM THE FLAG - SPECIAL SCREENING IN BEVERLY HILLS

Due to its FIRST PRIZE WIN at the Beverly Hills HD Film Festival, Klaudia Kovács' documentary Torn from the Flag will have a second, special "Best of the Fest" screening in Beverly Hills.
17-02-2009

Production Support - The Finnish Film Foundation, February 2009

The Finnish Film Foundation has granted a total of 5 029 000 € production support to the following feature-length films:
17-02-2009

EUROPEAN ANIMATION ANNOUNCES THE FINALISTS FOR THE CARTOON MOVIE TRIBUTES 2009

Brussels, 16 February, 2009. The European Association of Animation Film has announced this week the nominees selected for the Cartoon Movie Tributes 2009, one of the most prestigious prizes in the world of animation.
17-02-2009

30 films competes for Polish Film Awards ‘Eagles’ 2009

The 11. edition of Polish Film Awards ‘Eagles' 2009 has begun with the votes by members of Polish Film Academy. 30 films are competing this year. The competition is accompanied by the retrospective of candidatefilms between 12th and 30th January. Over 500 members of Polish Film Academy has sent their…
15-02-2009

Hindus urge Cameron to handle upcoming Hollywood film "Avatar" "with sensitivity"

Expressing concern at the much-anticipated Hollywood movie "Avatar", Hindus have urged its director James Cameron to be careful when handling Hindu concepts and terminology.
08-02-2009

FNE partners in Berlin: Estonian films

We are happy to announce, that five Estonian features will be screened at the European Film Market in Berlin this year.
09-02-2009

Application process to the next edition of ScripTeast started on the 1st of February!

Next edition of ScripTeast is commencing in the autumn of 2009; the application process is on between the 1st of February and 30th of June.
02-02-2009

RENDEZ-VOUS WITH SOFIA

March 11 > 14, 2009 6th annual co-production conference
01-02-2009

CARTOON MOVIE TAKES A NEW LOOK AT EUROPEAN FILM ANIMATION

11th Cartoon Forum (4 - 6 March, 2009)A total of 49 animated films will take part in the 11th edition of Cartoon Movie, a key meeting point for the European animation industry which will be held this year in Lyon from 4-6 March. The films, including completed projects and those…
28-01-2009

CHINA'S SARFT VICE MINISTER TIAN JIN AT MIPTV 2009

Paris, 27 January 2009 - China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT) Vice Minister Tian Jin will lead a high-powered Chinese industry delegation at a series of "Focus on China" events and private receptions to be held at the 46th MIPTV on Tuesday 31st March, 2009.
28-01-2009

Juho Kuosmanen´s Citizens won Prix Arte at Premiers Plans

Juho Kuosmanen´s short film Citizens (Kaupunkilaisia, 2008) has won the Prix Arte at Premiers Plans film festival in Angers, France. Citizens has earlier won the Second prize Leopards of Tomorrow at Locarno Film Festival. Kuosmanen´s previous short film Roadmarkers (Kestomerkitsijät, 2007) won the third prize at the Cinéfondation in Cannes.
26-01-2009