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ASCENT CARRIES OUT COLLISION POST FOR ITV1
Ascent 142 has completed the full post production on Collision, a three-part drama starring Douglas Henshall and Paul McGann, which tells the story of a major road accident and a how it irrevocably changes the lives of a group of strangers.
"Night Boats" at Connecting Cottbus!
"Night Boats", a script from the 3rd edition of ScripTeast, written by Elvis Bosnjak and Igor Mirkovic (Croatia) qualified for Connecting Cottbus co-production market. Igor Mirkovic is also going to direct the film. The shooting is planned for the summer 2010 and the producers are Marina Andree and Darija Kulenovic…
THE WORLD IS BIG… and the Oscar lurks around the corner
The Bulgarian-German-Hungarian-Slovenian co-production is the Bulgarian submission for the Academy Award nominations for the Best Foreign Language Film and will be screened at the AFM.
SPECIAL AWARD TO THE POLISH CINEMATOGRAPHER FOR IMMENSE CONTRIBUTION TO THE ART OF FILM
We have the great pleasure to announce, that in 2009 the Special Award to the Polish Cinematographer for Immense Contribution to the Art of Film goes to Dariusz Wolski.
Europe's young acting talent to be showcased in Lithuania
European Film Promotion (EFP) is going to present three of the best young actors from across Europe selected as 2009 SHOOTING STARS with their latest films at theEuropean Film Forum Scanorama in Vilnius/Lithuania (November 5-7, 2009).
Independent American filmmakers in Lithuania: Go get some rosemary and life will change
"Go get some rosemary!" may well become a new motto for all who have watched the film Go Get Some Rosemary in Kaunas International Film Festival. With this phrase, the authors of the film Benny and Josh Safdies expressed the tiny boundary between the state of happiness and the state…
Warsaw CentEast expands to Moscow
The Warsaw Screenings, held as part of the CentEast market (www.centeast.org), added a second part, the CentEast Warsaw-Moscow Presentation, a careful selection of works-in progress from the East European region.
UK, CANADA, AND ITALY TAKE TOP AWARDS AT FILMINUTE 2009
Great stories, special effects, and even Twitter have an effect in determining the winners at Filminute, the international one-minute film festival.
South Korea opens window on European film artists
When the Pusan International Film Festival (October 8 - 16, 2009) lights its screens for 355 films from across the globe, a sizeable European artistic delegation is among the guests presenting their films. Backed by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, European Film Promotion (EFP) is supporting the European…
Stasys Eidrigevičius: “Kaunas is a very important city in the path of my creative work”
After the screening of the film Bouzkachi: The Chant of Steppes on Saturday night, viewers of Kaunas International Film Festival had an opportunity to meet and talk with the artist Stasys Eidrigevičius. He said he was very happy to meet the Lithuanian audience and introduce the film in which he…
Bursa International Silk Road Film Festival
Dear Member of the Press, We are happy to inform you that 4th Bursa International Silk Road Film Festival will be held between 14th-22th November, 2009 in the beautiful and historic city of Bursa, a unique metropolis nearby Istanbul that has managed to preserve its culture through time.
RABBIT A LA BERLIN CLOSER TO OSCAR NOMINATIONS
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the list of eight semi-finalists in the Documentary Short Subject category for the 2010 Academy Awards. Three to five of those shorts will end up with Oscar nominations. Short documentary Rabbit à la Berlin by Bartek Konopka and Piotr Rosolowski…
Jihlava IDFF 2009 - Archive titbits and other news
Dear friends of documentary,(see the links to press releases at the end of each article)Translucent Being Georges Rouquier - almost forgotten master of rural studiesThe Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival 2009 will present almost forgotten personality of the French documentary - Georges Rouquier in the retrospective section Translucent Beings.
ScripTeast Stationary Lab concluded
ScripTeast Stationary Lab was concluded on Friday, 2nd of October in Ossolinski Palace, Sterdyn, Poland. During the 7-day workshops Authors of 12 projects representing 9 Central and Eastern European Countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia) were having individual meetings with Creative Advisors, attended case…
Developing Screenplays II - Discussion and Open Pitching Forum
October 14, 2009, 14:30-18:00 at FAMU, Smetanovo nábř. 2, Prague 1 / room U1
The Golden Orange takes the stage.
THE INTERNATIONAL ANTALYA GOLDEN ORANGE FILM FESTIVAL WILL BE CELEBRATING ITS 46th ANNIVERSARY ON OCTOBER 10-17TH, 2009.On Tuesday, September 15th, 2009, the Antalya Golden Orange Festival Committee held its first official press conference at the Istanbul Dedeman Hotel. Officiating over the Press Conference was the Mayor of Antalya and Chairman…
CentEast line-up announced
The CentEast Warsaw-Moscow presentation of Eastern European works-in-progress and completed films has selected 17 films to be presented during the Warsaw Film Festival (www.wff.pl) on October 16 and in Moscow on October 18.
