FNE at Berlinale 2011: Competition Our Grand Despair
BERLIN: Turkish film director Seyfi Teoman follows his internantionally successful Summer Book with the light-hearted Our Grand Despair. While the film's story begins with Nihal (Gunes Sayin) a young woman…
FNE at Berlinale 2011: Competition The Turin Horse
BERLIN: Billed as Bela Tarr's last bow The Turin Horse seems to be a throwback to his eight hour epic Satantango in terms of pace and monotony. Though a mere…
EFP Elects New Board of Directors
Éva Vezér, representing Hungary's Filmunio, was reelected to a second two year term as presient of European Film Promotion (www.efp-online.com ) Board of Directors at EFP's General Assembly meeting at…
FNE at Berlinale 2011: Competition Innocent Saturday
BERLIN: Escape from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster seems like an obvious topic for a fast moving action film with tension mounting as the clock ticks off the minutes. Russian director…
FNE at Berlinale 2011: Competition Coriolanus
BERLIN: Ralph Fiennes does not disappoint with his directorial debut of Shakespeare's Coriolanus. Indeed Fiennes' mastery of the Shakespearian material makes this look more like the work of an experienced…
Cinema Admissions Rise Across CEE
Cinema admissions showed significant increases in several Central and East European countries in 2010, outperforming European territories overall. The most notable results were registered in Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, and Turkey.…
FNE at Berlinnale 2011: Competition The Prize
BERLIN: Polish cinematographer Wojciech Staron's lensing of competition entry The Prize (El Premio) with his extreme close-ups and somber images dominates this film and gives it a tension and a…
FNE at Berlinale 2011: Cinema Total Unites Central European Neighbours
BERLIN: The 4th edition of Cinema Total running at the Berlinale promises to be a hot ticket for journalists and film industry professionals as the new team restructuring the Hungarian…
FNE - IDF DocBloc: Upcoming Production: Everything Is Possible
Wszystko jest możliwe, Poland, 52 min, Digi Beta, PortraitA cottage with a small garden at the edge of the village. Windows decorated with geraniums. The two elderly dwellers, Teresa and…
CNBC Moves into Baltics
Viasat Broadcasting, the leading satellite operator in the Baltics, has begun broadcasts of CNBC in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
FNE - IDF DocBloc: East Silver Films at Rotterdam
The upcoming International Film Festival in Rotterdam will present two films from the East Silver Market 2010 - the epic documentary about the life of the Romanian dictator The Autobiography…
EEFA Presents Projects in Berlin
Romanian based East European Film Alliance has selected three film projects to be presented during the Berlinale, representing Georgia, Croatia, and Germany. The three projects were awarded in the final…
