FNE at KVIFF: Quality and Experience at Doc Project Presentation
KARLOVY VARY: Docu Talents from the East, the annual presentation of upcoming documentaries from CEE, was notable for a smart selection of nine films from pedigreed directors and producers.
FNE at KVIFF: CEE Territories Compete for LUX Prize
KARLOVY VARY: Films from Hungary, Poland and Romania are among the ten titles competing for the 2011 LUX Prize. The nominees were unveiled during the Karlovy Vary IFF (www.kviff.com).
FNE at KVIFF: Cottbus Unveils Polish/Ukraine Focus
KARLOVY VARY: The 21st FilmFestival Cottbus (1-6 November 2011, www.filmfestivalcottbus.de) is taking a new "anti-nationalist approach," festival director Roland Rust told FNE, with a regional Polish-Ukraine focus, a parallel to…
MIFF 2011: Star studded closing for Moscow International Film Festival
MOSCOW: The 33 Moscow International Film Festival (23 June-2 July 2011) closed with Helen Mirren accepting the festivl’s Stanislavsky Award for Lifetime Achievement. Mirren whose real name is Yelena Vasilyevna…
FNE at KVIFF: A Company Launches Distribution Branch
KARLOVY VARY: A Company Consulting and Licensing launched a new distribution company in the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 2 July 2011.
FNE at KVIFF: Voice Bank Expands Activities
KARLOVY VARY: Vox Humana - The Voice Bank launched a new film festival interview series at the Karlovy Vary IFF (www.kviff.com) with Hungarian director Istvan Szabo as its first subject.
MGM Signs Distribution Agreement with Forum Film
MGM signed a long-term distribution agreement with Forum Film, the distribution arm of Cinema City International NV (CCI), covering Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Israel, and includes both theatrical and…
MIFF 2011: Moscow Film Festival Prize Winners
MOSCOW: The 33 Moscow International Film Festival finished last night (2 July 2011) with the awarding of the festival’s Golden and Silver George prizes for the following films:
FNE at KVIFF 2011: Connecting Cottbus Adds Postproduction Award
(KARLOVY VARY) The 13th edition of Connecting Cottbus (3-4 November 2011, www.connecting-cottbus.de) will introduce a new award for postproduction services under incoming artistic director Bernd Bruder.
FNE - IDF DocBlock: Films Have Become Illustrations: Interview With Michal Marczak
The upcoming Karlovy Vary IFF will present several documentary films from Eastern Europe, many of them in competition. Among them is the Polish documentary film At the Edge of Russia…
FNE at KVIFF East of the West Competition: Mother's Paradise
Shortly after The Light Thief (2010), the Kyrgyz filmmaker Aktan Arym Kubat presents a new feature film, Mother's Paradise.
CME Completes Bontonfilm Acquisition
HAMILTON, BERMUDA: Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME) closed its previously announced transaction to acquire 100% of the shares of Bontonfilm a.s. on 30 June 2011.
MIFF 2011: Moscow Business Square focuses on Baltics, Georgia and CIS countries
MOSCOW: MIFF's business platform Moscow Business Square (27-29 June 2011) chose to focus on the Baltics, Georgia and CIS countries in its third edition giving Russian producers and film professionals…
MIFF 2011: Russian programme director Irina Pavlova, New Directions of Russian Cinema
MOSCOW: MIFF`s Russian film programme will present over 150 films this year screening all the recent features, docs and animation as well as a selection of shorts. For most foreigners…
FNE at KVIFF East of the West Competition: Punk's Not Dead
Punk's Not Dead /Pankot ne e mrtov by Vladimir Blaževski, which has its international premiere in the East of the West competition of the Karlovy Vary IFF, is a punchy…
MIFF 2011: Moscow’s Programme Director, Kirill Razlogov: Big Programme, Big Ambitions
MOSCOW: Moscow International Film Festival (http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/eng/) programme director Kirill Razalogov cannot be accused of lacking ambition. He presides this year over a programme that can only be described as vast…
FNE at KVIFF East of the West Competition: Heart’s Boomerang
One of the most outstanding young Russian directors, Nikolay Khomeriki, is showing his latest feature, Heart's Boomerang in competition in the East of the West section of the Karlovy Vary…
FNE at KVIFF East of the West Competition: Generation P
The Russian born American filmmaker Victor Ginzburg presents the international premiere of his Russian box-office hit, Generation P (www.generationp.ru), in the East of the West competition at Karlovy Vary IFF…
Moscow IFF Competition: Postcard
Kaneto Shindô, age 99 and a Moscow IFF veteran, returns to the festival where he first presented his films 50 years ago, and where he received a Lifetime Achievement award…
PRODUCTION: Destiny in development
The Czech Production company Central European Production and Locations (www.praguelocations.com) signed an coproduction agreement with the Chinese production company V.V .Hand Productions of Beijing to co-produce the action adventure film…
