War and Peace Filming in Lithuania
VILNIUS: A six-part television series based on Leo Tolstoy‘s novel War and Peace has begun filming in Vilnius. The series is being made by BBC Cymru Wales Drama, in partnership…
Obituary: Georgian Actor and Filmmaker Otar Koberidze
TBILISI: Famous Georgian actor, director and screenwriter Otar Koberidze passed away at the age of 90. Born in 1924, Otar Koberidze graduated from the Rustaveli State Theatre Institute, known today…
Admission for European Films Doubled in Romania in 2014
BUCHAREST: Total admissions for European films doubled in Romania in 2014, according to the National Film Center. In total, 262 out of 292 screens are now digitalised compared to 226…
FESTIVALS: FNE Partners with Cannes Producers Network for Special Workshop Offer
WARSAW: Film New Europe has teamed up with the upcoming Cannes Marche Du Film and the Producers Workshop to promote Central and Eastern European producers during Cannes.
PRODUCTION: Latvian Romeo and Juliet in Production
RIGA: Director Maris Martinsons continues work on Romeo and Juliet / Romeo un Džuljeta, his interpretation of Shakespeare's play. Here, the love story is set in contemporary Latvian society and…
Production Spending in Hungary Reaches 46 billion HUF
BUDAPEST: According to the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH), the country saw an average of 250 cinema and television films produced with a production value of almost HUF 46…
FESTIVALS: Emerging Documentary Projects Awarded at the East Doc Platform
PRAGUE: The fourth edition of East Doc Platform, which ran from 2 to 8 March 2015, has come to a close. The Golden Funnel Award was given to the Estonian…
GRANTS: CNC to Fund Mungiu, Mihăileanu and Şerban
BUCHAREST: The Romanian National Film Centre allotted 2,430,892 EUR / 11,880,000 RON at the second grants contest of 2014 with the results announced on 9 March 2015. New projects of…
FESTIVALS: One World Festival Announces Results
PRAGUE: The juries of the 17th annual One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival have granted eight awards. Best Film 2015 went to The Look of Silence by American…
FESTIVALS: Sofia Meetings 2015 Announces Second Fiction Film Projects
SOFIA: The Sofia Meetings coproduction market this year includes projects from Bulgaria, Lithuania, Georgia, Romania and Latvia. The event, which supports first, second or third feature projects looking for financial…
Romania to Launch Location Guide Project
BUCHAREST: The New Romanian Cinema Association together with the local industry are launching Location Guide Romania, a project aiming to promote the country’s various shooting locations and production facilities.
Bulgarian National Television Opens Public Vote for Best Film
SOFIA: As part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Bulgarian cinema in 2015, Bulgarian National Television has opened a public vote for Best Bulgarian Film among 100 titles.…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Euro Cinema and G8 Cinema, Sofia
This month we speak with Ina Darova, manager of the Euro Cinema and the Cultural Centre G8. Euro Cinema was founded in 2001 as a single screen Art house cinema,…
Fifty Shades Star Jamie Dornan to Play Czech Soldier
PRAGUE: British director Sean Ellis will shoot Anthropoid, a World War II thriller in the Czech Republic later this year. The film's name is a reference to the codename of…
FESTIVALS: CEE Films Selected for Cinefoundation's Atelier
CANNES: Gyorgy Kristof's Out, a coproduction between Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Latvia, and Romanian director Ionut Piturescu's feature Borders, have both been selected for Cinefoundation's Atelier in 2015. The films…
Polish Broadcasting Council Tightens Regulation of Foreign Ownership of Polish Broadcasters
WARSAW: According to a new report commissioned and published by the Polish National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT), all buyers from outside of Europe who want to acquire a stake in Polish…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: KineDok's First Screening in La Fabrika
A screening of brand new film Sugar Blues by Andrea Culkova will open a new project by IDF focused on alternative distribution of creative documentaries: KineDok Launch; March 6, 2015,…
PRODUCTION: Janusz Majewski shooting Eccentrics
WARSAW: WFDiF will produce Janusz Majewski's newest film, Eccentrics. The shoot starts on 17 March 2015.
PRODUCTION: Sex And The USSR A Double Life in Production
RIGA: Inara Kolmane is working on her archive-footage based documentary project about the intimate side of the life behind the Iron Curtain in Sex And The USSR, A Double Life/Sekss…
Under Electric Clouds Snapped Up by Russian Distributor
Russian distributor Paradiz has picked up local film Under Electric Clouds/Pod electricheskimi oblakami, a coproduction between Russia, Ukraine and Poland. The film, directed by Alexey German Jr, won best camera…
