CEE Completes Oscar Roster
PRAGUE: The final list of entrees vying for Oscar nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film category includes the recent Slovenian hit and Venice FEDORA winner Class Enemy directed by…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Nellis Directing HBO Doc
Award-winning Czech director Alice Nellis is a documentary on the subject of adoption. Click HERE to read full article on IDF
John Boorman’s Queen and Country Joins Films Shooting Romania
BUCHAREST: John Boorman, who started shooting Queen and Country in Shepperton, England, is set to continue production in Romania on 9 October 2013 with Castel Film providing facilities.
FESTIVALS: Astra FF 2013 Announces Competition Films
The 20th anniversary edition of Astra Film Festival taking place 14-20 October 2013 in Sibiu, Romania, will screen 100 documentaries (50 of them in its five competition sections) out of…
EFP Launches Westwind in Russia
European Film Promotion will present its first showcase of European Film Showcase, Westwind, in Moscow, 23-27 October 2013.
In the Name of Tops Polish Box Office
WARSAW: In the Name of, a controversial drama directed by Małgorzata Szumowska, has reached 120,000 admissions in the first 10 days of its domestic release.
Colette, Don Juan Charm Czech Audiences
PRAGUE: Jiri Menzel’s Don Juan story Womanizer took the top spot on the Czech box office, while director Milan Cieslar’s English language bow Colette remained in the top ten after…
Rangel Vulchanov Dies at 84
SOFIA: Rangel Vulchanov, voted the best Bulgarian director of the 20th century, died on 30 September 2013 after a long battle with cancer.
PRODUCTION: Czech Lion Winner Jirasky Directing Slovak Diary
BRATISLAVA: Slovak production company Furia Film is in production with the feature film Diary of Agatha Schindler, which depicts fragments of the lives of four Jewish musicians who were deported…
Poland Celebrates EFA Animation Nomination
The Congress, a Polish coproduction from Opus Film, is one of the three films nominated for the European Film Awards’ European Animated Feature Film 2013.
Docs Find a Home in Prague
PRAGUE: The vibrant Czech documentary scene was in evidence at a presentation of ten documentary works-in-progress premiering in the 2013-2014 season, a lead-up to the main event of the year:…
FNE Focus on Innovation and Building Audiences through regional networks
FNE asks Europe’s leading film professionals how Innovation can help to build new audiences for European film especially in the central and eastern European region. Next Up: We speak to…
Bulgarian Union of Film Makers Elects New President
SOFIA: Ivan Pavlov has been elected president of the Union of the Bulgarian Film Makers.
CEE Gets Serious with Oscar Hopefuls
PRAGUE: The minimalist Lithuanian documentary Conversations on Serious Topics directed by Giedre Beinoriute is the latest of the announced entries for the Oscar race for Best Foreign Language Film.
FNE Europa Distribution - Distributor of the Month: Stefan Kitanov
FNE together with Europa Distribution continues its Distributor of the Month series in recognition of the hard work and excellence of European distributors and the common problems they face -…
Last Minute Registration for Digital Production Workshop
WARSAW: FOCAL will hold workshop on digital production and post-production workflows (www.focal.ch/digiprodchallenge) in Warsaw, 28-30 November 2013. Registration deadline is 1 October.
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus Compete for EFA Awards
PRAGUE: Twelve films representing Central and Eastern Europe are among the 46 films entered into competition for EFA’s European Film Awards.
FNE at CentEast 2013: Big Names Bring Pitches to Warsaw
WARSAW: Krzysztof Zanussi, Jan Hrebejk, Nae Caranfil and Wojciech Smarzowski are among the more than 20 directors whose films are part of the works-in-progress presentation at the CentEast Market.
Janos Szasz’s KVIFF Prize Winner Hits Hungarian Screens
BUDAPEST Hungarian director János Szász’s Karlovy Vary Film Festival winner The Notebook opened last weekend (18 September 2013) with 25 copies in Hungary.
Viacom Launches US Comedy and Kids Channels on Additional Operators in Romania and Hungary
BUCHAREST/BUDAPEST: Viacom Media Networks (http://www.viacom.com/), the largest portfolio of ad-supported cable networks in the United States in terms of audience share, cut a deal with the communication operator RCS&RDS (www.rcs-rds.ro)…
