PRODUCTION: Czech 90's Story Wraps
The creative team behind Walking Too Fast (Pouta) - director Radim Špaček, screenwriter Ondřej Štindl, DoP Jaromír Kačer and producer Vratislav Šlajer - have wrapped two months of shooting for…
Bulgarian Admissions Up
SOFIA: With a 40% jump in admissions to 2,716,090 and box office up nearly 43%, at 11,691799 EUR, for the first six months of 2013 compared to last year, Bulgarian…
Croatia Funds Docus and Michael Jackson Co-Production
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre has granted 894,117 EUR/6,714,410 HRK in its latest session.
Production: Csaba Fazekas's Swing Shooting
BUDAPEST: Csaba Fazekas (Boldog születésnapot!) is shooting his second feature, Swing, a musical comedy inspired by Hungarian hits. The story is driven by three desperate women who join together to…
First Caucasus Docu Fest Seeks Filmmakers
TBILISI: Ciné-DOC, the region's pioneering documentary IFF, launching 15-20 October, has announced its submission deadlines for the international competition section and the Focus Caucasus screenings.
FNE - IDF DocBloc: Euro Animators Sought for Belgrade Fest
Balkanima, the festival of Southeastern European animation running 1-5 October, now in its 10th edition, is accepting submissions through 10 August, seeking work up to 25 minutes from continental filmmakers…
Warsaw IFF Announces China-Eastern Europe Promotion Slate
Following up on last year's first appearance of official Chinese representation, the Warsaw IFF (www.wff.pl), running 11-20 October, will launch the China-Eastern Europe Film Promotion Program (CEEFPP), intended to foster…
PRODUCTION: Kostadin Bonev Shooting Docu on 'Romantic Execution'
Award-winning director Kostadin Bonev (Warming Up Yesterday's Lunch, 2002; Europolis-The Town of The Delta, 2009) is shooting his full length documentary Six Stories On A Romantic Execution about the life…
Kunsthal Paintings Robbery Inspires Giurgiu
BUCHAREST: Director and producer Tudor Giurgiu (Of Snails and Men) is developing together with photographer Cristian Movilă a feature based on the international art theft sensation last year that reached…
Films Boutique Picks Up Roxanne
BUCHAREST: Valentin Hotea's debut feature, Roxanne, will be sold internationally by the Germany's Films Boutique and hold its world premiere in the Cineasti del Presenti competition at the Locarno IFF.
CME Struggling Under Ad Slump But Hopeful
PRAGUE: TV Nova owner Central European Media Enterprises has reported another drop in revenues of $31 m for the second quarter of the year to $180 m, citing an ad…
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month Gabor Csurdi
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, especially…
PRODUCTION: Crazy Teens Starts Shooting
BUCHAREST: Cristina Iacob's debut feature, a comedy road movie produced by MediaPro Pictures started filming on the Black Sea on 29 July and will continue in various seaside locations and…
Child's Pose Romania's Oscar Entry
BUCHAREST: Călin Peter Netzer's family power drama has been selected unanimously by the national jury to be forwarded as Romania's submission for next year's Academy Awards. The 86th edition will…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Festival and Congress Centre Varna
FNE together with Europa Cinemas continues its Cinema of the Month series. In recognition of the hard work and excellence of European cinema operators we choose a cinema from each…
PRODUCTION: Georgi Djulgerov’s Buffer Zone in Post-production
Renowned for his original talent and unconventional style, Silver Bear-winning Bulgarian director Georgi Djulgerov (Advantage, 1977) is in postproduction on his 15th feature, Buffer Zone. The young company Front Film,…
SOFA Film Agent Workshops to Launch in August
WROCLAW: The first edition of SOFA, or School of Film Agents, will launch at Wrocław 19-30 August, said the creators of the workshop, Berlinale leaders Nikolaj Nikitin and Dieter Kosslick,…
Funerals and Family Drama Sweep Pula IFF Awards
Bobo Jelčić's unconventional Croatian feature on the fierce dilemma forced upon a man by the funeral of a friend, A Stranger (www.spiritus-movens.hr), swept seven of the main competition awards as…
PRODUCTION: Docu The End of Light is Wrapping
ZAGREB: Aleš Suk and Željka Sukova are in post-production on their "docu-fiction fairy tale," shot over three years and expected to complete in spring. Music by Midi Lidi, the Czech…
Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari Scores Top Prize at New Horizons IFF
WROCLAW: The fantastical sojourn through eastern Russian pagan rituals from Alexey Fedorchenko, Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari (Nebesnye zheny lugovykh mari). has taken the main prize in the T-Mobile…
