Malta Announces Training Programme
The Malta Film Commission has been awarded 500,000 EUR to create a certified training programme aime at improving employment opportunities and develop a skilled film industry workforce.
Romania Gets Kiss
BUCHAREST: HBO Europe will begin production on the Romanian version of the Israeli series Shall We Kiss in spring 2013.
FNE TV: One World Festival and IDF East Doc Platform
FNE TV teams up with Ontente to bring you news and interviews from One World Film Festival and IDF's East Doc Platform in Prague. Click HERE to see the videos
PRODUCTION: Colette in Postproduction
PRAGUE: Milan Cieslar has finished shooting his romantic war film Colette based on the book of the same name by Pulitizer Prize nominated Czech writer Arnost Lustig who also co-wrote…
FNE at Finale Plzen 2013: Competition Films Announced Films
PLZEN: Eleven Czech feature films will compete for the Golden Kingfisher awards at the 26th Finále Plzeň festival of Czech films.
RCS&RDS Sells Digi TV Croatia to Vipnet
BUCHAREST-ZAGREB: Digi TV has been sold to Croatian operator Vipnet, a subsidiary of Telekom Austria for an undisclosed sum.
FESTIVALS: One World Reaches Wider Audiences
PRAGUE: One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, which saw audience numbers rise by 25 percent for the 2013 festival, presents its Best Film Award to the Danish film…
Golden Tapes for Rose and Amour
WARSAW: The Golden Tapes, held on 11 March 2013, gave its Best Film award to the post WWII drama Rose directed by Wojciech Smarzowski.
Child's Pose Sets Opening Record in Romania
BUCHAREST: Child's Pose directed by Calin Peter Netzer set a 20 year opening weekend box office record in Romania, taking in 59,407 EUR/ 259,217 RON.
Plus Camerimage Gets Oscar Nod
Poland’s cinematography themed festival Plus Camerimage has been selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a qualifying festival in the Documentary Short Subject category.
New Chairman for Latvian TV
RIGA: Ivars Belte has been appointed Board Chairman of Latvian State Television (LTV)
PRODUCTION: Cowboys Wrap Shooting
ZAGREB: Tomislav Mršić’s dramatic comedy Cowboys completed shooting on 2 March 2013.
Komandarev Launches The Judgment at Sofia Meetings
SOFIA: Bulgarian director Stefan Komadarev (The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner, shortlisted for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards in 2010) will show ten…
Febiofest under New Ownership
PRAGUE: Czech media reports that the 20-year-old Prague based film festival Febiofest has been sold to Prague International Film Festival.
Hungarian Ad Market Continues Decline
BUDAPEST: Advertising revenues for the Hungarian TV market fell by 11% in 2012 to just under 49b HUF.
PRODUCTION: The Bridge at the End of the World Moves into Postproduction
ZAGREB: Branko Ištvančić, (The Ghost in the Swamp) finished shooting The Bridge at the End of the World, a thriller produced by Irena Skorić through Artizana Film in coproduction with…
PRODUCTION: Name in the Dark Goes into Postproduction
VILNIUS: Name in the Dark (Vardas tamsoje), a Lithuanian detective story directed by Agnė Marcinkevičiūtė is in post-production for an October 2013 premiere.
FESTIVALS: CEE Films Compete in Vilnius
VILNIUS: Twelve of the best films from Central and Eastern Europe are competing in the 19th Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino Pavasaris” competition programme, New Europe – New Names, inaugurated…
FNE IDF DocBlock: East Doc Platform at One World
PRAGUE: The East Doc Platform opens at One World International Human RIghts Documentary Festival in Prague.
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Jakub Mroz - Poland
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…
