Finnish Attendance Continues to Climb
HELSINKI: Cinema attendance is up 14 percent over 2011 admissions, at 3.5 million, with domestic films attracting 1.3 million viewers, or 37 percent of all tickets sold.
FESTIVALS: Twelve Films Compete at Art Film Festival
Twelve films representing 17 countries will compete for the Blue Angel in the the International Competition of Feature Films of the 20th Art Film Fest, running from 16 to 23…
Czech TV Plans Kids Channel
PRAGUE: Public broadcaster Czech TV is preparing to launch CT3, a channel broadcasting childrens programming, by the end of 2012. A minimum of eight million euros annually is earmarked for…
PRODUCTION: Die Hard 5 Shooting in Hungary
BUDAPEST: The fifth installment of Die Hard directed by John Moore is currently shooting in Budapest through August 2012.
GRANTS: Finland Funds Six Films
HELSINKI: The Finnish Film Foundation (www.ses.fi) awarded over 1.6 million euros in funding for six feature films in the May grants round, and an additional 675,000 euros funding for one…
DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION: Vojtek Filming Children
BRATISLAVA: Jaroslav Vojtek (The Border) started shooting his first feature in May 2012. If in his documentary Unwanted Children/ Nechcené deti (2001) he was dealing with children from foster homes,…
FNE at TIFF: Joachim Trier’s Oslo, August 31st Wins Transylvania Trophy
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The 11th Transylvania IFF (www.tiff.ro) gave its top award (the Transylvania Trophy) to the Norwegian film Oslo, August 31st as well as the Best Script award to co-writers Eskil…
PRODUCTION: The Will to Live Goes into Production
WARSAW: Polish film director Maciej Pieprzyca will begin filmimg his second feature The Will to Live (Chce sie zyc)on 16 June 2012, continuing through 31 July. The film is produced…
FESTIVALS: Europeans Dominate Art Film Fest Competition
As in previous years, the centrepiece of the 20th Art Film Fest (www.artfilmfest.sk), running from 16 to 23 June in Trenčianske Teplice and Trenčín, will be the International Competition of…
Bulgarian Lifetime Achievement Award for Tosheva
SOFIA: One of Bulgaria's most valued film prizes, the Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award was given to the eminent documentary director Nevena Tosheva who marks her ninetieth birthday.
FESTIVALS: Anniversary Screening for Sun in a Net
BRATISLAVA: Slovakia will commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Sun in a Net with a gala premiere of the digitally restored version of the classic film by Stefan Uher at…
PRODUCTION: Our Queen, Mary in Production
BUCHAREST: Adrian Popovici is working on a 90 minute documentary about the life of Queen Mary of Romania (1875-1938), granddaughter of Victoria Queen of England and wife of the King…
EAVE Producers Workshop Heads to Croatia
Fifty-three producers representing 31 countries and 33 documentary and feature projects will participate in the second EAVE (www.eave.org) European Producers Workshop 2012, set to take place in in Opatija, Croatia,…
PRODUCTION: I Mean It, Lord in Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Iva Kúšiková finished principal shooting I Mean It, Lord, a TV documentary on the deportation of nuns into labour camps in the 1950's, and began editing in…
FESTIVALS: KVIFF Complete Competition Line-up
The 47th Karlovy Vary IFF (www.kviff.cz) taking place 29 June - 7 July 2012 has announced its competion films in all categories.
FESTIVALS: Art Film Fest Presents New Slovak Films
A selection of new Slovak films will be screened in the Slovak Season section of the Art Film Fest (www.artfilmfest.sk) taking place 16-23 June in Trencianske Teplice and Trencin, Slovakia.
PRODUCTION: Sulik Documentary in Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: Martin Sulik (Gypsy, The City of the Sun) is in postproduction with A Pilgrim through Slovak Times,a 52 minute documentary on the director, screenwriter, playwright, art director and ethnographist…
FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary Unveils East of the West Competition
PRAGUE: The Slovak-Czech debut Made in Ashrnrnthere (Až do mesta Aš) by Iveta Grófová will open Karlovy Vary's IFF (www.kviff.cz) East of the West competition of films from Central and…
FNE at Krakow Film Festival: Double Awards for Staron
KRAKOW: Polish cinematographer Wojciech Staron was the big winner at the 52nd Krakow Film Festival (www.kff.com.pl), winning two awards for his work on the film Entangled. The other prizes in…
FNE at TIFF: Romanian Days - Gone Wild
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The 80 minute documentary Gone Wild is a fascinating wild life "fairy tale." Written, directed and shot by Dan Curean, it was filmed entirely on the Danube Delta, mostly…
