PRODUCTION: Book Smugglers in Postproduction
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian-Irish co-production Book Smugglers (Smuigléirí Leabhar, Knygnešiai), a creative documentary bydirector Jeremiah Cullinane, is now in postproduction. The film will be completed in both 72 and 52 minute…
New Romanian TV Channels Receive Licenses
The National Audiovisual Council of Romania approved licenses for two TV stations at its 12 October 2010 meeting.
FESTIVALS: Eastern Plays wins Bulgaria's Golden Rose
Bulgaria's international success Eastern Plays (www.easternplays.com) continued its winning streak, taking the Golden Rose of the 29th Varna National Film Festival. Headed by director Ivan Nitchev, the feature film jury…
Connecting Cottbus Announces Pitching Selections
Connecting Cottbus, or CoCo as the influential pitching forum for East European films is affectionately known, has announced 15 projects selected for the 4-5 November 2010 session. They include projects…
FESTIVALS: CEE FilmsTake Top Awards at CinePecs
PECS: Under the affable and capable guidance of festival director Janos Keresnyei, the 2nd edition of the revitalized CinePécs IFF handed out its top awards to films from Czech Republic,…
Top Russian film director Fyodor Bondarchuk honoured at Antalya IFF
ANTALYA: Top Russian film director Fyodor Bondarchuk was honoured with an award for his artistic achievement at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival last night. The Mayor of Antalya region,…
CEE Territories Ready for Digital Transition
Slovenia, Malta, and Croatia are poised to join Estonia and Latvia in completing the transfer to digital transmission by the end of December 2010 or January 2011, according to the…
Romania receives EFA nomination
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle from Romanian director Florin Serban is nominated for the European Film Academy's prestigious European Discovery Prix FIPRESCI. The film is the only CEE…
Kusturica Exits Antalya Golden Orange IFF: Competition Lineup
ANTALYA: Serbian film director Emir Kusturica has left the 47th Antalya Golden Orange IFF following protests over his alleged comments about the Bosnian war. Kusturica has said he did not…
FESTIVALS: Adrienn Pál wins first FNE/Visegrad Coproduction Prize
PECS: Hungarian production company KMH Film Productions (www.kmhfilm.com) and producer Ferenc Pusztai received the first Film New Europe Visegrad Prix at the closing ceremony of CinePécs IFF (www.cinepecs.hu/) in Pecs…
The Happiest Girl In The World sold to Austria
BUCHAREST: Romanian director Radu Jude's first feature, The Happiest Girl In The World / Cea mai fericită fată din lume (www.ceamaifericitafatadinlume.ro) has secured distribution in Slovenia and ex-Yugoslavia, and just…
PRODUCTION: Abigel in preproduction
BUDAPEST: Abigél, the first feature film based on a popular Hungarian novel for youth, is in preproduction for an August/September 2011 shoot and theatrical release in 2012.
Interview with Marge Liiske, Director of the Estonian Film Foundation
1 What was the most important development in the Estonia's film industry over the past year? Coping with the economic crisis has been quite a struggle for the whole country.…
FNE Estonia Focus: Tallinn hosts European Film Academy Awards
TALLINN: This year's European Film Awards to be handed out in Tallinn! On 4 December, the cremé of the European film industry will be in Tallinn for the award ceremony…
FNE Estonia Focus: Animation
Estonian animation which recently celebrated its 50th birthday has been the flagbearer of Estonian cinema for most of that period with its seemingly endless list of festival awards and a…
French DVD distribution for Slovak “jewels”
France's Maladiva Films released DVD versions of four Slovak classics from the 1960's to French-speaking European territories France, Belgium, and Switzerland on 7 October 2010. They include two films by…
FESTIVALS: IFF Bratislava announces main competition line-up
The 12th IFF Bratislava announced ten films representing five continents selected for its main competition for first and second feature films. The competition includes films from Bulgaria and Romania, two…
FESTIVALS: 16 Films compete in Warsaw film festival
Sixteen feature films are screening in the international competition of the 26th Warsaw Film Festival (www.wff.pl), which runs 8-17 October. The list includes only thre films from CEE, with The…
FESTIVALS: New Horizons launches first American independent festival in Poland
Twenty independent feature films, including seven films making their European premieres, will compete in the first American Film Festival (www.americanfilmfestival.pl), taking place 20-24 October 2010 in Wroclaw.
Bulgarian filmmakers protest funding cuts
VARNA: Bulgarian filmmakers have become the latest victims of the austerity measures sweeping Europe in the wake of the European governments bail out of banks following the global financial crisis.
