PRODUCTION: Hungarian Istanbul in production
Hungarian director Ferenc Török is in production with Instanbul, a Hungarian/Turkish/Irish/Dutch coproduction starring Johanna Ter Steege.
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Mystification
Father and son Jerzy and Maciej Stuhr star in Mystification, a film about the mysterious "supposed" death of Polish artist Stanisław "Witkacy" Witkiewicz.
FNE at Cannes IFF 2010: Winners of Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award
CANNES: Polish scriptwriter Jacek Blawut has won the prestigious Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award for his script The Day of Chocolate. The awards ceremony took place 19 May on the Plage…
Cannes IFF 2010 Party and Screening Alert: Today and Tomorrow: May 20, 21
(All parties and events strictly require a personal invitation from the organizers)
Cannes IFF 2010 Party and Screening Alert: Today and Tomorrow, May 19
(All parties and events strictly require a personal invitation from the organizers)
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Trick
Trick directed by Jan Hryniak is a brilliant and intelligent crime drama that has been nicknamed "the Polish Ocean's Eleven."
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Made In Poland
Przemysław Wojcieszek creates a moving image of Poland in the adaptation of his highly successful play Made in Poland.
FESTIVALS: Krakow celebrates 50th jubilee
The 50th Krakow Film Festival (www.kff.com.pl), one of the oldest European documentary film events, celebrates its jubilee between May 31 and June 6.
FNE at Cannes IFF 2010: DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX (OF GODS AND MEN)
CANNES: French director Xavier Beauvois gives us one of the strongest competition entries from France in several years with Of Gods and Men. The film is based on the true…
PRODUCTION: Snow White: Turkish Photo Artist Selim Gunes Directs First Feature Snow White
ISTANBUL: Celebrated Turkish photo artist Selim Gunes is in production on his first feature film Snow White produced by Istanbul based Agustos Film (http://www.agustos.com/). The film was one of nine…
Cannes IFF 2010 Party and Screening Alert: Today and Tomorrow: 18 May
(All parties and events strictly require a personal invitation from the organizers)
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: The Christening
Marcin Wrona's second film, The Christening, earns a spot in the Gdynia Polish Film Festival's main competition.
Tanel Toom wins Estonia’s first Oscar
Young Estonian filmmaker Tanel Toom's (28) graduation film The Confession. one of the five nominees, won the Oscar for the Honorary Foreign Film award in the 37th Student Academy Awards,…
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Wonderful Summer
Gdynia competition film Wonderful Summer is a dark romantic comedy set against the world of funeral services, where the real world mixes with the mystical beyond.
Cannes IFF 2010 Party and Screening Alert: Today and Tomorrow - 17May
(All parties and events strictly require a personal invitation from the organizers)
FNE at Cannes IFF 2010: Jakubisko Films Pioneers Self Releasing in Central Europe
CANNES: Jakubisko Films (http://www.jakubiskofilm.com/) is considering further self-releasing in other territories after their successful distribution of Bathory in Hungary topped 35 000 admissions during Cannes. Self releasing has become a…
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Mother Teresa of Cats
In his new drama Mother Teresa of Cats, Paweł Sala presents a moving image of a contemporary brutal crime that shocked Poland.
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Lullaby
One of the most popular Polish directors and a master of Polish comedy Juliusz Machulski tackles the horror film genre in his new film Lullaby.
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Phenomenon
Phenomenon, a directing/screenwriting debut from Tadeusz Paradowicz, is a crazy comedy about the search of the ultimate perfect man.
FNE at Cannes IFF 2010: Hungaricom Acquires Major Animation Catalogue
CANNES: Budapest based Hungaricom (http://www.hungaricom.com/) has acquired world rights for the Kecskemetfilm (http://www.kecskemetfilm.hu/) animation catalogue with over 300 short films and 10 animated features. Hungarian animation studio Kecskemetfilm, founded in…
