FNE Turkish Week: Turkish Film Continues to Dominate Local Box Office
ISTANBUL: Turkish films dominated the local market in 2009 with a 51% share of the box office in 2009.
FESTIVALS: Fresh Film fest moves to Prague
The Fresh Film Fest will move to Prague this year, after six years in the spa town of Karlovy Vary.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Midpoint launches new training programme
Five leading Central European film schools are joining forces on a project to move young filmmakers into the professional world with Midpoint, the Central European Script Center (www.midpoint-center.eu).
Romanian grant conditions announced
The National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro) has allocated 4,354,000 million euro (18 million RON) for the first session of the grants in 2010.
FNE Turkish Week: Turkish Film Production Up more than 700% in Seven Years
ISTANBUL: Turkish feature film production has increased from 9 films released in 2002 to 69 in released in 2009 according to the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Wisla Polish film fest opens in Moscow
33 sceny z życia (33 Scenes from Life) by Małgorzata Szumowska opened the Wisla Polish Film Festival (www.festiwalwisla.pl) in Moscow, with the festival dedicated to deputy minister of foreign affairs…
Bulgaria’s Zincograph selected by Cannes L'Atelier
Vladislav Todorov's and Yavor Gardev's political psycho-thriller Zincograph is the first Bulgarian feature project ever chosen by the Cannes Cinéfondation (www.festival-cannes.com/fr/cinefoundation) L'Atelier networking program.
FESTIVALS: Final call for BuSho film fest
The 6th BuSho film festival, running September 1-5, 2010 in Budapest, has announced its final call for online entries on May 1, 2010.
Ezel Sweeps Ismail Cem Turkish TV Awards
The first ever Ismail Cem Turkish TV Awards (http://www.ismailcemawards.com/) took place on 24 April in the Turkish resort of Antalya. Prizes were awarded by Mustafa Akaydın, Provost of Antalya. The…
FNE at Finale Plzen: CFC introduces new Czech productions
The Czech Film Center (CFC, www.filmcenter.cz) offered a platform for 18 films in development and production at its annual presentation during the Finale (www.filmfestfinale.cz) festival of Czech films on April…
FESTIVALS: Gdynia announces competition lineup
The 35th Polish film festival taking place in Gdynia May 24-29, 2010, has announced the titles of 21 films in the main competition.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Kawasaki's Rose wins Finale Plzen festival
Director Jan Hřebejk picked up the Golden Kingfisher for best feature film and the Audience Award for Kawasaki's Rose at the closing ceremony of Finale festival of Czech films held…
New Czech animation festival premieres
The Czech Republic will see two animation film festivals competing for attention in the upcoming weeks: Anifest, which moved to the town of Teplice, and Anifilm, which has been newly…
Turkey’s Top Resort To Host Big Bash For Turkish TV Awards
ANTALYA: The first ever Ismail Cem Turkish TV Awards (www.ismailcemawards.com) on 24 April in Antalya promises to be one of the biggest events of the year in Turkey. Antalya already…
SFP opens Wroclaw branch
The Polish Filmmakers Association hads opened a new branch in Wrocław to accommodate the needs of a growing community of film professionals in the region.
Poland honored at Eurovision TV Summit
Public broadcaster Telewizja Polska (www.tvp.pl) was honored for its series Londoners at the Eurovision TV Summit in Lucerne on April 21.
MTG announce first quarter revenues up
Modern Times Group (www.mtg.se), the Swedish based TV operator and owner of Viasat, announced a 6% rise in revenues, but a 13% decline in sales for its operations in Estonia,…
PRODUCTION: Something Good From Life begins filming
Director Dan Piţa (Luxury Hotel/Hotel de lux, Paso doble/Pas în doi) is in production with his latest film, Something Good From Life.
FNE at FINALE Plzen FF: Competition: Janosik. A True Story
Janosik. A True Story, a Central European co-production from Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary directed by Agnieszka Holland and Kasia Adamik, screens in the main competition of the Czech…
Ismail Cem Turkish TV Awards Nominees Announced
ANTALYA:The nominations for the first ever Ismail Cem Turkish TV Awards (www.ismailcemawards.com) have been announced. Turkey is one of the world's biggest producers and exporters of TV programming and the…
