PRODUCTION: Hana Jusić Develops Quit Staring at My Plate
ZAGREB: Hana Jusić's debut feature, Quit Staring at My Plate/ Ne gledaj mi u pijat, is a Croatian, Danish and French coproduction set for shooting in May 2015.
Kino Polska TV Invests in TV Shopping
WARSAW: Kino Polska TV has bought 80% of the shares in Polish TV shopping company TV Okazje.
FESTIVALS: Eastern Promises Retrospective at the San Sebastian IFF
SAN SEBASTIAN: An impressive retrospective of 50 Eastern European films is being featured at this year’s 62nd San Sebastian Film Festival. The series, entitled Eastern Promises. Autobiography of Eastern Europe,…
Warsaw 44 Opens at Number One in Poland
WARSAW: Following a good critical reception at the 39. Gdynia Film Festival, the WWII drama by Jan Komasa soared to the top of the Polish box office in its opening…
America, Here We Come! Sets Opening Record for 2014
BUCHAREST: Răzvan Săvescu’s debut feature America, Here We Come!/America,venim! racked up 14,257 admissions in the first weekend, more than #Selfie, the biggest hit of 2014 so far, but it didn’t…
FESTIVALS: Regiofun International Festival of Film Producers Jubilee
KATOWICE: The fifth IFFP, Regiofun, will take place from 7-12 October 2014. The only European festival dedicated exclusively to film producers, it draws producers from around the world.
Slovak Doc 38 Tops Box Office in Record Opening
BRATISLAVA: Director Daniel Dangl's new doc 38 about the Slovak ice-hockey legend Pavol Demitra, has topped the Slovak box office reaching record numbers of spectators. With nearly 50,000 admissions in…
PRODUCTION: People’s Hero Ljiljan Vidić Shooting
ZAGREB: Croatian director Ivan Goran Vitez (Forest Creatures) is shooting People’s Hero Ljiljan Vidić, a Croatian partisan-comedy set in 1944.
FNE at Gdynia FF 2014: Winners of the 39th Gdynia Polish Film Festival
GDYNIA: The top prize of the 39. Gdynia Film Festival went to Gods directed by Łukasz Palkowski, a biopic about professor Zbigniew Religa, who performed the first successful heart transplant…
Just the Two of Us Wins Aristoteles Worskhop
VAMA: Just the Two of Us, directed by Nina Blazin (Slovenia), shot by Erno-Aron Palfi-Horvath (Hungary, Romania) and edited by Raluca Petre (Romania) is the winner of the 9th edition…
FNE at BIAFF 2014: Winners of the 9th Batumi International ArtHouse FF
BATUMI: The 9th Batumi International Art-house Film Festival (BIAFF) held in Batumi 14-21 September 2014 gave its Grand Prix to Lenny Abrahamson for his comedy Frank (UK/Ireland, 2014) that had…
FESTIVALS: Eastern Realities at the Astra Film Festival in Sibiu
SIBIU: The Astra Film Festival, will take place from 6 - 12 October this year in Sibiu, Romania. A highlight of the festival is the Central and Eastern Europe Documentary…
OBITUARY: Eminent Slovak journalist and Dissident Angesa Kalinova
BRATISLAVA: Journalist and writer Angesa Kalinova died at the age of 90 on the morning of 18 September 2014 after a long illness.
Eight New Romanian Films Set for Theatrical Release this Autumn
BUCHAREST: Romanian films are starting to make major inroads into the domestic theatrical market with eight new features set for release in a crowded autumn schedule. Most of the productions…
Jamie Campbell-Bower and Gerard Depardieu to star in It's Showtime Siberia!
BUDAPEST: Academy award nominated Robert Dornhelm is to direct historical drama It's Showtime Siberia!, with shooting starting in March 2015. The film is a coproduction betwen Germany, Austria, Hungary, Russia…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Czech Docs 2014-2015 Event
The Institute of Documentary film and the Czech Film Center present the joint event Czech Docs 2014-2015 which opens 29 September 2014.
Creative Europe's MEDIA moved to DG Connect
WARSAW: In a surprise move the European Commission has moved the management for the Creative Europe MEDIA programme to Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG Connect).
PRODUCTION: Romanian-Swiss Director Ruxandra Zenide Preps Romanian Swiss Coproduction The Miracle of Tekir
BUCHAREST: Romanian Director/screenwriter Ruxandra Zenide will start shooting her second feature, The Miracle of Tekir/Miracolul din Tekir on 20 October, a Swiss/Romanian coproduction planned for release in spring 2015.
Thirteen CEE Films Score Spot in European Film Awards 2014 Selection
RIGA: The 27th European Film Awards will take place in this year's Capital of Culture, Latvia's capital Riga. The European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the titles of the…
More CEE Films Submitted for 2015 Foreign Oscar
WARSAW: Croatia, Estonia, Latvia and Georgia have announced their submissions for the Best Foreign-Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards.
