Golden Tapes for Rose and Amour
WARSAW: The Golden Tapes, held on 11 March 2013, gave its Best Film award to the post WWII drama Rose directed by Wojciech Smarzowski.
Child's Pose Sets Opening Record in Romania
BUCHAREST: Child's Pose directed by Calin Peter Netzer set a 20 year opening weekend box office record in Romania, taking in 59,407 EUR/ 259,217 RON.
Plus Camerimage Gets Oscar Nod
Poland’s cinematography themed festival Plus Camerimage has been selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a qualifying festival in the Documentary Short Subject category.
New Chairman for Latvian TV
RIGA: Ivars Belte has been appointed Board Chairman of Latvian State Television (LTV)
PRODUCTION: Cowboys Wrap Shooting
ZAGREB: Tomislav Mršić’s dramatic comedy Cowboys completed shooting on 2 March 2013.
Komandarev Launches The Judgment at Sofia Meetings
SOFIA: Bulgarian director Stefan Komadarev (The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner, shortlisted for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards in 2010) will show ten…
Febiofest under New Ownership
PRAGUE: Czech media reports that the 20-year-old Prague based film festival Febiofest has been sold to Prague International Film Festival.
Hungarian Ad Market Continues Decline
BUDAPEST: Advertising revenues for the Hungarian TV market fell by 11% in 2012 to just under 49b HUF.
PRODUCTION: The Bridge at the End of the World Moves into Postproduction
ZAGREB: Branko Ištvančić, (The Ghost in the Swamp) finished shooting The Bridge at the End of the World, a thriller produced by Irena Skorić through Artizana Film in coproduction with…
PRODUCTION: Name in the Dark Goes into Postproduction
VILNIUS: Name in the Dark (Vardas tamsoje), a Lithuanian detective story directed by Agnė Marcinkevičiūtė is in post-production for an October 2013 premiere.
FESTIVALS: CEE Films Compete in Vilnius
VILNIUS: Twelve of the best films from Central and Eastern Europe are competing in the 19th Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino Pavasaris” competition programme, New Europe – New Names, inaugurated…
FNE IDF DocBlock: East Doc Platform at One World
PRAGUE: The East Doc Platform opens at One World International Human RIghts Documentary Festival in Prague.
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Jakub Mroz - Poland
FNE together with Europa Distribution continues its Distributor of the Month series. In recognition of the hard work and excellence of European distributors and the common problems they face, especially…
FESTIVALS: Istanbul 2013 Competition Announced
Thirteen films, including two Turkish films, will compete in the International Competition of the 32nd Istanbul Film Festival organised by the Istanbul Foundation of Culture and Arts (İKSV) and running…
Lithuania Awards Grants for 2013
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Film Centre approved 1,455,000 Litas in financial support for 62 projects for the year 2013
The Mysterious Boy Opens Strong in Croatia
ZAGREB: Dražen Žarković’s children’s film The Mysterious Boy/Zagonetni dječak, the sequel to local blockbuster Koko and the Ghosts/Koko i duhovi, had 11,617 admissions and took in 40,740 EUR/309,230 HRK at…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month – Cinema House, Bulgaria
FNE together with Europa Cinemas continues its Cinema of the Month series. In recognition of the hard work and excellence of European cinema operators we choose a cinema from each…
FESTIVALS: Trestikova Lauded at ZagrebDox
ZAGREB:Private Universe byHelena Třeštiková won the My Generation Award at the 9th ZagrebDox festival
TV7 Launches Bulgarian News Channel
SOFIA: Bulgaria’s TV7 will launch an HD information channel, News 7, on 7 March 2013.
Ivana Chubbuck - Mandragora Movies Acting Studios to open in Bucharest
BUCHAREST: Hollywood acting coach Ivana Chubbuck is joining forces with Bobby Păunescu and Mandragora Movies to open an acting school in Romania starting April 2013.