PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Cult Film Director Shooting Flight Redirected
VILNIUS: Emilis Velyvis, director of the Lithuanian cult film hit Zero 2, is in production with Flight Redirected, a Lithuanian/UK coproduction.
PRODUCTION: Piekorz in Preproduction with Encounters
WARSAW: Magdalena Piekorz, one of Poland's rising young directors, is preparing to film Encounters (Zblizenia), a drama about a tumultuous relationship between a mother and her older daughter and her…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Kesaj Tchave
PRAGUE: Czech company Fresh Films is planning an April 2013 premiere for Rozalie Kohoutova's Roma-themed documentary Kesay Tchave.
Film New Europe - Step In - Locarno: Country Report: Czech Republic
The first half of the 2012 has been a crucial period for the Czech film industry as it awaits the new Film Act to be approved in the parliament. Czech…
RTL II to Launch in Romania
BUCHAREST: TV channel RTL II, airing entertainment and movies with the original content produced entirely in Hungary and in the Hungarian language, will begin broadcasts in Romania by the end…
PRODUCTION: Polish Kids Pic Gabriel Begins Filming
WARSAW: Director Mikołaj Haremski is in production with Gabriel, a family film for young children, shooting on location in rural Poland.
Historical Drama Dream Team 1935 in Postproduction
RIGA: Dream Team 1935 (www.platformafilm.com), a sports-themed historical film from Latvian director-producer team Aigars Grauba and Andrejs Ekis, is in the final stage of postproduction, with the national premiere of…
Film New Europe STEP IN - Locarno
Film New Europe is happy to announce its partnership with Locarno Film Festival's Industry Days STEP IN initiative. STEP IN will provide insight and look for global and pan-European solutions…
FILM NEW EUROPE - STEP IN - LOCARNO: COUNTRY REPORT: CROATIA
Croatia's most significant recent event affecting the film and TV industry was the approval of a 20% cash rebate for production costs incurred for feature films, documentaries, animation and TV…
Markiza to Launch Men’s Channel
BRATISLAVA: TV Markíza (www.markiza.sk), Slovakia's leading broadcaster owned by Central European Media Enterprises (www.cetv-net.com), is set to launch a third channel by the end of August 2012,.
FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Polish Days: Viva Bel@rus!
WROCŁAW: Krzysztof Lukaszewicz's second feature film Viva Bel@rus! is the story of a young rock musician who unwittingly get caught up in the world of political protest in Belarus under…
PRODUCTION: Actor Dragoş Bucur Preps Directing Debut
BUCHAREST: After starring in several acclaimed Romanian New Wave features Dragoş Bucur is preparing to shoot his directorial debut, Love Building, starting 23 July 2012.
FNE - Step In - Locarno Country Report: Bulgaria
After almost two years of a funding crisis, the second half of 2011 marked the restoration of the government's financial support for Bulgarian film.
FESTIVALS: New Horizons Hosts Polish Days Pitching Session
WROCŁAW: Seven new film projects at various stages of development were showcased during Polish Days at the T-Mobile New Horizons festival (www.nowehoryzonty.pl) underway in Wrocław.
Film New Europe STEP IN Locarno: Country Report Bosnia - Herzegovina
With Bosnia and Herzegovina entering the MEDIA Programme, expanding its access to film funding and now looking at a promising line-up of new films in the coming year, the country…
FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Polish Days: You Will Never Know
WROCŁAW: You Will Never Know by Jan Kidawa-Błoński, tells the story of a young woman who shelters a young Jewish woman during WWII, and the obsessive bond that grows between…
Croatian Audiovisual Centre Announces 2012 Grants
ZAGREB: Croatia has awarded grants of 402,082 EUR/3,015,622 HRK to four feature films, one documentary and two short films - all minority co-productions.
FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Polish Days : You Are God
WROCŁAW: Leszek Dawid's original take on the legendary Polish hip hop band, You Are God, tells the story of the meteoric rise of the band Paktofonika and the suicide of…
Film New Europe STEP IN Locarno: Country Report Poland
Seven years after Poland decided to make the film industry a priority with both money and expertise that established the Polish Film Institute (PISF), Polish cinema is a well-established presence…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Vitić Dances
Croatian director Boris Bakal is participating in Ex-Oriente 2012 with his documentary film project Vitic Dances.
