PRODUCTION: A Film for Friends in post-production
Director/screenwriter Radu Jude is currently in post-production with a low-budget 60-minute film A Film for Friends/Film pentru prieteni which he produced and self-financed. Jude, whose first feature The Happiest Girl…
FNE Visegrad 2010: Coproductions in Hungary
Hungary has become one of Europe's international coproduction hubs over the past six years, following the passage of important legislation that set up a tax rebate system that allows producers…
Kościukiewicz Wins Cybulski Prize
WARSAW: The Cybulski Prize (www.nagrodacybulskiego.pl), an annual award for best performance from a Polish actor under age 35, was given to Mateusz Kościukiewicz for his role in Mother Teresa of…
European Coproduction Forum in Łódź
The XVth European Cinema Forum CINERGIA 2010 in Łódź hosted a special discussion panel devoted to the development of film co-productions in Europe. The panel "European co-productions - europudding or…
PRODUCTION: Romanies Go To Elections in Production
The Slovak/Czech documentary Romanies Go To Elections from one of the new Slovak documentary directing stars, Jaro Vojtek (Slovak Oscar candidate The Border), is currently in production with 50% of…
PRODUCTION: Sweet Smoke finishes shooting in Lithuania
Director Masha Novikova has completed filming her documentary triptych under the working title Sweet Smoke (OF FATHERLAND/ OF HOMELAND) in Lithuania. The release of the film is planned for 2011.
FNE 2010 Visegrad Special: Hungary
Hungary began a transition in its film funding and administration system in 2010 which is expected to have a complete overhaul in 2011. FNE looks at the film and TV…
FNE Visegrad Prix nominations for best documentary announced
WARSAW: Nominations for the first-ever FNE Visegrad Prix for best documentary coproduction from a Visegard country have been announced. The films are all screening in the International Bratislava Film Festival…
PRODUCTION: We Will Meet in our Dreams in Development
Slovak production company Arina (www.arinafilm.sk) is in development with director Juraj Nvota (Muzika) on We Will Meet in our Dreams. The 1.5 million euro story of thwarted love was presented…
FNE at IFF Bratislava: Five Slovak Films Premiere at Bratislava Festival
The IFF Bratislava (www.iffbratislava.sk ), running through 11 November 2010, is presenting the world premieres of five Slovak films along with an overview of Slovak film productiton in 2010 in…
FNE 2010 Visegrad Special: Coproductions in Czech Republic
The most important development in the Czech Republic was the approval of film tax incentives in 2010. The European Union approved the Czech film tax incentives in June, as announced…
FNE 2010 Visegrad Special: Coproductions in Slovakia
The year 2010 has seen a major slowdown in production in general, compared to 2009. This was partly anticipated because of the gap caused by the closing of the Audiovisual…
The film produced by Television Kino Polska won Special Award on Cottbus Film Festival Germany 2010
Short film "Hanoi-Warsaw" directed by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz received the Special Award on Cottbus Film Festival Germany 2010.The Cottbus Film Festival is one of the most important festivals of Eastern European…
Disney Channel Airs Polish Sitcom
The first episode of the Polish version of As The Bell Rings was aired on the 7 November 2010 by the Polish Disney Channel. The Walt Disney Company commissioned the…
CEE Films Compete for EFA Awards
Films from Turkey, Romania, Estonia, and the Czech Republic are among the nominees for the European Film Awards, which will be announced in Tallinn on 4 December 2010.
FNE 2010 Visegrad Special: Czech Republic
On average around 20 Czech full length feature films are released in Czech cinemas every year, most of them supported by grants from the Czech Ministry of Culture´s State fund…
FNE 2010 Visegrad Special: Slovakia
The most important development in Slovak cinema in 2010 was the advent of financial support through the new Slovak Audiovisual Fund which began to process grant applications this year. In…
FNE at Cottbus: White, White World takes Cottbus Main Prize
COTTBUS, GERMANY: White, White World, a Serbian/German/Swedish coproduction directed by Oleg Novkovic and a powerful statement on post-war Serbia, won the main prize of the 20th Cottbus Film Festival (2-7…
PRODUCTION: From Love With Best Intentions goes into postproduction
From Love With Best Intentions, the second feature by Adrian Sitaru, has concluded filming after one month and one day of production, producer Ada Solomon told FNE. Postproduction will take…
FNE at Cottbus: Connecting Cottbus Captures Funders’ Attention
Connecting Cottbus (www.connecting-cottbus.de ), the leading pitching forum for films from Central and Eastern Europe, clicked with producers and film funding bodies at its 4 November 2010 presentation. "There is…
