PRODUCTION: Păunescu in Postproduction with Pioneers Palace
BUCHAREST: Director Bobby Păunescu (Francesca) finished shooting Pioneers Palace on 8 May 2014. The story is set in 1992 and involves a group of highschool friends witnessing the drama of…
PRODUCTION: Prosenc Develops Follow up to KVIFF Debut
KARLOVY VARY: Slovenian director Sonja Prosenc, in Karlovy Vary to premiere her first film The Tree in the East of the West competition, spoke with FNE about her next project…
Hypermarket Goes Exotic with Gajdo and North Korean Tales
KARLOVY VARY: Czech producer Filip Remunda, the former enfant terrible of Czech documentary filmmaking, was in Karlovy Vary to present his upcoming films, the Romany ghetto doc Gajdo and the…
PRODUCTION: Award Winner Lehotsky Developing Erik
KARLOVY VARY: Slovak director Juraj Lehotsky, whose 2013 film Miracle received the Special Mention when it premiered at the Karlovy Vary IFF last year, was back at the festival this…
TV Projects Receive Bulk of HAVC 2014 Development Grants
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Center allotted 238,361 EUR/1.81 m HRK in project development grants to 15 projects and 20 script development grants. The Center received applications from 92 projects.
Latvia to Double Film Distribution Grants nearly doubled
RIGA: The Latvian Film Centre has nearly doubled the amount to be given in grants for local film promotion, to 40,000 EUR.
PRODUCTION: Journey to Rome Moves to Postproduction
KARLOVY VARY: Polish director Tomasz Mielnik has completed shooting on his debut film Journey to Rome, which was presented at the Karlovy Vary IFF Works in Progress.
Goat Wins Karlovy Vary Pitch Prize
KARLOVY VARY: Slovak director Ivan Ostrochovsky’s feature film debut project Goat was then popular winner of the 10th edition of Works in Progress Award, presented at the Karlovy Vary IFF…
PRODUCTION: Ostrochovsky Fiction Debut Goat
KARLOVY VARY: Slovak documentary director Ivan Ostrochovsky will make his feature fiction debut with a Slovak/Czech road-movie drama lightened by quirky touches, Goat.
PRODUCTION: Fornay Preps Absurdist Drama
KARLOVY VARY: Award-winning Slovak director Mira Fornay, who is serving on the main jury at the Karlovy Vary IFF, is in preproduction with Cook, F**k, Kill (Frogs with No Tongues)…
Pitches Rule the Day at Karlovy Vary IFF
KARLOVY VARY: The Slovak Film Institute (AIC) and the Czech Film Center presented seven projects in development at the annual Pitch and Feedback session at Karlovy Vary IFF (KVIFF) to…
PRODUCTION: Alvernia Studios Preps Dark Comedy DISCOPOLO
WARSAW: Alvernia Studios will produce DISCOPOLO, a dark comedy about a social phenonenon of disco polo music starring Joanna Kulig and Dawid Ogrodnik.
Jolie and Pitt Film Boosts Malta's Economy
LA VALLETTA: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s next film, a love story shot in the Mgarr ix-Xini bay on Malta’s Gozo island, is expected to inject almost 20 m EUR…
SOFA Selects Eight Projects for 2014 Training
KARLOVY VARY: SOFA, the School of Film Agents training programme announced the eight participants taking place in the 15-24 August 2014 second edition in Wroclaw.
GRANTS: Croatia Gives 850,000 EUR in Small Grants
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Center (HAVC) allotted production funding to 25 projects, 13 script development grants and 8 project development grants at its 48th funding session.
The French Connection Gets Sealed at Karlovy Vary
KARLOVY VARY: "Karlovy Vary is the central point" in the CEE region for French film promotion company Unfrance, Isabelle Giordano, CEO of Unifrance told FNE.
FESTIVALS: Cottbus Breaks New Grounds with LBGT CEE Films
KARLOVY VARY: The 24th Cottbus IFF running 4-9 November 2014 continues its string of boundary breaking themed content with a Gay Film/LGBT focus on CEE films.
Czech Production Increased in 2013
KARLOVY VARY: Film production in the Czech Republic rose 23% in 2013, to more than 5 billion CZK with most of the increase due to foreign film production which rose …
Czech Culture Minister Announces Funding for Digital Film Restoration
KARLOVY VARY: The Czech Minister of Culture Daniel Herman was in Karlovy Vary to announce new funding for the digital restoration of Czech films. Funding is expected to be in…
