FNE at Finale Plzen 2013: The Confidant
PLZEN: Slovak director Juraj Nvota’s (Muzika) Slovak-Czech-Polish coproduction The Confidant is one of ten films competing for the Golden Kingfisher prize at the 26th Finale Plzen festival of Czech films,…
FNE at Finale Plzen 2013: DonT Stop
PRAGUE: DonT Stop, a Czech-Slovak coproduction directed by Richard Řeřicha and produced by Evolution Films, will screen in the main competition of the 26th Finale Plzen festival of Czech films,…
Beta Film Acquires Agnieszka Holland’s Burning Bush
CANNES: German-based distributor Beta Film has picked up the distribution rights for HBO Europe’s three part miniseries Burning Bush directed by Academy Award nominee Agnieszka Holland.
Latvia Approves Funds for Foreign Film Production
RIGA: Latvia will provide 300,00 Lats (426, 864 EUR) for foreign film production taking place in Latvia.
Bulgarian bTV Premieres The Family
SOFIA: Bulgaria’s leading commercial TV channel bTV began broadcasting the first two episodes of its new 12 parts series The Family on 7 April 2013. The premiere comes soon after…
Crowd Funding for Romanian Film Festivals
BUCHAREST: Three Romanian film festivals are participating in the first crowd funding for cultural events.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente 2013 Applications Open
The 2013 Ex Oriente Workshop is accepting applications from documentary film directors and producers through 1 June 2013. Read the full story on DOKweb.
FESTIVALS: Bence Fliegauf Heads goEast Jury
WIESBADEN: Ten feature films and six documentaries will compete at the 13th edition of goEast, running 10 – 16 April 2013.
Baltic Bridge Call for Projects
The Baltic Bridge East by West (B’EST) is accepting submissions from producers with film projects in development through 15 June 2013.
Romania Annouces Grants from 2012 Application Session
BUCHAREST: Romania’s National Center for Cinema awarded 2,311,673 EUR in grants to to seven features, two first features, four documentaries, four short films, four animated films and three grants for…
Polsat Acquires Polskie Media
WARSAW: Polish commercial broadcaster Polsat signed a preliminary agreement to buy Polskie Media S.A., which broadcasts channels TV4 and TV6, for 99 m PLN (23.6 m EUR).
PRODUCTION: Polish Czech Slovak Documentary Series Gottland
WARSAW: A cross-genre documentary series based on the international bestseller Gottland (European book of the year 2009) by Mariusz Szczygieł is in production as a seven-episode series directed by seven…
PRODUCTION: Croatian Doc Consumed in Postproduction
ZAGREB: Borut Šeparović is editing his first long documentary Consumed/Potrošeni, the last part of 55+, a complex project about people over 55 and their rejection by Croatian society.
FNE TV: Francois Sauvagnargues, Managing Director, FIPA
FNE spoke to Sauvagnargues about the challenges facing the European broadcast and audiovisual industry in the new digital age.
PRODUCTION: Wajda Studio Developing Super-unit
KATOWICE: Polish filmmaker and visual artist Teresa Czepiec is developing a documentary that explores the life and workings of a major residential block in Katowice.
Czech Incentives Move Forward
PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund announced the list of projects which passed the “cultural test” for European cultural and production criteria, the first step in the process of applying…
TVP and MDR Develop Co-operation
WARSAW: Public broadcaster TVP has signed an agreement with the regional public German broadcaster MDR that will increase co-operation between the two stations.
FNE at Vilnius IFF 2013: New Films from Lithuania Presented during Meeting Point Vilnius
VILNIUS: Twelve Lithuanian projects were presented at Meeting Point Vilnius, the international film industry event which took place 25 – 28 March 2013.
PRODUCTION: Agnieszka Holland Bio Doc in Production
WARSAW: Polish cinematographer Jacek Petrycki (Offsiders, Europa Europa) and screenwriter Krystyna Krauze are in production with Returns of Agnieszka H., a multi-layered documentary about Oscar-nominated Agnieszka Holland’s youth, her years…
PRODUCTION: It Takes Two to Fence in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: Gheorghe Andrei is in postproduction with his first feature, It Takes Two to Fence, an independent production about love, friendship and ambition in the world of fencing.
