Bulgarian Documentaries Find Commercial Success
{mosimage}SOFIA: Bulgarian documentaries have attracted increased public interest since the beginning of 2012, with TV sales and theatrical distributions accompanying festival attention.
FESTIVALS: 37th Gdynia Film Festival Announces Competition Films
{mosimage}13 films will compete this year for the Golden Lions award in the Main Competition at the 37th Film Festival in Gdynia (www.fpff.pl), Poland. The Festival will run from 7…
FESTIVALS: 52nd Krakow Film Festivals Announced Competition Films
{mosimage}KRAKOW: 42 titles representing three film genres: documentary, feature and animation will be competing for a Golden Dragon statue and 30k PLN in the International Short Film Competition of the…
FNE - IDF DocBloc: It's All Czech in Pilsen + ZOOM:Poland, Martin Šulík
PLZEN: Some of the Czech Republic's leading filmmakers will be represented in the more than 20 films screening in the Finale Plzen documentary competition.
CICAE Workshops Set for June, August
{mosimage}The CICAE (International Confederation of Art Cinemas, www.cicae.org) will offer the first international training program designed for arthouse cinema theatre managers and their assistants.
PRODUCTION: Chuck Norris vs Communism Shooting in Romania
BUCHAREST: London based Romanian filmmaker Ilinca Călugăreanu is in production with Chuck Norris vs Communism, a 70 minute documentary focusing on the popular culture of the video cassettes in the…
PRODUCTION: Heat in Early Development
{mosimage}BUDAPEST: Mihaly Schwechtj is developing Heat, a black-comedy set in a small village an involving love, friendship, sex, lies and some pregnant goats. Höség/Heat is produced by László Kántor with…
Filmbox Live Sets June Launch in Turkey
SPI International (www.spiintl.com) will launch Filmbox Live, consisting of live-streaming TV channels, in Turkey in June.
Finnish Films Top One Million Admissions
Domestic films claimed 44 percent of the Finnish market, with over one million admissions.
PRODUCTION: Grandma in Production
BUCHAREST: Jesus del Cerro (Ho Ho Ho, The Bride Was Stolen, Ho Ho Ho 2: A Family Lottery) began filming the comedy Grandma together with producer Alma Sârbu and MediaPro…
PRODUCTION: TVP and BBC Join Forces to Produce Spy Series
{mosimage}WARSAW: TVP and BBC will co-produce Spies in Warsaw, a series based on Alan Furst's bestselling novel. The shoot for the first feature co-production made between Polish public broadcaster TVP…
PRODUCTION: New Robert Pejo film in Development
{mosimage}BUDAPEST: Robert Pejo is developing Paw, an inspiring story of an amazing rescue dog and his trainer and focusing on friendship, compassion and love, producer László Kántor told FNE. "It…
HBO GO Launches on Dolce Romtelecom
BUCHAREST: HBO GO broadband video-on-demand service was launched on Romtelecom (www.romtelecom.ro) on 2 April 2012.
SPI International Partners with Samsung
CANNES: Central European-based TV and distribution company SPI International (www.spiint.com) has signed a pan-European agreement with Samsung that includes the launch of SPI's Filmbox channel on Samsung Smart TV.
FESTIVALS: Febiofest Grand Prix 2012 goes to The Good Son
{mosimage}PRAGUE: The winner of the festival's Grand Prix is The Good Son (Hyvä poika) by the Finnish director, Zaida Bergroth. The thrilling family drama has won against 11 other films…
OTV Licence Curtailed
BUCHAREST: The Audiovisual Council of Romania (www.cna.ro) decided that the licence of the Romanian OTV channel (www.otv.com.ro) should expire on September 2012, six months before the regular deadline.
FESTIVALS: Polish Courage Wins Vilnius Main Prize
{mosimage}VILNIUS: The Polish film Courage (www.opusfilm.com) directed by Greg Zglinski won the New Europe-New Names competition of the Vilnius IFF (15-29 March 2012, www.kinopavasaris.lt).
FESTIVALS: Sofia Grand Prix for Stories Only Exist When Remembered
{mosimage}SOFIA: Stories Only Exist When Remembered, a coproduction from Brazil, Argentina, and France directed by Julia Murat, took the Grand Prix in the International Competition of the Sofia IFF (18-29…
FNE - IDF DocBloc: My Six Million Dollar Father
New Latvian doc project My Six Million Dollar Father - a self-made banker achieves success during the first years after the collapse of the USSR, but is then forced to…
Kvedaravicius Takes Top Lithuanian Cinematographers Award
{mosimage}VILNIUS: Lithuanian director and cinematographer Mantas Kvedaravicius received the annual Lithuanian Cinematographers award "The Oak"(www.azuolai.lt) for the documentary film Barzakh.
