Czechs Approve Raising Film Incentives
PRAGUE: The Czech parliament has approved raising the cap on film incentives from to 800 m CZK. The cap had been set at 500 m CZK.
GRANTS: Latvian Film Centre Funds 15 Projects for Development
RIGA: National Film Centre of Latvia has renewed the tender for project development support, after a six year break, an indication of the film industry's recovery after the financial crisis.
Czechs Launch Filmmakers Lounge at KVIFF
PRAGUE: The State Cinematography Fund´s new Filmmakers’ lounge located in the café of Čas cinema, T. G. Masaryka 3, will offer a new pleasant meeting point for film professionals during…
Chinese star Xu Jinglei shooting in Prague
PRAGUE: The famous Chinese director, scriptwriter and star actress Xu Jinglei is shooting a film with the working title Somewhere Only We Know in Prague.
FNE Coproduction Meeting at KVIFF 2014: Case Study: Gottland
PRAGUE: The Czech/Polish/Slovak genre-bending documentary Gottland based on the best-selling Polish book will launch a limited events-themed release in August 2014.
FNE Coproduction Meeting at KVIFF 2014: Case Study: I, Olga Hepnarova
PRAGUE: The Czech/Polish/Slovak coproduction I, Olga Hepnarova will move into postproduction after two final days of shooting in the Slovak Tatra Mountains in August 2014, with plans to have the…
PRODUCTION: The Yoghurt Syndrome in Development
ZAGREB: The love story/dramedy that Zvonimir Munivrana is developing through Corvus Film will be directed by Goran Rukavina with shooting planned for the first half of 2016.
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Budapest Film Zrt, Hungary
Budapest Film Zrt. is the largest art house cinema network in Hungary, operating six cinemas in the capital city including a multiplex (Corvin Cinema), an event cinema (Kino Café), as…
FNE at KVIFF 2014: Invitation to Film New Europe Coproduction Meeting
KARLOVY VARY: Film New Europe will be hosting a Coproduction Meeting at the new Kino Cas Filmmakers Lounge this year in Karlovy Vary during the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film…
Latvia Buys TVP’s House by the Backwater
WARSAW: The hit series format House by the Backwater from Polish public broadcaster TVP has bought by Latvian TV.
PULA IFF 2014 Announces Croatian Film Programme
ZAGREB: Twelve films will screen in the Croatian section of the 61st Pula Film Festival running 12-26 July 2014.
PRODUCTION: The Network in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: Claudiu Mitcu (Two of Us/Noi doi) is in postproduction with the documentary The Network/Reţeaua which he is producing with Ada Solomon and Călin Peter Netzer through his company Parada…
Ida Hits 2 Million at US Box Office
WARSAW: The Polish-Danish drama Ida has become one of the most successful foreign titles opening in the US during the last decade.
FNE at MIFF 2014: Poland’s Deep Love Sweeps to Victory in MIFF Doc Competition
MOSCOW: The 36th Moscow International Film Festival (19-28 June 2014) awarded a Ukrainian actress and a Polish doc Deep Love directed by Jan Matuszynski despite the international tensions between Russia…
Croatian Funding Down, Domestic Hits Up in 2013
ZAGREB: The Croatian domestic film market share and number of releases were up in 2013, but funding for film production and international coproductions declined in 2013.
PRODUCTION: WIDE Picks up What Silent Gerda Knows in Development
RIGA: Latvian born Russian writer/director Yevgeni Pashkevich's feature film What Silent Gerda Knows (Ko zina klusā Gerda) has entered development stage with distribution rights already acquired by Paris-based WIDE.
PRODUCTION: Slovenian Horror Film Idyll Goes into Production
LJUBLJANA: Idyll, a Slovenian horror feature film, began shooting already started on 21 June 2014.
Hungary Raising Film Rebates to 30 Percent
PRAGUE: The Hungarian National Film Fund has received approval from the European Commission to raise film cash rebates from 20 percent to 25 percent. The Hungarian system also allows for…
PRODUCTION: Do You Love Me in production
VILNIUS: Lithuanian young generation director Lina Lužytė is working on her debut feature film Do You Love Me? (Ar tu mane myli?).
Slovak Film Institute Opens Modern Digitizing Centre
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film Institute in partnership with the Minister of Culture Marek Maďarič has inaugurated a modern centre for digitization and digital restoration of films.
