Czech Film and TV Join Forces
PLZEN: A new energy in TV production, heralded by productions such as HBO's Burning Bush, is leading to a convergence between film and TV in the Czech Republic
CME Posts Uptake in Revenue under New Management
PRAGUE: Media group Central European Media Enterprises reported an increase of over 20 m USD in net revenues for the first quarter of 2014 compared with 2013, coming in at…
Slovenia Builds a Reputation Abroad and at Home
PLZEN: The Finale Plzen festival isn’t the only one hitching a ride on Slovenia’s rising stars. Domestic audiences as well as international festivals are taking note of Slovenian films and…
FESTIVALS: 18th European Film Festival Ready to Kick-off in Bucharest
BUCHAREST: One of the longest film festivals in Romania, the European Film Festival organised by the Romanian Cultural Institute will open on 9 May 2014 with Miss Violence presented by…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino Urania
This month we spoke with Marijana Bosnjak, CEO and Head of Board of Kino Urania from the town of Osijek, in the Eastern part of Croatia. Cinema Urania/Kino Urania was…
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Emil Simeonov, Pro Films, Bulgaria
FNE together with Europa Distribution is launching a new chapter of the Distributor of the Month section. This time we focus on new strategies in film distribution and the importance…
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Crisis in Preproduction
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian feature film Crisis from young film director Andrius Blaževičius is in preproduction.
Child's Pose Wins UCIN Trophy
BUCHAREST: Călin Peter Netzer's Child's Pose (Parada Film) was awarded Best Film of 2013 by the Romanian Filmmakers Union (UCIN) and the Romanian Film Critics Association on 5 May 2014.
Poland and Turkey Meet in Film Dialogue
As a part of the programme “Poland – Turkey 2014” launched by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the organizers of the Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival will take a…
EFP Producers on the Move 2014: Maya Vitkova
SOFIA: Maya Vitkova will represent Bulgaria at European Film Promotion’s Producers on the Move in Cannes.
FNE at Finale Plzen 2014: Like Never Before Captivates Expanded Festival
PLZEN: A year after it received a special pre-premiere screening at the 2013 Finale Festival of Czech films, Zdnek Tyc’s deathbed drama Like Never Before made a return bow in…
Bulgarian Film Academy Nominates FNE Correspondent for Critics Award
SOFIA: Pavlina Jeleva, Bulgarian correspondent for Film New Europe, has been nominated by the Bulgarian Film Academy for the annual Best Critic award.
Gambler Wins at Lithuanian Film Awards
VILNIUS: Ignas Jonynas won the best director and best film awards for the Lithuanian/Latvian coproduction The Gambler (Lošėjas) at the seventh Lithuanian Film and TV Silver Crane Awards held on…
Triple Day and Date Premiere for Sacro Gra
PRAGUE: The Czech and Slovak Republics are sharing an online, TV, and cinema simultaneous release of film Sacro GRA, the first ever documentary winner of Venice Film Festival, today (5…
EFP Producers on the Move 2014: Tomas Hruby
PRAGUE: Czech producer Tomáš Hrubý heads to Cannes to participate in European Film Promotion’s Producers on the Move.
FNE at Finale Plzen 2014: Czech Fest Embraces Slovaks
PLZEN: After two years of Slovak directors winning the best film prize at the Czech national film festival (both for Czech-Slovak coproductions that were set in Slovak villages), it was…
FNE at Finale Plzen 2014: Fine, Thanks
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Matyas Prikler's neo-realistic debut drama feature Fine, Thanks investigates the way the financial crisis affects the intimate lives of the people, revealing a severe picture of their…
FNE at Finale Plzen 2014: Love Me or Leave Me
PLZEN: Slovak director Mariana Cengel Solcanska joins the ranks of Slovakia’s rising young female helmers with her second feature Love Me or Leave Me (Miluj ma alebo odid) screening in…
PRODUCTION: Nicolae Mărgineanu in Postproduction with Poarta Alba
BUCHAREST: Nicolae Mărgineanu continues the investigation of the communist era with Poarta Albă, a feature about the concentration camp of Poarta Albă and the construction of the Danube-Black Sea channel.
UCIN Announces Nominations for Romanian Awards
BUCHAREST: A total of 73 films applied for the nominations of the Romanian Filmmakers Union 2013 annual awards with the ceremony taking place on 5 May 2014.
