New general director for Romanian public television
BUCHAREST: Stelian Tănase has been voted unanimously by the Parliament to become the acting general director at the public television (TVR).
Czechs Open 2014 Incentives Applications
PRAGUE: Director of the State Cinematography Fund Helena Bezděk Fraňková announced that 500 million CZK (18 224 000 EUR) of film incentive funds will be available available for 2014.
New Malta Film Commissioner Appointed
VALLETTA: Engelbert Grech has been appointed by the Malta Minister for Home Affairs Manuel Mallia as the new Film Commissioner for Malta. He will replace Peter Busutill at the head…
Polish listed Cinema City International taken over by UK Cineworld
WARSAW: Poland’s biggest cinema operator Cinema City International has been taken over by the UK’s Cineworld in a deal worth 600m EUR.
Artcam Launches Cinema on Demand Project
PRAGUE: Film Distributor Artcam has launched a project called “Delam kino” (I Make My Own Cinema) as an alternative distribution for quality films which are difficult to find regular cinemas.
Slovak Film Institute puts Slovak films online for international audiences
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film Institute has launched a major new webportal of Slovak film to celebrate its 50th anniversary. SK Cinema is accessible at www.skcinema.sk and is presently only in…
Sony Picks up Szasz's Notebook
BUDAPEST: Sony Classics Pictures has picked up Janos Szasz’s Hungarian Oscar hopeful The Notebook.
Estonian Multiplexes Cancel Merger Plans
TALLINN: Estonia’s two largest multiplex operators, Forum Cinemas and Solaris kino, have withdrawn their bid to merge.
Record Domestic Production in Croatia
ZAGREB: Sixteen feature films were produced in Croatia in 2013, a record in the history of Croatian cinema, with 12 of them supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre.
FNE wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Successful New Year! See you again on 13 January 2014
Film New Europe would like to thank all its sponsors, supporters and readers and to wish them a Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. Keep on Filming…
Kino Polska celebrates 10 years on the market
WARSAW: Polish channel devoted to local productions with a special focus on classics started its broadcast on 20. December 2003.
New Europe Film sold Polish and Latvian productions to Asia
WARSAW: Latvia's Oscar candidate Mother I Love You will be distributed in India while Poland's celebrated Papusza was sold to Japan.
Georgia Country Report 2013
PRODUCTIONA total of 30 films were produced in Georgia in 2012 and 2013.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Czech Beer War
Producer Pavel Bercik dips into the topic of Czech Beer in an upcoming documentary.
WIDE Launches Online Cinema Festival
Wide and Eye on Films will launch the first CEE online film festival in Croatia beginning on 22 December 2013. The festival was initiated by Wide’s Loic Magneron.
FNE Warsaw AV Summit Country Profile: Malta
Foreign film services, a driving force behind Malta’s film industry since its earliest days, have seen a revival in recent years.
FNE Warsaw AV Summit Country profile: Latvia
The Latvian film industry has begun a process of revival after hitting a low point in 2008 when Latvian economy was one of the hardest hit in the 2008 financial…
FNE Warsaw AV Summit Country Profile: Slovakia
The launch of Slovakia’s Audiovisual Fund four years ago has reaped benefits for Slovak film production abroad and at home.
PRODUCTION: Josephine de la Baume Stars in Ursus
SOFIA: France’s Joséphine de La Baume will star in the Ukrainian-Georgian-German-Bulgarian 2.6m EUR coproduction Ursus - The Caucasian Bear, co-written eight years ago by esteemed Georgian scriptwriter Zaza Buadze and…
Prague Short Film Marathon
PRAGUE: The Czech Film Center in cooperation with the Prague Short Film Festival, the iShorts association and AG-Kurzfilm of Germany is organising a marathon of short films on 21 December…
