SPI International to launch a new channel focused on independent cinema
WARSAW: The worldwide FilmBox Arthouse TV channel is set to launch in January 2014 starting with Central and Eastern Europe and USA.
Lithuania and Estonia Join EFP
The Lithuanian Film Centre and the Estonian Film Institute will become individual members of European Film Promotion.
FNE Warsaw AV Summit Country profile: Estonia
Estonia established an Estonian Film Industry Cluster in late 2012 with the support of over 20 leading production companies and organisations, followed by the launch of the Estonian Film Commission…
FNE Warsaw AV Summit Country Profile: Romania
Romania continued to garner international acclaim for domestic production despite a gap in funding, which is likely to affect the quantity of Romanian films coming onto the market in the…
FilmBox Arthouse in search of excellent new features
WARSAW: An award of 50 000 USD and screenings at the newly created FilmBox Arthouse TV Channel await filmmakers who enter the annual FilmBox Movie Award Competition.
Second Hungarian Grant for Fliegauf Film
BUDAPEST: The Hungarian Film Fund gave a grant of 7.5m HUF (EUR 25,000) for preproduction works on Bence Fliegauf's new film, Hímpor.
Slovak Documentaries Screening Free Online
The Slovak Film Institute is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a special collection of Slovak archive documentaries available for the first time online, at DAFilms.cz.
CNC Resets Grants Deadline
BUCHAREST: Following a protest by filmmakers, the Council of Administration of the National Centre of Cinema set the deadline for grant contest applications to 23 December 2013.
FNE Warsaw AV Summit Country Profile: Hungary
The launch of the new Hungarian National Film Fund saw the first results of its funding in 2013, ending a long drought in Hungarian film production. Foreign film production continued…
FNE Warsaw AV Summit Country Profile: Slovenia
Slovenia’s film production has remained fairly stable, despite the 2012 recession and government budget cuts as well astax increases in 2013 as the government scrambled to prop up its mostly…
Vilnius Film Cluster to launch new world class production centre
VILNIUS: The Vilnius Film Cluster will launch a new 1000 sq m sound stage and production centre in March 2014. The 4.5m LTL project aims to cash in on Lithuania’s…
FNE urges film and AV professionals to apply to be EU Creative Europe experts
WARSAW: The deadline is fast approaching (31 December 2013) to apply to be an expert for the Education, Audiovisual and Culture executive Agency in the framework of the management of…
Film and TV Studio Planned for Slovakia
BRATISLAVA: A Slovak producer and businessman is in the final stage of preparing to construct a multimedia complex housing a film and TV studio.
PRODUCTION: Keedus in Production with Three-Part Feature
TALLINN: Sulev Keedus is shooting The Husband Slayer. The Virgin. The Shadow. (Mehetapja süütu vari), scheduled to be completed in autumn 2015.
FNE Warsaw AV Summit Country Profile: Croatia
Croatia is seeing a boom in domestic and international production. Local films are becoming box office hits, and a film cash rebate introduced in 2012 is expected to reap even…
FNE Warsaw AV Summit Country Profile: Lithuania
The opening of the Lithuanian Film Centre in 2012 reaped its first fruits in 2013, despite limited public funding available for domestic production.
FNE Warsaw AV Summit Country Profile: Czech Republic
The adoption of the new Czech film law has been a mixed blessing for the Czech film industry. Funding for the film industry was delayed as the government awaited approval…
FNE Warsaw AV Summit Country Profile: Bulgaria
Upheaval on the film and cultural scene, including three ministers of culture and two directors of Bulgaria’s National Film Centre, along with political changes in government, were felt in Bulgaria’s…
Romania Appoints New Minister of Culture
BUCHAREST: Romania’s National Liberal Party (PNL) has assigned Gigel Sorinel Ştirbu to the post of Minister of Culture. He replaces Daniel Barbu who resigned on 12 December 2013.
GRANTS: Bulgaria Supports Three Romanian Projects
The Bulgarian National Film Center has selected three Romanian projects for minority co-production support: Nae Caranfil’s 6.9 on the Richter Scale, produced by Christian Mungiu’s Mobra Films, Tudor Giurgiu's Christian,…
