FNE at Centeast: Ida Reaps Worldwide Sales
WARSAW: Paweł Pawlikowski’s Warsaw IFF Grand Prix winner Ida will be distributed in 30 countries including USA, Canada and Israel.
FNE at Centeast: Latallo Filming Sailor's Stories
WARSAW: Marcin Latallo, son of director Stanisław Latallo, will make his directing debut with The Sailor’s Stories, one 11 new works-in-progress pitched during the 9th CentEast Warsaw Market.
FESTIVALS: Zagreb FF 2013 Awards Tilic
ZAGREB: Croatian Ankica Juric Tilic is the 2013 recipient of the Albert Kapovic Award for outstanding contribution to Croatian film at the 11th Zagreb Film Festival, running through 27 October…
TVN Group Refinances Debt
WARSAW: TVN Finance Corporation II AB has repurchased its own Senior Notes bonds for 656m EUR as a means of refinancing the company's debt.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2013: Morana Komljenovic
FNE interviews Croatian documentary producer Morana Komljenovic, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2013: Julianna Ugrin
FNE interviews Hungarian documentary producer Julianna Ugrin, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
FNE at Warsaw IFF 2013: Ida wins Warsaw Grand Prix
WARSAW: Ida by Paweł Pawlikowski won the Warsaw Grand Prix, and Estonia’s Zaza Urushadze was honoured with Best Director at the closing ceremony on 19 October 2013.
FNE at Centeast: Poland Opens to the Chinese Market
WARSAW: WIFF hosted the launch of China-Eastern Europe Film Promotion Programme. Munk Studio will produce a Polish-Chinese romantic comedy.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2013: Pavlína Kalandrova
FNE interviews Czech documentary producer Pavlína Kalandrova, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2013: Jacob Dammas
FNE interviews Polish documentary producer Jacob Dammas, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
FESTIVALS: Matthew's Law Wins 20th Astra Doc Fest
SIBIU: The Grand Prize of the 20th Astra Film Festival of documentary films went to Marc Schmidt’s Dutch entry Matthew’s Laws.
Further Management Changes at CME
PRAGUE: Two more top executives are departing regional TV group Central European Media Enterprises (CME), the company announced on 17 October 2013.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Eugenic Minds
Czech producer Jiri Konecny looks at the disgraced subject of selective human breeding.
Czech Film Archives Celebrates 70th Anniversary
PRAGUE: Michal Bregant, General Director of the newly revitalized Czech National Film Archives (NFA) presided over a 70th anniversary celebration that attracted some of the top film industry heads.
PRODUCTION: Jerzy Stuhr Filming Generational Drama
WARSAW: Polish actor and director Jerzy Stuhr has begun production on The Citizen, a drama in which he stars along with his son.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers: Nina Pehlivanova
FNE interviews Bulgarian documentary producer Nina Pehlivanova, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2013: Dagne Vildziunaite
FNE interviews Lithuanian documentary producer Dagne Vildziunaite, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
Houdini Works Magic in Hungary
BUDAPEST: Houdini, a four-hour miniseries starring Adrien Brody, began filming in Budapest on 14 October 2013.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2013: Between the Seas Casts a Wide Net
PRAGUE: Twelve documentaries representing 15 countries stretching from Estonia to Croatia and from the U.K. to Armenia have been selected for the CEE competition section Between the Seas at the…
PRODUCTION: Croatian Television Shooting War Drama
ZAGREB: Kristijan Milić’s TV movie Number 55/ Broj 55 is in production on location in Zagreb for Telefilm and public broadcaster Croatian TV (HRT).
