Hungary Adds Four More Film Grants
BUDAPEST: Hungary’s film fund is handing out an additional four grants to the six grants recently announced.
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Sangaile in Preproduction
VILNIUS: Lithuanian production company Fralita Films is in preproduction with the feature film Sangaile directed by Alante Kavaite.
FESTIVALS: MECEFF Unveils Presidents Selection
(MEDIAS) German producer Regina Ziegler is the guest of honor at the 3rd Mediaş Central European Film Festival (MECEFF) taking place 24-28 June 2013.
Eight Slovak Features Receive Grants
BRATISLAVA: Step Into Darkness a Trigon Production film directed by Miloslav Luther, and Seven Ravens , a fairytale based on the Brothers Grimm story and produced by Attack Studio, received…
Battle for Cultural Exception Goes On
WARSAW: European filmmakers have vowed to fight on after European Commission President José Manuel Barroso refused to respect the exclusion of culture from the EU-US Trade Talks due to start…
FESTIVALS: TV Productions in the spotlight at IFLOT 2013
KOSICE: A wealth of new TV programmes will compete for the Golden Beggar awards during the 19th International Festival of Local Televisions, held in the Slovak city of Kosice, 11-15 …
Hungarian Film Grants for June
BUDAPEST: Three films received production support in the latest round of Hungarian grants funding.
Outratova Moves to Jihlava Industry Office
PRAGUE: Jarmila Outratová has been appointed to head the Industry Office of the Jihlava IDFF.
FNE TV: Watch today's cultural exceptionon debate live today on EPTV
Join European filmmakers for today's press conference on the Cultural Exception live today on EPTV from 17:00-17:30 CET. http://www.europarltv.europa.eu/en/home.aspx
Polish Filmmakers Deliver Letter Supporting Cultural Exception to Prime Minister
WARSAW: Polish filmmakers have come out resoundingly in favour of supporting the cultural exception in the EU-US trade talks. A group of 176 Polish filmmakers have signed a letter supporting…
Romanian Filmmakers Join Wave of European Support for Cultural Exception
BUCHAREST: Romania’s leading filmmakers are supporting cultural exception, arguing that it should be kept with all costs.
FNE at Art Film Fest 2013: My Dog Killer Screens in Main Competition
PRAGUE: Eleven films will screen in the International Competition of Feature Films at the 21st Art Film Festival, scheduled for 21-26 June 2013 in Trencianske Teplice and Trencin, Slovakia.
FNE at TIFF 2013: Hindi Ship of Theseus Wins Transilvania Trophy
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Anand Gandhi's Ship of Theseus (India) was awarded the Transilvania Trophy and a prize of 15,000 EUR at the 12th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival which wrapped…
Lithuania to Investigate Sale of Cinema
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis has asked for an investigation into the September 2012 sale of a building that belonged to the company Lithuanian Cinema.
PRODUCTION: Zanussi Completes Shooting The Foreign Body
WARSAW: Director/screenwriter/producer Krzysztof Zanussi has finished shooting The Foreign Body, the story of a young Italian involved in the Catholic renewal movement who comes to Poland following a woman he…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: KVIFF 2013 Documentary Competition Films
PRAGUE: Ten feature films and six short films will compete in the Documentary Films in Competition section at the 48th Karlovy Vary IFF, 28 June – 6 July 2013.
European Filmmakers take fight for the Cultural Exception to Strasbourg
WARSAW: A delegation of creators, artists, performers and directors members of the coalition of the 6200 creators who have submitted a petition calling on the European Parliament to exclude culture…
EDITORIAL: Cultural Exception will determine the future for European Filmmakers
EDITORIAL: The EU-US trade talks will determine the future of our European film industry. European culture is not something to be bargained away and should not be included in these…
PRODUCTION: Forgotten Brides Going into Production
NICOSIA: Writer/director Yeliz Shukri is investigating the fate of thousands of Turkish-Cypriot girls sold into marriage between 1920 and 1940 through the story of one of them.
FNE at TIFF Here…, I Mean There
BUCHAREST: Laura Capatana-Juller’s debut film, an 80 minute observational documentary about two young sisters waiting for their parents to return from Spain where they have worked for 11 years, screens…
