Slovenian Box Office Hit The Trip Gets Croatian Distribution
{mosimage}LJUBLJANA: The coming of age drama and first feature of Nejc Gazvoda, which has had over 12,000 admissions in Slovenia since its premiere in January 2012, will be released in…
PRODUCTION: Musical Documentary My World Is Upside Down
LJUBLJANA: Slovenian director/producer Petra Seliškar is currently shooting a 52/90 minute Slovenian-Italian-Austrian musical documentary inspired by the personality of Frane Milcinski Ježek, known as the Slovenian Charlie Chaplin.
FNE at FINALE Plzen: Long Live the Family
{mosimage}PLZEN: Director Robert Sedlacek, whose TV film Men in Rut was a surprise hit at the 2010 FINALE festival of Czech films, returns to the 25th FINALE with a satiric…
FNE at FINALE Plzen: Oldies But Goldies
{mosimage}PLZEN: Current Czech box office hit Oldies But Goldies directed by Jiri Strach screens in the main competition of the Czech national film festival FINALE (www.datakal.filmfestival.cz), running through 28 April…
FNE Interview with Slovak Best Film Winner Michal Kollar
{mosimage}BRATISLAVA: Slovak producer Michal Kollar was recently awarded Slovakia's national Oscar equivalent, Best Film at Then Sun in a Net (http://www.slnkovsieti.sk) awards for The House by Zuzana Liova. Kollar is…
FNE at FINALE Plzen: Four Suns
{mosimage}PLZEN: Czech director and screenwriter Bohdan Slama brings his Sundance screened drama Four Suns to Plzen, where it screens in the main competition of the national Czech film festival FINALE.
FNE at FINALE Plzen: The House
{mosimage}PLZEN: Following its recent Best Film win at the Slovak national The Sun in a Net awards, The House by Slovak director/writer Zuzana Liova screens in the main competition of…
FNE at FINALE Plzen: A Night Too Young
{mosimage}PLZEN: A Night Too Young (Prilis mlada noc), the first feature film from Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu, competes at the FINALE Plzen, after its 29 March 2012 theatrical release in…
FNE at FINALE Plzen: Flower Buds
{mosimage}PLZEN: Flower Buds (Poupata), the debut film from Zdenek Jirasky and big winner at the Czech Lion film awards (www.vac.cz), goes up against nine other film in the main competition…
Lithuania Approves National Film Centre
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian government approved the formation of a Lithuanian Film Centre on 19 April 2012, following upon the December 2011 passage of a new film law which paved the…
New Documentary Workshop Accepting Applications
{mosimage}PRAGUE: DOK.Incubator (www.dokincubator.net) is accepting applications for its first workshop through 15 May 2012.
FESTIVALS: Latvia, Romania Get Cannes Competition Slots
{mosimage}In the Fog (www.rijafilms.lv), a Latvian coproduction directed by Sergei Loznitsa, and Beyond the Hills (www.mobrafilms.ro) by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu have been chosen for the main competition of the…
FESTIVALS: Krakow Laurels for Trestikova
{mosimage}KRAKOW: Czech documentary filmmaker Helena Trestikova will receive the Dragon of Dragons honorary award at the 52nd Krakow Film Festival (www.krakowfilmfestival.pl), 28 May-3 June 2012.
Universal Picks Diaz-Don't Clean Up This Blood
{mosimage}BUCHAREST: Daniele Vicari's feature on the brutal G8 Summit in Genoa 2001, Diaz-Don't Clean Up This Blood, has been pickep up by Universal Pictures International Entertainment (www.universalpictures.co.uk) for distribution in…
Romania Introduces Digital TV Card
BUCHAREST: Romania is the second CEE country to introduce a digital TV card, following the Czech Republic.
Gypsy, The House Tie for Slovak Film Awards
{mosimage}BRATISLAVA: The House and Gypsy each won six prizes at The Sun in a Net, Slovakia's biannual national film awards which took place on 17 April 2012.
Pepik Hnatek Leads Czech Box Office
PRAGUE: District league - Pepik Hnatek's Last Stand held on to the first place at the Czech box office for the third week in a row, beating out U.S. hit…
PRODUCTION: My Name Is Janez Jansa in Postproduction
{mosimage}LJUBLJANA: Slovenian conceptual artist and performer Janez Jansa is in final post-production on a 67 minute HD documentary on names and identity, focusing on the case of himself and two…
PRODUCTION: Romania's Mungiu in Post-Production with French/Belgian Coproduction
BUCHAREST: Director/writer Cristian Mungiu's new feature Beyond the Hills is in the last stages of post-production and in anticipation of an invitation to screen at Cannes film festival 2012.
PRODUCTION: Southern Scum Go Home! in Preproduction
LJUBLJANA: Writer/Director/screenwriter Goran Vojnovic is preparing an adaptation of his 2008 Slovenian bestselling novel in advance of a 1 July 2012 shoot date.