Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Silence
Based on a true story, Sławomir Pstrong's debut film Silence explores the lives of families who lost their children in a tragic accident. The film will premiere at the Gdyia…
Italian film fund reaches out to CEE neighbors
Central European filmmakers are the target of a regional film fund operating in northeastern Italy: the FVG Audiovisual Regional Fund headquartered in Udine, Italy. The fund operates in tandem with…
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition Three Minutes. 21:37
In Three Minutes. 21:37 director Maciej Ślesicki explores the image of contemporary Poland in the moment of grief after the death of Pope John Paul II. The cast of popular…
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: If You Go Away
If You Go Away, the feature film debut from Ewa Stankiewicz, is the emotional story of two people who struggle to find themselves after personal loss. Stankiewicz,a graduate of Łódź…
Slovenia prepared two new film/TV laws
The Slovenian government has introduced two new laws for covering film, video and TV production.Both have to be ratified, but are expected to pass before the parliament adjourns for summer…
FESTIVALS: Zlin announces final competition line-up
The 50th anniversary edition of the Zlin film festival for children and youth (May 30-June 6, www.zlinfest.cz) has finalized its competition sections, with 34 feature films competing in four competition…
FESTIVALS: AniFest finds new direction and a new home
In just nine years, AniFest (www.anifest.cz) has become the leading Czech animation festival and a destination on the international map. The 2010 edition expanded in the festival's new home, the…
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Little Rose
Director Jan Kidawa-Błoński's Little Rose is a story about a dangerous love triangle set in the Poland of the 1960's, where betrayal could have a political context. The script, by…
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Joanna
Feliks Falk, one of the masters of Polish cinema, returns with Joanna, a moving story of love and courage set during WWII.
FNE at Cannes IFF 2010: Cannes Film Festival Prize Winners
CANNES: The French celebrated a triple win in Cannes this year with the Grand Prix going to Xavier Beauvois's Des Hommes Et Des Dieux, Mathieu Amalric winning best director for…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2010: THE EXODUS - Burnt by the sun 2
CANNES: The Exodus - Burnt by the Sun 2 is Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov's sequel to his Oscar winning 1994 Burnt by the Sun which also won the Cannes grand…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2010: TENDER SON - The Frankenstein Project
CANNES: Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo's Tender Son - The Frankenstein Project was a late entrant to the Cannes competition lineup and perhaps it was meant to inject an element of…
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Erratum
In his feature film debut Erratum, Marek Lechki explores the issues of reliving ones past and changing the present.
Days of Chocolate wins Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award
Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award for the best Central and Eastern European Script was presented to Jakub P. Blawut of Poland for Days of Chocolate. The awards was announced during a…
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Venice
Jan Jakub Kolski, Polish master of magical realism, enters the main competition at the Gdynia Polish Film Festival with Venice, a coming-of-age tale of a journey that never took place.
Cannes IFF 2010 Party and Screening Alert: Today and Tomorrow: May 21
(All parties and events strictly require a personal invitation from the organizers)
FNE at Cannes IFF 2010: The World is Big Peddles to the Far East
CANNES: Stephan Komandarev's The World is Big and Salvation is Lurks Just Around the Corner was sold for theatrical release in Japan and Canada by sales outfit M-Appeal (www.m-appeal.com)s during…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2010: SCHASTYE MOE (MY JOY)
CANNES: Belarussian born documentary director Sergei Loznitsa's first venture into feature film was 10 years in the making. He has based his story on his own travels around provincial Russia…
PRODCTION: Slovak producer Biermann plans to shoot Tugendhat novel with Hřebejk
Prague-based Slovak film producer Rudolf Biermann said he would like to shoot a big-budget film adaptation of the novel The Glass Room by British writer Simon Mawer.
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Flying Pigs
After a promising debut, Anna Kazejak comes back with Flying Pigs, a moving story about honor and friendship tested in the brutal world of soccer fans.
