European Film Industry Voices Concerns over Single Digital Market Strategy
WARSAW: European film industry professionals and organisations have voiced strong concerns about the strategy for the creation of a single digital market across the EU adopted on 6 May by…
FESTIVALS: Transilvania Film Festival Announces 2015 Lineup
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Five debut features and seven films made by second time directors are competing for the Transilvania Trophy at the 14th Transilvania IFF (29 May -7 June 2015).
BEST OF LET’S CEE: Slovenian Film Days 2015 in Graz
VIENNA: Austria’s LET’S CEE Film Festival will once again put a spotlight on neighbouring Slovenia with the second edition of Slovenian Film Days taking place in Graz on 9 and…
PRODUCTION: Ankica Jurić Tilić Develops Debut Drama The Staffroom
ZAGREB: Producer Ankica Jurić Tilić from Kinorama is currently developing The Staffroom/Zbornica, the debut feature of Sonja Tarokić, set for shooting in autumn 2016.
CME Remains Optimistic as OBIDA Climbs to Black
HAMILTON, BERMUDA: Central European Media Enterprises touted a healthy rise in revenues minus operating costs to 11.4m USD in Q1 2015, compared with a loss of -3.4m USD for the…
Box Office and Admissions Rise Across CEE
STRASBOURG: With some notable exceptions, box office and admissions saw at least a modest rise in most CEE territories in 2014, according to the newly published report from the European…
PRODUCTION: Slovak OUT Heads to Cannes L'Atelier before Shooting Begins
BRATISLAVA: The first Slovak film, the feature debut OUT (Vychladnutie) by FAMU graduate György Kristóf, has been selected for the 11th Cinéfondation L’Atelier, taking place as part of the Cannes…
Romanian Thriller Tudo Looks for Funding on Indiegogo
BUCHAREST: Iura Luncaşu’s independent thriller Tudo, now in the first stage of postproduction, is turning to crowdfunding for the approximately 22,000 EUR needed to close its budget.
Corneliu Porumboiu's The Treasure Begins International Sales Prior to Cannes Premiere
BUCHAREST: Corneliu Porumboiu's fourth feature The Treasure/Comoara, which will have its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section in Cannes (13-24 May 2015), has been sold in Croatia, Hungary,…
Winnetou Returns to Croatia
ZAGREB: Nearly half a century since the Balkan Western Winnetou film series roped in herds of fans across Eastern Europe, a TV film trilogy based on the popular Karl May…
PRODUCTION: Slovak Cross-Genre Waiting Room Completed
BRATISLAVA: Slovak scriptwriter/director Palo Korec has completed work on the feature length film essay Waiting Room (Čakáreň).
PRODUCTION: Ryszard Bugajski Shooting Stalinist Drama in Warsaw
WARSAW: Ryszard Bugajski has started shooting the dramatic film Zaćma, inspired by the life of a Stalinist member of the infamous Polish Ministry of Security known as "Bloody Luna."
Polański Returns to Krakow to Receive Award
KRAKOW: Roman Polański returned to Poland to pick up an award at the PKO Off Camera Festival in Krakow, his home town.
FNE at Finale Plzen 2015: Petr Vaclav Scores Another Win
PLZEN: The Way Out, which marked Petr Václav’s return to directing after an absence of 13 years, took the main award at the 28th Finale Plzen Film Festival which wrapped…
Mazovia Film Fund Awards Grants to Five Films
WARSAW: The Mazovia Film Fund handed out grants totaling some 200,000 EUR to two feature films, two documentaries, and one animated film.
OBITUARY: Georgian Director Rezo Chkheidze
TBILISI: Acclaimed Georgian director/screenwriter Rezo Chkheidze died on 3 May 2015. He was 88 years old.
Baltic's Forum Cinemas Parent Company Acquired by UK Firm
TALLIN: The Baltic states' Forum Cinemas parent company Nordic Cinema Group has been acquired by UK-based private equity group Bridgepoint.
FNE at Plzen Finale FF 2015: Czech Film Center Presents Upcoming Feature Films
PLZEN: Czech and international industry representatives filled the annual presentation of upcoming Czech films organized for the 12th time at the Finale Plzen film festival, taking place until 2 May…
FESTIVALS: Andrei Cohn's Back Home to Open the 19th European Film Festival in Bucharest
BUCHAREST: Andrei Cohn's debut feature Back Home / Acasă la tata (Family Film, Mandragora) will open the 19th European Film Festival in Bucharest on 7 May 2015.
Producers Workshop B'EST Call for Projects 2015
TALLINN: The fourth edition of Baltic Bridge East by West (B'EST) is calling for 12 participants to take part in the event. Seven of the selected projects will be from…
