Romanian Ad Market to Grow by 2.8%
BUCHAREST: After five years of decline, the Romanian ad market is poised to grow by 2.8% through the end of 2014.
FESTIVALS: Golden Rose Returns to Bulgaria
SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center announced the titles of the 15 films that will compete in the 32nd edition of the country’s oldest film event, the “Golden Rose” National…
Warsaw 44 Dominates Polish Box Office
WARSAW: With over 400,000 tickets sold in its first week of release, the WWII drama directed by Jan Komasa Warsaw 44 is positioned to be a front runner for the…
Record Season for Film Production in Malta
Valletta: Four major international films have been in production in Malta since August 2014, giving the Mediterranean island nation its most ambitious season ever.
CBS MiniSeries The Dovekeepers to Shoot in Malta
VALLETTA: The four hour Mini Series entitled The Dovekeepers, a coproduction between CBS Television Studios and Light Workers Media, is due to start shooting in Malta.
PRODUCTION: Michał Szczerbic Shooting New Polish Drama Fair
WARSAW: Accomplished Polish producer and screenwriter Michał Szczerbic makes his feature debut with a WWII drama Fair (Sprawiedliwy).
Iron Sky Team Share the Script with Crowd Funding
HELSINKI: The makers of Iron Sky. The Coming Race, the sequel to 2012 film Iron Sky, also by Finnish director Timo Vuorensola, are sending the script for their new film…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Jihlava IFF's Emerging Producers 2015
JIHLAVA: The Jihlava IFF, which takes place 23-28 October 2014, has announced the first participants for the Emerging Producers Workshop 2015.
Hollywood Stars Shooting in Czech Locations
PRAGUE: Hollywood stars, Orlando Bloom and two-time Oscar winner Michael Douglas, will move to the Czech Republic for seven weeks to shoot high budget action thriller Unlocked directed by Michael…
PRODUCTION: Hana Jusić Develops Quit Staring at My Plate
ZAGREB: Hana Jusić's debut feature, Quit Staring at My Plate/ Ne gledaj mi u pijat, is a Croatian, Danish and French coproduction set for shooting in May 2015.
Kino Polska TV Invests in TV Shopping
WARSAW: Kino Polska TV has bought 80% of the shares in Polish TV shopping company TV Okazje.
FESTIVALS: Eastern Promises Retrospective at the San Sebastian IFF
SAN SEBASTIAN: An impressive retrospective of 50 Eastern European films is being featured at this year’s 62nd San Sebastian Film Festival. The series, entitled Eastern Promises. Autobiography of Eastern Europe,…
Warsaw 44 Opens at Number One in Poland
WARSAW: Following a good critical reception at the 39. Gdynia Film Festival, the WWII drama by Jan Komasa soared to the top of the Polish box office in its opening…
America, Here We Come! Sets Opening Record for 2014
BUCHAREST: Răzvan Săvescu’s debut feature America, Here We Come!/America,venim! racked up 14,257 admissions in the first weekend, more than #Selfie, the biggest hit of 2014 so far, but it didn’t…
FESTIVALS: Regiofun International Festival of Film Producers Jubilee
KATOWICE: The fifth IFFP, Regiofun, will take place from 7-12 October 2014. The only European festival dedicated exclusively to film producers, it draws producers from around the world.
Slovak Doc 38 Tops Box Office in Record Opening
BRATISLAVA: Director Daniel Dangl's new doc 38 about the Slovak ice-hockey legend Pavol Demitra, has topped the Slovak box office reaching record numbers of spectators. With nearly 50,000 admissions in…
PRODUCTION: People’s Hero Ljiljan Vidić Shooting
ZAGREB: Croatian director Ivan Goran Vitez (Forest Creatures) is shooting People’s Hero Ljiljan Vidić, a Croatian partisan-comedy set in 1944.
FNE at Gdynia FF 2014: Winners of the 39th Gdynia Polish Film Festival
GDYNIA: The top prize of the 39. Gdynia Film Festival went to Gods directed by Łukasz Palkowski, a biopic about professor Zbigniew Religa, who performed the first successful heart transplant…
Just the Two of Us Wins Aristoteles Worskhop
VAMA: Just the Two of Us, directed by Nina Blazin (Slovenia), shot by Erno-Aron Palfi-Horvath (Hungary, Romania) and edited by Raluca Petre (Romania) is the winner of the 9th edition…
FNE at BIAFF 2014: Winners of the 9th Batumi International ArtHouse FF
BATUMI: The 9th Batumi International Art-house Film Festival (BIAFF) held in Batumi 14-21 September 2014 gave its Grand Prix to Lenny Abrahamson for his comedy Frank (UK/Ireland, 2014) that had…
