CME Appoints Matthias Settele General Director of TV Markiza
PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises (CME, www.cme.net) announced the appointment of Matthias Settele to replace outgoing General Director of Slovakia’s TV Markiza Zuzana Tapakova on 23 September.
Andrzej Jakimowski’s Imagine scores European Film Academy Nomination and international sales success
WARSAW: Polish director Andrzej Jakimowski’ Imagine has been selected as the Polish nomination for the European Film Awards.
Bulgarian Commissioner Fears Loss of Coverage with End of Analogue TV
SOFIA: As many as 350,000 to 1 m Bulgarians are unprepared for the end of the analogue TV signal, now scheduled to happen on 30 September 2013.
FNE at BIAFF 2013: Norway Takes Two Top Awards at Georgian Festival
BATUMI: The 8th Batumi International Art-house Film Festival held in Batumi 15-22 September 2013 gave its Grand Prix to the Norwegian/German/Iraqi film Before Snowfall. The Danish/Norwegian/British film Act of Killing…
PRODUCTION: Single Cut Hany Wraps 3-Day Shoot
PRAGUE: Debuting director Michal Samir finished a marathon three-day filming schedule on Hany, a drama shot on location in the famed Czech brewery city of Plzen, on 21 September 2013.
PRODUCTION: Polish Artist Libera to Make Film Debut
WARSAW: Internationally acclaimed Polish artist Zbigniew Libera is in production with his directing debut, an experimental science-fiction feature titled Walser starring Krzysztof Stroiński (Fear of Falling) and Adam Sikora (Essential…
Hungary Extends Tax Rebate through 2019
BUDAPEST: The European Commission approved the continuation of Hungary’s tax rebate system for films through 31 December 2019. Production companies can claim 20 percent of costs under the scheme.
FESTIVALS: Germany, Singapore Take Top Prizes at 10thCinefest Hungary
MISKOLC: Katrin Gebbe’s Nothing Bad Can Happen (Tore tanzt) won the Emeric Pressburger Grand Prize of the 10th edition of the Jameson CineFest, named in honor of the Miskolc-born Academy…
FNE at LET’S CEE 2013: Romanian Domestic Sweeps up Main Award
VIENNA: Domestic by Romanian director Adrian Sitaru won Best Film and the Bulgarian documentary The Last Black Sea Pirates by Svetoslav Stoyanov won Best Documentary at the 2nd edition of…
German and Norwegian Productions Joins Slate of International TV Projects Shooting on Czech Locations
PRAGUE: Historical TV productions are energizing the Czech international film service industry, with two TV projects for Germany’s SAT 1 and Norwegian TV scheduled to production within the next month,…
FNE Thank You to Participants of Reader Survey and the Polish Film Institute
WARSAW: FNE would like to thank everyone who participated in our Reader Survey earlier this year. We would also like to congratulate Charlie Cockey who was the winner of a…
PRODUCTION: Hartley-Merrill Winner Goes into Production
BUDAPEST: Weekend, the Hungarian winner of the International Hartley-Merrill Screenwriting Award, will begin a seven-week shoot on locations in Budapest, rural Hungary and in Transylvania in Romania in mid-October.
Cvitkovic, Sadowska among 13 Directors Pitching at connecting cottbus 2013
COTTBUS: Thirteen Eastern European pitching projects ranging from slacker comedy to closeted homosexuality have been selected for the 15th edition of connecting cottbus (www.connecting-cottbus.de 7-8 November, 2013), the East-West coproduction…
Bulgaria Introduces Funding for Young Directors
SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center (NFC) will establish a new fund for young directors of short film projects produced within five years of graduation. The plan will support ten…
Romanian Pay TV Model Ready for Export
BUCHAREST: Global satellite company SES is planning additional launches for the DTH platform Orange TV which was launched in Romania by SES and the communication company Orange in June 2013.
Gdynia Winner Develops United States Of Love
GDYNIA: Tomasz Wasilewski, winner of the Young Directing Talent Prize at the 38th Gdynia Film Festival spoke exclusively with FNE about his new project currently in development.
FNE - IDF DocBloc: Distributors Meet in Slovakia
European distributors arrived in Bratislava for a DOK.Incubator workshop.
PRODUCTION: Sławomir Fabicki in preparation with a family feature
WARSAW: After years in development, Sławomir Fabicki confirmed to FNE that he will start works on Bonobo Jingo in June of 2014. The cast of the film will include a…
Record Number of Romanian Premieres in Local Cinemas
BUCHAREST: Nine Romanian features made by Corneliu Porumboiu, Tudor Cristian Jurgiu and Bogdan Mustaţă are opening in Romanian theatres this autumn. Romanian film has been a big prize winner at…
FESTIVALS: Jihlava Selects 19 Emerging Producers
PRAGUE: The second edition of the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival’s Emerging Producers project has named 19 European participants. Central European participants come from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic (with…
