FILM NEW EUROPE - STEP IN - LOCARNO: COUNTRY REPORT: CROATIA
Croatia's most significant recent event affecting the film and TV industry was the approval of a 20% cash rebate for production costs incurred for feature films, documentaries, animation and TV…
Markiza to Launch Men’s Channel
BRATISLAVA: TV Markíza (www.markiza.sk), Slovakia's leading broadcaster owned by Central European Media Enterprises (www.cetv-net.com), is set to launch a third channel by the end of August 2012,.
FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Polish Days: Viva Bel@rus!
WROCŁAW: Krzysztof Lukaszewicz's second feature film Viva Bel@rus! is the story of a young rock musician who unwittingly get caught up in the world of political protest in Belarus under…
PRODUCTION: Actor Dragoş Bucur Preps Directing Debut
BUCHAREST: After starring in several acclaimed Romanian New Wave features Dragoş Bucur is preparing to shoot his directorial debut, Love Building, starting 23 July 2012.
FNE - Step In - Locarno Country Report: Bulgaria
After almost two years of a funding crisis, the second half of 2011 marked the restoration of the government's financial support for Bulgarian film.
FESTIVALS: New Horizons Hosts Polish Days Pitching Session
WROCŁAW: Seven new film projects at various stages of development were showcased during Polish Days at the T-Mobile New Horizons festival (www.nowehoryzonty.pl) underway in Wrocław.
Film New Europe STEP IN Locarno: Country Report Bosnia - Herzegovina
With Bosnia and Herzegovina entering the MEDIA Programme, expanding its access to film funding and now looking at a promising line-up of new films in the coming year, the country…
FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Polish Days: You Will Never Know
WROCŁAW: You Will Never Know by Jan Kidawa-Błoński, tells the story of a young woman who shelters a young Jewish woman during WWII, and the obsessive bond that grows between…
Croatian Audiovisual Centre Announces 2012 Grants
ZAGREB: Croatia has awarded grants of 402,082 EUR/3,015,622 HRK to four feature films, one documentary and two short films - all minority co-productions.
FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Polish Days : You Are God
WROCŁAW: Leszek Dawid's original take on the legendary Polish hip hop band, You Are God, tells the story of the meteoric rise of the band Paktofonika and the suicide of…
Film New Europe STEP IN Locarno: Country Report Poland
Seven years after Poland decided to make the film industry a priority with both money and expertise that established the Polish Film Institute (PISF), Polish cinema is a well-established presence…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Vitić Dances
Croatian director Boris Bakal is participating in Ex-Oriente 2012 with his documentary film project Vitic Dances.
FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Polish Days: My Father’s Bike
WROCŁAW: An elderly man, accompanied by his son and grandson, undertakes a journey to win back the wife who left him for another man in Piotr Trzaskalski's dark comedy My…
FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Polish Days: Manhunt
WROCŁAW: Manhunt, a moving war-time drama about WWII resistance fighters by Marcin Krzyształowicz, will be showcased during Polish Days of the New Horizons film festival.
Antena TV Group Reports Profit in 2011
BUCHAREST: Antena TV Group had a turnover of 52.62 m EUR and a profit of 1.47 m EUR. It is the only TV company in Romania to show a profit…
Hungarian National Film Fund Announces Grants
BUDAPEST: Ádám Császi's Hungarian-German coproduction Land of Storms/ Viharsarok received 208,000 Euro/60 M HUF on July 12. Other three projects received script development grants.
Low-budget Film Production at VFF 2012
{mosimage}Second year of a networking and educational platform for European students Visegrad Film Forum (VFF) will take place at the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts…
Hrebejk, Ondricek Films Headed to Cinemas
{mosimage}PRAGUE: The Czech fall film season will get off to an early strong start with films by Jan Hrebejk and David Ondricek scheduled for end-of-summer theatrical releases.
Sarajevo Forum Lays Out New Coproduction Minimums
{mosimage}The third Sarajevo Film Festival Regional Forum (www.sff.ba) outlined proposed reforms to the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production that will ease the way toward expansion eastward.
Funding Hampers Czech Film Restoration
{mosimage}PRAGUE: A lack of funds is delaying the restoration of classic Czech films, according the the new director of the Czech National Film Archives, Michal Bregant.
