Record Premiere for Punk Syndrome
{mosimage}HELSINKI: The Punk Syndrome was released on 4 May 2012 on 45 screens in Finland, a record for a domestic documentary.
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Women's Day
{mosimage}GDYNIA: In her feature debut Women's Day, premiering at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia (www.fpff.pl) Maria Sadowska takes on the issue of female solidarity and its boundaries in a…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Secret
{mosimage}GDYNIA: In his drama Secret, screening in competition at the Gdynia Polish Film Festival (7-12 May 2012, www.fpff.pl), Przemysław Wojcieszek creates another challenging and artistic independent film.
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Supermarket
{mosimage}GDYNIA: Maciej Zak creates a disturbing image of the impact that consumerism has on our life in his thriller Supermarket which appears in the main competition of the 37th Polish…
FNE at Cyprus Film Days 2012: Winners
LIMASSOL: the 10th International Cuprus Film Days Film Festival awarded its top prize to Combat Girls by David Wnendt along with a 7000 EUR prize. The Special Jury Award and…
FESTIVALS: Transilvania IFF Announces 12 Films in Competition
{mosimage}Films from Iceland, Norway, USA, Germany, Denmark, Holland, Israel, Austria, Russia and Chile and Japan will compete in the main competition of the 11th Transilvania IFF (www.tiff.ro), running 1-10 June…
DOK.Incubator Announces New Award
{mosimage}DOK.Incubator (www.dokincubator.net), a workshop focused on the distribution and rough cut phase, is offering a postproduction award for the documentary project that show the development at the workshop.
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: You Are God
{mosimage}GDYNIA: Leszek Dawid tackles the story of a legendary Polish hip hop band in his drama You Are God, screening in the main competition of Poland's national film festival in…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Crulic - The Path To Beyond
{mosimage}GDYNIA: Romanian writer-director Anca Damian (Crossing Dates) brings one of the most original films of the year to the Polish national film festival in Gdynia (www.fpff.pl), the animated feature Crulic…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: My Father's Bike
In My Father's Bike, premiering at the Gdynia Polish Film Festival (www.fpff.pl), Piotr Trzaskalski portrays three generations of men who are trying to explore their relationships as a grandfather, father…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Manhunt
{mosimage}Director/screenwriter Marcin Krzyształowicz enters the Main Competition in Gdynia (www.fpff.pl) with a WWII drama about the need for vengeance and compassion, Manhunt.
FNE announces fifth year of MEDIA support
WARSAW: FNE will once again be supported by the European Union’s MEDIA programme making this the fifth year the EU funding body has endorsed the work of FNE by granting…
FNE exclusive: Q&A with Tudor Giurgiu - Head of Romanian Film Promotion and of Transylvania IFF
FNE: As a president of Romanian Film Promotion (www.romfilmpromotion.ro), which is organizing annualy the Gopo Gala (www.premiilegopo.ro) celebrating the Romanian film industry, what do you think it was the most…
PRODUCTION: Romanian-Chinese Coproduction in Development
BUCHAREST: Bobby Paunescu is developing the first Romanian-Chinese coproduction, The Girl Who Knew Too Much, a thriller/love story set in the fashion industry and involving a Romanian model and the…
CME Q1 Revenues Down
Central European Media Enterprises (CME, www.cetv-net.com) reported a 3.1% decline in net revenues in the first quarter of 2012, falling to USD 167.4 million.
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Shameless
{mosimage}GDYNIA: In his moving debut Shameless, Filip Marczewski explores the issues of social taboo in contemporary Poland.
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Man, Chicks Are Just Different
{mosimage}GDYNIA: Marek Koterski explores the male view on women in his intimate dark humor comedy, Man, Chicks Are Just Different, in competition at the Polish national film festival in Gdynia…
PRODUCTION: Shia LaBeouf to Shoot The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman in Romania
BUCHAREST: Fredrik Bond's first feature The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman will bring Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, Melissa Leo, Mads Mikkelsen, Til Schweiger and James Buckley to Bucharest. Shooting…
FESTIVALS: The House Takes Top FINALE Award
PLZEN: The House (www.fogndesirefilms.cz)by debuting Slovak director Zuzana Liova won the Golden Kingfisher for best film at the 25th FINAL (www.festivalfinale.cz) festival of Czech Films.
Bulgaria’s National Film Center Increases Funding
SOFIA: Bulgaria's main film body, the National Film Center (NFC, www.nfc.bg) announced that it will double the amount of money available for the first round of grants in 2012, from…
