FESTIVALS: Jameson Cinefest Announces Film Line-up
MISKOLC: The 8the Jameson Cinefest Hungary (17-25 September 2011, www.cinefest.hu) has selected 14 films to screen in competition and six films screening out of competition.
PRODUCTION: Closer to the Moon Starts Shooting in Bucharest
BUCHAREST: Nae Caranfil (Restul e tăcere/The Rest Is Silence) writes and directs Closer to the Moon, his first English language feature starring Vera Farmiga and Mark Strong. Filming began on…
FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Competition: Shame
VENICE: British director Steve McQueen follows his critically acclaimed debut, Hunger, about a man who used his body as a political tool to fight for freedom, with Shame, which examines…
FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Screening Alert: Monday, September 5
All parties and events strictly require an invitation from the organisers
TV News Channel Starts Broadcasting in Bulgaria
SOFIA: Bulgaria On Air, registered as part of the Bulgaria On Air Media Group (www.bgonair.bg), will begin broadcasting its 24 hour program on 9 September 2011. According to the Media…
PRODUCTION: Polish Thriller Debut Vulture in Production
WARSAW: Director Eugeniusz Korin is filming Vulture, a new Polish addition to the classic thriller genre. The shoot, which started on the 12 June 2011, is concluding in early of…
FNE at Medias Central European Film Festival: Interview with Radu Gabrea
FNE spoke with Radu Gabrea, the head of the new Central European film festival (www.meceff.ro) located in Medias, Romania, taking place 5-11 September 2011.
FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Competition: A Dangerous Method
VENICE: David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method is a much more conventional film than his recent work with a mostly straight historical recounting of the intersection of the lives of psychiatrists…
FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Competition: Carnage
VENICE: Roman Polanski’s Carnage is an adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s French stage play, God of Carnage, which was one of the most successful international stage hits of the past decade.…
FNE - IDF DocBloc: The Global Town
We follow a successful businessman as he buys land, negotiates with politicians, commissions extensive market surveys and meets with his associates at a major real estate exhibition. He collects art,…
Films Boutique Picks up Two Romanian Films
BUCHAREST: Radu Jude's Everybody in Our Family/Toată lumea din familia noastră and Adrian Sitaru's Best Intentions/Din dragoste, cu cele mai bune intenţii will be sold internationally by the Berlin-based Films…
FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Screening Alerts - Friday, 2 September
All parties and events strictly require an invitation from the organisers
FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Polish coproduction Land of Oblivion premiers in Venice
VENICE: Land of Oblivion, a Polish coproduction directed by Israeli director Michale Boganim and starring Olga Kurylenko and Andrzej Chyra, will have its world premiere on 3 September 2011 in…
Albany Films Picks Up My Name is Ki
WARSAW: The new Paris-based sales company Albany Films International handled by Germain Labeille has picked up Leszek Dawid's debut feature Ki (My name is Ki), which is screening at the…
PRODUCTION: TVN Shooting Series Agatha’s Law
WARSAW: Polish private broadcaster TVN is preparing a new original series entitled Agatha's Law (Prawo Agaty) to premiere in 2012. It will be the first classical law series made in…
PRODUCTION: Sonja & the Bull Begins Filming
ZAGREB: Director Vlatka Vorkapic started filming Sonja & the Bull, produced by Interfilm and Croatian Radio and Television, on 25 August 2011 in rural Croatia. Filming takes place in Zagreb…
Lotte Sequel Opens Strong in Estonia
TALLINN: Lotte and the Moonstone Secret, an Estonian-Latvian children's animated feature film, drew 9,658 film-goers in its opening weekend, making it the fifth largest Estonian domestic film launch in 10…
Battle Of Warsaw 1920 Sets US Premiere
Battle Of Warsaw 1920, a 3D major costume production directed by Jerzy Hoffman, will have its American premiere on 14 and 15 October at the Mauvico Rosemont cinema in Chicago.
Bulgarian TV Advertising Income on the Rise
The Bulgarian Be Media Consultant agency reported that during the first half of 2011 the TV ad market was able to maintain a 78% share of the total domestic market.…
Polish Coproduction Carnage Premieres in Venice
Roman Polański's film Carnage, a coproduction between Poland, Franc, Spain and Germany, has its international premiere on 1 September at the 68th Venice IFF.
