FNE Georgian Cinema Focus: A Proud History Reborn
In recent years Georgian cinema has been witnessing a period of rebirth and revival. Yet another generation of filmmakers emerged, and the directors who stopped making films in the 1990s…
FNE Focus: Georgian Cinema Today
Georgian cinema has a long and distinguished history but it has also become in recent years a vital new source of young European filmmaking talent and an important partner for…
FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010 National Competition: A Step into Darkness
Atil Inac directed the award winning film A Step into Darkness, which screened in the national competition at Adana, following its premiere at the Montreal Film Festival and screenings at…
FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010 National Competition: Breath
Breath (Nefes) directed by Levent Semerci is the first war movie about Sirnak and terrorism on the south-eastern border of Turkey. The film, with a cast of first-time actors, was…
FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010 National Competition: Envy
Envy from director Zeki Demirkubuz is a story of lust, loyalty, passion and trust in 1930's Turkey. The film is adapted from an acclaimed novel by Nahid Sırri Orik.
FNE at Adana Golden Boll FF 2010: Glory of young Turkish cinema
The 17th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (20-26 September) put on display the glorious talent of today's young Turkish cinema. The Golden Boll for Best Film went to this year's…
FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010 National Competition: The Voice
The Voice, about a girl who hears voices inside her head, is one of the several Turkish parapsychological horror films. The script was written by noted film critic Uygar Sirin…
FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010 National Competition: There
There, directed by Melik Saracoglu and Hakki Kurtulus, is a drama about a father and his two estranged sons who reunite following the death of their mother. The film was…
FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010: MEDITERRANEAN SHORT FILM COMPETITION
ADANA: The 17th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (http://www.altinkoza.org/) has bounced back after its usual June slot was cancelled earlier this year and the event was transfered to September in…
New mobile provider could enter Hungarian market
The National Media and Telecommunications Authority (NMHH, www.nmhh.hu) plans to sell the 450 MHz band in Hungary in 2010. The deputy chief of the Authority, Gábor Mátrai, explained that the…
Bulgarian Hunting Down Small Predators starts digital distribution
The new teenage romance Hunting Down Small Predators (http://hdsp.bg/) shot in HD (2K) with a SI-2K camera and directly transferred to positive film stock using the Cinevator technology started a…
FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010 National Competition: Honey
Director/writer/producer Semih Kaplanoglu scored an international success with his film Honey, winner of the Golden Bear when it premiered at the 2010 Berlinale. It opened in Turkey on 9 April,…
FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010 National Film competition: Brought by the Sea
Brought by the Sea directed by Nesli Colgecen is a movie about the immigrant problem, centered on an African immigrant, a lonely man and a nurse's friendship. The film was…
FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010 National Film competition: Oh Dear Oh Dear!
Oh Dear Oh Dear! from director Hakan Algul, rose to a strong second place showing among national films at the Turkish box office, following its release on 26 February, 2010.…
FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010: National Film competition
ADANA: The Adana 17th Altin Golden Boll Film Festival which is taking place from 20 to 26 September in the Turksih city of Adana will be screening a programme of…
FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010: National Competition: Five Cities
Five Cities directed by Onur Unlu is the story of five people crossing from Eskisehir to Istanbul. It is a production of Eflatun Film (www.eflatunfilm.com), founded by Unlu. The company…
Kozole selected for ScripTeast
One of the most recognized Slovenian filmmakers, Damjan Kozole is headed to Poland to develop his project Nightlife at the 5th edition of ScripTeast.
Bulgaria sends Eastern Plays to the Oscars
The Film Council of the Bulgarian National Film Center (www.nfc.bg) has selected Kamen Kalev's Eastern Plays (www.easternplays.com) as the country's official entry to the 2011 Oscar best foreign language film…
PRODUCTION: At My Father's Home in development
Andrei Cohn is in development with his first feature, At My Father's Home, "the story of a young man put to a test by his girlfriend, who goes back to…
