Poland pins Oscar hopes on Rabbit
Rabbit à la Berlin, a Polish coproduction directed by Bartek Konopka will compete for the Best Short Documentary Award at the 82nd Academy Awards edition.
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Kolorádó Kid
The beginning of production on Kolorádó Kid the debut film of journalist András Vágvölgyi B. dates back to 2006.
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Lull (Szélcsend)
Lull, the second feature in competition from director Tamás Sas, is a chamber drama, a triangle of three women on a boat.
Film Europe and SPI launch documentary channel
Film Europe, a division of distribution company SPI International (www.spi-film.eu), has launched DocuCS, the second of three themed TV and VOD channels planned for the Czech and Slovak markets.
PRODUCTION: Normalization goes into postproduction
After four year of gathering materials, Normalization, a full-length docu-tragedy by Slovak director Robert Kirchhoff, has gone into post-production.
PRODUCTION: The Ravishment plans Bulgarian release
Film director Plamen Masslarov (14 Kisses, 1997; Mayor, Mayor, 1990; The Judge, 1986) and head of the Bulgarian National Film Archive announced that his Bulgarian-Russian co-production The Ravishment will be…
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Espresso 10 years (Presszó 10 év)
Director Tamás Sas revisits his 1998 film Espresso (Presszó) with his sequel Espresso 10 years ,
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Chirribirri (Csiribiri)
Director JánosRózsa sculpts his film Chirribirri around what is a common experience for every Hungarian children: the songs of Judit Halász.
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Out/In Tawaret (Ki/Be Tawaret)
Veteran director György Molnár collected the crazy adventures of contemporary extravagant female poet Orsolya Karafiáth to create the film Out/in Tawaret.
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Deathwaltz (Halálkeringő)
The Deathwaltz from director Krisztián Károly Köves is billed as the first modern Hungarian thriller.
Streičs directs another hit film for Latvia
Latvian director Janis Streičs has revived interest in domestic film production with his latest feature Rudolf's Legacy (Rudolfa mantojums).
Czechs announce first appearance at Clermont-Ferrand
The Czech Film Center is set to represent the Czech Republic at the Clermont-Ferrand market for short films (Feb 1-6) for the first time, and will have two shorts in…
DG COMM announces video clip contest
The Audiovisual Service of DG COMM is launching a video production competition together with "Content 360" - MIPTV's annual cross-media competition.
Warner Bros Poland signs first look deal with San Graal
Warner Bros. Entertainment Polska announced a production and distribution deal with Polish filmmaker, Andrzej Saramonowicz and his production company San Graal.
Czech Center to Issue DVD of shorts
The Czech Film Center will release Czech Short Films Vol. 1, a selection of 12 short films by students the FAMU and Zlín Film Schools, at end of January.
Slovak presence at Rotterdam and Goteborg announced
Slovakia will present three films at the Rotterdam film festival and two films at Goteborg, spanning both fiction and documentary films.
Production: The Mission of the Human Resource Manager moves into postproduction
Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis (Lemon Tree, The Syrian Bride) completed a 20 days shoot of his new feature in Romania in late December, after shooting in Israel for 3 weeks…
Production: Tuesday after Christmas wraps postproduction
Radu Muntean's fourth feature after Rage, The Paper Will Be Blue and Boogie will complete postproduction by the end of January 2010.
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: The Gravedigger (A sírásó)
The Gravedigger is best characterized as an experimental film, as director-photographer Sándor Kardos creates a film interpretation of Rainer Maria Rilke's poem "The funeral of John Mortonson."
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Bibliotheque Pascal
Bibliotheque Pascal from director Szabolcs Hajdu had a long production process and overcame numerous problems before it completion.
