Polish Tricks in French distribution

Tricks directed by Andrzej Jakimowski had gone into regular cinema release in France, gathering enthusiastic reviews.
03-11-2008

Jerzy Hoffman loses copyrights in Ukraine

Polish director Jerzy Hoffman has lost a court case against the Ukrainian government over Hoffman's hit movie With Fire and Sword.
03-11-2008

Cyprus hosts Romanian film fest

Romanian films will be the focus of a week-end festival being held in Limassol, Cyprus, November 7-10.
03-11-2008

PISF celebrates 100 years of Polish cinema

Celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the first Polish feature film, the Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl) had prepared a series of events including gallery shows, retrospectives and a DVD collection.
02-11-2008

Perpetuum Mobile premieres in Lithuania

Valdas Navasaitis' new feature film Perpetuum mobile premieres on November 4 in Vilnius, with nation-wide distribution beginning on November 7.
02-11-2008

Mustafa takes box office crown

Mustafa, a 115-minute documentary about the founder of the modern Turkish Republic, led the box office charts on its opening day.
02-11-2008

Sappho takes top Cyprus fest awards

Director Robert Crombie's Sappho took home the bulk of the awards at the closing ceremony of the 3rd Cyprus International Film Festival on October 25.
02-11-2008

Rome win for Zanussi film

Krzysztof Zanussi's competition film, With a Warm Heart, earned the best actor prize for Bodhan Stupka at the awards ceremony of the Rome International Film Festival on October 31.
02-11-2008

Landscape No. 2 wins Portoroz top prize

Vinko Moedendorfer's second feature film, Landscape No. 2, won the Vesna best film award at the 11th Slovenian Film Festival held in the resort town of Portoroz.
30-10-2008

New Turkish films lift local box office

New Turkish films hitting the cinemas are expected to attract record numbers of viewers and drive local box office.
30-10-2008

Krakow film fest invites entries

The 49 Krakow Film Festival, running May 29-June 4, announced its call for competition films in three categories.
30-10-2008

Polish films win top Tokyo prize

Two Polish productions won the Grand Prix and the Special Jury Prize at the 21st Tokyo Film Festival.
30-10-2008

Eurimages supports 13 European co-productions

The Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund (www.coe.int/Eurimages) announced support of 13 European co-productions, out of 20 applicants, with 4,212,529 euros in funding.
29-10-2008

Immigrants world premier in Hungary

Immigrants - L.A. Dolce Vita (www.immigrantsthemovie.com), the feature animation film from Hungarian-American filmmaker Gabor Csupo, has its world premiere on October 30 in Hungary.
29-10-2008

Gypsy Virgin bows in Slovakia

Virgin Gypsy (Cinka Panna), a Slovak/Czech/Hungarian co-production, opened in Slovak cinemas on October 23.
29-10-2008

Estonia nominates I was here for foreign-language Oscar

I Was Here by Rene Vilbre was chosen as Estonia's entry to compete for this year's best foreign language Oscar award.
29-10-2008

CME announces strong third quarter results

Central European Media Enterprises (CME) announced solid increases for both its third quarter and year on year results.
29-10-2008

East European Forum brings industry to Jihlava

The 8th East European Forum put a professional stamp on the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival with an array of documentary film buyers and distributors guiding and networking with selected…
28-10-2008

Czech docs in the spotlight

With the Czech film Rene the recently announced winner of the European Film Academy's best documentary award, documentaries from the Czech Republic are suddenly in the spotlight.
28-10-2008

East European Forum: case studies

For some of the participants at the East European Forum, a week-long documentary workshop (October 22-27), the networking opportunities bring immediate results.
28-10-2008