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FNE at Istanbul IFF 2010: Festival Announces Competition Lineup |
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19 March 2010 |
By FNE Staff |
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As of this year, the Golden Tulip Award, rewarded to a film from the "International Competition" category of the International Istanbul Film Festival will be presented in memoriam Şakir Eczacıbaşı... |
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FNE at Istanbul IFF 2010: EFP’s Bridges Europe – Turkey |
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19 March 2010 |
By FNE Staff |
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European Film Promotion (EFP) is launching a new programme highlighting Turkish and European film, "Bridges Europe - Turkey" at the Istanbul International Film Festival. |
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Bulgarian daily sells national features on DVD |
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18 March 2010 |
By Pavlina Jeleva |
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Bulgaria's National Film Center this month is funding production of 100,000 DVD's of 12 Bulgarian features for sale with a daily national newspaper. |
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Almási takes Hungary's Kossuth Prize |
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18 March 2010 |
By Dániel Deák |
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Tamás Almási has received Kossuth Prize for his outstanding documentary and feature films, presented on March 15 by László Sólyom, the President of Hungary. |
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Slovakia announces nominees for SUN film awards |
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18 March 2010 |
By FNE Staff |
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Broken Promises, Foxes, and Soul at Peace have been nominated in the Best Film category of the Slovak national film awards, Sun in the Net 2010. |
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Vilnius fest host eight Lithuanian premieres |
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17 March 2010 |
By Auksė Kancerevičiūtė |
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The 15th Vilnius International Film Festival Kino pavasaris (March18 - April 2, 2010) will host eight Lithuanian film premieres, including the debut from Marius IvaškeviÄŤius, Our father (TÄ—ve mĹ«sĹł). |
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FYROM takes Sofia pitching award |
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17 March 2010 |
By Michal Klimkiewicz |
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The Nu Boyana Film Studios award for best pitching at the Sofia Meetings ‘Second Films Pitching' Programme was handed out to the project Kalabalak by Sasha Damjanovski (UK, Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia). |
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Police, Adjective wins the Romanian Filmmakers Union Trophy |
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17 March 2010 |
By Iulia Blaga |
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Corneliu Porumboiu's feature Police, Adjective became the recipient of the Grand Prix of the Romanian Filmmakers Union (UCIN, www.ucin.ro). |
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Russian One War wins Sofia IFF award |
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16 March 2010 |
By Pavlina Jeleva |
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Vera Glagoleva's debut drama One War, treating the tragic fate of exiled Soviet mothers with children by German fathers during World War II, was awarded the Grand Prix of the 14-th Sofia IFF (www.siff.bg/). |
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Slovene exhibitor faced with 3D problem |
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16 March 2010 |
By Matevz Rudolf |
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Slovene exhibitor Kolosej kinematogafi has stopped screenings of James Cameron's blockbuster Avatar due to problems with the contract to rent 3D glasses. |
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Planet Tušl becomes Slovenia's largest exhibitor |
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15 March 2010 |
By Matevz Rudolf |
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With the opening of its fifth multiplex in Koper on March 31, Slovenian cinema chain Planet Tuš (www.planet-tus.com) will become Slovenia's largest exhibitor. |
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EAVE announces new-EU country scholarships |
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11 March 2010 |
By FNE Staff |
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The EAVE Film Finance Forum, taking place April 15-18 in Luxembourg, has announced three scholarships available for participants from the new EU countries. Applications are due March 15. |
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10 March 2010 |
By Liga Miezite Jensen |
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The City of Riga (www.riga.lv) has launched the Riga Film Fund in order to attract foreign film productions with its first call for films on March 5. |
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09 March 2010 |
By Katarzyna Grynienko |
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Poland's Grupa Onet drew 500,000 viewers in its first three days of VOD service with an offering that included five of the most popular titles available online. |
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Film will challenge new Lithuanian law |
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09 March 2010 |
By Auksė Kancerevičiūtė |
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A 19-year old Lithuanian filmmaker is ready to challenge Lithuania's new Protection of Minors law with plans to make a gay-themed short film. |
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FNE at the Czech Lions 2010: Winners |
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08 March 2010 |
By Anna Franklin |
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PRAGUE: Marek Najbrt's Protektor was the clear favourite at this year's Czech Lions (6 March) picking up the prize for both best film and best director well as prizes for best script, best editing, best music and best actress. The Czech Lions are the Czech equivalent of the Oscars. |
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Bratislava festival launches two workshops |
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08 March 2010 |
By Cathy Meils |
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The Bratislava Film Festival is launching two major European initiatives in Bratislava to support emerging film talents: the Torino Film Lab and Script&Pitch workshops. |
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Surgata appointed Budapest Film CFO |
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08 March 2010 |
By Dániel Deák |
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Budapest Film Ltd. (www.budapestfilm.hu) has named Orsolya Surguta as CFO and Gabriella Vajda as the company's new marketing director. |
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Polish critics award Dark House |
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05 March 2010 |
By Katarzyna Grynienko |
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Polish film critics chose Dark House directed by Wojciech Smarzowski as the best Polish Film of 2009 and the White Ribbon by Michael Haneke as the Best Foreign Film. |
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Broadcasting Council says Polish media will run out of funds |
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04 March 2010 |
By Katarzyna Grynienko |
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An amendment to the Polish licence fee bill will significantly redyce income from the fees, the main source of funding for Poland's public media. |
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