ZAGREB: Finnish writer/director Arto Halonen (Princess, Pavlov’s Dogs) is in postproduction with the first Finnish-Croatian coproduction, a comedy about the doping-phenomenon notable for the casting of Canadian Olympic athlete Ben Johnson, who relinquished his gold medal when he tested positive for doping, in a minor role.
WARSAW: Polish producer Opus Film has joined the international coproduction of the drama The Cut by German director Fatih Akin. Opus Film was also a coproducer on the sci-fi film The Congress directed by Ari Folman which premiered at the 66th Cannes IFF.
FNE at Cannes IFF 2013: Party and Screening Alert Friday, Saturday and Sunday
CANNES: The prestigious Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award for the Best Eastern and Central European Script was awarded to Polish scriptwriting duo Bartosz Konopka and Przemyslaw Nowakowski for their screenplay The Mute at a gala ceremony in Cannes last night.
FNE at Cannes IFF 2013: Party and Screening Alert Thursday 23 May and Friday 24 May
FNE at Zlin IFF: 16 Films Screen in Diverse International Competitions
PRAGUE: Eight films representing five continents will compete in each the two main international competitions of films for children and youth at the 53rd Zlin IFF running 27 May – 1 June 2013.
European Film under threat in US EU Free Trade Talks warn film professionals
CANNES: Thousands of audiovisual industry professionals have called on the European Commission to take film funding off the table in EU US trade negotiation talks warning the measures threaten the survival of the industry.
FNE at Cannes IFF 2013: Party and Screening Alert Wednesday and Thursday 22-23 May
Cristian Hordila, Managing Director of Romanian Film Promotion, has joined the incoming Board of Directors of European Film Promotion.
BUDAPEST: Two films received development support in the latest round of grants from the Hungarian National Film Fund, in addition to four films which received production support and six films receiving script development funding in an earlier round.
The former Kentauros Studios, located 20 km from central Bucharest, will be relaunched as Solar Studios in a joint venture between Solar Entertainment Group and Romanian real estate developer Dragos Savulescu, who recently acquired the property.
CEE exhibitor Cinema City saw a 14.1 percent rise in revenues, to 71.3 m EUR, and 6.3 percent rise in ticket sales (9.1 m) in Q1 2013 over Q1 2012 results, due to an increase in the number of cinemas and screens.
FNE at Cannes IFF 2013: Party and Screening Alert Tuesday and Wednesday
Welcomed by the greatest film festival in the world, the European Rendez-Vous, organised by the MEDIA programme, including the MEDIA conference Think Audience Strategy, will take place this year on the 20 May.
