FNE at Cannes Producers Workshop: Joanna Szymańska

WARSAW: Joanna Szymańska was born in 1981 in Poland. A film studies graduate at the Jagiellonian University, she studied law at University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw. For…
15-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Janez Burger in Preproduction with Ivan

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian director Janez Burger's drama Ivan is in its final stage of preproduction for a fall 2015 shoot.
14-05-2015

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino Dukla, Jihlava

This month we speak with Ondrej Siroky, the programmer of Kino Dukla from Jihlava, Czech Republic. Kino Dukla, a new member of Europa Cinemas, is one of the venues of…
14-05-2015

Slovak Kinečko Takes Shorts to Cannes

BRATISLAVA: The international edition of the bimonthly magazine Kinečko will come with a bonus of CEE short films.
14-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Animated Websters in Development for Slovak TV

BRATISLAVA: Slovak director/producer Katarina Kerekesova is working on The Websters, a 13-part animated TV series about a family of spiders for children and parents.
14-05-2015

Elle Driver Pre-Buys Puiu's Sierra-Nevada

BUCHAREST: The new feature of Cristi Puiu, Sierra-Nevada, shot in January through March 2015, has been pre-sold by Wild Bunch to Elle Driver for French distribution.
14-05-2015

FNE at Cannes: EFP Producer on the Move 2015: Marek Urban

BRATISLAVA: This year Slovakia will be represented in Producers on the Move by producer Marek Urban. Urban began working in his father Marian Urban´s production company (ALEF Film & media…
14-05-2015

FNE at Cannes Producers Network 2015: Mátyás Prikler

BRATISLAVA: Within the Cannes Producers Network 2015 Slovakia will be represented by producers Mátyás Prikler and Zora Jaurová of Mphilms and their project in development MOC/Power which will be directed…
14-05-2015

FNE Cannes 2015: EFP Producer on the Move: Mariusz Włodarski

WARSAW: Mariusz Włodarski was born in 1980 in Poland. In 2005 he graduated from the Department of International Relations at the University of Lodz and wrote his thesis on the…
13-05-2015

FNE Cannes 2015: EFP Producer on the Move: Jan Macola

PRAGUE: Jan Macola studied International Relations and Political Science at Charles University in Prague. He worked for Barrandov Studios as the Head of Marketing and Head of Acquisitions and Development…
13-05-2015

FESTIVALS: TIFF Announces Lineup for Romanian Days

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Eight features and 18 short films will compete in the Romanian Days (4-6 June 2015), the national competition of the 14th Transilvania Film Festival (29 May-7 June 2015).
12-05-2015

Zagreb Fest Opens Call for Debut Feature Film Scripts

ZAGREB: The Zagreb Film Festival has announced the open call for the My First Script workshop taking place during the Festival which takes place 14-22 November 2015.
12-05-2015

FNE Cannes 2015: EFP Producer on the Move: Miha Černčec

LJUBLJANA: Miha Černčec is one of the new generation of enthusiastic Slovenian film producers. After producing some short movies he received worldwide recognition in Venice with Matteo Oleotto’s comedy drama…
12-05-2015

FNE Cannes 2015: EFP Producer on the Move: Zivile Gallego

VILNIUS: Zivile Gallego has received her MA degree in European Affaires Management at South Bank University, London and Leonardo da Vinci University, Paris. She took filmmaking course at New York…
12-05-2015

Films Boutique Acquires Muntean's One Floor Below

BUCHAREST: Radu Muntean's psychological drama One Floor Below/Un etaj mai jos has been picked up for international sales by Films Boutique. The film will have its world premiere in the…
11-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Bojanov to Helm Bulgarian Coproduction I Want to Be Like You

SOFIA: Award-winning Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov will go into production with his second film in July 2015, I Want to Be Like You, a Danish/UK/Belgian/Bulgarian coproduction which features an international…
11-05-2015

Giurgiu’s Why Me? Joins Romania’s VOD Release Line-up

BUCHAREST: Tudor Giurgiu’s political triller Why Me?/ De ce eu? was launched for the international audience on VOD on the official website of the film, deceeu.ro.
11-05-2015