FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2013: Julianna Ugrin

FNE interviews Hungarian documentary producer Julianna Ugrin, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
22-10-2013

FNE at Warsaw IFF 2013: Ida wins Warsaw Grand Prix

WARSAW: Ida by Paweł Pawlikowski won the Warsaw Grand Prix, and Estonia’s Zaza Urushadze was honoured with Best Director at the closing ceremony on 19 October 2013.
21-10-2013

FNE at Centeast: Poland Opens to the Chinese Market

WARSAW: WIFF hosted the launch of China-Eastern Europe Film Promotion Programme. Munk Studio will produce a Polish-Chinese romantic comedy.
21-10-2013

FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2013: Pavlína Kalandrova

FNE interviews Czech documentary producer Pavlína Kalandrova, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
21-10-2013

FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2013: Jacob Dammas

FNE interviews Polish documentary producer Jacob Dammas, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
21-10-2013

FESTIVALS: Matthew's Law Wins 20th Astra Doc Fest

SIBIU: The Grand Prize of the 20th Astra Film Festival of documentary films went to Marc Schmidt’s Dutch entry Matthew’s Laws.
21-10-2013

Further Management Changes at CME

PRAGUE: Two more top executives are departing regional TV group Central European Media Enterprises (CME), the company announced on 17 October 2013.
18-10-2013

FNE IDF DocBloc: Eugenic Minds

Czech producer Jiri Konecny looks at the disgraced subject of selective human breeding.
18-10-2013

Czech Film Archives Celebrates 70th Anniversary

PRAGUE: Michal Bregant, General Director of the newly revitalized Czech National Film Archives (NFA) presided over a 70th anniversary celebration that attracted some of the top film industry heads.
18-10-2013

PRODUCTION: Jerzy Stuhr Filming Generational Drama

WARSAW: Polish actor and director Jerzy Stuhr has begun production on The Citizen, a drama in which he stars along with his son.
18-10-2013

FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers: Nina Pehlivanova

FNE interviews Bulgarian documentary producer Nina Pehlivanova, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
18-10-2013

FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2013: Dagne Vildziunaite

FNE interviews Lithuanian documentary producer Dagne Vildziunaite, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
18-10-2013

Houdini Works Magic in Hungary

BUDAPEST: Houdini, a four-hour miniseries starring Adrien Brody, began filming in Budapest on 14 October 2013.
17-10-2013

FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2013: Between the Seas Casts a Wide Net

PRAGUE: Twelve documentaries representing 15 countries stretching from Estonia to Croatia and from the U.K. to Armenia have been selected for the CEE competition section Between the Seas at the…
17-10-2013

PRODUCTION: Croatian Television Shooting War Drama

ZAGREB: Kristijan Milić’s TV movie Number 55/ Broj 55 is in production on location in Zagreb for Telefilm and public broadcaster Croatian TV (HRT).
17-10-2013

MIDPOINT Chooses Eight Films for Czech Workshop

PRAGUE: The MIDPOINT Central European dramaturgy programme will host its third annual workshop on recognizing dramatic potential in a story at Prague’s FAMU film school on 17-19 October 2013.
17-10-2013

Andrusko Departs TV Nova

Jan Andrusko, general director of Central European Media Enterprises’ (CME) Czech flagship station TV Nova, is leaving his position at the end of October 2013.
16-10-2013

NATPE Takes Market to Prague

PRAGUE: After a 23 year run, NATPE Budapest (formerly DISCOP Budapest) will move the CEE region’s leading TV market to Prague under the new name NATPE Europe.
16-10-2013

Slovenia Adds Second DTT Multiplex

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian public broadcaster RTV Slovenija announced that the country’s second DTT multiplex has gone into operation.
16-10-2013

PRODUCTION: Poland Puts Money on Gods

WARSAW: Gods, a drama about the Polish heart transplant pioneer, is in production in Warsaw.
16-10-2013