Foreign Channels Face CEE Rebuke

PRAGUE: TV broadcasts from foreign stations have prompted action from authorities in Lithuania, Latvia, and the Czech Republic.
15-10-2013

Croatian Cowboys Tops Gravity on Opening Weekend

ZAGREB: Cowboys/Kauboji based on a popular Croatian play opened on 42 screens in 36 locations – a record for a Croatian film – with weaker-than-expected admissions of 8,210. It was…
15-10-2013

FNE at EFP Moscow 2013: EFP launches European Film showcase in Moscow

MOSCOW: European film Promotion (EFP) will launch Westwind on 23-27 October 2013 with screening of 11 new European films at Moscow’s 35mm Cinema. Westwind is a special European Film Showcase…
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Still Life opened the 29. Warsaw Film Festival

WARSAW: The 29. edition of the festival launched on 11 October 2013 in Warsaw with a screening of an intimate drama from Uberto Pasolini
14-10-2013

Captain Phillips Boosts Interest in Malta

VALLETTA: Tom Hanks starrer Captain Phillips is expected to stimulate further international production in Malta following the film's ballyhooed 11 October 2013 release.
14-10-2013

Czechs Weigh Lawsuit against National Geographic TV

PRAGUE: An inflammatory programme presented as a documentary on crime in Prague could lead to a civil lawsuit by the City of Prague against the National Geographic Channel.
11-10-2013

Bulgaria Confronts Digital TV Dilemma

SOFIA: Following the 30 September switch off of analogue TV which left some 100,000 rural residents without digital transmission, Bulgaria is set to spend an additional 800,000 BGN on it…
11-10-2013

Fuso Adds Disney on Demand

BUDAPEST: OTT platform Fuso will add Disney Movies on Demand to its Hungarian service.
11-10-2013

FNE IDF DocBloc: An Art Detective Story

Czech director Andrea Culkova journeys back to 1940 to uncover the mystery of two Czech artists who seemingly disappear en route from Paris to Prague.
11-10-2013

Croatia Announces Fall 2013 grants

ZAGREB: Nearly 200,000 EUR was awarded in coproductions and development grants in the latest round, announced on 9 October 2013.
10-10-2013

Nana Janelidze, Head of the Georgian National Film Center

FNE spoke to Nana Janelidze, appointed to run the Georgian National Film Center in March 2013, about her goals for restoring cinemas and moving ahead with the development of Georgian…
10-10-2013

Sequel Planned for Surprise Romanian Indie Success

BUCHAREST: The opening record for an independent domestic film (10,200 admissions) set by Iulia Rugină’s debut feature Love Building has convinced producers Dragoş Bucur, Dorian Boguţă and Alexandru Papadopol to…
10-10-2013

Heavy Slovak Demand for Grants in Fall 2013 Round

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Audiovisual Fund has received 93 grant applications for its fall session, requesting over 6m EUR in funds.
10-10-2013

Walesa Dominates Polish Box Office

WARSAW: Polish Oscar candidate Walesa. Man of Hope topped the Polish box office with an outstanding number of 150,000 viewers during its opening weekend (beginning 4 October 2013). The biopic…
09-10-2013

Czech Dubbing Could Get a Drubbing

PRAGUE: The Czech newswire CTK reports that the venerated Czech tradition of dubbing (which even has its own awards) is under fire.
09-10-2013

FESTIVALS: Jarmusch Film Opens American Films in Wroclaw

WROCLAW: The 4th American Film Festival taking place in Wroclaw 22-27 October 2013 will open and close with two films from the Cannes festival: Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive,…
09-10-2013

PRODUCTION: Third Feature from Munk Studio in Production

WARSAW: Dariusz Glazer starts shooting his debut drama with Mur (Wall) starring Tomasz Schuchardt on 8 October 2013 in Warsaw.
09-10-2013

CentEast Announces Russian Films in Moscow

The fifth edition of CentEast WarsawMoscow taking place in Moscow on 20 October 2013 will include 10 Russian films in the Project for Tomorrow line-up.
09-10-2013

Academy Disqualifies Burning Bush

PRAGUE: The Czech Republic’s official entry for the Best Foreign Film Oscar, Burning Bush, has been disqualified by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
08-10-2013

Director of the Estonian Film Institute Edith Sepp

FNE spoke with Edith Sepp who heads the new Estonian Film Institute that replaced the Estonian Film Foundation this year about the challenges ahead for Estonian film and why it…
08-10-2013