Romanian Docus Forecast for Growth is Sunny
More collaboration with public TV resources would mean a blossoming of Romanian docu production and distribution, according to study session by Aradocs, a joint project of the Romanian documentary filmmakers…
Serbian and Bosnian Exhibitors Stump for Teamwork on Digitizing
Cinema exhibition professionals meeting at the Sarajevo IFF predicted Saturday that public-private partnerships are likely the best way forward in digitizing the aging screening facilities in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia.
Slovakia, Lithuania and Georgia Head to Baltic Bridge
Austria, Lithuania and Slovakia have won leading roles in the St Petersburg- and Tallinn-based Baltic Bridge East by West (B'EST) feature workshop series kicking off 11 September. Gangster comedy Kaviar,…
PRODUCTION: Jure the Gambler Wraps Shooting
ZAGREB: Denis Lepur and Marko Stanić's documentary on gambling addiction, Jure the Gambler/Jure kockar, which they are also producing through Kadar22, has completed shooting and is headed for editing.
FNE-IDF DocBloc: An Eye-Witness to History
Czechoslovakia - The Destiny of a Canadian, by award-winning filmmaker Lukáš Přibyl, is slated for release in October, according to the Institute of Documentary Film.
FNE FIPRESCI Venice Critics 2013: Sign up Now
This year for the first time FNE together with FIPRESCI will offer the ratings of features films in all sections of the official Venice IFF programme by international critics attending…
Prague Hosts Third 48 Hour Film Project
Fall will see indie film crews scrambling in the city streets as the Czech capital commences its third edition of the 48 Hour Film Project 4-6 October. The event, billed…
History TV Series Bring Summer Business to Prague
The first of three multi-episode international dramas for broadcast has wrapped with the completion of location shoots on 1864, the Czech/Danish/German co-production shot at Barrandov through Sirena Film, with epic…
PRODUCTION: Slovak Omnibus Twenty to Wrap in Fall
BRATISLAVA: Mátyás Prikler, director of the social drama Fine, Thanks, screened at the Rotterdam IFF this year, is prepping to produce the final segments of the episodic Twenty, a look…
Juricic: EU Membership Will be Boon to Croatian Film
ZAGREB: With Croatia's entry into the EU on 1 July, the climate of film production has not yet been much affected. “Things have not changed,” Sinisa Juricic of Nukleus Film…
Georgians Score in Locarno's Open Doors Development Slate
Alexander Kvatashidze's Georgian/French/Estonian/Netherlands war documentary See you in Chechnya (Lokokina Studio, Exitfilm, Estonia) has taken top honors in the Locarno IFF industry event Open Doors, winning its production award of…
Romania and Israel Seek Future Co-productions
BUCHAREST: Romania and Israel could soon be co-producers on films for the first time, following an agreement signed by Romanian Minister of Culture Daniel Barbu and the Israeli ambassador, Dan…
UK's Second Run Picks Up Home Video of Slovak Classic
The lyrical 1962 Czechoslovak love story The Sun in a Net (Slnko v sieti), directed by Stefan Uher will be lighting up British TV screens this week, following its release…
Hungary Backs Five Projects
BUDAPEST: The second summer round of funding by the Hungarian Film Fund sees two new projects in production, both by directors with rising stars, László Nemes Jeles and Lili Horváth.
Slovakia's Cinematik Fest Fetes the Cream of European Film
PIESTANY: The eighth edition of the Cinematik fest honors top European films made in 2012 and 2013, chosen by the panel of 17 European critics in its main competitive section,…
Poland's Rozbitek Institute Building Bridges for International Projects
Serving a growing role in the Poznan region's major annual film and music event, the Rozbitek Institute will soon be mentoring filmmakers, writers and composers, based on the US Sundance…
PRODUCTION: Šeregi Prepping Football Drama ZG80
ZAGREB: Igor Šeregi’s debut feature retraces the story of one of the greatest rivalries in soccer history, between the Bad Blue Boys, the supporters of football club Dinamo, Zagreb, Croatia…
PRODUCTION: Svěrák Music Fairy Tale Three Brothers Shooting
PRAGUE: Czech Oscar winner Jan Svěrák is in production on the music fairy tale Tři bratři (Three Brothers), based on the script by his father, Zdeněk, who has incorporated music…
FNE - IDF DocBloc: Mark the Fall of the Wall with Rabbits at Prague's Světozor
PRAGUE: The disarming, award-winning Polish documentary Rabbit a la Berlin screens at Kino Světozor (www.kinosvetozor.cz/en/) in a celebration of the end of the Berlin Wall, which ironically gave the bunnies…
PRODUCTION: Czech Village Tale Nowhere Shooting in Hills
Miroslav Krobot's original script chronicling the pitfalls of love in a small Moravian town, Nowhere (Díra u Hanušovic), is filming in the Czech Republic's Jeseniky mountains, which form and shape…
