Latvian Dream Team 1935 Opens in Lithuania

VILNIUS: The Latvian basketball film Dream Team 1935 will premiere in Kaunas, Lithuania, on 21 February 2013.
01-02-2013

FNE IDF DocBloc: CEE Films Shine at Trieste

Serbia took home the Best Documentary prize at the 24th Trieste Film Festival.
01-02-2013

Romania Launching Balkan Channel

BUCHAREST: The National Audiovisual Council of Romania approved licence for two new channels, the news channel Realitatea Plus and Black Sea TV.
31-01-2013

PRODUCTION: Epic Begins Shooting in Tbilisi

TBILISI: Epic, a UK/German/Russian/Georgian coproduction directed by Ben Hopkins, began principal photography in Tbilisi in late January.
31-01-2013

FESTIVALS: Malta Accepting Short Film Submissions

The Malta Film Foundation announced it is accepting applications for the 5th Malta Short Film Festival taking place between July and September 2013.
31-01-2013

PRODUCTION: Krakow Documentary in Development

KRAKOW: Magdalena Piekorz is developing a City(W)rites documentary with the working title Krakow Adama Zagajewskiego (Adam Zagajewski's Krakow).
30-01-2013

Strong Foreign Sales for TVN Shows

WARSAW: Polish private broadcaster TVN told FNE that it has sold eleven of its original productions to 25 countries in Europe and Asia.
30-01-2013

PRODUCTION: Little Crushes in Production

WARSAW: Independent Polish art-house production company Koi Studio is in production with its first fiction feature film Little Crushes (Małe stłuczki).
30-01-2013

A Month in Thailand Begins Sales

BUCHAREST: Paul Negoescu's first feature A Month in Thailand has been sold by MPM Film to France, where it will be distributed by Epicentre Films in the second half of…
30-01-2013

PRODUCTION: TVN in Production with Medical Drama

KRAKOW: Private broadcaster TVN is increasing its more original Polish content with the addition of a new series, Szpital (The Hospital).
29-01-2013

PRODUCTION: Lonely Valentin Completes Postproduction

VILNIUS: Four directors have teamed up on the feature film Lonely Valentin (Valentinas Vienas) which is completing postproduction in advance of a pan-European premiere on 8 February 2013.
29-01-2013

Polish and Chilean Directors Launch Crowdfunding Campaign

WARSAW: Acclaimed young, female directors, Dominga Sotomayor and Katarzyna Klimkiewicz have launched an Indiegogo campaign to finance their joint short film project The Time Before.
29-01-2013

Lithuania Introduces Baltic Shorts to Clermont-Ferrand

VILNIUS: Lithuania will host the first Baltic presence at the Clermont-Ferrand IFF running 1-9 February 2013.
29-01-2013

TVP Plans Childrens Channel

WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster TVP is preparing to launch TVP ABC, a thematic channel for the 4-12 age group, in April 2013.
29-01-2013

In the Shadow Dominates Czech Critics Awards

PRAGUE: David Ondříček’s impressive and moving historical drama set in the dark Stalinist days of the early 1950’s In the Shadow took five awards at the third annual Czech Film…
28-01-2013

Bulgaria Takes Center Stage at FIPA

BIARRITZ: A seven-film Bulgarian focus was the Central European highlight of the 26th International Festival of Audiovisual Programs (FIPA) held 22-27 January 2013.
28-01-2013

FNE at FIPA 2013: Prix winners

BIARRITZ: The 26th edition FIPA – the International Festival of Audiovisual Programmes (22-27 January 2012) was its first under the new leadership team of President Didier Decoin and former ARTE…
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Beyond the Hills Wins Top Romanian Prizes

BUCHAREST: Romanian film critics and journalists named Cristian Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills/După dealuri (www.mobrafilms.ro) as the best Romanian film, best European film and best film in the Romanian cinemas in…
28-01-2013

CEE Films Take Sundance Awards

Three films were among the winners at the Sundance IFF awards ceremony on 26 January.
28-01-2013

Hungarian Audiences Reject Mid-Budget Movies

BUDAPEST: Blockbuster films are taking a greater share of the box office, and art house films are stable, but Hungarian audiences are disappearing for mid-budget films.
28-01-2013