Doge’s Palace and The Bed Is Broken Win Aristoteles Workshop

VAMA, ROMANIA: An all-Romanian team and a Polish director-led team were the split decision winners of the five-week-long 7th Aristoteles documentary workshop (www.aworkshop.org) ended which concluded on 23 September 2012.
27-09-2012

You are God tops Polish Box Office

WARSAW: You are God (Jesteś Bogiem), a Polish drama about a legendary hip hop band, has recorded the best opening weekend for a Polish film in 2012, with 373,796 admissions.
26-09-2012

FNE at Slovenian Film Festival 2012: Shanghai Gypsy

POTOROZ: Shanghai Gypsy by director/screenwriter Marko Nabersnik, a love story involving a gypsy family during the break-up of Yugoslavia, will screen in competition at the 15th Slovenian Film Festival (www.fsf.si),…
26-09-2012

PRODUCTION: Hit Kids Book Filming in Croatia

ZAGREB: Writer/director Silvije Petranović is in production with The Brave Adventures of Lapitch, Croatia’s best-selling children’s novel, with a 2013 release timed to mark the book’s 100th anniversary.
25-09-2012

PRODUCTION: Doc coproduction The Last Transhumance in Postproduction

BUCHAREST: Dragoş Lumpan expects to complete an ambitious 90-minute documentary shot along a 45,000 km route in Albania, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Wales and Romania by early 2013.
25-09-2012

FNE at Cinefest Miskolc 2012: Winners

MISKOLC: The Lithuanian Vanishing Waves by Kristina Buozyte won the Emeric Pressburger Prize of the 9th Jameson CineFest (14-23 September 2012). The Grand Prix of the festival, named upon Adolph…
25-09-2012

Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills sold in 38 territories

BUCHAREST: Cristian Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills/După dealuri (www.dupadealuri.ro) will open in Hungary on 11 October before its domestic release in Romania on 26 October, when its makers hope it will…
24-09-2012

PRODUCTION: Agnieszka Holland starts work onThe Death's Cold Hand

WARSAW: The Oscar-nominated director of In Darkness (2011), Agnieszka Holland is starting work on The Death's Cold Hand (Zimna pięść śmierci), a thriller based on Olga Tokarczuk’s recent novel Drive…
24-09-2012

TVP wins Prix Italia

WARSAW: The TV Polska (www.tvp.pl) series The Deep End took the Best Series award at the 64th Prix Italia TV Festival, following its Gold Plaque at the Hugo TV Awards.
24-09-2012

Golden Boll FF 2012: Festival winners

ADANA: Voice of My Father by Orhan Eskikoy and Zeynel Dogan has won the Best Film and Best Screenplay awards at the 19th Adana Golden Boll International Film Festival.
24-09-2012

FESTIVALS: BIAFF Grand Prix award goes to In Darkness

BATUMI: Agnieszka Holland's Oscar nominated In Darkness won the main award at the 7th Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (www.biaff.org).
24-09-2012

PRODUCTION: Waldemar Krzystek shooting The Photographer

WROCŁAW: Waldemar Krzystek, director of the Polish Oscar candidate 80 Million, is filming a thriller entitled The Photographer.
21-09-2012

Chello, RCS&RDS to Launch New Channels in Romania

BUCHAREST: Two major TV players plan fall 2012 launches of theme channels Digi World, Digi Life and Megamax TV.
21-09-2012

Golden Boll Film Festival: Where the Fire Burns

ADANA: Where the Fire Burns, the last part of Ismail Gunes’ Place Trilogy, screens in the Turkish National Competition. The film was released theatrically in Turkey on 5 May 2012…
21-09-2012

Golden Boll Film Festival: Somewhere in Between

ADANA: Three years after her San Sebastian winner Pandora’s Box director Yesem Ustaoglu brings Somewhere in Between to the Turkish National Competition of the Golden Boll film festival.
21-09-2012

CME Promotes Mocanu, Budinschi of PRO TV

PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises (www.cetv-net.com) announced the appointment of Constantin Mocanu, General Director of PRO TV, to the position of Senior Vice-President Head of Voyo. PRO TV Head of…
21-09-2012

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Doc Maker Hanna Polak talks about her new film Svalka- Yulia's Journey

IDF interviews Polish documentary filmmaker Hanna Polak about her film Click HERE to read full article on DokWeb
21-09-2012

Yuma dominates the Polish box office

WARSAW: The Polish-Czech coproduction Yuma directed by Piotr Mularuk has posted one the strongest openings for a domestic film opening in the last 10 years.
20-09-2012

Golden Boll Film Festival: Watchtower

ADANA: Watchtower screens in the Turkish National Competition of the Golden Boll Film Festival, after having its world premiere at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival, in the Contemporary World Cinema…
20-09-2012

PRODUCTION: Koko and the Ghosts sequel The Mysterious Boy starts production

ZAGREB: The Mysterious Boy, based on a famous Croatian children’s novel and a sequel to the 2011 critical and box office hit Koko and the Ghosts, has started shooting. Koko…
19-09-2012