PRODUCTION: Slovenia`s Victory Receives TV Premiere
Victory, a TV film shot in black and white by Slovenian director and screenwriter Miran Zupanič, premiered on RTV Slovenija on 9 November, following its theatrical debut at the 14th…
PRODUCTION: TVP in Production with Just My Luck
WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster TVP is moving into production with a family series, Just My Luck. The show is based on an original Polish script and will replace family.pl, a…
Bollywood Film to Shoot in Cyprus, Turkey
Race 2, a Bollywood sequel to a 2008 Indian action thriller, will be shot and Turkey and Cyprus, the film's creative team announced.
PRODUCTION: Romanian Romantic Comedy Filming at MediaPro Studios
BUCHAREST: A Romanian comedy directed by Iura Luncaşu and produced by MediaPro Pictures (www.mediapropictures.com) started a three week shoot on 31 October 2011.
Baltic Event Sets Coproduction Market
The 10th anniversary of Baltic Event (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and the seventh annual Co-Production Market held in Tallinn from 29 November 29 - 2 December 2011 features 12 projects from 9 countries.
Festivals Fete Slovak Films
BRATISLAVA: Three early November events are profiling Slovak films. The Bratislava IFF features its annual Slovak focus, while Budapest hosts a Slovak Film Week, and Thessaloniki screens Slovak films in…
Georgia Joins Eurimages
TBILISI: Georgia has become the newest member of Eurimages, making coproduction projects involving a coproducer from Georgia eligible to be submitted to Eurimages for grants.
Untitled Werewolf Thriller Wraps Shoot in Romania
BUCHAREST: Universal Studios's Untitled Werewolf Thriller wraps the shoot of a re-boot of Joe Johnston The Wolfman (2010), filmed entirely in Romania, on 8 November 2011. Shooting of started on…
Untitled Werewolf Thriller Wraps Shoot in Romania
BUCHAREST: Universal Studios's Untitled Werewolf Thriller wraps the shoot of a re-boot of Joe Johnston The Wolfman (2010), filmed entirely in Romania, on 8 November 2011. Shooting of started on…
EDN Hosts Online Session with Paparazzi Director
WARSAW: The European Documentary Network www.edn.dk will host an online session on 8 November 2011 (10am -12) with Piotr Bernas, director of the documentary film Paparazzi produced by Wajda Studio.…
PRODUCTION: Agnieszka Holland directing Czech miniseries for HBO Central Europe
WARSAW: Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland will direct a miniseries about the 1968 Prague Spring crackdown and Jan Palach, a young student who set himself on fire as a form of…
Alois Nebel Vies for Oscar Animation Nomination
PRAGUE: The Czech rotoscoped animated film Alois Nebel, which was selected as the Czech entry in the best foreign language film category, will also be eligible to compete in the…
Canal+ Merges with TVN DTH Platform
WARSAW: The Polish arm of France's Canal+ (www.canalplus.pl) will merge its pay TV with Poland's TVN (www.tvn.pl) in a single DTH platform, TVN parent company ITI (www.iti.pl) announced.
FESTIVALS: Polish Focus at Mar del Plata
WARSAW: Agnieszka Holland's Polish Oscar hopeful In Darkness (www.zebrafilm.pl) and Paula Markovitch's debut film El Premio, a Mexican/French/Polish/German coproduction, will screen in the main competition of the 26th Mar del…
PRODUCTION: Slovak Documentary Comeback in Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: Comeback, a Slovak documentary on the situation of ex-convicts trying to reenter society upon their release from a high-security prison, is in its final stage of rough cut. The…
Flying Machine 3D Opens in Poland
WARSAW: Flying Machine 3D a major Polish-Chinese co-production opens in Polish cinemas on 4 November 2012. The film inspired by Chopin's music will be distributed in China in 2012.
FESTIVALS: Eleven Films Compete at LIFFe
The 22nd Ljubljana International Film Festival, (http://en.liffe.si) held in Slovenia's capital city from 9-20 November has announced the competition lineup for its main competitive programme Perspectives. The 11 films from…
FESTIVALS: Ljubljana Hosts Fourth Neighboring Coproduction Meeting
LJUBLJANA: The Ljubljana IFF (en.liffe.si) will host the fourth edition of the Neighboring Coproduction Meeting 10-12 November 2011, with support from MEDIA and the Slovenian Film Center (www.film-center.si). The meeting…
Lithuania Awaits New Film Law
JIHLAVA: Lithuanian filmmakers are hopeful that a new film law will finally establish a national film center and provide guaranteed financial support for the domestic film industry. Parliamentary discussions begin…
Hungary Introduces Draft Amendment in Parliament
BUDAPEST: A draft amendment to the Hungarian film act has been introduced in the Hungarian parliament. The new bill will alter the basis for funding Hungarian cinema.
