PRODUCTION: Independent Polish Comedy Shooting
WARSAW: Indie Polish filmmakers Paweł Sarbinowski and Piotr Zukowski have begun principal shooting on Heaven, a comedy about celebrity afterlife which will premiere in 2012.
FNE Visegrad Country Profile: Slovakia
BRATISLAVA: Slovakia has seen a significant increase in the number of premieres in 2011, particularly in the second half of the year, accompanied by far-reaching international interest in the high…
FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF National Competition: Holy Light
Holy Light is the film debut of Bulgarian writer Georgi Tenev. Based on several short stories from a book of the same name. It is an independent production made in…
FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF National Competition: Baklava
Baklava directed by Alexo Petrov, is an independent low budget film shot during the summer of 2006 with a restricted crew at nearly 70 locations in and around the Black…
FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF National Competition: Love.net
Ilian Djevelekov's feature debut Love.net is a Miramar Film (www.miramarfilm.com) production made in collaboration with Zoom Media (bgarstudion.com). Djevelekov is one of the three co-owners of Miramar Film (Zift) and…
Hello! How Are You? Sees Strong Sales
BUCHAREST: Alexandru Maftei's romantic comedy Hello! How Are You? Has been sold in more then 10 territories so far, representatives of the sales agent M-Appeal (www.m-appeal.com) told FNE.
PRODUCTION: Angels in Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Róbert Šveda (Demons) is in post-production with his second full-length feature, Angels, due for completion and release in autumn 2011.
FESTIVALS: Varna Golden Rose Opens
VARNA, BULGARIA: Twelve Bulgarian films are competing in the Varna Golden Rose national film festival, which opens 7 October and runs through 13 October in the Black Sea coastal resort…
FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF: Sneakers
Sneakers, the Bulgarian debut film by co-directors Ivan Vladimirov and Valery Yordanov, screens in competition of the 30th anniversary edition of the Varna Golden Rose national film festival. The film…
FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF: The Island
Kamen Kalev's second feature The Island, selected by the 2011 Cannes Directors Fortnight, is one of the highlights of the 30th edition of the national Varna Golden Rose film festival,…
FESTIVALS: Jihlava Adds Inspiration Forum
PRAGUE: The 15th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (www.dokument-festival.cz) taking place 25-30 October 2011 in the Moravian town of Jihlava is introducing a new event, Inspiration Forum, which brings together…
PRODUCTION: Hrebejk Going into Production with Holy Quarternity
PRAGUE: Czech director Jan Hrebejk is set to begin a mid-October shoot on a Czech-Slovak coproduction, Holy Quarternity (Svatá čtveřice) based on an original script from best-selling Czech author Michal…
PRODUCTION: Wolf in Production
BUCHAREST: Bogdan Mustaţă, who won the Golden Bear for best short film in 2008,started shooting his first feature, Lupu/Wolf in Bucharest on 26 September 2011. Shooting will wrap on 12…
PRODUCTION: So Far, So Good in Development
BUCHAREST: Constantin Popescu (Portrait of a Fighter as a Young Man, Principles of Life) is in the early stages of development with De-aici vă descurcaţi singuri/So Far, So Good (working…
Battle of Warsaw 1920 Opens with Record-Breaking Distribution
WARSAW: Jerzy Hoffmann's Battle of Warsaw 1920, the first Polish 3D production, opened on 30 September 2011 in over 140 cinemas, setting a domestic record for the Polish market. The…
CentEast Announces Market Screenings
WARSAW: The 7th CentEast Warsaw Market (www.centeast.eu), taking place during the Warsaw Film Festival (7-16 October, www.wff.pl) will screen five new Polish films in the Warsaw Screenings section, accompanying the…
Czechs Renew Tax Incentives for 2012
PRAGUE: The Czech government will again budget CZK 300 million for film production support in the form of tax incentives, the same amount that was budgeted in 2011.
Small Town Cinemas Turn out for Large-Scale Release of Saxana
PRAGUE: Opening of a record 96 screens, Saxana - the Lexicon of Tricks pulled in just 38,000 viewers on its opening weekend. The Czech fairy tale was a sequel to…
FESTIVALS: Cyprus ISFFC Announces Competition Films
Sixteen films will screen in the national competition of the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (ISFFC, isffc.com.cy) taking place 15-21 October 2011 in Limassol, Cyprus' second largest city.
FESTIVALS: Krakow Call for Films
The 52nd Krakow Film Festival (28 May-3 June 2012, www.krakowfilmfestival.pl) has announced a call for entries in three competition categories: national documentaries and short films; international documentaries; and international short…
