Sex Comedy Scores a Hit with Czechs

PRAGUE: Men in Hope, the follow-up to director Jiri Vejdelek's 2010 hit Women in Temptation, lured 285,000 spectators in its first two weeks in distribution, with less than a 20%…
13-09-2011

Central European Films Among EFA Nominees

Eleven films from FNE member countries are represented among the 45 films nominated for the European Film Academy's European Film Awards, including a high number of coproductions.
13-09-2011

PRODUCTION: Irish-Polish Sanctuary Wraps Shoot

WARSAW: Irish director Norah McGettingan completed filming her debut drama Sanctuary on 10 September 2011. The Irish/Polish coproduction was shot both in Poland and Ireland.
12-09-2011

Bulgarian Three Shooting on Black Sea Coast

SOFIA: The debut film Three written and directed by Kiril Stankov is near the end of a four week shoot. The 60 member crew has been filming primarily in small…
12-09-2011

FNE Visegrad Prix Nominations for Fiction Coproduction Announced

WARSAW: Nominations for the second edtion of the FNE Visegrad Prix for best fiction film coproduction from a Visegard country have been announced. The films are all screening in the…
12-09-2011

FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Venice Film Festival Winners

VENICE: Russian director Alexander Sokurov won the Golden Lion for best film for his film Faust at the 68th Venice Film Festival (31 August – 10 September 2011). A controversial…
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FNE at MECEFF: Poland's Little Rose Wins Best Film

MEDIAS, ROMANIA: Jan Kidawa-Błoński's Różyczka/Little Rose won the Best Film Award at the first Central European Film Festival (www.meceff.ro) which wrapped in September 11 in the small Romanian medieval town…
11-09-2011

Slovak Films Continue Festival Successes

BRATISLAVA: Marking an especially strong year, Slovak films are racking up more festival successes. After their successes at the Karlovy Vary IFF, Nicky's Family and Gypsy are noting positive receptions…
11-09-2011

FESTIVALS: Adana Announces Turkish Competition

ISTANBUL: The 18th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (20 - 25 September 2011, www.goldenbollfilmfestival.com) for will screen 14 films in the national film competition with 350,000 Turkish Liras award for…
11-09-2011

FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Competition: Faust

VENICE: Faust is the final installment of Russian director Alexander Sokurov’s tetralogy on the nature of power and it has already succeeded in establishing itself as the most controversial entry…
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FNE-IDF DocBlock: Prix Europa 2011 Nominations

The European broadcasting festival Prix Europa 2011 announces this year’s nominees. The category of feature-length television documentary presents also two successful Czech documentaries Katka, made by Helena Třeštíková, and Coal…
09-09-2011

Cinema City Shows Mixed Results in 2011

Regional exhibitor Cinema City (www.cinemacity.nl) reported an 12.6% increase in ticket sales, reflecting its agressive acquisition strategy, but a decrease in per screen attendance of 11.9%
07-09-2011

Czech Cinema Attendance Down in 2011

PRAGUE: Czech films and cinemas are off to a slow start in the first half of 2011, with numbers approaching 2010 results looking unlikely for the year as a whole.
07-09-2011

FESTIVALS: Wroclaw Host 2nd American Film Festival

WROCLAW: The 2nd American Film Festival is scheduled for 15-20 November 2011 in Wroclaw, Poland.
06-09-2011

Obituary: Janusz Morgenstern

WARSAW: Polish film director, writer and producer Janusz Morgenstern, whose career spanned six decades, has died at age 89.
06-09-2011

FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Competition: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

VENICE: Swedish director Tomas Alfredson brings John Le Carre's 1974 Cold War spy novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to the screen in this big budget European adaptation of the novel.…
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Turkish Grants Announced

ISTANBUL: Slightly over $1 million (1.272 million TL) has been distributed to the following films in the summer round of grants from the Turkish Ministry of Culture:
05-09-2011

FESTIVALS: Jameson Cinefest Announces Film Line-up

MISKOLC: The 8the Jameson Cinefest Hungary (17-25 September 2011, www.cinefest.hu) has selected 14 films to screen in competition and six films screening out of competition.
05-09-2011

PRODUCTION: Closer to the Moon Starts Shooting in Bucharest

BUCHAREST: Nae Caranfil (Restul e tăcere/The Rest Is Silence) writes and directs Closer to the Moon, his first English language feature starring Vera Farmiga and Mark Strong. Filming began on…
05-09-2011

FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Competition: Shame

VENICE: British director Steve McQueen follows his critically acclaimed debut, Hunger, about a man who used his body as a political tool to fight for freedom, with Shame, which examines…
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