Debt Consolidation Moves Forward in Hungary
BUDAPEST: The Hungarian National Film Fund will receive HUF 5.97 billion (EUR 22.5 million) to consolidate the debts of the Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation (www.mmka.hu). The 11 July 2011 decision…
Poland Selects In Darkness as Oscar Entry
WARSAW: The Polish Oscar selection committee has unanimously selected W ciemności (In Darkness) by Agnieszka Holland as the Polish candidate for the Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film…
PRODUCTION: Fifth Season of the Year Begins Filming
The Polish director Jerzy Domaradzki is in production with Fifth Season of the Year, an unusual love story taking place in Silesia.
Viacom Premieres New Channel in Poland
Viacom International Media Networks will launch its new international entertainment channel Viacom Blink! in Poland on 20 July 2011.
PRODUCTION: Polish Sibiriad in Postproduction
WARSAW: Janusz Zaorski finished shooting his new drama Polish Sibiriad (Syberiada Polska), a major production devoted to a dark period in Polish history, on 1 July and has now entered…
PRODUCTION: Historia de la meva muerte in Preproduction
BUCHAREST: The Spanish filmmaker Albert Serra (Birdsong) is due to start shooting his new feature Historia de la meva muerte in Romania on 1 September 2011.
PRODUCTION: Historia de la meva muerte in Preproduction
BUCHAREST: The Spanish filmmaker Albert Serra (Birdsong) is due to start shooting his new feature Historia de la meva muerte in Romania on 1 September 2011.
Cinema City Plans Second Sofia Multiplex
SOFIA: Cinema City International's Bulgarian unit has leased space in the Paradise Center shopping mall in Sofia with plans to open a multiplex at the end of 2011. The ten-year…
Love.net Tops Bulgarian Box Office
Bulgaria's first IT romantic drama Love.net (www.themovielove.net) is on its way to become the country's second most successful film. By the end of the 14th week in distribution the film…
FNE at KVIFF 2011: Karlovy Vary IFF Winners
KARLOVY VARY: The Grand Prize for best film went to the Israeli film, Restoration, directed by Joseph Madmony at the 46th Karlovy Vary IFF (1-9 July 2011 http://www.kviff.com/) at the…
FNE at KVIFF: Slovakia Shines at Karlovy Vary
KARLOVY VARY: The big winner at the 46th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (www.kviff.com), which wrapped on 9 July 2011, was Slovakia. Its revived film industry produced four-award winner Gypsy…
Poland's TVN for Sale
WARSAW: Polish media reports that a controlling interest in commercial TV station TVN is for sale. Majority stakeholder ITI Group announced that it had hired bankers to field interested buyers.
Mungiu Named President of Europa Distribution
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu was selected as president of Europa Distribution (www.europa-distribution.org) during the association's third general assembly and workshop, held in Paris 5-7 July 2011. Jakub Duszynski of Poland's…
PRODUCTION: Horses are Green on the Walls in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: The feature film Horses Are Green On The Walls from director/writer Dan Chişu (Websitestory, The Bear) is nearing the end of postproduction and had a prescreening in the work-in-progress…
PRODUCTION: Horses are Green on the Walls in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: The feature film Horses Are Green On The Walls from director/writer Dan Chişu (Websitestory, The Bear) is nearing the end of postproduction and had a prescreening in the work-in-progress…
FNE EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Czech Minister of Culture Jiri Besser
PRAGUE: FNE's General Director Anna Franklin met with Czech Minister of Culture Jiri Besser in his office in Prague for an exclusive one on one interview before KVIFF to discuss…
FNE - IDF DocBlock: Taking a Plunge: Interview with Jonathan Oppenheim
Renowned US filmmaker and editor Jonathan Oppenheim was among the tutors of the second session of Ex Oriente Film that took place June 13 - 19, 2011 in Prague. We…
Cartoon Forum Registers 600
SOPOT, POLAND: Over 600 participants, including 100 broadcasters and 130 buyers/distributors are registered for Cartoon Forum (www.carton-media.eu), taking place 13-16 September 2011 in Sopot in northern Poland.
FNE at KVIFF: Punk in Africa Plans South African Premiere
KARLOVY VARY: Czech-based American producer Jeffrey Brown told FNE he has three films in the pipeline, including the music documentary Punk in Africa, now finishing post-production for a 28 July…
FNE at KVIFF: Czech Incentives Spur Film Production
KARLOVY VARY: The Czech Association of Producers released data showing CZK 1.745 billion (EUR 72 million) in film spend in the Czech Republic anticipated in 2011, helped by CZK 349…
