WISEBADEN: In Bloom, a Georgian/German/French coproduction directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, won the 10,000 EUR Best Film prize at 13th edition of goEast (10-16 April 2013), which attracted a record audience of over 10,000 visitors.

Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) and sponsored by Akbank, the 32nd Istanbul Film Festival’s Awards were presented at the Closing Gala and Awards Ceremony, which took place at Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall, on Sunday, 14 April.

The Berlin-based world sales company has picked up Japanese Dog, a Romanian debut film directed by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu and produced by Tudor Giurgiu’s Libra Film Productions.

The 13th edition of goEast brings Central and East European filmmakers together in Wiesbaden. Read the full story on Dokweb.

CANNES: Spies of Warsaw, a coproduction between Polish public broadcaster TVP and the BBC Worldwide, was spotlighted as a case study for coproductions at MIP-TV. 

WARSAW: Cinema City International announced it signed lease agreements for space in two shopping malls in Warsaw, to open a 12 screen and an 11 screen cinema.

Cinema City International and Globe Trade Centre have signed preliminary binding long-term lease agreements for space in two shopping malls to be developed by GTC in Warsaw, Poland. Cinema City will open 12 screens in Galeria Wilanów  and 11 screens in Galeria Białołęka.

We have received joyful news from Stephen Lighthill, President of the American Society of Cinematographers and Lowell Peterson, Chairman of the Membership Committee of ASC that the society’s Board of Governors has elected Marek Żydowicz, the Director of Plus Camerimage Festival, as an Honorary Member of the American Society of Cinematographers. 

FNE together with Europa Distribution continues its Distributor of the Month series. In recognition of the hard work and excellence of European distributors and the common problems they face, especially in the transition to digitalization, we choose a distributor from each country covered by FNE each month.

In recognition of the hard work and excellence of European cinema operators, FNE together with Europa Cinemas continues its Cinema of the Month series. This month we spoke with Genė Pučinskienė, the manager of Cinema Center Garsas/Kino Center Garsas since 1992.