FNE Focus: Georgian Films at International Festivals

Georgian Films in the Focus of Montréal World Film Festival (August 26 – September 6)This year Montréal World Film Festival hosts 4 student films as well as 2 professional full-length…
29-09-2010

FNE Focus: Film Festivals in Georgia

Batumi International Art-house Film FestivalBatumi is a seaside city which presents an interesting international film festival, held for the 5th time in 2010. BIAFF is an annual event, one of…
29-09-2010

FNE Focus: Georgian Film Week in London

LONDON: Life Through Cinema: September brought Georgian films within the focus of London (23-26 September) as "Riverside Studio" hosted a festival of Georgian films.
29-09-2010

FNE at Cinepecs 2010: Competition lineup announced

The second edition of the CienPecs International Film Festival (www.cinepecs.hu) will take place in the Hungarian city Pecs, European Capitol of Culture 2010, from 4-10 October. The festival has two…
28-09-2010

FESTIVALS: Hungarian Film Week faces reforms

The new president of the Hungarian Motion Picture Association (MMKA - http://english.mmka.hu/ ) Zoltán Kőrösi is making plans to open the traditional national film festival to foreign films and adding…
28-09-2010

Latvia submits Amaya for Oscar bid

Latvia has chosen director Maris Martinsons' romantic drama Amaya (Hong Kong Confidential) as the country's entry for the Oscar's Best Foreign Language Film category.
28-09-2010

PRODUCTION: I Am You filming in Sofia

I Am You or Adriana, directed by Petar Popzlatev, is nearing the end of filming in emblematic old Sofia locations and the former Bulgarian royal summer palace on the Black…
28-09-2010

Mobile TV stalled in Poland

A six-month investigation by Poland's consumer protection agency has resulted in a charge of price fixing against the country's four leading mobile phone providers, which has stalled the launch of…
28-09-2010

Magyar Telekom plans market expansion

Magyar Telekom (www.telekom.hu ), the leading telecom provider in Hungary, plans to strengthen its position in the pay-TV market, with the goal of becoming the country's market leader.
28-09-2010

FNE Focus: Georgian National System of Film Support

TBILISI: The key document providing the framework of state support to filmmaking is the Georgian Law on State support to Georgian National Cinematography (dated 5 December 2000).
28-09-2010

FNE Focus: GNFC Announces Competition on Financing Production of Full-length Feature Film for 2011

TBILISI: Georgian National Film Center announces competition on financing production of full- length feature film for the year of 2011. GNFC aims at financing Georgian films from state budget.
28-09-2010

Launch of Film New Europe Visegrad Prix for Best Co-Production

WARSAW: Film New Europe together with the International Visegrad Fund has announced a new prize to for best feature and best documentary co-production from a Visegrad country. The prize is…
28-09-2010

A record 4 Estonian films vie for Oscar shortlist

Estonia nominated a record-breaking three films for this year's Acadey Awards, plus a fourth one competing as this year's student film Oscar winner.
27-09-2010

Czechs submit Kawasaki's Rose for Oscar bid

The Czech Film and Television Academy (www.cfta.cz) has chosen Kawasaki's Rose directed by Jan Hřebejk as its entry for the Oscar best foreign language film category. The film beat out…
27-09-2010

The Blacks represents Croatia for Oscar bid

The Film Artists' Association of Croatia announced yesterday that the Croatian feature film The Blacks, a war drama directed by Zvonimir Jurić and Goran Dević, has been selected as Croatia's…
27-09-2010

PRODUCTION: Lidice wraps shooting

Shooting of one of the most anticipated Czech movie of 2011, the big budget historical 1940´s war movie Lidice by director Petr Nikolaev and producer Adam Dvořák of production and…
27-09-2010

Tuesday, After Christmas sold to the USA

Radu Muntean's forth feature Tuesday, After Christmas was acquired by Kino Lorber (www.kino.com ) and will be distributed in the United States after New York Film Forum (www.filmforum.org ) with…
27-09-2010

FNE Georgian Cinema Focus: A Proud History Reborn

In recent years Georgian cinema has been witnessing a period of rebirth and revival. Yet another generation of filmmakers emerged, and the directors who stopped making films in the 1990s…
27-09-2010 m

FNE Focus: Georgian Cinema Today

Georgian cinema has a long and distinguished history but it has also become in recent years a vital new source of young European filmmaking talent and an important partner for…
27-09-2010 m

FNE at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2010 National Competition: A Step into Darkness

Atil Inac directed the award winning film A Step into Darkness, which screened in the national competition at Adana, following its premiere at the Montreal Film Festival and screenings at…
26-09-2010