CEE films bow at Berlin

Czech director Jan Hřebejk's movie Kawasaki's Rose opens the Panorama section of the Berlinale (Feb. 11-21), with another six Czech films being presented at the European Film Market.
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Fazekas wins Hungarian pitching forum

Máté Fazekas won the second annual Hungarian script pitching forum II. Magyar Forgatókönyv Börze for his script The Captain (A százados) during Hungarian Film Week (Magyar Filmszemle, http://magyarfilmszemle.hu).
07-02-2010

PRODUCTION: Winton doc sequel in postproduction

Slovak director Matej Minac is in postproduction with Niicky's Family, his sequel to The Power of Good, the 2002 Emmy award winning documentary about Sir Nicholas Winton.
07-02-2010

PRODUCTION: Bartas documentary in postproduction

The Lithuanian-French documentary film Sharunas Bartas, an Army of One directed by Guillaume Coudray is now in postproduction.
07-02-2010

Temeltaş named artistic director of Golden Orange festival

Deniz Ziya Temeltaş was appointed Artistic Director of the Antalya International Golden Orange Film Festival and the "Turkish Emmys" ISMAIL CEM TURKISH TV AWARDS (23-24 April, 2010).
07-02-2010

Bel Ami announces cast for Hungarian shoot

Filming on the international production Bel Ami directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod will commence on location in Budapest and London on February 7.
04-02-2010

Digital TV to launch on July 1 in Romania

The National Authority for Communications' Administration and Regulation (ANCOM, www.anrcti.ro) is awaiting a decision on the selection procedure for the use of the radio frequencies in digital terrestrial system.
04-02-2010

Slovenia considers new funding body

Minister of Culture Stojan Pelko has presented a draft bill establishing a Slovenian Film Center (SFC), apublic fund that would replace the Slovenian Film Fund (SFF, www.film-sklad.si).
04-02-2010

FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Poligamy

Poligamy the debut feature of Dénes Orosz, is a romantic comedy with a twist. ,
04-02-2010

FNE at Hungarian Film Week: The Days of Desire (A vágyakozás napjai)

The Days of Desire, a black and white film directed by József Pacskovszky, was originally intended as a television movie, before a decision was made to produce it as a…
04-02-2010

FNE at Hungarian Film Week: The Camera Murderer (Látogatók)

The Camera Murderer, a German language psycho-thriller from director Róbert Pejó (Dallas Pashamende) is a chamber film, taking place in a house over a lake.
03-02-2010

FNE at Hungarian Film Week: The Bunkerman (A bunkerember)

The Bunkerman, The seventh feature of documentary filmmaker Dezső Zsigmod is based on a true story.
03-02-2010

Fornay presents My Dog Killer at Berlin coproduction market

Slovak director Mira Fornay who premiere of her Irish-Slovak-Czech feature debut Foxes at Venice, will present her second film project Brat (My Dog Killer) at the Berlinale Co-production Market February…
03-02-2010

Poland pins Oscar hopes on Rabbit

Rabbit à la Berlin, a Polish coproduction directed by Bartek Konopka will compete for the Best Short Documentary Award at the 82nd Academy Awards edition.
03-02-2010

FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Kolorádó Kid

The beginning of production on Kolorádó Kid the debut film of journalist András Vágvölgyi B. dates back to 2006.
02-02-2010

FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Lull (Szélcsend)

Lull, the second feature in competition from director Tamás Sas, is a chamber drama, a triangle of three women on a boat.
02-02-2010

Film Europe and SPI launch documentary channel

Film Europe, a division of distribution company SPI International (www.spi-film.eu), has launched DocuCS, the second of three themed TV and VOD channels planned for the Czech and Slovak markets.
02-02-2010

PRODUCTION: Normalization goes into postproduction

After four year of gathering materials, Normalization, a full-length docu-tragedy by Slovak director Robert Kirchhoff, has gone into post-production.
02-02-2010

PRODUCTION: The Ravishment plans Bulgarian release

Film director Plamen Masslarov (14 Kisses, 1997; Mayor, Mayor, 1990; The Judge, 1986) and head of the Bulgarian National Film Archive announced that his Bulgarian-Russian co-production The Ravishment will be…
01-02-2010

FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Espresso 10 years (Presszó 10 év)

Director Tamás Sas revisits his 1998 film Espresso (Presszó) with his sequel Espresso 10 years ,
01-02-2010