Kolski's Venice awarded in Montreal

One of the most awaited Polish films of 2010 has won the best artistic contribution at the 34th Montreal World Film Festival (www.ffm-montreal.org), where it had its international premiere. The…
09-09-2010

All That I Love chosen as Polish Oscar candidate

The Polish Oscar Committee has chosen All That I Love as the Polish Oscar nomination candidate for the Best Foreign Language Film.
09-09-2010

Polish doc about the Internet community starts production in Warsaw

Jarek Rybus has begun shooting a multimedia experiment fusing film and the Web is in his new documentary about the Polish blog community. "The film is an attempt to look…
09-09-2010

Romania’s Prima upgrades with Israeli game show

Isreali company Armoza Formats has sold Romania's Prima TV on the second season of its game show formula Upgrade, which will also be a daily fixture on TV screens in…
09-09-2010

FNE: Czech Film Incentives: How They Work

On 21 June of this year, the Czech Republic introduced an incentives plan for filmmakers shooting in the Czech Republic. The Film Industry Support Programme offers rebates of up to…
08-09-2010

Polish drama finds an international sales agent

Berlin based m-appeal has picked up the critically acclaimed Polish drama The Christening.
07-09-2010

PRODUCTION: Polish-German Winter Daddy in post-production

One of the most promising projects supported by the Polish-German Co-Development Fund, Winter Daddy, directed by Johannes Schmid, is the story of 11-year-old Kattaka, who travels from Germany to Poland…
07-09-2010

Applicants line up for Czech Film Industry Support Program

Increasing numbers of local and international film productions are applying for the newly launched 20 percent cash rebates offered by the Czech Republic, submitting to the required cultural test. The…
07-09-2010

Lankosz promotes Łódź in noir style

The director of Reverse, awarded best Polish film of 2009, has just finished shooting a short feature promoting the city of Łódź as European Capital of Culture for 2016. Borys…
07-09-2010

Asian WWII drama to shoot in Latvia

The biggest war drama of its kind ever to be shot in Latvia is slated to begin shooting early next year. My Way, a Korean-Latvian co-production, will film partly in…
07-09-2010

UPC Romania adds new channels to portfolio

One of Romania's major cable companies, UPC (www.upc.ro), has launched six new channels, including one in HD. Starting Sept. 1, UPC, affiliated at Liberty Global Inc. (www.lgi.com), offers Discovery HD…
07-09-2010

Multiplexes expand in Romania

Cinema City (www.cinemacity.ro), a leading cinema operator in Central and Southern Europe, will open its 8th multiplex in Romania and the first in the city of Arad Sept. 17.
06-09-2010

The Borgias take over Korda Studios

Showtime's series recounting the historic court intrigues of Italy's Borgia dynasty, starring Jeremy Irons, has filled out 50 percent of Hungary's Korda Studios for production.
06-09-2010

Sindbad series to shoot in Malta

Sky 1 has commissioned the costume drama Sindbad from Impossible Pictures, to start shooting in Malta in February. The ambitious project is part of American Sky 1's (sky1.sky.com) multi-million dollar…
06-09-2010

Estonia supports film market

The Estonian foreign ministry has started its support for a film market taking place under the banner of the Black Nights Film Festival ( www.2010poff.ee ), November 19-December 5), with…
06-09-2010

Four CEE producers head to PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO

WARSAW: Producers from Poland, Hungary, Croatia and the Czech Republic will be heading to Toronto to take part in the Producers Lab Toronto organized by European Film Promotion (EFP) in…
06-09-2010