FNE at Zlin’s 50th Anniversary: Visegrad Competition

The Zlin festival of films for children and youth (May 31-June 6, www.zlin-fest.cz) has been steadily expanding beyond its original mission and name suggests. One of the more welcome sections,…
31-05-2010

Cartoon Forum heads to Hungary

Cartoon Forum, the European coproduction forum for TV and new platform animation, will be held in a new EU country for the first time this year, in the Hungarian border…
31-05-2010

Estonian film production increases

Estonia film production rose in 2009, according to official government statistics, with seven feature films released in cinemas, a major increase from the average four features over the course of…
31-05-2010

Poland Establishes Film Commission

Poland has established a national Film Commission. The protocol setting up the new organization was signed during the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia (http://pl.fpff.pl) at a meeting of Polish regional…
30-05-2010

FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival 2010: Winners

Polish director Jan Kidawa Blonski won the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Festival of Polish Film Festival in Gdynia (24-29 May, http://eng.fpff.pl/) for his film Little Rose.
30-05-2010

Slovenian allots 4.7 million Euros for film funding

The Slovenian government announced that the Slovenian Film Fund (www.film-sklad.si) will receive 4,7 million Euros to finance Slovenian film production in 2010. Of that, 1.3 million will go toward new…
30-05-2010

FNE at Zlin’s 50th Anniversary: Czech and Slovak films take center stage

For Zlin (www.zlinfest.cz) festival director Petr Koliha, deciding how to mark the 50th anniversary of the Zlin festival of films for children and youth was an easy decision. At least…
30-05-2010

Bartas wins top Lithuanian awards

Šarūnas Bartas won the best director and best film awards for Eastern Drift at the Lithuanian Film and TV industry Silver Crane Awards held in Vilnius on May 28. For…
30-05-2010

Slovak film finds private support

Beginning July 1, 2010, Slovak Film and Television Academy (www.sfta.sk) will launch a partnership with private television JOJ (www.joj.sk) and Slovak beer producer Zlaty Bazant (www.heinekenslovensko.sk) to support distribution of…
30-05-2010

East European Film Alliance chooses 14 film projects

The East European Film Alliance (EEFA, www.eefa-eu.org) has selected 14 film projects to participate in the EEFA Training Network 2010. The projects will receive one year of online assistance along…
30-05-2010

Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Tomorrow Will be Better

Dorota Kędzierzawska's Gdynia competition film Tomorrow Will be Better tells the story of three homeless Russian boys who travel to Poland in search of a better life, with the universal…
27-05-2010

Krakow 50th Anniversary Special: Festival preview

The 50th anniversary edition of the Krakow Film Festival (May 31 - June 6) will present 89 documentary, animated and short films will participating in three competitions. The competition films…
27-05-2010

Krakow 50th Anniversary Special: Jonas Mekas in Krakow

This year the Dragon of Dragons award, given by the Krakow Film Festival (May 31 - June 6) since 1998 to the eminent documentary and animated filmmakers, will go to…
27-05-2010

Krakow 50th Anniversary Special: Krakow documentary premieres

The 50th Krakow Film Festival (May 31-June 6) is going to present the next part of the cycle ‘Krakow Documentary Premieres', consisting of films chosen from foreign film festivals which…
27-05-2010

Krakow 50th Anniversary Special: Events Schedule

The 50th Krakow Film Festival, which takes place May 31 - June 1, has announced its complete schedule of events and ceremonies.
27-05-2010

Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Rite of Passage

In Rite of Passage, director Janusz Majewski creates an image of turbulent events in post-WWII Poland, seen trough the eyes of boys on the verge of their adult life.
26-05-2010

Krakow 50th Anniversary Special: "Somewhere in Europe"

"Somewhere in Europe" is one of the thematic cycles of the jubilee, 50th Krakow Film Festival, which runs May 31 - June 1. The cycle consists primarily of documentaries from…
26-05-2010

Krakow 50th Anniversary Special: International Jury

The 50th Krakow Film Festival (May 31 - June 1) of documentary and short films will host eight juries selecting films in the categories of best documentary, best short, and…
26-05-2010

Krakow 50th Anniversary Special: Film Market and Industry Zone

Krakow Film Festival, which marks its 50th jubilee edition May 31 - June 6, will once again operate a film market and Industry Zone along with the Dragon Forum workshop…
26-05-2010

FNE at Gdynia FF 2010: Polish Film Institute Awards Film Boosters

The Polish Film Institute held a celebratory gala in the Polish seaside resort of Sopot last night (26 May) to recognize the achievements of film professionals in promoting and developing…
26-05-2010