FNE in Berlin: Party and Screening Alert: Wednesday
Party Alert: All parties require an invitation from the organizers
Mannerheim moves to Hungarian studio
A Finnish co-production about Marshal Carl Gustav Mannerheim will move its production to Hungary, instead of earlier plans to use Lithuanian facilities.
Orthodox online TV launches in Bulgaria
Bulgaria's first Orthodox online broadcasts have been launched in Plovdiv.
VOD Debuts in Poland
Onet.pl has launched video on demand programming in Poland, with pay-per-view, as well as free advertise-supported programming including TV series.
FNE at Berlinale 2010: Competition Honey (Bal)
BERLIN: The third film in Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu's poetic trilogy ,Honey is a quiet, beautiful film about the relationship between man and nature. Set in the eastern Black Sea…
Malta film services industry grows
Malta saw a significant increase in foreign film production on the island nation, with 14 productions shooting there in 2009.
FNE in Berlin: Party and Screening Alert: Tuesday
Party Alert: All parties require an invitation from the organizers
Camerimage Director Says Fest To Leave Łódź
WARSAW: Marek Żydowicz, the director of the Plus Camerimage Festival, has announced he will move the event away from its home in the Polish city of of Łódź after the…
FNE in Berlin: Party and Screening Alert: Monday
Party Alert: All parties require an invitation from the organizers
Anifest moves to Teplice
After eight years in the South Bohemian spa town of Trebon, the young festival of animated films AniFest is moving operations to Teplice.
ScripTeast holds Berlin meetings
Writers from the twelve 2009/2010 ScripTeast projects are participating in individual meeting with mentor writers during the Berlinale.
FNE in Berlin: Party and Screening Alert: Sunday
Party Alert: All parties require an invitation from the organizers
FNE in Berlin: Estonia’s St Tony Sold to Olive Films
BERLIN: Estonian director Veiko Õunpuu's The Temptation of St Tony (Püha Tõnu kiusamine) (www.thetemptationofsttony.com) produced by Homeless Bob Production has been sold to Olive Films for US distribution. The film…
FNE at Berlinale 2010: Competition If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle (Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier)
BERLIN: Romanian director Florin Serban has brought an uncompromising realism to his debut feature If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle a hard hitting drama based on a stage play…
FNE in Berlin: Party and Screening Alert: Saturday
Party Alert: All parties require an invitation from the organizers
Polish major ITI Cinema Buys Sara Johnsen’s UPPERDOG for Multikino release
Polish ITI Cinema (www.iticinema.com.pl) has closed a deal for the Norwegian film UPPERDOG directed by Sara Johnsen for the polish market. ITI Group, is the owner of multiplex Multikino S.A.…
FNE at Berlinale 2010: The Ghost Writer
BERLIN:The ghost of the absent director Roman Polanski, under house arrest in Switzerland, hung over the premier of his film in competition in Berlin. The Polish born director was arrested…
FNE Visegrad Focus: Foreign productions in the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic has seen big budget foreign productions mostly dry up in 2009 following a long decline. In 2003, Hollywood and European filmmakers spent more than 5 bilion crowns…
FNE VISEGRAD FORUM: Czech film production and releases
Domestic films, particularly comedies, continued to outperform Hollywood at the box office in 2009.
