Pazura and Karolak Join Bangistan Cast
WARSAW: Leading Polish actors Cezary Pazura and Tomasz Karolak have been cast in the Bollywood film Bangistan scheduled to shoot in Poland over the summer.
PRODUCTION: Five Year Okhwan Doc Nears End of Journey
KARLOVY VARY: Director/producer Marek Mackovic is in postproduction with his debut film Okhwan, Mission Impossible, a road movie documentary about a South Korean bicycling the world.
PRODUCTION: Otter Films Producing Found Footage Doc
KARLOVY VARY: Anna Wydra of Poland’s Otter Films is coproducing a documentary based on found footage, Reporter directed by Magdalena Szymkow.
PRODUCTION: Hastrman Pitched at KVIFF
KARLOVY VARY: Popular Czech musican Ondrej Havelka will direct his debut film Hastrman, based on his adaptation of a Czech book. The project at the third annual Pitch and Feedback…
Italian Andron to Film in Malta
A Malta government spokesman announced that the Italian film Andron will begin filming in Malta on 21 July 2014.
PRODUCTION: The Beauteous Pitches at KVIFF
KARLOVY VARY: Director/scriptwriter Jan Kobler makes his feature film debut with The Beauteous, a drama about two young gay men who meet and separate on a single night.
Artcam Picks up KVIFF Winner
PRAGUE: Czech art house distribution company Artcam has acquired Corn Island, the grand prize winner of the Karlovy Vary film festival (KVIFF).
FNE at KVIFF 2014: CEE Films Dominate Awards
KARLOVY VARY: Films from Central and Eastern Europe swept most of the top awards at the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (4-12 July 2014) with the Georgian film Corn…
FNE at KVIFF 2014: FNE FIPRESCI Critics; See how the critics rated the programme
This year FNE and FIPRESCI invited film critics attending the attending the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition and the East of the…
Visegrad TV Channels Move Closer to Coproductions
KARLOVY VARY: The heads of the public TV stations in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland are using Scandinavia as a model for developing series coproduced by the Visegrad countries.
German Productions Line up for Prague
PRAGUE: The increase in the cap on Czech film incentives is encouraging German productions to shoot in the Czech Republic, Wilma Film producer Filip Herling told FNE.
FNE TV at KVIFF 2014: Karel Bartak Creative Europe Coordinator – European Commission
FNE spoke to Karel Bartak Creative Europe Coordinator – European Commission about the results of the first six months of the new Creative Europe programme and what are the implications…
FNE TV at KVIFF 2014: Jozko Rutar Director Slovenian Film Center and Film New Europe Association Board Member
FNE spoke to Jozko Rutar about the new Creative Europe programme and its impact on the smaller countries of the EU and what needs to be done to ensure a…
FNE TV at KVIFF 2014: Doris Pack LUX Prize coordinator
FNE spoke to Doris Pack LUX Prize coordinator and former Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament in 2009-2014
PRODUCTION: Prosenc Develops Follow up to KVIFF Debut
KARLOVY VARY: Slovenian director Sonja Prosenc, in Karlovy Vary to premiere her first film The Tree in the East of the West competition, spoke with FNE about her next project…
Hypermarket Goes Exotic with Gajdo and North Korean Tales
KARLOVY VARY: Czech producer Filip Remunda, the former enfant terrible of Czech documentary filmmaking, was in Karlovy Vary to present his upcoming films, the Romany ghetto doc Gajdo and the…
PRODUCTION: Award Winner Lehotsky Developing Erik
KARLOVY VARY: Slovak director Juraj Lehotsky, whose 2013 film Miracle received the Special Mention when it premiered at the Karlovy Vary IFF last year, was back at the festival this…
Latvia to Double Film Distribution Grants nearly doubled
RIGA: The Latvian Film Centre has nearly doubled the amount to be given in grants for local film promotion, to 40,000 EUR.
PRODUCTION: Journey to Rome Moves to Postproduction
KARLOVY VARY: Polish director Tomasz Mielnik has completed shooting on his debut film Journey to Rome, which was presented at the Karlovy Vary IFF Works in Progress.
