Czechs Approve Raising Film Incentives
PRAGUE: The Czech parliament has approved raising the cap on film incentives from to 800 m CZK. The cap had been set at 500 m CZK.
GRANTS: Latvian Film Centre Funds 15 Projects for Development
RIGA: National Film Centre of Latvia has renewed the tender for project development support, after a six year break, an indication of the film industry's recovery after the financial crisis.
Czechs Launch Filmmakers Lounge at KVIFF
PRAGUE: The State Cinematography Fund´s new Filmmakers’ lounge located in the café of Čas cinema, T. G. Masaryka 3, will offer a new pleasant meeting point for film professionals during…
Chinese star Xu Jinglei shooting in Prague
PRAGUE: The famous Chinese director, scriptwriter and star actress Xu Jinglei is shooting a film with the working title Somewhere Only We Know in Prague.
FNE Coproduction Meeting at KVIFF 2014: Case Study: Gottland
PRAGUE: The Czech/Polish/Slovak genre-bending documentary Gottland based on the best-selling Polish book will launch a limited events-themed release in August 2014.
FNE Coproduction Meeting at KVIFF 2014: Case Study: I, Olga Hepnarova
PRAGUE: The Czech/Polish/Slovak coproduction I, Olga Hepnarova will move into postproduction after two final days of shooting in the Slovak Tatra Mountains in August 2014, with plans to have the…
FNE at KVIFF 2014: Invitation to Film New Europe Coproduction Meeting
KARLOVY VARY: Film New Europe will be hosting a Coproduction Meeting at the new Kino Cas Filmmakers Lounge this year in Karlovy Vary during the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film…
Latvia Buys TVP’s House by the Backwater
WARSAW: The hit series format House by the Backwater from Polish public broadcaster TVP has bought by Latvian TV.
PULA IFF 2014 Announces Croatian Film Programme
ZAGREB: Twelve films will screen in the Croatian section of the 61st Pula Film Festival running 12-26 July 2014.
Ida Hits 2 Million at US Box Office
WARSAW: The Polish-Danish drama Ida has become one of the most successful foreign titles opening in the US during the last decade.
FNE at MIFF 2014: Poland’s Deep Love Sweeps to Victory in MIFF Doc Competition
MOSCOW: The 36th Moscow International Film Festival (19-28 June 2014) awarded a Ukrainian actress and a Polish doc Deep Love directed by Jan Matuszynski despite the international tensions between Russia…
PRODUCTION: WIDE Picks up What Silent Gerda Knows in Development
RIGA: Latvian born Russian writer/director Yevgeni Pashkevich's feature film What Silent Gerda Knows (Ko zina klusā Gerda) has entered development stage with distribution rights already acquired by Paris-based WIDE.
PRODUCTION: Slovenian Horror Film Idyll Goes into Production
LJUBLJANA: Idyll, a Slovenian horror feature film, began shooting already started on 21 June 2014.
Hungary Raising Film Rebates to 30 Percent
PRAGUE: The Hungarian National Film Fund has received approval from the European Commission to raise film cash rebates from 20 percent to 25 percent. The Hungarian system also allows for…
PRODUCTION: Do You Love Me in production
VILNIUS: Lithuanian young generation director Lina Lužytė is working on her debut feature film Do You Love Me? (Ar tu mane myli?).
Slovak Film Institute Opens Modern Digitizing Centre
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film Institute in partnership with the Minister of Culture Marek Maďarič has inaugurated a modern centre for digitization and digital restoration of films.
Polish Companies Present a United Front
PRAGUE: Polish commercial TV station TVN, production company ATM Grupa, and distribution company Monolith Films joined forces for the first time at a market tribute to the Polish TV industry.
Agnieszka Holland Set for TV Series
PRAGUE: Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland will direct the first 90-minute TV film in a four-part crime series, Death in Breslau.
FESTIVALS: Motovun Hosts Film Fest Training
MOTOVUN: The Independent Cinema Office will present a course on Developing Your Film Festival at the Motovun Film Festival.
