French DVD distribution for Slovak “jewels”

France's Maladiva Films released DVD versions of four Slovak classics from the 1960's to French-speaking European territories France, Belgium, and Switzerland on 7 October 2010. They include two films by…
07-10-2010

FESTIVALS: IFF Bratislava announces main competition line-up

The 12th IFF Bratislava announced ten films representing five continents selected for its main competition for first and second feature films. The competition includes films from Bulgaria and Romania, two…
07-10-2010

FESTIVALS: 16 Films compete in Warsaw film festival

Sixteen feature films are screening in the international competition of the 26th Warsaw Film Festival (www.wff.pl), which runs 8-17 October. The list includes only thre films from CEE, with The…
07-10-2010

FESTIVALS: New Horizons launches first American independent festival in Poland

Twenty independent feature films, including seven films making their European premieres, will compete in the first American Film Festival (www.americanfilmfestival.pl), taking place 20-24 October 2010 in Wroclaw.
07-10-2010

Bulgarian filmmakers protest funding cuts

VARNA: Bulgarian filmmakers have become the latest victims of the austerity measures sweeping Europe in the wake of the European governments bail out of banks following the global financial crisis.
07-10-2010

FNE Estonia Focus: Baltic Film School

The Baltic Film and Media School, (www.bfm.ee) the only English-language film and TV school in Northern Europe, has embarked on a new round of substantial developments. Foremost among these are…
07-10-2010

PRODUCTION: So I Say shooting postponed

BUCHAREST: Bogdan Dumitrescu Dreyer (A Cold Place In The Sun and Thalassa, Thalassa ) has postponed shooting on So I Say starring Gérard Depardieu and Harvey Keitel. Filming was originally…
06-10-2010

Georgia chooses Street Days for Oscar bid

Georgia has selected the film Street Days directed by Levan Koguashvili as the country's entry for the Oscar Best Foreign Language Film Award.
06-10-2010

Cyprus TV acquires reality format

Cyprus public broadcasting channel CyBC (www.cybc.com.cy) has bought rights to the Come Dine with Me from Britain's ITV.
06-10-2010

FNE Estonia Focus: Estonian Grants 2010

The Estonian Film Foundation supported the following features, documentaries and animation projects in 2010. Last round for feature development was March 8, 2010, feature script support April 5, 2010. For…
05-10-2010

Czech filmmakers pull films from festival

A group of Czech documentary filmmakers have withdrawn their films from Ekofilm festival, taking place in south Bohemia.
05-10-2010

Evo TV relaunches in Romania

Evo TV (www.evotv.ro), the first online television in Romania, was re-launched on 4 October 2010. The station was originally launched in 2007, but ceased broadcasts in July 2008. It will…
05-10-2010

FNE Estonia Focus: Estonian coproductions

Out of 21 features produced in Estonia over the last 4 years, over half were shot in international co-production. Estonia is well and truly the land of cinematic co-productions, although…
05-10-2010

PRODUCTION: Hungarian dance film in postproduction

BUDAPEST - The Maiden Danced to Death directed by Endre Hules and filmed by Oscar-winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond has completed shooting in Budapest, Slovenia, and Montreal.
04-10-2010

Hungary's TV2 appoints new general director

BUDAPEST - After several months of head-hunting Zsolt Simon, the former head of an advertising agency, has been chosen to chair Hungary's second biggest commercial television, TV2 (http://tv2.hu/).
04-10-2010

Borgia begins filming in Czech Republic

Beta Films announced the start of shooting of the 12-part mini-series Borgia in Prague on 4 October 2010. With a budget of 25 million Euros, the production will be the…
04-10-2010

FNE: Focus on Estonia Week

This week FNE will be looking at a small country that has managed to make a serious impact on the European film industry. As Estonia prepares to host the European…
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FNE Focus on Estonia

TALLINN: Estonian film experienced a small renaissance over the past decade with Estonian directors winning prizes and kudos at festivals around the world. In 2007 at the height of the…
04-10-2010

FNE Visegrad Prix nominations announced

WARSAW: Nominations for the first-ever FNE Visegrad Prix for best feature coproduction from a Visegard country have been announced. The films are all screening in the CinePecs 2010 (4-10 October)…
04-10-2010