My Dog Killer Tops The Sun in the Net Nominations

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film and TV Academy announced nominations for the biannual national Slovak film awards, The Sun in the Net, with a total of 16 awards to be handed…
08-04-2014

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Skalvija Cinema Center

This month we spoke with Vilma Levickaitė, the manager of Skalvija Cinema Center, a small and cozy art house cinema situated in central Vilnius. Well known amongst film lovers for…
08-04-2014

FESTIVALS: The Swing of the Coffin Maker Wins at NexT IFF

BUCHAREST: The 8th edition of NexT International Film Festival, dedicated to short and medium films, gave its NexT Trophy to The Swing of the Coffin Maker (Azerbaijan/Germany) by Elmar Imanov.
08-04-2014

Latvian Film Centre Announces 2014 Grants

RIGA: National Film Centre of Latvia will give nearly 1.5 m EUR in grants to 28 projects.
07-04-2014

FESTIVALS: Sixteen goEast Competition Films Vie for Awards

Ten feature films and six documentary films will screen in the goEast film festival, running 9-15 April 2014.
07-04-2014

EFA 2016 Awards Go to Wroclaw

WROCLAW: The European Film Academy will hold the 2016 European Film Awards in Wroclaw, a city which will also be the European Capital of Culture for 2016.
07-04-2014

Cyprus Film Days 2014 opens on Friday, April 4th

The 12th edition of the International Film Festival Cyprus Film Days opens simultaneously in Limassol and in Nicosia on Friday, April 4th, 2014. The Festival is co-organised by the Cultural…
04-04-2014

Vilnius IFF 2014: Winners have been announced

VILNIUS: Vilnius International Film Festival closed its 19th edition on April 3. There were two competition programmes: “New Europe – New Names” and “Baltic Gaze”, which was launched in 2014.
04-04-2014

GRANTS: Hungary Announces 2014 Grants for TV Productions

BUDAPEST: The Hungarian National Media Authority awarded announced 722 m HUF (2.4 m EUR) to eight television film productions.
04-04-2014

PRODUCTION: Therapy for Murder in Postproduction

BUCHAREST: Kiki Vasilescu's independent black comedy is in the last stages of postproduction and set for domestic release in June 2014.
04-04-2014

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Ex-Oriente Opens Applications

The year-long documentary workshop Ex-Oriente is now accepting submissions for the 2014 session.
04-04-2014

FNE at BIFF: The Selfish Giant wins at Bucharest IFF

BUCHAREST: The Selfish Giant (GB), Clio Barnard's debut feature, won Best Film and the prize of the Youth Jury at the 10th edition of the Bucharest IFF which wrapped eight…
03-04-2014

TVP Reins in Losses

WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster had a deficit of 20.5 m PLN in 2013, a substantial decrease from 2012.
03-04-2014

Vilnius Meeting Point Draws Industry to Lithuania

VILNIUS: The fifth edition of the Vilnius IFF industry sidebar Meeting Point Vilnius presented 22 Baltic films and works in progress to an audience of 150 international guests.
03-04-2014

New Director Appointed at National Film Centre of Latvia

RIGA: Film critic Dita Rietuma has been elected the new director of the Latvian Film Centre, replacing long-time director Ilze Gailite-Holmberga who resigned in January 2014.
02-04-2014

Croatia Announces 2014 Minority Coproduction Grants

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre has allotted 321,500EUR/2,460,000HRK to five minority coproductions including Romanian Cristi Puiu's new feature, Sierra Nevada.
02-04-2014

The Second Game Looks Westward after Romanian Release

BUCHAREST: Corneliu Porumboiu's essay on time, history and football will hit Romanian cinemas on 4 April 2014 and is close to finalizing deals with German and French distributors.
02-04-2014

Lithuania Sees Ad Market Growth in 2014

VILNIUS: The Lithuanian advertising market is expected to grow by 7% in 2014, with advertising prices rising across the board.
01-04-2014

OBITUARY: Eva Vezer

BUDAPEST: Eva Vezer, who presided over European Film Promotion from 2009-2011, died on 28 March 2014 after a long illness.
01-04-2014

Reisch Leaves Top Spot at Kino Polska TV

WARSAW: Bogułsaw Kisielewski will replace Piotr Reisch as the President of Kino Polska TV, whose newest project Stopklatka TV is one of the top three film channels in Poland.
31-03-2014