CARTOON Puts Out Call to CEE Filmmakers
CARTOON MASTERS is seeking professional filmmakers from the new EU member countries for the Cartoon 360 workshop taking place 25-27 March 2014 in Munich.
TVN Signs with Brightcove
WARSAW: Polish private broadcaster TVN will work with Video Cloud service from Brightcove Inc. for distribution of TVN's video content.
Czech Day and Date Release for Loach Doc
PRAGUE: Spirit of 45, the latest documentary by British director Ken Loach about post-war euphoria’s effect on British society, has been released under the day-and-date scheme in the Czech Republic.
OBITUARY Hungarian Director Miklos Jancso
BUDAPEST: Cannes winning Hungarian film director Miklós Jancsó died 31 January 2014 at age 92.
Attention all FIPRESCI members coming to Berlinale
Be one of the first 15 to sign up for the FNE FIPRESCI Berlin Critics ratings and we will send you a beautiful box set of DVD classic Oscar candidate…
Romania Relents on Nymphomaniac: Volume II
BUCHAREST: After an appeal by distributor Independenţa Film, the rating commission of the National Centre for Cinema reversed the decision to ban Lars von Trier’s film Nymphomaniac: Volume II from…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Doc Science Camp Set
The first workshop for science documentaries will take place 16 - 19 April 2014 in Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Lithuania Plans Increased Film Activity in 2014
The Lithuanian Film Centre announced that it will increase film funding in 2014 in a year that promises more activity for the film industry.
Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs with plans for a new channel
WARSAW: Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is planning to create a new channel for Polish communities abroad which would replace TVP Polonia, due to dissatisfaction with the current channel.
PRODUCTION: Marko Naberšnik in Postproduction with The Woods Are Still Green
LJUBLJANA: Slovenian hit film director Marko Naberšnik is finishing work on The Woods Are Still Green, an anti-war drama set during WWI. The Austrian-Slovenian coproduction shot in extreme weather conditions…
PRODUCTION: Perrin and Cluzaud Shooting Documentary in Poland
WARSAW: Renowned documentary filmmakers Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud are filming Les Saisons in Puszcza Białowieska.
The Mighty Angel Tops 500,000 Admissions
WARSAW: The Mighty Angel by Wojciech Smarzowski hit half a million admissions in just over a week after its premiere.
Stopklatka TV Signs with Polsat
WARSAW: New film channel Stopklatka TV will be available through satellite provider Cyfrowy Polsat. The channel will also be available via ground digital transmitters and VOD.
English Remake of Czech Women in Temptation
After a year of negotiations, Jiří Vejdělek, the director of the hit Czech comedy Women in Temptation (2010) has sold the English language remake rights to British producer Gareth Unwin…
ProSiebenSat.1 Sells Romanian Prima TV
BUCHAREST: The Competition Council of Romania has authorised the take over of Prima TV by the Romanian company Graffiti Red SRL of SBS Broadcasting Media SRL (which has the licence…
Director of Latvian Film Centre Resigns
RIGA: Ilze Gailite-Holmberga, director of the National Film Centre of Latvia, has officially resigned from her duties.
Burning Bush Fires up Czech Critics
PRAGUE: Agnieszka Holland’s acclaimed film version of Burning Bush won six awards, including Best film of 2013, at the fourth Czech Critics Awards on 25 January 2014.
Croatia Announces First Grants of 2014
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre allotted 784,272 EUR/6 m HRK in the final session of 2013. The grants were announced on 24 January 2014.
PRODUCTION: Palfi Free Fall in Fast Forward
BUDAPEST: European Film Award winner György Pálfi (Hukkle, Taxidermia, Final Cut) is already in production with Free Fall, a film that originated from a concept in November 2013.
Czech Films Find Local Fans
PRAGUE: Five Czech films made it into the list of the top ten box office hits of 2013, with the village comedy Babovresky taking the number one spot.
