The film produced by Television Kino Polska won Special Award on Cottbus Film Festival Germany 2010
Short film "Hanoi-Warsaw" directed by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz received the Special Award on Cottbus Film Festival Germany 2010.The Cottbus Film Festival is one of the most important festivals of Eastern European…
Disney Channel Airs Polish Sitcom
The first episode of the Polish version of As The Bell Rings was aired on the 7 November 2010 by the Polish Disney Channel. The Walt Disney Company commissioned the…
CEE Films Compete for EFA Awards
Films from Turkey, Romania, Estonia, and the Czech Republic are among the nominees for the European Film Awards, which will be announced in Tallinn on 4 December 2010.
FNE 2010 Visegrad Special: Czech Republic
On average around 20 Czech full length feature films are released in Czech cinemas every year, most of them supported by grants from the Czech Ministry of Culture´s State fund…
FNE 2010 Visegrad Special: Slovakia
The most important development in Slovak cinema in 2010 was the advent of financial support through the new Slovak Audiovisual Fund which began to process grant applications this year. In…
FNE at Cottbus: White, White World takes Cottbus Main Prize
COTTBUS, GERMANY: White, White World, a Serbian/German/Swedish coproduction directed by Oleg Novkovic and a powerful statement on post-war Serbia, won the main prize of the 20th Cottbus Film Festival (2-7…
PRODUCTION: From Love With Best Intentions goes into postproduction
From Love With Best Intentions, the second feature by Adrian Sitaru, has concluded filming after one month and one day of production, producer Ada Solomon told FNE. Postproduction will take…
FNE at Cottbus: Connecting Cottbus Captures Funders’ Attention
Connecting Cottbus (www.connecting-cottbus.de ), the leading pitching forum for films from Central and Eastern Europe, clicked with producers and film funding bodies at its 4 November 2010 presentation. "There is…
TVN to Issue 250 Million EUR of Bonds
The Management Board of TVN, the biggest Polish private broadcaster, announced it will issue high yield bonds expected to bring 250 million EUR into the company, part of which will…
Baltic Event Announces Projects for Coproduction Market
The sixth Baltic Event Co-production Market (http://be.poff.ee) taking place in Tallinn 1-3 December 2010 has selected 12 projects from nine countries, as well as an additional four projects from Russian…
Malta Expected to Fine Production Company
The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) is preparing to seize a 15,000 euro bank guarantee for damages to property incurred by Fire & Blood Productions during filming of the…
FNE at Cottbus: Cottbus Celebrates 20th Anniversary
COTTBUS: Souvenir hungers had barely scampered away with bits of the Berlin Wall when the dream of a film festival reuniting Soviet comrade countries took root in an unlikely setting:…
Mazovia Supports Regional Film Production in Poland
WARSAW: The Mazovian Film Fund is providing 1 million PLN to filmmakers interested in creating productions that will develop and promote the region.
FNE at Cottbus: Connecting Cottbus Opens
COTTBUS, GERMANY: Spotted at the opening reception for the CEE pitching forum Connecting Cottbus: Mitteldeutsche Medienforderung CEO Manfred Schmidt and Apple Film Production president Dariusz Jablonski. "We're here for Gabriele,"…
Government Plans Restructuring of Hungarian Film Financing System
The Hungarian government plans to restructure film funding in its 2011 budget, according to local news reports. Film financing, which is currently handled by the Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation (MMK,…
Helios Plans Major Expansion in Poland
One of the biggest Polish cinema chains, Centrum Filmowe Helios, announced expansions plans that include opening 17 new cinemas in Poland by the end of 2014.
EAVE Concludes Belgrade Workshop
The EAVE 2010 European Producers Workshop which concluded in Belgrade on 25 October 2010 announced that the Romanian project Wolf produced by Marcian Lazar has been selected for Arc 1950…
Aronofsky to Open Plus Camerimage
The Plus Camerimage Film Festival (www.pluscamerimage.pl) announced the 2010 Plus Camerimage Cinematographer - Director Duo Award will be awarded to cinematographer Matthew Libatique and director Darren Aronofsky. Aronofsky's film Black…
FNE at Jihlava: East European Forum Introduces CEE Films in Production
Eleven regional documentary feature films in various stages of production were selected for the 2010 East European Forum, presented by the Institute of Documentary Film (www.dokweb.net) taking place 25-26 October…
Tallinn TV Draws Ministry Criticism
Tallinn TV, a city TV channel which is due to begin broadcasting by 1 January 2011, has sparked a controversy in Estonia, with the Minister of Culture calling it "an…
