Polish dramatist debuts in 30 Minutes
Krzysztof Bizio moves from scriptwriter to director with All of Anna's Lies, which began filming October 20.
Bollywood movies drive Polish newspaper sales
After finding marketing success by offering movie collections along with the daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, the newspaper has found a new marketing tool: Bollywood movies.
Strawberry Wine reaps festival success
Dariusz Jablonski's Strawberry Wine took home the audience award from the 16 Trzyniec film festival in the Czech Republic before screening at the Haifa film festival.
Shooting begins on The Temptation of St. Tony
Venice winner Veiko Ounpuu has begun shooting on his second feature film, The Temptation of St. Tony, in Estonia.
The Balcony opens theatrically across Lithuania
Film and theatre director Giedre Beinoriute's new film The Balcony (http://balkonas.wordpress.com) opened in the four biggest Lithuanian cities: Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda, and Siauliai.
Distribution of Bulgarian films gains traction
The fall kicked off with the first success of a modern distribution style for new Bulgarian films.
56’ revolution Documentary for Oscar
Hungarian born Hollywood director Klaudia Kovacs will place her documentary Torn from the Flag in competition for the best feature-length documentary Academy Award.
BooBoo in the Land of Bears and Palms
Agencies selling films abroad, institutions common in the West, are still as rare in Poland as snow in Havana.
Opus Film Sees Potential in Young Artists
The films presented at this year's CentEast Market included My Flesh, My Blood by debuting director Marcin Wrona, a project involving Opus Film, one of Poland's largest production companies.
Czechs dominate EFA documentary nominations
Prix Arte winner Rene was one of two Czech films among the ten documentary films nominated for the European Film Academy (EFA) "European Film Academy Documentary 2008 - Prix Arte".
Antalya Film Festival And Eurasia Market and Festival
The 45th edition of the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (October 10-19) turned out to be a surprise
Festival winners also market winners in Warsaw
Three award winners at the 24th Warsaw International Film Festival were also screened in the CentEast Market Warsaw programme, which ran during the latter half of the Warsaw festival.
Polish films: still finding a way to the international market
Although more full-length features are being made in Poland in recent years, still very few of them find their way to distribution in other countries.
Media's MIPCOM platform supports new EU states
Stand H4.35 has become one of the liveliest business meeting spots at MIPCOM: the MEDIA Unbrella stand offers a home to over 100 companies from the EU.
Two Polish films will vie for Golden Globes
Jerzy Skolimowsk's Golden Globe hopeful Four Nights with Anna could find competition at home: recently announced Oscar candidate Tricks is also hoping to be entered in the Golden Globe foreign…
Star of Good, Viggo Mortensen praises the Hungarian shoot
An adaptation of the C. P. Taylor 1981 play, the Hungarian filmed Good will receive its European premiere at the upcoming Rome Film Festival starting next week (www.romacinemafest.it).
The Polish Film Institute: first production, then promotion
"The Warsaw International Film Festival is one of our priorities when it comes to film-related events," says Jacek Fuksiewicz, Deputy Director for Film Production at the Polish Film Institute.
Farewell Hemingway, hello Bulgaria
Svetoslav Ovtcharov's A Farewell to Hemingway is the latest piece from Bulgaria, which in the last five years has pulled itself out of cinematic oblivio.
TVP business buzzes at MIPCOM
Public broadcaster Polish Television (TVP) is doing brisk business at MIPCOM, running October 13-17
