FNE at TIFF Romanian Film Days: Morgen

Short film Palme d'Or winner Marian Crişan (Megatron, 2008) screens at the Transilvania IFF's Romanian Days with his feature debut, Morgen, the story of a Romanian whose passion for fishing…
03-06-2011

FNE at TIFF Romanian Film Days: Metrobranding

Ana Vlad and Adrian Voicu will screen their first long film, Metrobranding - A Love Story Between People and Objects/Metrobranding - O poveste de dragoste intre oameni si obiecte, a…
03-06-2011

FNE at TIFF Romanian Film Days: The Phantom Father

Lucian Georgescu comes to TIFF's Romanian Film Days with his feature film debut The Phantom Father.
03-06-2011

Hungarian Banks Threaten to Close Film Producers Accounts

BUDAPEST: The bank accounts of 19 production companies faced closure as of 1 June 2011, as loan agreements expired on 31 May. Andrew Vajna, Hungary's newly appointed film commissioner, is…
03-06-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Hungary

BUDAPEST: When it comes to TV, Hungary prefers to go it alone. Without any natural linguistic partners and lacking the strong regional ties shared by Czechs and Slovaks, the Balkans,…
03-06-2011

FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition: Fear Of Falling

In Fear of Falling, his feature film directing debut. Bartosz Konopka creates an emotional drama about crossing the line between madness and sanity.
02-06-2011

FNE at TIFF Romanian Days: Loverboy

Loverboy, the second feature from Romanian director Cătălin Mitulescu tells the story of Luca, a 20 year old boy from a Romanian village who makes girls fall in love with…
02-06-2011

FNE at TIFF Romanian Days: Close to the Heavens

Close to the Heavens, a full-length documentary debut from Titus Faschina, explores Romania's traditional past by focusing on a family of herders whose old habits are challenged by EU regulations.
02-06-2011

FNE at TIFF Main Competition: Principles of Life

Constantin Popescu (Tales from the Golden Age) directed the Transilvania International Film Festival's Romanian competition entry, Principles of Life, with Vlad Ivanov (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) appearing…
02-06-2011

FNE at TIFF Romanian Days: Aldabert's Dream

BUCHAREST: Gabriel Achim's first feature, Adalbert's Dream, is a black comedy set on 8 May 1986, when Romania was having its annual celebration of the anniversary of the Communist Party,…
02-06-2011

FNE at TIFF Romanian Days: Bucharestless

Romanian director George Dorobanţu (Elevator) gets a spot in TIFF's Romanian Days with his second film, Bucharestless, a city-vérité conceptual movie shot in Bucharest.
02-06-2011

FNE-IDF DocBlock: Prix Europe 2011 Nominations

The European broadcasting festival Prix Europa 2011 announces this year’s nominees. The category of feature-length television documentary presents also two successful Czech documentaries Katka, made by Helena Třeštíková, and Coal…
02-06-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Lithuania

VILNIUS: Lithuanian television survived the onslaught of foreign programming beginning in the 1990‘s and is pulling out of the financial crisis of 2009. The result is a return to domestic…
02-06-2011

Management Changes at HBO Central Europe

BUDAPEST: HBO announced the promotion of Ondrej Zach to Senior Vice President, Programming and Acquisitions, for HBO Central Europe. In addition, HBO has appointed Ivan Sevcik as HBO Czech Republic…
01-06-2011

Hungarian Film Funding Approved

BUDAPEST: The Hungarian government has approved a proposal to renew film funding. According to local news reports, the cabinet met on 31 May 2011 and approved the plan proposed by…
01-06-2011

FESTIVALS: Romanian TIFF Opens Friday

The 10th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (www.tiff.ro ) will open on Friday, 3 June 2011, in Cluj, with 12 films screening in the main competition. The festival…
01-06-2011

HBO GO Launches in Romania

BUCHAREST: HBO Central Europe launced the internet streaming service HBO GO in Romania on 1 June 2011.
01-06-2011

FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition: Daas

Dass, a major costume production written and directed by Adrian Panek, brings to life the dillemas of faith and politics in the 13th Century. The film premieres at the 36th…
01-06-2011

Slovak Film Forum Unveiled

The Slovak Film Institute (www.sfu.sk) has announced the schedule of the Forum on Upcoming Slovak Films, taking place on 23-24 June 2011 during the Artfilm Festival held in Trencianske Teplice…
31-05-2011

Films Fuel Malta's Legal Sector

VALETTA: A surge in film production since Malta's accession to the European Union seven years ago, and the introduction of film incentives in 2007, is fueling growth in Malta's legal…
31-05-2011