Wajda Casts Belluci in Walesa Film

WARSAW: Polish Radio reports that director Andrzej Wajda has cast Monica Bellucci in his biopic of Solidarity leader Lech Walesa.
19-04-2011

New Horizon Picks Up Turin Horse

WARSAW: Polish distribution company New Horizons Association (www.enh.pl) has picked up Hungarian director Bela Tarr's last film The Turin Horse for theatrical and DVD distribution. The film will debut at…
19-04-2011

FESTIVALS: FNE at Cyprus Film Days IFF 2011: Prize Winners

LIMASOL: The Cyprus Film Days IFF (8-17 April 2011) announced the winners of its first-ever international competition at its awards ceremony on 17 April. The top prize went to the…
19-04-2011

FESTIVALS: Bojanov Heads to Critics Week

Konstantin Bojanov's Bulgarian-French coproduction Ave is the lone CEE film selected for the Cannes 2011 Critics Week, 12-20 May.
18-04-2011

PRODUCTION: Flower Square in Production

ZAGREB: Croatian director Krsto Papić has begun shooting his feature film Flower Square (working title). Filming commenced on 10 April 2011 in Zagreb, and is scheduled to wrap on 20…
18-04-2011

CTAM Expands Cable Awards Competition

Tne 5th annual Creative Awards Program (CAP), taking place in Malta on 22 September 2011, has announced it is accepting entries from non-CTAM Europe members, the European branch of the…
18-04-2011

FNE at Istanbul IFF 2011: Prize winners

ISTANBUL: The 30th edition of the Istanbul International Film Festival (www.iksv.org) awarded its top prize, the Golden Tulip for the International Competition, to Egyptian director Ahmad Abdalla's Microphone. The Special…
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CME Sells Czech Series to U.S.

PRAGUE: MediaPro Distribution, the sales agent for Central European Media Enterprises (CME, www.cetv-net.com ) announced a deal to develop the Czech crime series Organized Crime Unit in the U.S. The…
17-04-2011

FESTIVALS: Pal Adrienne Awarded at Crossing Europe

LINZ: Hungarian director Ágnes Kocsis' drama Pal Adrienne received the Audience Award at the Crossing Europe festival (www.crossingEurope.at) closing ceremony on 16 April 2011. The film previously was the recipient…
17-04-2011

Outbound Sold in Four Territories

BUCHAREST: Sales agent mk2 (www.mk2.com) has sold Bogdan George Apetri's Outbound/Periferic (www.periferic.ro) to Poland, Greece, Israel and Switzerland. The Romanian film will be distributed by Against Gravity (www.againstgravity.pl) in Poland,…
17-04-2011

FNE at Istanbul IFF 2011: New projects score development funding

ISTANBUL: Development funding for a number of new feature film projects was announced at the Istanbul IFF (http://film.iksv.org/trrnfor ) Meetings on the Bridge industry event last night. The new Turkish…
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Kaunas Announces Plans for New Film Studio

KAUNAS: The Kaunas City Municipality (www.kaunas.lt) has approved the establishment a new film studio in Kaunas. The founders of the public institution will be the city municipality, businessman Edvinas Bindokas…
14-04-2011

FESTIVALS: Turkey, Romania Get Cannes Slots

CANNES: Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan won a coveted Cannes competition slot with his film Once Upon a Time in Anatolya (Bir Zamanlar Andolu'da), as did expat Romanian director Radu…
14-04-2011

Dragon Forum Call for Applications

KRAKOW: Dragon Forum Pitching 2011 has announced an open call for documentary film projects through 29 April 2011. The sixth edition takes place 25-29 May during the 51st Krakow International…
14-04-2011

Latvia’s Ticket Prices Drop as Local Films Attract Viewers

RIGA: Newly released date from the Latvian National Film Center (www.nfc.lv) show the effect that Latvia's economic problems of the past two years have had on cinema. Most alarmingly, ticket…
14-04-2011

TVP's Venice Awarded in Cleveland

WARSAW: Venice by Polish director Jan Jakub Kolski has been honored with the Special Jury Mention for Cinematography by Arthur Reinhartd at the 35th Cleveland International Film Festival.
14-04-2011

Cinema City Continues Expansion in Romania

Cinema City opened its tenth multiplex in Romania in early April. The cinema, located in Braila has 10 screens and 2,135 seats and it's equipped with 5 digital projectors. Cinema…
13-04-2011

FESTIVALS: FNE at Istanbul IFF: Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits

The documentary film Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits, makes its world premiere at the Istanbul Film Festival as the final screening in the National Competition.
13-04-2011

FNE - IDF DocBlock: The Blueberry Spirits

Blueberry spirits tells the ghost stories of the small Gypsy family who spend their summers living in forest. Every member of the small community has experienced several scary encounters with…
13-04-2011

FESTIVALS: FNE at Istanbul IFF: Our Grand Despair

Seyfi Teoman's Our Grand Despair, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, received both the Best Film award and the Film Critics' Choice award at the Turkey/German Film Festival in…
12-04-2011