All articles by Theodore Schwinke – Page 5
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NewsPolice, Adjective and North share grand prize in Transilvania
Corneliu Porumboiu’s Un Certain Regard title Police, Adjective shared top honours with Rune Denstad Langlo’s Berlinale title North at the 8th Transilvania International Film Festival.
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NewsTsar, Public Enemies bookend Moscow Film Festival
Russian director Pavel Lungin will chair the jury at the 31st Moscow International Film Festival, where competition films include Waldemar Krzystek’s Little Moscow and Duncan Jones’s Moon.
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NewsFilm Europe closes deals on Czech and Slovak titles
Film Europe has closed a number of deals on Czech and Slovak films on the back of Cannes.
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NewsGeorge Lucas appeals for Czech filming incentives
George Lucas wants to shoot an as-yet untitled Star Wars TV series in the Czech Republic, but only if local politicians will institute financial incentives.
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NewsCinema City opens new screens in Poland
Cinema City International has opened a 10-screen multiplex in Bielsko Biala and a Cinema Park multimedia complex in Poznan as part of is plan to open 117 new screens this year.
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NewsTransilvania Film Festival announces line-up and jury
The Transilvania International Film Festival has announced its competition line-up and jury for its eighth edition.
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NewsCinema City's theatrical revenues up 6.1% in first quarter
Cinema City International has posted strong first-quarter results with big gains in revenue and ticket sales even as exchange rates pushed ticket prices down.
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NewsKeitel and Sharif eyeing Polish Winner
Polish filmmaker Wieslaw Saniewski is in talks with Harvey Keitel and Omar Sharif to star in his upcoming project The Winner.
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NewsHelena Trestikova wins MEDIA European Talent Award
Czech documentary filmmaker Helena Trestikova has won the MEDIA European Talent Award for her project Zazrak– Miracle 35 Years Later.
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NewsKinotavr Russian showcase announces competition lineup
The Kinotavr Open Russian Film Festival today announced the competition lineup for its 20th edition, including new titles from Euphoria director Ivan Vyrypaev and Kremen director Aleksei Mizgiryov.
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NewsKarlovy Vary announces first competition titles
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has announced the first titles in the competition line-upfor its 44th edition.
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Who's Afraid Of The Wolf named Best Feature in Plzen
An international jury led by Czech scriptwriter Milena Jelinek awarded the Golden Kingfisher to Maria Prochazkova’s film Who’s Afraid Of The Wolf atthe 22nd Finale festival of Czech film in Plzen.
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Taras Bulba tops $14m in Russia and Ukraine
Director Vladimir Bortko’s epic adventure Taras Bulba grossed $1.6m in Russia and Ukraine over the weekend.
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Mungiu's Tales From The Golden Ageto open Transilvania
The eighth edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival will open May 29 with the local premiere of Tales From The Golden Age, an omnibus film written and produced by Cristian Mungiu. Wild Bunch is handling international sales on the film, which is tipped for Cannes, where Mungiu won the ...
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For My Father takes Grand Prix in Sofia
The 13th Sofia International Film Festival concluded March 14 with the Grand Prix in the international competition going to For My Father, directed by Dror Zahavi. An Israeli-German co-production, For My Father portrays an accidental meeting of three people in Tel Aviv. The international jury, led by Hungarian director Janos ...
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Zelenka's The Karamazovs named Best Film at Czech Lions
Petr Zelenkawas the big winner at this year's Czech academy awards, taking home three Lions for his film The Karamazovs at the March 7 ceremony. In addition to winning Best Film and Best Director, the adaptation of Dostoevsky's play was also named Best Feature by Czech film critics.The Karamazovs was ...
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Romanian CNC awards $4.4m in funding
The Romanian National Film Centre (CNC) has announced approximately $4.4m in funding for film projects and productions, including $3.3m for feature film production.The single largest grant was $405,000 for Tuesday After Christmas by Radu Muntean (Boogie, The Paper Will Be Blue). Producer Multimedia Est presented the project at Rotterdam's CineMart ...
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Kirill Mikhanovsky - your man in Havana
An urban thriller set in contemporary Havana, Fuga Mortis is the story of an adolescent hustler who tries to save his sister from the streets, and discovers his best option is to kill one of his grandfather's ageing comrades. The project's director and writer, Kirill Mikhanovsky, received the Screen International ...
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Russian Film Hub - On Location - Moscow calling
Russia has two main production facilities: Mosfilm in Moscow and Russian World Studios (RWS) which has facilities in both Moscow and St Petersburg. The consensus among producers is that the country needs more modern facilities. Post facilities abound - in addition to RWS and Mosfilm, Cinemateka and Dr Picture have ...
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Hot Russia projects to tempt international buyers
The Inhabited IslandIn this two-part adaptation of a popular novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, an improbably handsome cosmonaut, played by Vasily Stepanov, crashes on a hostile planet. Fyodor Bondarchuk, who directed the 2005 hit The 9th Company now ventures an epic spectacle along the lines of Timur Bekmambetov's Night ...