BUCHAREST: Carmen Harabagiu has stepped down from the position of Country Manager, Vice President of Original Production and Programming for HBO Romania, a position she had held since December 2005.
ZAGREB: The documentary TV series Slumbering Concrete/ Betonski spavači by Saša Ban about the modernist architecture of former Yugoslavia is shooting with the premiere set for 2016.
BUCHAREST: Hadrian Marcu is developing his debut feature Shadow and Dream/Firesc, set for shooting in autumn 2016.
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) allotted 232,608 EUR/1,766,240,5 HRK to five short films and two experimental films at its 63rd session.
BUCHAREST: Dragoş Lumpan's The Last Transhumance/Ultima transhumanţă, a 90-minute documentary shot along a 45,000 km route in Albania, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Wales and Romania has launched a crowdfunding campaign in order to wrap postproduction.
ŽILINA: Galina Miklinová is in production with The Oddsockeaters/Lichožrouti a 3D animated feature adaptation of Pavel Šrut’s bestseller. This Czech/Slovak coproduction is set to have its theatrical release in summer 2016 and the TV premiere in 2017.
Slovak AV Policy and Funding Helmers Martin Šmatlak and Anton Škreko Look at the Future of the Slovak Audiovisual Industry
Slovakia 26-06-2015TRENČIANSKE TEPLICE: Martin Šmatlak, the head of the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, and Anton Škreko, General Director of the Media, Audiovisual and Copyright Department of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic speak to FNE about the Slovak audiovisual sector and the strategy programme for the next five-years programme (2016-2020).
ŽILINA: Director Matej Holub and producer Dorota Holubova pitched their project, the animated TV series Slovak Dumplings/Haluskovo Slovensko at the 2nd edition of the Pitching Forum within the 8th Fest Anča (24-28 June 2015).
FNE at Art Film Fest: Trigon Production Preps Comedy and Crime Series While Developing 10 Projects
Slovakia 25-06-2015TRENCIANSKE TEPLICE: Patrik Pass from Trigon Production, one of the leading Slovak producers, is currently in postproduction with a debut feature, a docudrama and a TV series.