ACT Faces Copyright Issues
BUDAPEST: Speaking at the DISCOP Budapest TV market, Ross Biggam, Director General of the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) said the issue of copyright will be the organization's…
Moscow IFF Competition: Revenge: A Love Story/Fuk Sau Che Chi Sei
Wong Ching Po, known for his thriller Jiang Hu (aka Gong Wu, Blood Brothers, 2004) about Hong Kong gangs with Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung, screens his fifth feature film…
Moscow IFF Competition: American Translation
With their Moscow competition entry American Translation, Pascal Arnold and Jean-Marc Barr create a thriller genre film about two young people, Chris (Pierre Perrier) and Aurora (Lizzie Brocheré), who meet…
Moscow IFF Competition: The Perfect Life/La Vita Facile
The Italian comedy The Perfect Life was made in the spirit of classic Italian comedies of the 1970's, as a commentary on the national way of life.
MIFF 2011: Moscow to Host International Film Finance Forum
MOSCOW: For the first time Moscow will host the International Film Finance Forum Moscow 2011, sponsored by Corporate Finance Bank, to be held at Radisson Royal Hotel on 24 June…
Moscow IFF Competition: Escalation/Escalade
French director, scriptwriter and producer Charlotte Silvera turned to the Russian play Dear Elena Sergeevna by Lyudmila Razumovskaya as the source material for her film Escalation. It tells a story…
FNE at MIFF: Taboo - The Soul Is Stranger on Earth
Christoph Stark is in competition at Moscow IFF with Taboo - The Soul Is Stranger on Earth/Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden, the haunted love story…
CME Receives Adam Smith Award
Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME, www.cetv-net.com ) has been awarded the Treasury Today Adam Smith Award for Best Practice and Innovation 2011 in the Best Corporate Debt Solution category.
Moscow IFF Competition: Joanna
Feliks Falk, one of the masters of Polish cinema, returns with Joanna, a moving story of love and courage set during WWII.
FNE at Moscow IFF: MIFF Competition Films
MOSCOW: The 33rd Moscow International Film Festival (www.moscowfilmfestival.ru), which takes place 23 June through 2 July 2011, has selected 17 films for its main international competition.
FNE - IDF DocBlock: "Toys"
Toys, a Lithuanian-Belarus documentary planned for completion in March 2012, was selected for the Institute of Documentary Film's 2011 Ex Oriente programme.
EEFA Workshop in Sofia
The second East European Film Alliance (eefa-eu.org) Script Development Workshop for Fiction Projects is taking place in Sofia 9-13 June 2011. Eight film projects were selected to participate.
EAVE Graduates in Production
EAVE has announced films currently in preparation or production by graduates of the production programme. The line-up includes six films with the participation of CEE producers.
CICAE Extends Deadline
CICAE, the international federation of arthouse cinemas, has announced the extension of the deadline for the September training sessions. The new deadline is 16 June 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…
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…
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Interview with Founder Patrick Jucaud
FNE continues its special report on DISCOP Budapest 2011 (21-23 June, www.discop,com) with an interview with DISCOP founder Patrick Jucaud. In the FNE reports, we look at adapted content --…
MTG Announces CEE Management Changes
Sweden's Modern Times Group (MTG, www.mtg.se), the international entertainment broadcasting group, announced that Anders Nilsson, Chief Operating Officer of MTG, will assume responsibility for the Group's pay-TV operations in the…
Menzel Honored in Romania
The Oscar-winning Czech director Jiri Menzel received a special award from the President of Romania Traian Basescu during a retrospective of Menzel's films in Bucharest.
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Certain Regard: Elena
CANNES: Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev returns to form with his new feature Elena fulfilling the promise of his 2003 debut The Return. Elena deservedly won the Special Jury Prix in…
