FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Competition: Tree of Life
CANNES: Director Terrence Malick has succeeded in creating the very first American myth as film for the post war generation. No American who grew up in the 1950's will fail…
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Recycling TV Content Produced in CEE
When DISCOP East (www.discop.com) launched in Budapest twenty years ago under the direction of DISCOP founder Patrick Jucaud, TV in Central and Eastern Europe was still in the process of…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Competition: Habemus Papam
CANNES: Nanni Moretti's story of drama and humour inside the Vatican manages to take a witty yet reverent look at the institution of the papacy. His story unfolds as the…
3D Drives Digital Screen Growth in CEE
A new report from the European Audiovisual Observatory shows that the growth of digital screens in Central and East European territories is largely comprised of 3D screens. While some CEE…
FNE - IDF DocBlock: Final Call for Docu Talents from the East
The seventh edition of Docu Talents from the East 2011 announced its final call for submissions, due by 15 May 2011. Docu Talents takes place within the Industry section of…
PRODUCTION: Radu Muntean and Alex Baciu Shooting Prison Documentary
BUCHAREST: After four feature films - Rage, The Paper Will Be Blue, Boogie and Tuesday, After Christmas - screenwriter-director Radu Muntean is filming a long documentary about Romanian prisoners who…
DISCOP Announces 2011 Schedule of Events
BUDAPEST: DISCOP Budapest (www.discop.com), the leading TV market for Central and Eastern Europe, has rolled out a four-day schedule of events, beginning with DISCOPRO, a traning and networking programme on…
Central Europe Sees Growth in Cinema Attendance
With the exception of Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary, Central European territories saw the national share of total box office rise in 2010, according to a new report by the European…
ScripTeast at Cannes
WARSAW: ScripTeast (www.scripteast.pl), the script development workshop for experienced screenwriters from Central and Eastern Europe, will award its Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Awardduring the Cannes film festival, with the writers of…
EFP Producers on the Move Screenings at Cannes
Bulgaria's Kamen Kalev and Hungary's Attila Csaky are among this year's European Film Promotion (www.efp-online.com) Producers on the Move who will have films and project presentations at the Cannes film…
EFP 2011 Producers on the Move
This year 26 up-and-coming young European producers will head to Cannes for European Film Promotion's Producers on the Move presentation and networking events. Profiles on the producers follow:
CME Revenues on the Rise in Q1 Statement
PRAGUE: Although still operating in the red, Central European Media Enterprises (CME, www.cetv-net.com) showed marked improvement over 2010 results in its first quarter earnings statement, released on 27 April 2011.…
