PRODUCTION: The Edge of Happiness in Development
BUCHAREST: Romanian director Ruxandra Zenide (Ryna) is currently developping her second feature, The Edge of Happiness, the story of a girl, Felicia, who arrives in Geneva in the autumn of…
PRODUCTION: In the Shadow Filming in Prague
WARSAW: Czech director David Ondricek is in production with In The Shadow, a Czech-Polish-Slovak coproduction which began shooting on 5 March 2011 in Prague. Polish cinematographer Adam Sikora is the…
PRODUCTION: In the Shadow Filming in Prague
WARSAW: Czech director David Ondricek is in production with In The Shadow, a Czech-Polish-Slovak coproduction which began shooting on 5 March 2011 in Prague. Polish cinematographer Adam Sikora is the…
ATM Grupa Plans TV Channel
WARSAW: Independent Polish television and film producer ATM Grupa plans to launch its own channel in 2011 and is currently seeking a location in the first Polish ground television multiplex…
MEDIA Programme Offers Two Day Training
The MEDIA (http://ec.europa.eu/media) Programme Initial Training Conference taking place in Brussels on 21-21 March 2011 will present 45 speakers giving a complete overview of EU funding opportunities for higher education…
PRODUCTION: Narcissus in Production
VILNIUS: Young Lithuanian film director Dovilė Gasiūnaitė is working on her first feature film, Narcissus, a modern-day version of the ancient Greek myth.
FNE - IDF DocBloc : ESODOC DEADLINE EXTENDED > MARCH 23
ESoDoc - European Social Documentary is a training initiative promoted by ZeLIG School for Documentary (Italy) with the support of EU's Media Programme.
Eurimages Announces Production and Distribution Support
Six films from Central Europe are among the 16 films which will receive 5.26 million Euros in funding from Eurimages (www.coe.int) in its latest round of funding. An additional 34…
Lithuanian Advertising Market Begins to Stabilize
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian market research and consulting company TNS LT reports that media advertising in Lithuania fell 1.5 % in 2010. Media advertising totaled 324.6 Million LTL. In 2009 media…
FESTIVALS: Polish-Norwegian Co-production Forum at ERA New Horizons
ERA New Horizons IFF (www.enh.pl) will host a meeting of Polish and Norwegian film professionals on 26-28 July 2011 in Wroclav. The forum is a joint initiative of the festival…
FESTIVALS: Istanbul Announces Competition Films
ISTANBUL: Twelve films will compete in the Golden Tulip international competition at the 30th anniversary edition of the Istanbul Film Festival (film.iksv.org), 2-14 April 2011. An additional 14 films will…
Bathory Headed to Houston
The Central European blockbuster film Bathory directed by Juraj Jakubisko has been selected for the Remi awards at the 44th WorldFest-Houston film festival, 8-17 April 2011.
PRODUCTION: TVN Crime Series in Production
WARSAW: Warsaw Arrangement (Układ Warszawski ), a crime comedy series about a Warsaw family with members on both sides of the law directed by Katarzyna Adamik and Łukasz Jaworski, is…
Georgian Retrospective Broadcast on Lithuanian TV
Lithuanian TV (www.ltv.lt) has announced a planned retrospective of classic Georgian films to be shown on the national public broadcaster in spring 2011. The project was developed in coordination with…
FESTIVALS: Istanbul Festival Celebrates 30th Anniversary
ISTANBUL: The 30th anniversary edition of the Istanbul Film Festival (film.idvs.org) runs 2-17 April 2011 with a line-up of 230 films in 21 sections. With 150,000 visitors in 2010, the…
Czech TV Raided by Military Police
PRAGUE: Czech head of military police and two commanders have been suspended after a raid on the news desk of Czech public broadcaster Czech TV (www.ceskatelevize.cz) which was captured live…
Slovak TV Goes Digital
BRATISLAVA: Slovakia's transition from analogue television broadcasting to digital technology was launched on 8 March 2011. The last analogue transmitter is expected to be switched off by the end of…
Slovenian Cinema Attendance Shows Steady Growth
LJUBLJANA: Cinema admissions in Slovenia in 2010 continued a trend of steady increase, helped by the success of a hit national film. Slovenian theatres had 2,891,641 admissions in 2010, a…
FESTIVALS: Sofia Meetings Award Best Film Projects
SOFIA: Two film projects dominated the awards of the 8th annual Sofia Meetings which brought industry professionals together to pitch their projects and network in the Bulgarian capitol of Sofia…
FESTIVALS: Bulgarian Shelter Grabs Top Sofia IFF Award
(SOFIA): Bulgarian director Dragomir Sholev and producer Rossitsa Valkanova accepted the Grand Prix of the 15th Sofia International Film Festival (4-13 March, www.siff.bg) for the debut feature film Shelter. Sholev…
