CANAL+ Launches CANAL+ SERIES LAB with Wajda School
WARSAW: CANAL+ will invest in a workshop for screenwriters at the Wajda School and will select the two best series ideas to put into production.
Corina Șuteu Appointed Romanian Minister of Culture
BUCHAREST: Corina Șuteu has been named the new Romanian Minister of Culture, replacing Vlad Alexandrescu. Alexandrescu’s departure was forced over indecision in handling the crisis at the Bucharest National Opera.
FNE at Cannes 2016: EFP Producer on the Move: Nino Devdariani
TBILISI: Nino Devdariani, European Film Promotion’s Producer on the Move from Georgia, was encouraged by her husband, filmmaker George Ovashvili, to get involved in the film business. The former ballerina…
PRODUCTION: Jan Hrebejk preps Three-part Garden Store
PRAGUE: Jan Hřebejk, one of the most successful and active contemporary Czech filmmakers, has completed work on his Slovak/Czech coproduction The Teacher / Učitelka and is preparing a trilogy under…
PRODUCTION: George Ovashvili’s Khibula Wraps Shooting
TBILISI: Acclaimed director, producer and screenwriter George Ovashvili has just finished the shooting of his feature film Khibula, a Georgian/German/French coproduction about the first president of Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, in…
Slovenian Minister of Culture Resigns
LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Minister of Culture Julijana Bizjak Mlakar resigned on 25 April 2016 at a session of the National Assembly ahead of a scheduled vote on her dismissal.
Illegitimate to Be Released in France
BUCHAREST: Adrian Sitaru’s incest drama llegitimate/ Ilegitim will be released by Damned Distribution in France on 8 June 2016.
Transilvania Talent Lab Switches to Cinema Theater Management
BUCHAREST: The 5th edition of Transilvania Talent Lab (TTL), a professional workshop organised in the framework of the Transilvania IFF from 31 May to 4 June 2016, will focus this…
First Romanian Sales Company Prepares for Cannes
BUCHAREST: Ultraviolet Media, the first world sales and film distribution company in Romania, founded in December 2015, is heading to Cannes with four titles to be screened at the festival…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Tutors Announced
Seven tutors have been announced for the first Ex Oriente 2016 workshop session.
New Director for the Georgian National Film Centre
TBILISI: Zurab Maghalashvili was named the new head of the Georgian National Film Centre. He replaces Nana Janelidze, whose mandate ended on 25 March 2016.
Romanian Minister of Culture Resigns
BUCHAREST: Romanian Minister of Culture Vlad Alexandrescu, who in just five months managed to start important changes in Romanian culture, including the film industry, has resigned at the request of…
PRODUCTION: Peter Bebjak Shoots Crime Thriller The Line
BRATISLAVA: Čiara/The Line, a Slovak/Ukrainian coproduction directed by Peter Bebjak, will start its second phase of shooting in late summer of 2016.
Czech TV Preps Strong Line-up of Local Productions
PRAGUE: Czech Television is currently preparing a total of 406 projects greenlit last year. They include eight new drama series, 200 documentary films and programmes, 28 children’s programmes and 86…
Slovenian Cinematographers Hand Out First Awards
LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Society of Cinematographers (ZFS) gave out awards to cinematographers in five categories and three lifetime achievement awards in its first IRIS awards ceremony on 26 April 2016.
CME Shows Positive Q1 Results
PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises reported an increase of 2.3 percent in net revenues in its first quarter of 2016 results, at 129 m USD. Operating income for the three…
TVN Moves into VOD Production
WARSAW: The largest Polish private broadcaster TVN is investing in producing local films and shows made for VOD. A newly created production unit TVN Emotion Studio will produce over 100…
Telia Hints at Plans for Content Production in Estonia
TALLINN: The local head of the international telecoms giant Telia has hinted that the company may start to produce its own content in the vein of Netflix and Amazon. Telia…
PRODUCTION: The Eighth Commissioner in Production
ZAGREB: Ivan Salaj's debut feature The Eighth Commissioner / Osmi povjerenik, an adaptation of the award-winning novel by Renato Baretić, is about to wrap shooting in Croatia.
FESTIVALS: Red Spider and Vasaryova Pick up goEast Prizes
WIESBADEN: The Polish/Czech/Slovak coproduction Red Spider directed by Marcin Koszałka won the Best Director award and Emilia Vasaryova received an Honourable Mention for her title performance in the Slovak/Czech film…
