FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: TV Market in Transition
BUDAPEST: The 21st year of the Central and East European TV market, DISCOP Budapest (www.discop.com), wrapped an era and moved into its next phase: young maturity. The 2011 market (which…
Moscow IFF Competition: Serdtsa Bumerang
Serdtsa Bumerang is the third feature film by Nikolay Khomeriki.
Moscow IFF: Chapiteau-show
The young Russian director of Chapiteau-show Sergei Loban has developed something of a cult following.
Slovenian Film Center Appoints New Director
LJUBLJANA: The board of the Slovenian Film Center (SFC; www.film-center.si) has elected Jožko Rutar as Director of the SFC. He replaces Samo Rugelj, who had been acting director.
Cyfrowy Polsat Shares for Sale
Two companies, Polaris Finance and Sensor Overseas, intend to sell 86.11 million of shares in Cyfrowy Polsat, the cable television provider and operator of the biggest digital satellite platform in…
Polish-Ukrainian Channel Plans September Launch
WARSAW: Ukrainian private broadcaster TVi is planning to launch a Polish-Ukrainian satellite channel, TVi Europe, to present a "Pan-European option" for viewers.
Moscow IFF Competition: The Other Family / La Otra Familia
The notable Mexican director Gustavo Loza screens his dramatic film The Other Family, for which he also wrote the screenplay, in the Moscow International Film Festival.
Moscow IFF Competition: The Waves/Las Olas
The Waves is the first feature fiction film of Alberto Morais, whose credits include several short films and the documentary Un lugar en el cine.
Moscow IFF Competition: Montevideo
Montevideo, Taste of a Dream, the first feature directed by the popular actor Dragan Bjelogrlić, has been a big hit in Serbia: 515,000 viewers, (twice as many as Avatar) since…
Government Decision Closes MMK
BUDAPEST: The Hungarian government will close the troubled Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation (www.mmka.hu).
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: License Market Signature Launches in Poland
BUDAPEST: DISCOP founder Patrick Jucaud started the second day of DISCOP Budapest (21-24 June 2011, www.discop.com) with another major announcement: the launch of Signature, a licensing market, in Poland, followed…
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…
Crime Detectives Sold to Russia
WARSAW: Endemol Neovision has acquired the rights to produce a Russian version of Crime Detectives, a Polish crime drama aired by Polish commercial channel TVN.
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…
Slovak Film Forum Unveiled
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film Institute ( www.sfu.sk, www.aic.sk ) has announced the list of films projects to be presented at a Slovak Forum on 24 June 2011 during the Art…
TVP Achieves Financial Autonomy
WARSAW: A new statute at Telewize Polska (TVP, www.tvp.pl) gives the Board of the Polish public broadcaster the right to buy and sell licences for productions without consulting with the…
Ivona Juka's Co-production The Other Supported by Eurimages
ZAGREB: Director Ivona Juka's feature live-action debut The Other, a Croatian/Slovene coproduction,has won financial support from Eurimages.
