FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Romania
BUCHAREST: MediaPro Pictures (www.mediapropictures.com), the Romanian-based production arm of Central European Media Enterprises (CME), is leading the way in exporting original content from Central and Eastern Europe. Thus far, 11…
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…
PRODUCTION: Omega Rose Filming in Romania
BUCHAREST: Romanian director George Dorobanţu is completing the filming of his third feature, the science fiction film Omega Rose. The main shooting took place in August-September 2009, with additional photography…
Latvia Hosts Asian Film Shoot
Latvia will stand in for the coast of France in the pan-Asian film My Way, a World War II film about two Asian soldiers during the landing on the coast…
Kanal TV Announces June Launch in Estonia
TALLINN: Estonian TV channel Kanal 2 will add a third channel to offerings, Kanal 12, scheduled to begin broadcasts on 8 June 2011. Kanal 2 added a women's channel, Kanal…
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…
Romania's Digital Law Awaits Approval
BUCHAREST: The Romanian law on the switch to digital broadcasting is now awaiting approval of the state ministries, according to local reports.
Romanian TV Announces 2010 Deficit
BUCHAREST: Revenues rose slightly, but not enough to cover the 2010 deficit at Romania's state broadcaster. Romanian public television station SRTV (www.tvr.ro) recorded a deficit of 38.5 million euro (162…
FilmBox Launches Polish Music Channel
WARSAW: Poland's FilmBox group launches Kino Polska Muzyka, the first music-film TV channel in Poland, on 16 May 2011. It joins the niche family of channels FilmBox operates in Poland,…
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…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Le Pacte to distribute Bulgarian films Island and Ave
CANNES: Paris based international sales outfit Le Pacte has picked up both of the Bulgarian films that are screening in official selection in Cannes IFF this year. The Island directed…
TVN Reports Q1 Loss
WARSAW: Despite a 6.5% revenue increase, Polish commercial broadcaster TVN (www.tvn.pl) recorded a loss of EUR 10 million for the first quarter of 2011, compared with profit of EUR 16…
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…
Cinema City Plans Lubin Multiples
Exhibitor Cinema City announced it has signed a lease agreement for a 10-screen multiplex at the Gala mall in Lubin, Poland. The cinema is expected to open in 2015. Cinema…
PRODUCTION: Blind Watching Begins Filming
Polish director Andrzej Jakimowski began principal photography on Blind Watching in Portugal on 12 May 2011. The €2.05 million film is his first English language film. Jakimowski directed the acclaimed…
