Police, Adjective sold in 9 countries
Corneliu Porumboiu's second feature, Police, Adjective, winner of the FIPRESCI award and the award of the Jury "Un Certain Regard" in Cannes, has been sold to nine countries.
Production: Gravedigger in postproduction
A feature film adaptation of Rilke's Gravedigger by Hungarian cinematographer-director Sandor Kardos is in postproduction, producer Andras Muhi told FNE
Production: Heat in preproduction
Mihaly Schwechtje's feature film debut Heat, an international co-production with an estimated budget of €1.4 million, is in preproduction, producer Laszlo Kantor told FNE.
Acclaimed abroad, Romania films struggle at local box office
Despite awards and international acclaim for Romanian films, the top drawing national film, Weekend with My Mother by Stere Gulea, in 62nd place, with 4,144 tickets sold in 11 weeks.
CME to launch new Slovak channel
Central European Media Enterprises (CME) is poised to launch a new channel in Slovakia, TV Doma, joining its flagship Slovak station Markiza TV.
UPC Romania launches new channels
UPC has launched 14 new channels in Romania, becoming the operator with the most numerous channels available on digital platform as of June 1.
Production: Constantin Popescu feature debut in post-production
Constantin Popescu (Tales from the Golden Age) is in post-production with his first feature, Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man, one of the very few Romanian films about…
New Bulgarian NFC director
Alexander Donev was elected as the new executive director of the Bulgarian National Film Centre on May 27 by a committee of 11 members.
Romanian-French co-production agreement
Romania signed a new co-production agreement with France at Cannes film festival, replacing a previous agreement dating back to 1966.
Production: Medal of Honor in post-production
Peter Călin Netzer (Maria) is in post-production with his second feature, Medal of Honor, the story of a 75 man who receives out of the blue a medal for his…
Production: Radu Gabrea in production with The Red Gloves
Romanian director Radu Gabrea continues his screen adaptations of Romanian born Saxon writer Eginald Schlattner's novels, this time with The Red Gloves (Mănuşile roşii).
Hungarian box office up, attendance down
Attendance at Hungarian cinemas went into its seond year of decline, dropping 7.3% to 10,352,494, while box office increased 2.1% to €35 million, and the number of the screenings increased…
Slovak admissions see dramatic increase
Slovak cinemas attracted 1,022,890 viewers in the first quarter of 2009, a 44% rise in admissions comparing to the first quarter in the year 2008.
Rising box office trend for Estonian film
Over the past half decade, the share of Estonian films at domestic box office has grown nearly fivefold from 47,000 ticekts sold in 2004 to 223,000 tickets sold in 2007.
TV2 agrees to digital switchover
Antenna Hungaria Group (www.ahrt.hu) and commercial TV channel TV2 owner MTM-SBS Television (www.tv2.hu) signed a contract concerning digital terrestrial transmission the two companies announced in a common statement on May…
UPC Romania launches Da Vinci Learning channel
The educational TV channel Da Vinci Learning is now part of the digital offer of the Romanian cable operator UPC.
Lottery to fund Hungarian culture
Hungary's cultural tax will be dissolved on January 1, 2010, and the budget of the National Cultural Fund of Hungary (www.nka.hu) will be covered by 90% of the national lottery's…
Fee reduction petition fails
The Hungarian Board of the National Radio and Television Commission (ORTT, www.ortt.hu) rejected a final petition from the two leading Hungarian commercial TV channels seeking a reduction in their annual…
Production: Andrei Zincă preps Puzzle for a Blind Man
Romanian director Andrei Zincă is in preparation to film Puzzle for a Blind Man, an adaptation of Argentinian playwright Mario Diament's Blind Date for Castel Film Studios.
Decreasing Hungarian ad market
The Hungarian ad market could see a 20% decrease in 2009.
