Estonia Promises to Boost Film Sector
TALLINN: Estonia's new government has signed a coalition agreement that promises to develop the technical infrastructure of Estonia's film industry and support the distribution of domestic films. The agreement also…
First Multiplatform Film Launch in Romania
BUCHAREST: Outbound/Periferic (www.periferic.ro), the debut feature of Bogdan George Apetri, will be the first film to have a simultaneous cinema and online release. The film opens on 1 April 2011…
PRODUCTION: HBO Series Girls Guide to Depravity Filming in Romania
BUCHAREST: HBO USA/Cinemax USA (www.hbo.com, www.cinemax.com) are shooting Girls Guide to Depravity, a 13 episodes series, in Romania. Production began on 14 March 2011. Castel Film (www.castelfilm.ro) is providing facilities,…
PRODUCTION: HBO Series Girls Guide to Depravity Filming in Romania
BUCHAREST: HBO USA/Cinemax USA (www.hbo.com, www.cinemax.com) are shooting Girls Guide to Depravity, a 13 episodes series, in Romania. Production began on 14 March 2011. Castel Film (www.castelfilm.ro) is providing facilities,…
Croatia Awards Coproduction Grants for 2011
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC, www.havc.hr ) has awarded over 500,000 euros in grants for Croatian coproductions. Grants were given to five feature, documentary, and animation films, and one…
PRODUCTION: Closed Alliance in Preproduction
WARSAW: Ryszard Bugajski will direct Closed Alliance (Układ zamknięty) a drama about a government conspiracy with a script from Mirosław Pepka and Michał Pruski, writers of Black Thursday.
Ratos Acquires Forum Cinemas
Swedish investment firm Ratos (www.ratos.se) bought the Baltic-based Forum Cinemas (www.forumcinemas.lv) chain, along with Finland's Finnkino (www.finnkino.fi) cinemas in a deal reported as 116 million euros. Forum Cinemas owns cinemas…
Slovakia sends Four Films to Brussels
The Slovak Audiovisual Center (www.aic.sk) has sent four film to Brussels for festival celebrating the 20th anniversary of V4, the Visegrad alliance. The V4 festival of films runs through 17…
Estonian Comedy Opens Strong
TALLINN: Cormorants (English title: Farts of Fury), a spoof story of a reunion of a sixties rock band rolled out on 18 March 2011 and scored 10,166 admissions on its…
FNE - IDF DOcBlock: A Lifetime Is Not Enough
The protagonists are three film studios: in Russia (Mosfilm), in Poland (WFF nr1) and in Belarus (Belarusfilm) and three film directors: Vyrypayev, Żuławski and Kudinenko who currently work there. These…
FNE - IDF DocBlock: East Silver Market 2011 - Call For Submissions
The 8th East Silver, a documentary market specialized in Central and East European documentary films, is now open for submissions! Submit your film to the biggest internationally recognized database of…
PRODUCTION: Polish War Thriller in Preparation
WARSAW: Marcin Krzyształowicz is in preproduction with Manhunt (Obława), a thriller set during of German occupation of Poland during WWII.
FERA Helmer Istvan Szabo Appeals to Bulgaria’s PM to Support Bulgarian Film Industry
SOFIA: Federation of European Film Directors (FERA) has thrown its weight behind Bulgarian filmmakers' struggle to stop the watering down of key legislation that guarantees the level of annual support…
PRODUCTION: Translator Wraps Filming
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC, www.havc.hr) announced that a five week shoot on Translator was completed in mid-March. The film, directed by Biljana Čakić Veselič, is produced by Inter…
Poland Alters Media Bill
WARSAW: After protests from private broadcasters and internet users the Polish government changed the VOD and promotion content regulations in the new media bill to be less restrictive.The vote passed…
PRODUCTION: Agon in development
BUCHAREST: Albanian director Robert Budina is in development with an Albanian-French-Greek-Romanian co-production which he plans to start shooting in October 2011.
PRODUCTION: Agon in development
BUCHAREST: Albanian director Robert Budina is in development with an Albanian-French-Greek-Romanian co-production which he plans to start shooting in October 2011.
PRODUCTION: Jakub Kroner’s Lóve in Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: The 24-year-old Slovak director/writer Jakub Kroner (Bratislavafilm) is in post-production with his sophomore effort, Lóve (Slovak slang for ‘money'), the story of a young gangster who tries to change…
PRODUCTION: Vendetta in Production
PRAGUE: Czech producer Vratislav Šlajer of Bionaut Films company (www.bionaut.cz) and director/screenwriter Miroslav Ondruš are in production with a criminal thriller, Vendeta. The 20 day shoot began 10 March 2011…
Slovak TV Cancels Production Contracts
BRATISLAVA: The management of the newly-created Radio and Television of Slovakia (www.rtvs.sk), Slovakia' public broadcaster, has announced it will cancel a number of outsourcing contracts between Slovak Television (www.stv.sk) and…
