Bulgarian National TV elects new managing board
The newly appointed Director General of the Bulgarian National Television (www.bnt.bg) Viara Ankova proposed to the Council of Electronic Media (www.cem.bg) a new Board of management. According to national legislation,…
FESTIVALS: Šarūnas Bartas’ Eastern Drift will premiere in Kaunas Film Festival
The 4th Kaunas International Film Festival will be opened with Eastern Drift (Indigène d'Eurasie) - the best Lithuanian film of 2010. The Lithuanian premiere of the latest film by Šarūnas…
PRODUCTION: The Godmother begins shooting
Virgil Nicolaescu has started shooting his first feature, Naşa/The Godmother, a comedy inspired by the American movies with Italian gangsters, but fashioned after the Romanian realities.
Hungarian ticket prices rise
Hungarian ticket prices and sales rose in the first half of 2010, while the number of screenings declined, according to magyar.film.hu.
PRODUCTION: The Island begins filming in Bulgaria
Model and actress Laetitia Casta began a nine week shoot August 10 on Kamen Kalev's second feature The Island. She plays a French journalist and girlfriend of a businessman with…
CEE Producers selected for EFP Toronto Lab
Four producers from Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Croatia have been chosen to participate in European Film Promotion's (www.efp-online.com) Toronto Producers Lab, being held September 10-12 during the Toronto Film…
Bollywood film shoots in Latvia
Agent Vinod, Latvia and India's first-ever joint-venture film, will begin shooting on August 26 on locations in Riga, including the city centre, the Old Town, and the city's outskirts. Bollywood…
PRODUCTION: Hungarian Exit in preproduction
Balázs Lóth is in preproduction with his feature debut Exit, a dark Hungarian psycho-thriller in preproduction about a witness suffering of amnesia who has to search his memory to unveil…
Skolimowski film competes in Venice
Essential Killing produced and directed by Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski has been selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice Film Festival, taking place September 1- 10,…
Sarajevo launches Regional Cooperation Forum
The 16th Sarajevo Film Festival launched its Regional Forum on the future of the film industry organized with the support of the UNESCO Venice office (www.unesco.org/en/venice), the Regional Cooperation Council…
Kajinek sets Czech opening weekend record
Kajínek, the action thriller based on a true story, set a new box office record for a Czech film with 119,602 admissions, and box office of 15,538,624 CzK on its…
PRODUCTION: Magic Boys nears end of shooting
Magic Boys, which stars Michael Madsen and Vinnie Jones, will complete filming after two more shoots in London and Budapest. The film, directed by Róbert Koltai, is being shot mainly…
PRODUCTION: Miklauzic film in post-production
Hungarian director Bence Miklauzic (Sleepwalkers, 2002) and is in post-production with his second full length feature, Children of the Green Dragon (A zöld sárkány gyermekei). The theatrical release is planned…
Indie and documentary films triumph at TWO RIVERSIDES
Six short and long feature productions were awarded at the Film and Art Festival TWO RIVERSIDES.
Indie and documentary films triumph at TWO RIVERSIDES
Six short and long feature productions were awarded at the Film and Art Festival TWO RIVERSIDES.
Croatia aims to revive production
With 18 films with awarded public funds that are still not in production, Croatia is seeking ways to revive film production, which is currently stagnant.
Puskás feature in preproduction
Legendary Hungarian soccer player, Ferenc Puskás is the protagonist of an ambitious feature project which is planned to be finished in 2012. Producer Ádám Neményi told film.hu that the script…
East Euorpean Doc Forum announces deadlines
The 10th East European Forum (www.DOKweb.net) for documentary filmmakers is accepting applications through September 3, 2010.
Documentary Campus open for registration
Documentary Campus (www.documentary-campus.com), which will be held in Munich September 10-12, is accepting reduced registration fees from East European participants.
Mission Impossible 4 headed to Prague
Mission Impossible 4 by director Brad Bird will film to Prague. Hollywood studio Paramount (www.paramount.com) is planning a 150 million dollars budget for the action adventure movie with Tom Cruise…
