TV series blossom in Slovakia
Slovakia is experiencing a boom in domestic TV series, with eight successful series being produced by the country's two commercial stations, Joj and Markiza.
Foxes opens in Slovakia, plans Irish debut
The Irish-Czech-Slovak coproduction Foxes (Lištičky) by Slovak director Mira Fornay opened in Slovakia December 10, following its Slovak premiere at the Bratislava film festival, distributed by Continental Film, s.r.o. (www.continental-film.sk).
Bulgarian grants announced
The Bulgarian NFC selected its final round of films receiving funding in 2009, distributing a total of € 2.3 million.
PRODUCTION: Romanian Spring in early development
Romanian Spring, the first feature film from Romanian writer/director Anca Miruna Lăzărescu, is in development as a co-production from Romania, Czech Republic, and Germany.
PRODUCTION: Letters to Ingel in production
Art-house director Sulev Keedus is in production with his long awaited third feature, Letters to Ingel written in tandem with script partner, Estoniam literary savant Madis Kõiv.
PRODUCTION: Warsaw uprising drama Dance of Death in production
Dance of Death. Scenes from the Warsaw Uprising from Polish director Leszek Wosiewicz, devoted to one of the most defining moments in Polish history, has finished the first phase of…
Romanian film channel plans March launch
Autentic Cinema TV received a green light from the National Audiovisual Council of Romania (www.cna.ro) on December 15, and prepares to air an all-Romanian programme of movies (240 anually) 24/7,…
PRODUCTION: Red Quicksilver preps March release
Red Quicksilver (Punane elavhõbe) is the first Estonian-shot feature by Andres Puustusmaa who directed two features in Russia (notably 1814) and has now returned to his native country.
Bulgarian film funding faces drastic cuts
Following initially promising discussions during the summer, the new administration of the Ministry of Culture will need to cut film funding in 2010.
Bulgarian films finding distribution success
Bulgarian films, including two awarded features and a documentary film, are attracting local audiences and international distribution.
Hollywood remake for Dzift
Dzift, the award-winning neo-noir film debut from Bulgarian director Javor Gardev, is near to closing a deal to sell rights for a Hollywood remake.
Romanians to launch TV channel in Moldova
Romanian media firm Realitatea Caţavencu will launch Publika TV, a news and business channel, in the Republic of Moldavia starting mid-February 2010.
Poland's Multikino moves into Lithuania
Multikino, the second biggest Polish multiplex operator, will open its first foreign branch in Vilnius in the first half of 2010.
PRO TV delays new channel launch
PRO TV, the Romanian flagship station of Central European Media Enterprises (www.cetv-net.com), announced it will delay the launch of Acasă Clasic TV until 2010.
Katalin Varga win European Discovery Award
Katalin Varga, a Hungarian/Romanian/UK co-production, won the European Film Academy's award as European Discovery 2009 on December 12.
Fremantle appoints new CEE executive
FremantleMedia has named Daniela Matei as CEO of it operations in Central Europe.
FNE Copenhagen Initiative: Think Green ! Think FNE !
FNE, the "paperless" newspaper, will launch two initiatives in 2010 to reduce the consumption of paper at international film festivals and events. FNE already contributes to the environment by delivering…
FESTIVALS: PÖFF concludes with six films awarded
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival that ended on December 6 screened over 260 films from 75 different countries in nine Estonian cities. For the first time films were also shown…
PISF introduces new financing system
The Polish Film Institute is restructuring its operations to decrease the number of programmes for financing national film production.
David Lynch to open film studio in Łódź
David Lynch confirmed his intention to create a film studio in Łódź at this year's Caimerimage Festival, with full details being presented the week ending December 11.
