Documentary Afghan Freedom is shooting in Lithuania
Director Juozas Koreivais shooting the documentary film Afghan Freedom („Afganų laisvė"). Filming is scheduled tp be completed by the beginning of November.
Telesport declares bankruptcy
The Court of Bucharest accepted the request of Telesport Intermedia SRL (www.telesport.ro) to become insolvent on August 2, 2010, and moving the TV company into bankruptcy.
FNE at the Film and Art Festival Two Riversides: Interview with Grażyna Torbicka
Grażyna Torbicka, the Artistic Director of the festival and a renowned Polish film journalist talked to FNE about her search for new form in cinema and plans for the future…
Nova TV seeks new director
Nova TV director Petr Dvořák was promoted to vice president of CME, leaving the Czech station without a director.
Kaunas International Film Festival announces Silver Audience Award
Lithuanian movie channel "Silver" has become an official partner of Kaunas International Film Festival (www.kinofestivalis.lt). The 4th edition of the festival, October 1-10, will introduce the "Silver Audience Award," with…
SPI International signs deal with Romtelecom
SPI International signed a deal with Romtelecom, the largest telecommunications company in Romania, last week.
CineLink awards seven CEE films
Sarajevo CineLink co-production market (www.sff.ba) gave its Excellence Award to Serbian Circles by writers Srđan Koliević and Melina Pota Koliević and director Srdan Golubović.
PRODUCTION: In Treatment / În derivă series shooting
HBO Central Europe is shooting its first European series in Romania, from April until the end of August 2010. In Treatment is an adaptation of BeTipul, a series made by…
FESTIVALS: Mundane History wins ERA New Horizons top prize
Mundane History, Anocha Suwichakornpong's biting critique of Thai society has won the Grand Prix (€20,000) of the NEW HORIZONS International Competition.
Czech cinemas post record year
Czech cinemas reached record sales and attendance in 2009 with box office of 1.25 billion crowns (50.4 mil. euros) and attendance of 12.4 million viewers, according to the Czech Audiovisual…
FNE at ERA New Horizons: Interview with Roman Gutek
While celebrating the 10th edition of ERA New Horizons, festival director Roman Gutek talked with FNE about the unique role of the festival and its plans for the future.
Weekend postponed
The shooting of Weekend by director Áron Mátyássy (winner of the main prize of the Hungarian Film Week with his first feature Utolsó idők / Last Times), is postponed until…
PRODUCTION: Las Fierbinti shooting
Dragoş Buliga is in production with Las Fierbinţi, a rural comedy focusing on the machinations around the local elections in a Romanian village, involving the mayor, his deputy, a bartender,…
Turkish Ministry announces film grants
The Turkish Ministry of Culture has announced grants totalling over $5.5 million for 23 films.
SPI expands into Spain
SPI International signed an agreement on July 27 with the leading Spanish independent film distributor Vertice 360 to cooperate on introducing FilmBox channels on the Spanish TV market.
HBO series films in Malta
HBO Entertainment series Game of Thrones, which began principal photography on July 26, is filming in Malta as its secondary location. The series is being locally produced with assistance from…
New channels hit Romanian market
Two new music channels, Mooz Hits and Mooz Ro, have received licences from the National Audiovisual Council of Romania (www.cna.ro) and will start airing at the end of September 2010.
Bulgarian TV market drops
Bulgarian TV market fell by 8.6%, according to the latest report of the monitoring agency TNS/TV Plan and the TV advertising Top 10. CME (www.cetv-net) station bTV (www.btv.bg) registered a…
Vlado Škafar's Debut Dad premieres at Venice Film Festival
Vlado Škafar's first feature film Dad is one of the seven films picked from more than 200 entries for this year's International Film Critics' Week (www.sicvenezia.it) held as part of…
FESTIVALS: Grlic’s Just Between Us wins big at Pula
Rajko Grlic's Just Between Us won seven Golden Arenas at the 57th Pula Film Festival, held from July 10-24, 2010.
