Turkish film grants announced
ISTANBUL: The Turkish Minsitry of Culture has awarded a total about 3.5m USD to the following projects in the first round of funding for 2010.
Bobby Păunescu takes over Vox News
Romanian businessman Bobby Păunescu has taken a controlling stake in Romania's Vox News.
FESTIVALS: Herzog masterclass kicks off Warsaw's Planete Doc Review
A master class with Werner Herzog on May 8 will be one of the highlights of Planete Doc Review festival (www.docreview.pl) held in Warsaw, May 7-16.
M-appeal picks up Romanian Hello, How Are You
Alexandru Maftei's feature debut, Hello, How Are You, has been acquired by German sales company M-appeal (www.m-appeal.com) and the film's soundtrack by Dragoş Alexandru has been picked up by Warner/Chappell…
PRODUCTION: Polish-American co-production The Winner begins filming
Director/producer Wiesław Saniewski had gathered an all-star cast to work on his new project, a Polish-American drama titled The Winner.
GRANTS: Slovak Grants announced
The Slovak Audiovisual fund has awarded 520,300 Euros to 21 productions in its first grant round. The productions receiving grants include three TV projects, Amounts were modest in the grant…
FESTIVALS: Transilvania IFF in Cluj announces competition line-up
Twelve feature films are competing for this year's Transilvania Trophy, the top prize of the Transilvania International Film Festival (www.tiff.ro).
PRODUCTION: Bogdan Mustaţă in development with Wolf
The 2008 Golden Bear winner for the short film A Good Day For A Swim/ O zi bună de plajă is in development with his first feature, Wolf/Lupu, a surrealist…
Romanian project chosen for Berlin Talent Campus
Romanian director Eva Pervolovici has been selected from participants in the Berlin Talent Campus for production funding of her short film Little Red.
FESTIVALS: Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival sets attendance record
The cavalcade of films screened at the 5th annual Haapsalu Fantasy and Horror Film Festival (HOFF) was visited by more than 2500 people, a new record for the five-year-old event.
FNE at Anifilm: Anifilm revives Trebon festival
The Czech spa town of Trebon and the organizers of the first Anifilm festival (www.anifilm.cz) succeeded in pulling together a ne animated film festival in two months, after the original…
Cutbacks at Lithuanian National Radio and TV
Public broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT, www.lrt.lt ) saw revenues losses climb in 2009, to 10.565 million Litas.
FESTIVALS: Kameralne Lato expands Polish workshop
The 3rd All-Poland Film Meeting KAMERALNE LATO - RADOM 2010 festival has announced a May 10 deadline for entries, this year expanding its workshop event to include student filmmakers.
Mother Teresa of Cats chosen for Karlovy Vary
Pavel Sala's debut film Mother Teresa of Cats will have its premiere in the main competition of the Karlovy Vary film festival (www.kviff.cz).
Israel Theatres Takes Over Cinema City International in Bulgaria
Israel Theatres has agreed to buy Cinema City International in Bulgaria (www.cinemacity.bg) for approximately 85m Euros.
Deficit rises for Romanian National TV
In 2009 the deficit of Romanian National Television (SRTv, www.tvr.ro) rose by 1.36 million in 2009, for an overall gap of 13 million euros.
Soul At Peace Wins Top Slovak Film Prize
BRATISLAVA: The Sun in the Net awards for Slovak films of 2008 and 2009 were announced at a gala ceremony on 27 April at the Slovak National Theatre.
New 15 Screen Multiplex Opens in Bucharest
Cinema City has opened a new 15 screen multiplex in the newly opened Sun Plaza shopping centre in Bucharest.
FNE Turkish Week: Turkish Comedy Franchise Tops Turkish Box Office Again in 2010
ISTANBUL: The money spinning Turkish comedy franchise Recep Ivedik has scored a third straight year of box office success with the release of Recep Ivedik 3. Released in 378 prints…
Slovakia gets Cinéfondation spot at Cannes
Slovak director Matyas Prikler's mid-length film Dakujem, dobre (Thanks, fine) will have its international premiere in the Cinéfondation selection at the Cannes film festival.
