Production: Jodorowsky in Lynch-Kantor co-production
Cult-director Alejandro Jodorowsky (known for his 1970 midnight movie El Topo) is in pre-production to direct the American-French-Hungarian co-production King Shot, co-producer Laszlo Kantor told FNE.
Bathory locks up Cannes sales
The Czech/Slovak box office hit Bathory signed sales agreements with Germany and Hong Kong during the Cannes film market.
Kerekes lines up co-producers at EFP event
Slovak director and producer Peter Kerekes found co-producers for his film on cosmonauts while participating in European Film Promotion's Producers On the Move at Cannes.
ATM Grupa expands on Polish market
TV production company ATM Grupa has bought 100% of Baltmedia, one of the most successful Polish producing companies.
RTL Klub CEO claims media title
For the second year in a row Dirk Gerkens, CEO of the commercial TV channel RTL Klub (www.rtlklub.hu), has been named the most influential person in the Hungarian media by…
Disney rebrands CEE channels
The Walt Disney Company will re-brand its Jetix channels in Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Bulgaria as Disney Channel, increasing the channel's distribution to 12 million households in the…
Estonia’s CineExpress tours the Balkans
Estonia's rolling cinema exhibitor Cinema Bus is wrapping up its tour of the Balkan countries, trying to revitalise the failed cinema networks and bring moving pictures back to remote areas…
Endomol Polska commissioned to produce Dutch hit
Endemol Polska has been commissioned to produce a local Polish version of the Dutch TV hit series Roses and Vodka Lime for Polish commercial channel TVN.
New Polish media law enacted
The Polish parliament passed a media law on financing public media in Poland on May 22.
Slovaks organize media complex
The Slovak government has approved the construction of a new media complex in Bratislava, housing the three state-supported public media institutions.
Hungarian and Romanian sports channels planned
Digi Communication and Broadcast Ltd. (www.digi.tv) will launch new sports channels in Hungary and Romania.
FNE in Cannes: Antalya Fest set for October Date
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and the accompanying Eurasia International Film Festival and Market have set their dates for this year's edition.
FNE in Cannes: ScripTeast Announcers winner of the Prestigious Krzysztof Kieslowski Prize
(See Who's Partying At.. for awards photos)Romanian scriptwriter Ioan Antoci was awarded the prestigious ScripTeast Krzysztof Kieslowski Prize for his script The Japanese Day at a glamourous champagne beach party…
FNE in Cannes: Surfing the Romanian New Wave with Corneliu Porumboiu
Romanian cinema's New Wave may have surfaced much earlier but ever since Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days won the Palm d'Or in Cannes two years ago…
FNE in Cannes: The Winners Are…
The winners of the main competition were announced Sunday evening as one of the most controversial Cannes line-ups in many years drew to a close. With top European auteurs on…
Polish film crisis averted
The Polish film industry have effectively protested against the loss of the headquarters of the The Documentary and Feature Films Studio (WFDiF,www.wfdif.com.pl).
Hungarian box office on the rise
Hungarian box office and attendance are on the rise, despite a drop in the number of screenings during the first quarter of 2009 according to the National Film Office.
New decision at MMKA
The Motion Picture Foundation of Hungary (www.mmka.hu) announced support for 25 festivals and film events at a total amount with €305,000.
FNE Cannes Screening Alert!!
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