PRODUCTION: Children of the Fall in Postproduction
ZAGREB: Goran Rukavina is in postproduction with Children of the Fall about a man waiting for his missing wife, produced by Zvonimir Munivrana and Corvus Film (www.corvusfilm.hr).
Bollywood and Al Jazeera to Launch in Romania
BUCHAREST: Romania will see the arrival of Indian and Arab channels, as well as the closure of another channel.
EEFA Spotlights CEE Projects at Trieste
{mosimage}Film projects from Georgia, Croatia, Turkey and Hungary were presented at the latest edition of When East Meets West.
PRODUCTION: Mungiu in production on Provisory
BUCHAREST: Palme d'Or winner Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) is currently filming Provisory, a drama inspired by the tragic death of a young woman in a…
Norkring Exits Slovenia
LJUBLJANA: Norwegian broadcast service provider Norkring (www.norkring.com) announced it is ceasing operations in Slovenia beginning in early March 2012.
PRODUCTION: The Timber Shooting in Romania
BUCHAREST: The American mid-budget western-thriller The Timber produced by Patrick Newall, Scott Einbinder and Ana Media is currently in production in the Carpathian Mountains and at MediaPro Studios (www.mediaprostudios.com).
Equity Investment Course Opens Applications
{mosimage}A new equity investment training course, Closing The Gap (www.closing-the-gap.net), is accepting applications for its next session.
Slovak Ad Market Up
BRATISLAVA: Data from TNS Slovakia shows that the TV advertising market in Slovakia Increased 18% in 2011.
Captain Phillips Scouts Malta
{mosimage}Peter Busuttil, head of the Malta Film Commission, said that Malta is in discussions to bring Captain Phillips to Malta for location filming.
PRODUCTION: Sick in Postproduction
ZAGREB: Hrvoje Mabic is completing production on Sick, a 70 minute long lenght documentary following a young woman commited to a hospital by her parents to be "treated" for homosexuality,…
BBC Launches on Cyfrowy Polsat
WARSAW: BBC announced the launch of BBC HD on Cyfrowy Polsat (www.cyfrowypolsat.pl ) on 1 February 2012.
Slovenia Announces Grants
{mosimage}LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Film Centre has announced the list of films which are receiving funding in its 2011 round of grants for feature films, documentaries, coproduction films, medium length and…
Romanian Channel Launches Public Offering
{mosimage}BUCHAREST: Nasul TV (www.nasul.tv), the first Romanian channel financed 20% by public shares, is set to begin broadcasting at the end of February.
FESTIVALS: Berlinale Light on CEE Films
{mosimage}As it wraps up its official line-up, the Berlinale is making space for a limited number of films from its Central European neighbors, with the exception of German speaking Austria.
FIPA 2012 opens doors of television coproduction to Europe (Full list of Prize winners)
{mosimage}BIARRITZ: The 25 edition of FIPA (23-29 January 2012 www.fipa.tm.fr) celebrated opening the doors of European television to global producers including central and Eastern European partners.
CIFEJ Awards Odorowicz
{mosimage}WARSAW: Agnieszka Odorowicz, General Director of the Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl), and Jacek Bromski, chairman of the Polish Filmmakers Association (www.spf.org.pl), received CIFEJ awards for supporting and promoting children's films.
CEE Films Head to Cartoon Movie
{mosimage}Four animated feature films from Poland, Hungary and Estonia have been selected for the 14th edition of Cartoon Movie, the European co-production forum for feature-length animation that will take place…
Aurora Wins Romanian Critics Prize
{mosimage}BUCHAREST: Cristi Puiu's Aurora was voted the best Romanian film in 2011, followed by Anca Damian's Crulic - The Path to Beyond/Crulic - Drumul spre dincolo and Adrian Sitaru Best…
FNE - IDF DocBloc: East European Forum 2012 - Selected Projects Announced
This year sees the first edition of East European Forum taking place in Prague within the new East Doc Platform. It also features the new selection of East European projects…
PRODUCTION: The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead and Roundhead in Preproduction
BUCHAREST: Australian animator Elliot Cowan is preparing a feature animation based on his series of short films The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead and Roundhead produced by U.S. company Scenery Hill…
