Bulgarian Cinema Screens Increase
SOFIA: A new report from the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (NSI) covering data from 2010 shows that Bulgarians prefer cinema to most other cultural activities. At the same time, film…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Certain Regard: Elena
CANNES: Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev returns to form with his new feature Elena fulfilling the promise of his 2003 debut The Return. Elena deservedly won the Special Jury Prix in…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Cannes Film Festival Winners
CANNES: A jury headed by Robert De Niro awarded the Palm d'Or to Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life. The Grand Prix was shared by The Kid with a Bike…
Falk's Joanna Joins Moscow Competition
Joanna by Polish director Feliks Falk will screen in the Main Competition of the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival (June 23 -July 2, 2011). It will be the film's international…
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: TVP Picks Up Austrian Format
WARSAW: Public broadcaster TV Polska (TVP) is working on a Polish adaptation of Commisar Rex, the popular Austrian crime series about a German shepherd police dog. The shoot for the…
New Award for Experimental Polish Film
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute (PFI, www.pisf.pl) and the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (MSN, www.artmuseum.pl) are establishing a new award for experimental films and unconvential films projects. The…
Cyprus Completing Switch to Digital
Cyprus television stations are broadcasting via both analogue and terrestrial digital in the last weeks before analogue TV transmissions cease. The deadline for complete transition to digital is 1 July…
IPTV Revenues to Triple
Revenues for IPTV operators in CEE are predicted to triple by 2017, according to a report from analysists Frost & Sullivan. Revenue, which amounted to 90 million euros in 2010,…
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Czech Republic
PRAGUE: The Czech television market has always been defined by one overriding characteristic: the loyalty of Czech audiences to original domestic production, especially long-running TV series cast with popular local…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Competition: Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
CANNES: Nuri Bilge Ceylan returns to Cannes IFF for the fourth time with Once Upon A Time in Anatolia and looks set to take home another prize with this latest…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: TVP reports strong interest from buyers in Cannes
CANNES: Polish pubcaster TVP reported a number of deals and festival invitations during the Cannes IFF film market this year.
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: FNE and Russian distributors presented at Russian Pavilion Roundtable
CANNES: Film New Europe (http://www.filmneweurope.com/) was presented at the Russian Pavilion during a Roundtable on Russian Film Distribution in Cannes on 17 May 2011. Speakers at the roundtable were distinguished…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Lithuanians make Cannes debut
CANNES: Lithuania has made its Cannes IFF debut with its first-ever market stand organized by the newly restructured Lithuanian Independent Producers Association. The stand provided an umbrella for 18 Lithuanian…
PRODUCTION: DonT Stop Begins Production
PRAGUE: DonT Stop, a Czech-Slovak coproduction directed by Richard Řeřicha and produced by Evolution Films (www.evolutionfilms.cz), began a six week shoot on 7 May 2011. The 800,000 euro film is…
PRODUCTION: Flower Square Completes Filming
ZAGREB: Filming of the feature crime drama Flower Square (working title) by Krsto Papić wrapped on 12 May 2011. The shoot began on 10 April, and the film was shot…
HBO GO Launches in Slovenia
BUDAPEST: HBO Central Europe announced the launch of HBO GO, an internet streaming service for HBO subscribers in Slovenia in partnership with Telemach širokopasovne komunikacije, on 19 May 2011. The…
Latvia Announces 2011 Film Grants
The National Film Centre of Latvia (NFC, www.nfc.lv) has announced the film grants to be awarded for 2011. Seven feature films, 11 documentaries and four animation films received funding. The…
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: ATM Grupa Announces First Quarter Increase
WARSAW: ATM Grupa, the biggest independent film and television producer in Poland, noted a 9.4% increase in revenues for the first quarter of 2011 due to a significant rise in…
Poland Sets Deadline for Analogue TV
The Polish government announced that all Polish analogue transmitters will be shut down by 31 July 2013.
