New CEO for Bulgaria’s Nova TV
SOFIA: Svetlana Vassileva has been appointed CEO of Modern Times Group's Bulgarian station, Nova TV. The appointment was announced on 19 October 2010.
TVN signs deal with Polish Telecom
WARSAW: Polish national commercial channel TVN (www.tvn.pl) has signed an 10-year agreement with Polish telecom operator Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) (www.tp.pl). TP will purchase content from TVN, while TP's broadband services…
Czech Elsa nominations announced
PRAGUE: The nominations Czech Elsa awards for best TV shows were announced 18 October 2010.
PRODUCTION: Flying Lessons starts shooting
BUCHAREST: The second feature of Moldavian filmmaker Igor Cobileanski, Flying Lessons/La limita de jos a cerului began filming 17 October 2010. The film is based on a script written by…
PRODUCTION: István Szabó shooting The Door
BUDAPEST: Oscar-winning Hungarian director István Szabó is mid-way through shooting a film based on the best-selling novel by Hungarian writer Magda Szabó, The Door with Academy Award winner Helen Mirren…
Berlinale's Dieter Kosslick makes first official visit to Bulgaria
SOFIA: Yet another sign of the Bulgarian film industry's recent rise to prominence, Berlinale programmer Dieter Kosslick completed his first trip to Bulgaria to speak with Bulgarian filmmakers.
FNE Focus: Georgian Call for Financing Foreign Coproductions
TBILISI: Georgia is opening its doors to European producers with its latest call from the Georgian National Film Center for funding of Georgian foreign coproductions.
SPI Announces New Hungarian TV Channels
SPI International (www.spi.pl) will launch two new movie channels in Hungary, building on the Film Box label. FilmBox and FilmBox Plus will air 24/7.
EAVE closes 2010 with Belgrade workshop
The third and final 2010 EAVE (www.eave.org) training session for European producers is taking place 18-25 in Belgrade. All 50 participants, nearly one-third of them from CEE territories, will have…
FESTIVALS: Eye over Prague, Incendies win Warsaw Fest
Czech director Olga Špátová won the Best Documentary award for Eye over Prague, and the French-Canadian film Incendies won the Best Film prize at the 26th Warsaw Film Festival's closing…
Antalya Golden Orange IFF Winners
ANTALYA: The 47th annual Golden Orange Film Festival in the Mediterranean resort of Antalya ended on a high note with Majority directed by newcomer Seren Yuce taking the prize for…
Poland’s Alvernia Coproduces Heckerling Film
WARSAW: Alvernia Production and Alvernia Studios (www.alverniastudios.com), based in Krakow, are teaming up as coproducers on US indie feature Vamps directed by Amy Heckerling. The investment is one of the…
NonStop Picks up Czech Little Knights' Tale
PRAGUE: Sweden's world sales company NonStop (www.nonstopsales.net) has picked up the Czech family film Little Knights' Tale from hit teen film director Karel Janak and production company Three Brothers (www.historicalmovie.com).
Raindance launches first CEE partnership in Hungary
BUDAPEST: London-based Raindance has launched its first partnership in CEE, Raindance Budapest (budapest.raindance.org), spearheaded by Daniel Kresmery. The independent filmmaker's training program has started off with an initial series of…
Hribar appointed to Croatian AV Center post
ZAGREB: Hrvoje Hribar has been named Acting Manager of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (www.havc.hr). The appointment was made by the Board of Governors of the Centre.
PRODUCTION: Gödrös in Preproduction with The Beginning of Things
BUDAPEST: Hungarian director Frigyes Gödrös is in preproduction with a Hungarian-Cuban coproduction based on Cuban magical realist writer Alejo Carpentier's novella Viaje a la Semilla (The Beginning of Things).
PRODUCTION: Book Smugglers in Postproduction
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian-Irish co-production Book Smugglers (Smuigléirí Leabhar, Knygnešiai), a creative documentary bydirector Jeremiah Cullinane, is now in postproduction. The film will be completed in both 72 and 52 minute…
New Romanian TV Channels Receive Licenses
The National Audiovisual Council of Romania approved licenses for two TV stations at its 12 October 2010 meeting.
FESTIVALS: Eastern Plays wins Bulgaria's Golden Rose
Bulgaria's international success Eastern Plays (www.easternplays.com) continued its winning streak, taking the Golden Rose of the 29th Varna National Film Festival. Headed by director Ivan Nitchev, the feature film jury…
Connecting Cottbus Announces Pitching Selections
Connecting Cottbus, or CoCo as the influential pitching forum for East European films is affectionately known, has announced 15 projects selected for the 4-5 November 2010 session. They include projects…
