Hungary's TV2 appoints new general director
BUDAPEST - After several months of head-hunting Zsolt Simon, the former head of an advertising agency, has been chosen to chair Hungary's second biggest commercial television, TV2 (http://tv2.hu/).
Borgia begins filming in Czech Republic
Beta Films announced the start of shooting of the 12-part mini-series Borgia in Prague on 4 October 2010. With a budget of 25 million Euros, the production will be the…
FNE: Focus on Estonia Week
This week FNE will be looking at a small country that has managed to make a serious impact on the European film industry. As Estonia prepares to host the European…
FNE Focus on Estonia
TALLINN: Estonian film experienced a small renaissance over the past decade with Estonian directors winning prizes and kudos at festivals around the world. In 2007 at the height of the…
FNE Visegrad Prix nominations announced
WARSAW: Nominations for the first-ever FNE Visegrad Prix for best feature coproduction from a Visegard country have been announced. The films are all screening in the CinePecs 2010 (4-10 October)…
Novel for Men reaches 100,000 admissions
Novel for Men, a Czech comedy based on the best-selling novel by popular novelist Michal Veiwegh and directed by Tomas Barina, opened strong in the Czech and Slovak Republics with…
Cyprus, Slovenia fall short in EU broadcasts
Cyprus and Slovenia, along with Sweden, failed to meet the EU requirement to broadcast a minimum of 50% European programming content on TV for 2007-2008, according to a report from…
PRODUCTION: Tigers Ain't Happy Here completes filming
Slovak director Juraj Krasnohorsky finished principal photography on his feature debut Tigers Ain't Happy Here. Shooting started in mid-August after three years of pre-production. The post-production stage will continue after…
Hronec exits SPI, expands Film Europe
Ivan Hronec, the owner, general director and CEO of Film Europe (www.filmeurope.eu), is selling his share in SPI (www.spi.pl) and the FILMBOX television channels, which are owned by SPI International.…
FNE Focus: International Success of Georgian Filmmakers
The history of the success of Georgian Cinema dates back to the late 1920s, when a group of filmmakers made films which went on to become classics of Georgian Cinema.…
FNE Focus: Georgian Film Production and Releases
TBILISI: On average Georgia releases about 8 feature full length films per year, out of which about 4 films are supported by the state subsidies through the Georgian National Film…
Fifth ScripTeast begins
The fifth edition of ScripTeast (www.scripteast.eu), the mentoring program for scriptwriters from CEE, began September 26. Twelve projects were selected, written by some of the region's outstanding filmmakers. The program…
PRODUCTION: Fortress of Sleeping Butterflies in production
Lithuanian filmmaker Algimantas Puipa is shooting a new feature film Fortress of Sleeping Butterflies (Miegančių drugelių tvirtovė) based on the novel by the famous Lithuanian writer Jurga Ivanauskaitė.
Funding for two EAVE projects
EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, www.eave.org) announced that two of its CEE films have received national funding support: Vanishing Waves (Lithuania) and Wolf (Romania).
Hungarian film nominated for EFA prize
The Hungarian film Here I Am directed by Bálint Szimler has been selected as the final nomination in the European Film Academy (www.europeanfilmacademy.org) short film awards category.
FNE Focus: Interview with GNFC Director Tamara Tatishvili
"Georgian film is a strange phenomenon. It is special, philosophically bright, sophisticated and at the same time childishly pure and innocent. There is everything in it that can make me…
FNE Focus: News from Georgia
TBILISI: Street Days by Levan Koguashvili sold to Russia, Canada and USA
PRODUCTION: Domestic in development
BUCHAREST: Adrian Sitaru (Angling/Pescuit sportiv) who is currently filming his second feature From Love With Best Intentions/Din dragoste, cu cele mai bune intenţii,is developing another feature, Domestic, which received a…
Markiza director resigns
Václav Mika, the general director of leading Slovak commercial station Markiza TV (www.markiza.sk), has resigned, after five years in the position.
