FNE at Zlin’s 50th Anniversary: Central Europe's animation revival
Is Central Europe poised to regain its position as a leading force in the field of animation? Judging from the recent upsurge in production, and a new emphasis on feature…
Latvian firm builds Bulgarian digital network
Latvia's Hannu Pro (www.hannupro.com), a TV company specializing in production and systems networks, is constructing Bulgaria's digital TV network. The Latvian company won the five year project in a bid…
FNE at Zlin’s 50th Anniversary: ECFA convenes first CEE meeting
The European Children's Film Association (ECFA, www.ecfaweb.org) held its first board meeting in Central Europe on June 2 at the Zlin International Festival of film for children and youth (May…
Romanian ad market falls
With a value of 339 million euro, the 2009 Romanian ad market dropped to below the level of 2006. Initiative Romania estimates that the ad market will continue to drop…
FNE at TIFF: Fests drive Romanian film sales
Some of the new features and documentaries presented in the Romanian Days programme at Transylvania International Film Festival (www.tiff.ro) are in a situation that most film producers can only envy.…
Romania approves digital TV act
The Romanian Government has approved the act that regulates the move toward digital television. It allows the National Authority for Readjustments in Communications (ANCOM, www.anrcti.ro) to initiate the procedure for…
FNE at Zlin 50th Anniversary: Zlin's long road to the top
The Zlin International Festival of film for Children and Youth (www.zlin-fest.cz) proudly bills itself as the oldest children's film festival in the world -- as well as the largest. But…
FNE at Krakow 50th Anniversary: Interview with Krzysztof Gierat
The 50th edition of the Krakow Film Festival started on the 31st of May and will last till the 6tth of June 2010. Festival Director Krzysztof Gierat talked to FNE…
FNE at TIFF: Romanian award-winning films show box office strength
If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle (www.vreausafluier.ro) by Florin Şerban is leading a revival of Romanian film at the local box-office. The feature, awarded at the Berlinale 2010, comes…
FNE at Zlin’s 50th Anniversary: Visegrad Competition
The Zlin festival of films for children and youth (May 31-June 6, www.zlin-fest.cz) has been steadily expanding beyond its original mission and name suggests. One of the more welcome sections,…
Cartoon Forum heads to Hungary
Cartoon Forum, the European coproduction forum for TV and new platform animation, will be held in a new EU country for the first time this year, in the Hungarian border…
Estonian film production increases
Estonia film production rose in 2009, according to official government statistics, with seven feature films released in cinemas, a major increase from the average four features over the course of…
Poland Establishes Film Commission
Poland has established a national Film Commission. The protocol setting up the new organization was signed during the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia (http://pl.fpff.pl) at a meeting of Polish regional…
FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival 2010: Winners
Polish director Jan Kidawa Blonski won the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Festival of Polish Film Festival in Gdynia (24-29 May, http://eng.fpff.pl/) for his film Little Rose.
Slovenian allots 4.7 million Euros for film funding
The Slovenian government announced that the Slovenian Film Fund (www.film-sklad.si) will receive 4,7 million Euros to finance Slovenian film production in 2010. Of that, 1.3 million will go toward new…
FNE at Zlin’s 50th Anniversary: Czech and Slovak films take center stage
For Zlin (www.zlinfest.cz) festival director Petr Koliha, deciding how to mark the 50th anniversary of the Zlin festival of films for children and youth was an easy decision. At least…
Bartas wins top Lithuanian awards
Šarūnas Bartas won the best director and best film awards for Eastern Drift at the Lithuanian Film and TV industry Silver Crane Awards held in Vilnius on May 28. For…
Slovak film finds private support
Beginning July 1, 2010, Slovak Film and Television Academy (www.sfta.sk) will launch a partnership with private television JOJ (www.joj.sk) and Slovak beer producer Zlaty Bazant (www.heinekenslovensko.sk) to support distribution of…
East European Film Alliance chooses 14 film projects
The East European Film Alliance (EEFA, www.eefa-eu.org) has selected 14 film projects to participate in the EEFA Training Network 2010. The projects will receive one year of online assistance along…
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Tomorrow Will be Better
Dorota Kędzierzawska's Gdynia competition film Tomorrow Will be Better tells the story of three homeless Russian boys who travel to Poland in search of a better life, with the universal…
