BucharEST International Film Festival: 20-25 April

BucharEST International Film Festival: 20-25 April. Guest of honour will be Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky who will be presenting a retrospective of his films.
11-04-2010

PRODUCTON: Novel for Men completes filming in Slovakia

A Novel for Men, a bittersweet comedy based on the novel from Czech bestselling author Michal Viewegh, has finished shooting in Slovakia and moved to Czech exteriors, producer Rudolf Biermann…
11-04-2010

FESTIVALS: Zlin festival marks 50th anniversary

One of the oldest film festival events in Europe and the largest celebration of films for the youth and young adult market, Film Festival Zlin (www.zlinfest.cz) marks a milestone 50th…
08-04-2010

South Korea picks up Made in Hungaria

Made in Hungaria has been acquired by Chris Lee Pictures International on behalf of Korea Telecom.
08-04-2010

Poirot sells to CEE

Eight CEE territories have picked up Poirot, the TV series from ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
07-04-2010

EFP launches Euro-Canadian co-production lab

European Film Promotion is partnering with with the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) and the Toronto International Film Festival to launch the Producers Lab Toronto September 10-12.
07-04-2010

Liza, The Fox-Fairy going to Atelier

Accomplished short film and commercial director Károly Ujj-Mészáros' first feauture film, Liza the Fox-Fairy now in pre-production. has been invited to Cannes Film Festival's sixth Cinefondation Atelier.
07-04-2010

Polish Film Institute grants 12 international productions

The Polish Film Institute had granted over 36.4 million PLN (EUR 9.4million) to support new Polish productions, including twelve international projects.
06-04-2010

Agora enters the multiplex cinema market

Agora Group has signed a preliminary agreement to buy out 84% of shares of Centrum Filmowe Helios, the biggest Polish multiplex chain.
05-04-2010

FNE at Vilnius IFF: Winners 2010

VILNIUS: The 15th annual Vilnius International Film Festival (18 March-2 April) sent a new record with 54, 000 admissions to this year's event and a strong showing of films from…
05-04-2010

PRODUCTION: So I Say in preproduction

Bogdan Dumitrescu Dreyer is in preproduction with So I Say starring Gerard Depardieu and Harvey Keitel, with shooting set for August 28 - October 9, 2010, in the Romanian city…
05-04-2010

Lithuania presents first Cinematographer awards

Cinematographer Viktoras Radzevičius received the first Lithuanian Cinematographers award "The Oak" (www.azuolai.lt) for the film Vortex (Duburys, director Gytis Lukšas).
01-04-2010

Viasat launches new Baltic channel

Viasat announced it will launch a new channel, Viasat Nature East, in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia as well as in the Ukraine on May 3.
31-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Strach goes into production with two films

Czech director Jiří Strach will shoot two movies based on novels by best-selling Czech author Miloš Urban, coproduction company Czech television (www.ceskatelevize.cz) announced.
31-03-2010

Police, Adjective wins Gopo Awards

Corneliu Porumboiu's film Police, Adjective took six top awards at the 4th edition of Romania's Gopo Awards.
30-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Script-winning House in production

House, based on an award-winning script by Slovak director/writer Zuzana Liova, started shooting in Slovakia on March 20.
30-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Love.net ends shooting

The first national IT romantic drama Love.net ended a three part shooting that took place between October 29, 2009 and March 29, 2010.
30-03-2010

FESTIVALS: Vilnius fest screens 28 Lithuanian films

Vilnius international film festival (VIFF) "Kino pavasaris" (www.kinopavasaris.lt) is presenting 28 films by Lithuanian artists, including eight premieres.
29-03-2010

Slovenian Film Fund appoints new director

Igor Kadunc has been appointed general manager of the Slovenian Film Fund (www.film-sklad.si).
29-03-2010

MFI announces sciptwriting contest

MFI and Scriptbase are offering a full scholarship to the Script 2 Film Workshop, held on the Aegean islands of Nissyros and Samos.
29-03-2010