Production: Marian Crişan preps his first feature
Marian Crişan (Palme d'Or for the short Megatron in 2008) will shoot his first feature this autumn.
Guilt bows at international screenings
Guilt, the Cypriot-Greek coproduction directed by Vassilis Mazomenos has been chosen to screen at the next Montreal Film Festival before heading to Athens in a tribute to Cyprus film.
TV channels welcome state money to promote tourism
The Romanian Ministry of Tourism is spending €924,000 to promote local tourism on three Romanian television stations.
Production: Florin Iepan explores Odessa massacre
Documentary filmmaker Florin Iepan (The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan; Children of the Decree; Bela Lugosi - The Fallen Vampire) is tapping a difficult subject, the massacre committed by…
Record half-year for the Polish cinema
During the first six months of 2009 Poles bought 19,8 million cinema tickets, breaking the record from 2004.
Production: New Polish thriller shooting in Warsaw
Marcin Wrona is filming Babtism, his second feature film based on a story from the Polish criminal world.
Controversial trends in film distribution in Hungary
In the first five month of 2009 the income of Hungarian film distributors has grown 12% compared to the same period of 2008, reaching HUF 3.99 billion (EUR 14.7 million).
Story TV will launch in four CEE territories
Sanoma Hearst will launch Story TV simultaneously in Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, and the Ukraine in spring 2010.
Tales from the Golden Age sold to 25 territories
The portmanteau film about life in communist era written by Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) and directed by Ioana Uricaru, Hanno Hoefer, Răzvan Mărculescu, Constantin Popescu…
Production: Jakl shoots Kajinek
Director and producer Petr Jákl has started shooting his "opus magnum," the big budget crime-thriller Kajínek, based on a true story of one of the most notorious Czech prisoner Jiří…
Cannes Palme D’or winner to open Era New Horizons IFF – the biggest film festival in Poland
THE WHITE RIBBON by Michael Haneke will be making its Polish Premiere as the Opening Film of ERA NEW HORIZONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, to be held in the city of…
Grapes 2 finishes shooting
The sequel to a Czech comedy hit, Grapes 2 (Bobule 2) by director Vlad Lanné and screenwriter Tomáš Holeček finished shooting on Sunday, July 19, distribution and production company Bioscop…
RTV SLO shooting three TV films
Slovenian national broadcaster RTV SLO (www.rtvslo.si) is shooting three TV films during this summer, all being directed by well-known Slovenian filmmakers.
Media inspector fines Slovenian public TV
A standoff with Slovenian public broadcaster RTV Slovenia over a report about a government minister has resulted in a fine being levied on the TV station.
Production: Radu Muntean preps Tuesday after Christmas
The Romanian filmmaker Radu Muntean continues his "étude des caractères" with Tuesday after Christmas, a look at the pending break-up of a ten-year marriage.
New Polish media bill vetoed by the President
On July 17 Polish President Lech Kaczyński vetoed the new media bill on the grounds that he found it threating to the Polish media.
PRODUCTION: Turkish Fest Helmer Puts Together Top Team for First Outing as Director
Dr Ahmet Boyacioglu, helmer of Turkey's Festival On Wheels, (www.festivalonwheels.org) has put together a top team for his first outing as a feature film director.
Mid Europa Partners acquires UPC Slovenia
The private equite firm Mid Europa Partners has acquired UPC Slovenia from Liberty Global.
Kanal D goes international
S.C. Dogan Media International S.A. will extend the broadcasting of Kanal D TV channel abroad, having received approval from Romanian National Audiovisual Council (CNA) (www.cna.ro) in early July.
Hungarian TV channels punished
Hungarian commercial channel TV2 (http://tv2.hu) has been ordered to temporarily suspend broadcasting by the National Radio and Televison Comission (ORTT http://ortt.hu).
