CentEast Market draws 200 film professionals
Some 200 film professionals are expected to attend the third CentEast Market, a specialised market for films from Central and Eastern Europe to be held during the 22nd Warsaw International…
Romania-based RCS & RDS plans December IPO
Romania-based pay TV provider RCS & RDS S.A. has announced plans to list on the London Stock Exchange.
Czech Oscar choice tops domestic charts
Renowned Czech director Jiří Menzel´s film I Served the King of England, the country's entry for best foreign-language film at the Academy awards in February, is also the hottest-selling domestic…
Slovenian Film Festival expands beyond domestic borders
The Slovenian Film Festival, which opened Sunday for its 10th year, is featuring two new sections designed to extend the festival's horizons beyond domestic borders in advance of Slovenia's presidency…
Fantasy film by Gabor Csupo shoots in Hungary (update)
The Secret of Moonacre, a feature by former animation maven and three-time Emmy Award winner Gabor Csupo, is shooting entirely in Hungary, leaving most of its $27 million (€19 million)…
Macedonian-Swiss writer wins Central European Pitch Forum
A Swiss-based writer from Macedonia, Mitko Panov, was named winner of the first Central European Pitch Forum in the city of Pecs, Hungary.
Bontonfilm posts euro 1.2M profit in 2006
Czech film distributor Bontonfilm (www.bontonfilm.cz) reported net profit of 32.7 million crowns (euro 1.2 million) in 2006, reversing a 38.2 million crown loss from the previous year.
Aron Gauder joins forces with Iceland on Egill (update)
Young Hungarian animation director Aron Gauder is in full throttle working on his full-length 3D feature Egill, a follow-up to his acclaimed The District!, with an Icelandic company cast as…
More than 80 titles to be screened at Eurasia Film Festival
More than 80 titles will be screened at the 3rd International Eurasia Film Festival, which is the gateway to the 44th Antalya Film Festival in Turkey. Awards of $75,000 and…
Czech market may see new DVD technology this year
The Czech video market will stay with the classical DVD format longer than elsewhere in Europe, partly because it’s still lucrative, says a top DVD distributor. But some films produced…
Warsaw Film Festival to screen 190 films from 55 countries
Some 190 films from 55 countries will be screened at the 23rd Warsaw Film Festival which gets under way next week. Some of the latest films worldwide are included in…
Romanian and Turkish films short-listed for European film prize
Two films from the New Europe are among the three productions short-listed for the European Parliament’s new Prix Lux award designed to boost European cinema. Romania’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks…
Second edition of ScripTeast begins next week
The second edition of ScripTeast, an innovative training program for budding scriptwriters designed to help promote their work in the international film market, will be held next week at the…
Romania awards 4.49 million euros for 38 film projects
Romania's National Council for Cinema announced on Monday public funding for film projects totaling 15 million new lei (€4.49 million) spread rather thinly among a total of 38 winners chosen…
List of 38 funded Romanian film projects
Here is a list of the 38 film projects announced Monday by the Romanian National Council for Cinema that were awarded funds:
Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas team up for Bulgaria shoot
Actors Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas will come to Bulgaria in mid-October to shoot “The Code,” a crime thriller about two jewel thieves directed by Mimi Leder.
Liberty Group acquires Filmmuzeum channel in Hungary
Hungary’s Filmmúzeum, a television channel that showcases mainly old classic films, has been sold to leading content-provider Chellomedia CEE Holdco B.V. following a go-ahead by Hungarian competition authorities
Malta launches high-tech audiovisual production centre
With the backing of audiovisual industry professionals from Europe and the United States, an Audiovisual Production Centre is now operational in Malta to boost the film and advertising industry on…
MTV dedicated Hungarian service launched
MTV Networks International launched a new 24-hour dedicated Hungarian service on Oct. 1, with its own local programming in addition to its library of international material.
A new distributor on the Polish film market
On Nov. 7, a new national distributor, the Polish Film Foundation, formally begins operations by introducing to domestic cinemas 40 copies of Twist of Fate (Korowód) by director Jerzy Stuhr.
