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ZLÍN FEST GOES SPANISH IN 2009
ZLÍN FEST GOES SPANISH IN 2009 On Wednesday 9 July 2008, the festival artistic director, Petr Koliha, announced at a regular meeting held in Karlovy Vary during the KV IFF that the 49th edition of Film Festival Zlín is to continue the tradition of devoting the dramaturgy to cinematography of…
State aid: Commission authorises a €43 million Latvian film support scheme
The European Commission has approved a €43 million Latvian film support scheme until 31 December 2013 under EC Treaty state aid rules. The six-year scheme covers all Latvia's film support measures including film development, production and distribution of Latvian and European films, particularly in rural Latvia. The Commission found that…
Allan Starski to be Production Designer on Westerplatte
We are pleased to announce that Allan Starski, who won an Academy Award in 1993 for Art Direction/Set Direction on Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (with Ewa Braun), will join the Westerplatte team as Production Designer. Allan also won a César from the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema for…
Easter European Acquisition Pool recent sales
Berlin, July 11, 2008 EEAP continues successful sales activities In the past weeks, EEAP and A Company have closed on significant film packages with several TV broadcasters. In Slovakia, a 5-title deal, including Steven Seagal's new action thriller "Ruslan" was confirmed by TV Joy as well as by Markiza. Poland's…
Taskovski Films presents the winner of Europa Cinemas label at Karlovy Vary International Film Festi
Taskovski Films (www.taskovskifilms.com) is proud to announce that the film by Robert Lakatos "Barthalo! (Good Luck!)" was awarded the Europa Cinemas Label prize in Karlovy Vary 2008. Bahrtalo! is an international coproduction made by Hungarian production company Inforg Studio (www.inforgstudio.hu) together with Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion from Austria and Intuit Pictures…
Czech Distribution Figures January-May 2008
Statististické údaje / Fact and Figuresleden - květen 2008 / January - May 2008TOP 20 V ROCE 2008 / TOP 20 IN 2008Poř.RankČeský názevTitleAnglický názevEnglish TitleZeměCountryDistributorDistributorPremiéraPremiereNávštěvnostAdmissionsTržby/KčBox Office/CZK1 Asterix a Olympijské hry Astérix aux jeux olympiques FR SPI 31.1.2008 291 967 31 250 5302 Bobule Grapes CZ Bioscop/Magic Box 27.3.2008 269…
Czech Films 2007-2008: Premieres, Producers, Rights, Sales and Festivals
České filmy 2007-2008 (stav ke dni 30.6.2008) / Czech Films 2007-2008 (as for June 30th, 2008)Název / TitlePremiéra /PremiereProdukce / ProducerProdej /SalesÚčast na festivalech / Festivals Prodej / SalesObsluhoval jsem anglického krále /I Served the King of England21.12.2006 /11.1.2007AQS, Bioscop, TV Nova,Barrandov Studio, Magic BoxSlovakia, UPPAQS, Bavaria FilmInternationalBerlinale – FIPRESCI…
Czech Film Center - Film Commission 2007/2008
Czech Film Center - Film Commission 2007/2008 Press Release For five years running, the office of Czech Film Commission has served as an information and consulting center for foreign filmmakers and television crews interested in filming in the Czech Republic. Among Czech Film Commission's most recent activities are its participation…
First retrospective overview of Slovenian cinema in New York
From 16 to 22 July, the Walter Reade Theater in New Yorku will be the venue of a retrospective overview of Slovenian cinema, named At the Crossroads: Slovenian Cinema by the programme selector, Richard Peña. The first retrospective of Slovenian cinema took place in 2003 (7 to 12 May) at…
DISCOP East breaks attendance records in 2008
Paris/Los Angeles, 3 July – Leading Central and Eastern European content market DISCOP EAST, which took place from 18-20 June at the Sofitel Atrium Hotel in Budapest, today reported a hugely successful event with attendees and exhibiting companies significantly up on previous years, it was announced today by Patrick Jucaud,…
Czech Distribution Success: Beauty in Trouble in the USA
Prague, 27 June 2008 – Jan Hřebejek’s and Petr Jarchovský’s movie BEAUTY IN TROUBLE (KRÁSKA V NESNÁZÍCH) went into distribution in the USA on Tuesday, June 13th, when it premiered at Angelika Film Center in New York’s SoHo district. Thanks to good reviews and targeted promotion, the film became the…
Taskovski Films presents two films in competition at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Taskovski Films (www.taskovskifilms.com) proudly presents two documentaries in competition at the 43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Helena Trestikova’s new documentary Rene will be premiered in the section Documentary Films in Competition and Robert Lakatos' directorial feature film debut Bahrtalo! competes in the East of the West section. With raw…
Central European Media Enterprises Completes Purchase of 30% Minority Interest in Studio 1+1 in Ukra
License Reissued to Reflect the New Ownership Structure HAMILTON, Bermuda, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Central EuropeanMedia Enterprises Ltd. ("CME") (Nasdaq/Prague Stock Exchange: CETV) todayannounced that on June 30, 2008 it completed the purchase of 30% minorityinterest in the Studio 1+1 group. CME has increased its ownership of Studio1+1 to 90%…
Filmbox Poland introduces commercial for SPI movie channel
FILMBOX POLAND IINTRODUCES COMMERCIAL FOR ONE OF THE SPI MOVIE CHANNELS FILMBOX Polska is currently finalizing a contract with ATMEdia Sp zoo to introduce commercials onto the channels. The channel will be included in the AtMedia fall offer. The planned date of introducing advertising is October 2008, only on FILMBOX.…
Lithuanian film's LOSS triumph in Shanghai International film festival
We are pleased to inform that Lithuanian film LOSS (original title NEREIKALINGI ZMONES) has got 2 awards in the prestigious 11th Shanghai International Film Festival (one of 12 A class festivals in the world). On June 22nd, 2008 international jury headed by director Wong Kar Wai ("Ashes of time redux",…
Potential of central and east European TV now being fulfilled
Eastern Europe Delivers on its Promise Potential of central and eastern European television now being fulfilled New research from Informa Telecoms & Media has found that the long-held potential of central and eastern European TV markets is now being realized with significant revenue growth. Eastern European TV (12th edition) has…
ERA New Horizons short film competition
Press releases 27 March 08POLISH SHORT FILM Competition powrót do listy nowsza The Association of Polish Filmmakers and the NEW HORIZONS Association announce the new POLISH SHORT FILM Competition, to be held at the 8th International Film Festival ERA NEW HORIZONS in Wrocław from the 17th to the 27th July,…
ERA New Horizons programme announced
NEW HORIZONS International Competition - the most important part of the festival, which also raises the most emotions, will include 16 premieres of bold and original films selected from among hundreds of works presented at film festivals all over the world. The NEW HORIZONS Competition is an excellent chance to…
ERA New Horizons film festival opens with Four Night With Anna
The Polish film Four Nights with Anna, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, will open the 8. ERA NEW HORIZONS International Film Festival, held in Wrocław between 17 th and 27 th July 2008. The screening in Wrocław will be the Polish premiere of this film, presented this year at Cannes Film…
Scripts for 3rd edition of ScripTeast programme are now being accepted.
Until the end of June it is possible to submit the scripts to SCREAPTEAST which is addressed to the scripwriters from Central and Eastern Europe. Scripteast is a training program which does not teach how to write a script but enables working on the ready projects, focuses on developing them,…
