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CFO Macmillan resigns from CME

FNE Staff Region 2009-06-22

Central European Media Enterprises (www.cetv-net.com) announced that Wallace Macmillan will step down as the company Chief Financial Officer effective July 1.

Bromski comedy opens strong

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2009-06-22

The highly anticipate third part of the comedy series from director Jacek Bromski had one of the strongest opening weekends for local titles in Poland this year.

Production: Radu Mihaileanu is completing The Concert

Iulia Blaga Romania 2009-06-21

Director Radu Mihaileanu (Train de vie, Live and Become) is completing post-production on his dramatic comedy The Concert.

Estonia hosts largest budget film

Martin Aadamsoo Estonia 2009-06-21

Poll, a €7.8 million Austrian-German-Estonian co-production, started shooting on the coast of Estonia the week of June 15.

No funding for new Polish media bill

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2009-06-21

The Polish Ministry of Finance announced that the national budget does not have enough money to finance reforms planned by the new media bill.

Green light for Bulgarian feature projects

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2009-06-18

Six film productions and five projects in development have been chosen to receive 2.1 million Euros in support from Bulgarian state funds.

Bromski comedy opens

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2009-06-18

After a premiere gala in Warsaw on June 15, the highly anticipated new comedy from hit-maker Jacek Bromski U Pana Boga Za Miedzą enters the cinemas across Poland.

Romanian ad market poised to grow

Iulia Blaga Romania 2009-06-18

Romanian ad market will increase with 1.1% between 2009-2013, according to an estimate from PricewaterhouseCoopers.

First drive in to open in Bucharest

Iulia Blaga Romania 2009-06-18

Bucharest will have its first drive-in cinema, located at Băneasa Shopping City, set to open July 1.

Megaplex and IMAX set to open in Romania

Iulia Blaga Romania 2009-06-17

The first megaplex and IMAX in Romania, Cinema City Cotroceni with 21 theaters with 4,300 seats, is set to open in October.

Miracle in Adana and Golden Boll Prize Winners

Anna Franklin Turkey 2009-06-17

Fest organizers accomplished the impossible in Adana, Turkey, putting on a seamlessly well organized international event under very difficult conditions this year.

Production: Flying Lessons in development

Iulia Blaga Romania 2009-06-16

Moldavian filmmaker Igor Cobileanski is in early development with his first feature based on a script written by Corneliu Porumboiu (Police, Adjective) and himself.

Lithuanian box office in decline

Auksė Kancerevičiūtė Lithuania 2009-06-16

Lithuania‘s movie theatres have posted 12.8 million Litas (3.7 million Euros) in box-office revenues in the first quarter of 2009, down 5% from the 13.5 million Litas (3.9 million Euros)…

Production: Zanussi starts short shoot

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2009-06-16

Krzysztof Zanussi takes a look back at his past film characters in Revisit, which begins shooting June 17, to premiere at this summer's ERA New Horizons IFF.

Slovenian Film Fund gets over 7 million Euros

Matevz Rudolf Slovenia 2009-06-15

The Slovenian government confirmed that the Slovenian Film Fund will recive more than 7.2 million Euros to finance Slovenian film production in 2009, in announcing operating and financial plans for…

Russian productions head for Estonia

Martin Aadamsoo Estonia 2009-06-15

Shooting has begun on the reportedly $4 million budgeted Russian fantasy-thriller Quarantine in Tallinn -- the latest in a spate of Russian films being produced in Estonia.

Production: Herz shoots a story from Sudetenland

Irena Zemanová Czech Republic 2009-06-15

Czechoslovak director Juraj Herz is in production with a big-budget historical drama, Habermann´s Mill (www.habermannuvmlyn.cz), based on a true story from the Sudetenland during the era of Nazi occupation.

LUX Prize nominees announced

FNE Staff Region 2009-06-14

Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Romania are among the countries fielding nominated films for the European Parliament's LUX Prize, with three finalists to be announced during the Venice Film Festival.