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SPI International signs deal with Romtelecom

FNE staff Romania 2010-08-03

SPI International signed a deal with Romtelecom, the largest telecommunications company in Romania, last week.

CineLink awards seven CEE films

Pavlina Jeleva Region 2010-08-02

Sarajevo CineLink co-production market (www.sff.ba) gave its Excellence Award to Serbian Circles by writers Srđan Koliević and Melina Pota Koliević and director Srdan Golubović.

PRODUCTION: In Treatment / În derivă series shooting

Iulia Blaga Romania 2010-08-02

HBO Central Europe is shooting its first European series in Romania, from April until the end of August 2010. In Treatment is an adaptation of BeTipul, a series made by…

FESTIVALS: Mundane History wins ERA New Horizons top prize

Cathy Meils Poland 2010-08-01

Mundane History, Anocha Suwichakornpong's biting critique of Thai society has won the Grand Prix (€20,000) of the NEW HORIZONS International Competition.

Czech cinemas post record year

Irena Zemanová Czech Republic 2010-08-01

Czech cinemas reached record sales and attendance in 2009 with box office of 1.25 billion crowns (50.4 mil. euros) and attendance of 12.4 million viewers, according to the Czech Audiovisual…

FNE at ERA New Horizons: Interview with Roman Gutek

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2010-07-29

While celebrating the 10th edition of ERA New Horizons, festival director Roman Gutek talked with FNE about the unique role of the festival and its plans for the future.

Weekend postponed

Zsolt Gyenge Hungary 2010-07-29

The shooting of Weekend by director Áron Mátyássy (winner of the main prize of the Hungarian Film Week with his first feature Utolsó idők / Last Times), is postponed until…

PRODUCTION: Las Fierbinti shooting

Iulia Blaga Romania 2010-07-29

Dragoş Buliga is in production with Las Fierbinţi, a rural comedy focusing on the machinations around the local elections in a Romanian village, involving the mayor, his deputy, a bartender,…

Turkish Ministry announces film grants

Kerem Akca Turkey 2010-07-28

The Turkish Ministry of Culture has announced grants totalling over $5.5 million for 23 films.

SPI expands into Spain

FNE Staff Region 2010-07-28

SPI International signed an agreement on July 27 with the leading Spanish independent film distributor Vertice 360 to cooperate on introducing FilmBox channels on the Spanish TV market.

HBO series films in Malta

FNE Staff Malta 2010-07-27

HBO Entertainment series Game of Thrones, which began principal photography on July 26, is filming in Malta as its secondary location. The series is being locally produced with assistance from…

New channels hit Romanian market

Iulia Blaga Romania 2010-07-27

Two new music channels, Mooz Hits and Mooz Ro, have received licences from the National Audiovisual Council of Romania (www.cna.ro) and will start airing at the end of September 2010.

Bulgarian TV market drops

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2010-07-26

Bulgarian TV market fell by 8.6%, according to the latest report of the monitoring agency TNS/TV Plan and the TV advertising Top 10. CME (www.cetv-net) station bTV (www.btv.bg) registered a…

Vlado Škafar's Debut Dad premieres at Venice Film Festival

Matevz Rudolf Slovenia 2010-07-26

Vlado Škafar's first feature film Dad is one of the seven films picked from more than 200 entries for this year's International Film Critics' Week (www.sicvenezia.it) held as part of…

FESTIVALS: Grlic’s Just Between Us wins big at Pula

FNE Staff Croatia 2010-07-25

Rajko Grlic's Just Between Us won seven Golden Arenas at the 57th Pula Film Festival, held from July 10-24, 2010.

Fimfárum 3 postpones release

Irena Zemanová Czech Republic 2010-07-25

One of the most anticipated Czech animated movies, Fimfarum 3, has postponed its release to February 10, 2011, producer Martin Vandas of production Maurfilm company (www.maurfilm.com) announced last week. Previously,…

Surviving D-Day winds up Lithuanian shoot

Auksė Kancerevičiūtė Lithuania 2010-07-25

British film company Dangerous films (http://www.dangerous.co.uk) and Lithuanian company Baltijos filmų paslaugos are finishing shooting of the TV film Surviving D-Day in Klaipėda, Lithuania.

FESTIVALS: Era New Horizons opens with Cannes winner

FNE Staff Region 2010-07-22

Cannes grand prix winner, Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux) by Xavier Beauvois, will make its Polish premiere as the opening film of the Era New Horizons…

Bulgarian National TV names new director

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2010-07-22

After three days of intense public hearings, the five members of the Council of Electronic Media (www.cem.bg) elected Viara Ankova as Director General of Bulgarian National Television (www.bnt.bg). The vetting…

Eastern Plays wins Bulgarian film awards

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2010-07-21

The freshly founded Film Academy announced its first annual awards with Eastern Plays (www.easternplays.com) winning film of the year, topping the list of eleven 2009 feature films. The same film…