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Romanian editorial director for Euronews

Iulia Blaga Romania 2009-04-20

Lucian Sarb has been named as the new editorial director of Euronews, beginning in the postition on May 4.

FESTIVALS: 28th Istanbul International Film Festival Gives Preview of 2009

Anna Franklin in Istanbul Turkey 2009-04-20

ISTANBUL: The only problem for Turkish film in 2009 will be that after the extraordinary success of 2008 with Turkish films sweeping prizes at most major international festivals it will…

Greek distribution for Turkish film

Deniz Ziya Temeltas Turkey 2009-04-19

Pains of Autumn (Guz Sancisi) by Tomris Giritlioglu will open April 3O on 15 screens in Greece, following its gala premiere in Athens on April 27 with lead actress Beren…

Production: Polish prison break story in pre-production

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2009-04-19

Trick, a new Polish crime feature from director Jan Hryniak, moves into production in May 2009.

New director for the Croatian Audiovisual Centre

Goran Ivanisevic Croatia 2009-04-19

The Board of Governors of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre Centre nominated lecturer and film director Niksa Svilicic as new director of the Centre, for a four year mandate.

Zone Europe leaves Hungary

Gyorgy Karpati Hungary 2009-04-19

Art house film TV channel Zone Europe (www.hu.zoneeuropa.tv) will cancel its broadcast in Hungary from May 1 and will focus on its Polish TV channel.

Production: Meszaros wraps Hope

Gyorgy Karpati Hungary 2009-04-16

Cannes, Berlin, and Venice winner Marta Meszaros has finished shooting Hope, her first film since 2004's The Unburied Man, producer Erika Tarr told FNE.

Record grant for animation director

Irena Zemanova Czech Republic 2009-04-16

Czech animation director and recent Athens Animfest winner Jan Balej received a record 10 million crown (370,000) grant for his new film, Little Fishergirl.

Mungiu ignites Romanian film funding controversy

Iulia Blaga Romania 2009-04-16

Following an "open letter" from Palme d'Orwinning director Cristian Mungiu criticizing the grants process of the National Centre for Cinema, eight leading critics have issued a statement in support of…

Barrandov opens Digitalization center

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2009-04-16

Barrandov opened a new Film Digitalization and Postproduction Center at the Barrandov Studios Film Laboratories Division on April 16.

EFP announces Producers on the Move

FNE Staff Region 2009-04-16

European Film Promotion (EFP) has selected nine producers from Central Europe for its 10th "Producers on the Move" spotlight at the Cannes Film Festival.

God's Kiss equals box office bliss

Radovan Holub Czech Republic 2009-04-15

Czech director Marie Poledňáková love story and Falcon Film release You Kiss Like God (Líbáš jako Bůh) reached a surprising 709,000 viewers by April 15, two months after opening.

Production: Magic Boys in preproduction

Gyorgy Karpati Hungary 2009-04-15

Director Robert Koltai (Colossal Sensation, Train Keeps a Rollin') is in preproduction with Magic Boys, an international co-production starring Michael Madsen and Adrian Paul.

Controversial TVP chairman survives recall vote

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2009-04-15

A motion to recall Piotr Farfał as public broadcaster TVP's temporary chairman and the reinstatement of Andrzej Urbański, Sławomir Siwek and Marcin Bochenek failed by a one vote margin.

Bulgarian ad market in decline

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2009-04-14

The Association of Bulgarian Advertising Agencies (http://www.arabulgaria.org/) reports that the Bulgarian media market fell 20% during the first quarter of 2009.

Slovenian government discusses RTV funding

Matevz Rudolf Slovenia 2009-04-14

The Slovenian parliament will adress underfunding and organizational structure of public broadcaster RTV.

Production: Sports murder doc planned

Gyorgy Karpati Hungary 2009-04-14

A documentary about the tragic death of well-known handball player Marian Cozma is being filmed in Hungary, producer Gabor Kalomista told FNE.

East Silver doc submissions open

FNE Staff Region 2009-04-14

East Silver, the specialized Central and East European documentary market, has announced it will be accepting film submissions on a year round basis.

SPI distirbution agreement with Forum Film Hungary

Gyorgy Karpati Hungary 2009-04-13

Forum Film Hungary has picked up theatrical distribution rights to SPI International's stable of acquired films in Hungary.

Sequel breaks Recep Idevik record

Deniz Ziya Temeltas Turkey 2009-04-13

Sahan Gokbaker starrer Recep Ivedik 2, with admissions totalling 4,320,320 in its eighth week, breaks the Turkish box office record set by the original Recep Ivedik.