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Festival of European Co-productions opens May 30 in Bulgaria

FNE Staff Bulgaria 2008-05-28

The 13th Festival of European Co-productions opens May 30 in Sofia and runs until June 8. Organized by the Bulgarian National Film Center, this year's festival runs concurrently with a…

Zodiak acquires 100% of Mastiff Media Polska

FNE Staff Poland 2008-05-27

Swedish firm Zodiak Television AB announced that it was purchasing all outstanding shares in the production company Mastiff Media Polska. The format provider is part of the Mastiff Media group…

Barrandov studio launches digital TV

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2008-05-27

Barrandov film studio announced plans to launch digital TV Barrandov this summer. The €4 million (CZK 100 million) construction of the TV studios should be completed in June, and employees…

Malta digital TV firm attains subscription goal

FNE Staff Malta 2008-05-26

GO Plus TV announced it reached its target of 25,000 subscribers. The telecom company reaches 95% of Malta households.

Delta takes FIPRESCI prize at Cannes

FNE Staff Hungary 2008-05-26

Hungarian director Kornel Mondruczo's Delta won the film critics' FIPRESCI award at the 61st Cannes film festival. The award was accepted by German co-producer Susanne Marian on behalf of Mondruczo,…

Blind Loves wins CICAE award at Cannes

FNE Staff Slovakia 2008-05-25

Slovak director Juraj Lehotsky won the CICAE prize for his documentary film Blind Loves, which competed in the Directors Fortnight section at the Cannes film festival, which concluded May 25.…

Megatron wins Best Short Film at Cannes

FNE Staff Romania 2008-05-25

Romanian director Marian Crisan won the Best Short Film Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival at the closing ceremony May 24 for Megatron. The award was presented by…

Bulgaria to get second HDTV service

FNE Staff Bulgaria 2008-05-22

Cable provider CableTEL is to launch a new four-channel HDTV service within the month. The announcement follows rival Eurocom's plan to launch three HDTV channels.

The Womb wins ScripTeast competition

FNE Staff Region 2008-05-22

Hungary's Benedek Fliegauf has won the second ScripTeast scriptwriting competition for his script The Womb, an ethical drama about human cloning. The announcement was made at the Cannes film festival.

MediaPro buys Metrodome

FNE Staff Romania 2008-05-21

TV-Loonland confirmed the sale of independent film distributor Metrodome to MediaPro. MediaPro acquired a 50.1% stake in Metrodome.

Warner Bros Dubs Moonlight at Graffitti Studio

FNE Staff Bulgaria 2008-05-21

Sofia's Graffitti Studio has completed dubbing for the Warner Bros TV series Moonlight. It was the first U.S. studio contract for the Bulgarian sound studio.

MultiChoice Hellas renews Cyprus NOVA platform

FNE Staff Cyprus 2008-05-21

MultiChoice Hellas announced it has renewed its pay-TV platform NOVA contract with Eutelsat Hot Bird to 2020. The contract will also provide expansion of coverage with a fifth transponder.

TV Nova launches internet portal tn.cz

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2008-05-21

TV Nova launched its internet portal tn.cz on May 5. The new site, which features short video newscasts, joins TV Nova's original site, nova.cz, which focuses on entertainment content.

TVN stock plummets following purchase of stake in

FNE Staff Poland 2008-05-20

Polish commercial broadcaster TVN saw its share price drop to a nine-month low on Tuesday, May 20, following its purchase of a 25% plus one share stake in the digital…

Boogie heads to Transylvania film festival

FNE Staff Romania 2008-05-20

Following its debut in the Directors' Fortnight section at Cannes, Radu Muntean's Boogie will make its Romanian bow as part of the Romanian Days section at the seventh edition of…

Regional Film Funds Institution launches first major project in Poland

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2008-05-20

Silesia's Regional Film Fund, Silesia-Film, will grant €296,000 (PLN1 million) for scripts thematically linked with Silesia and for productions that bring business to the local film industry. Selected films can…

Lithuanian stars form political party

FNE Staff Lithuania 2008-05-20

Lithuanian actors, musicians, and TV personalities gathered on May 18 to form a new political group, the National Awakening Party. However, with only 687 delegates, far short of the 1,000…

SPI to launch HD-TV in Romania

FNE Staff Romania 2008-05-19

Independent film distributor SPI plans to add Romania to its roster of HD-TV stations this fall. The Romanian station will join "n" in Poland, along with "Orange" which broadcasts in…

Hallmark plans film to shoot in Poland

FNE Staff Poland 2008-05-19

Hallmark Hall of Fame is in pre-production with a film on Holocaust heroine Irena Sendler to shoot in Poland. According to reports from Associated Press, The Irena Sendler Story will…

Czech film audiences decline in first quarter

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2008-05-19

Film viewers in the Czech Republic dropped by nearly a half million in the first quarter of 2008, according to data released by the Association of Film Distributors (www.ufd.cz).