Film New Europe - FilmNewEurope.com

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.

HBO Central Europe signs format deal

FNE Staff Region 2009-06-14

HBO Central Europe has signed an agreement on format rights to the Israeli series that HBO produces in the US under the title In Treatment.

Slovak internet TV channel launched

Jana Kadlecova Slovakia 2009-06-14

News web server www.sme.sk launched an internet television channel, tv.sme.sk, on June 11.

Production: Doldrums in postproduction

Gyorgy Karpati Hungary 2009-06-11

Director Tamas Sas tells FNE that he has just wrapped a 15 day shoot on his latest film, Doldrums.

Production: Ao in rehearsals in Sofia

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2009-06-11

French directorJacques Malaterre is in Sofia rehearsing the UGC YMhigh budget epic fictionAo: The Last Neanderthal based on Marc Klapczynski's book Aô, Ancient Man.

Estonian animation marketing push

Martin Aadamsoo Estonia 2009-06-11

Estonian animation studios, educators and festivals are uniting under one promotional umbrella to flex their marketing muscle at this year's International Animation Film Market, MIFA, at the Annecy film festival.

Film Europe locks up sales going into DISCOP

FNE Staff Region 2009-06-10

Film Europe, the sister company of SPI International (www.spi-film.eu), has confirmed distribution agreements for five films following the Cannes market, and adds a slate of documentary films to its presence…

Karpiński elected as member to EFP Board

FNE Staff Region 2009-06-10

Maciej Karpiński, Deputy Director and Head of International Relations at the Polish Film Institute, has been elected as the new representative on European Film Promotion's (EFP) Board of Directors.

Production: Claude Lelouch shooting Ces amours-là in Romania

Iulia Blaga Romania 2009-06-10

French maestro Claude Lelouch began filming his 45th film, Ces amours-là on June 8 at MediaPro Studios in Romania, with shooting scheduled to last for two months in Bucharest and…