BUCHAREST: Romanian online ad market was 10.2 m EUR / almost 46 m RON in the first six months of 2015, on decline by 15% compared to the second half of 2014.
Sixteen projects have been selected for Project Market, an event focusing on one-on-one meetings within East Doc Platform and taking place on 10-11 March 2016.
BUCHAREST: The 6th edition of Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival will take place in 2016 from 14 to 20 March.
TBILISI: Emmy winner, American director and artist James Higginson, is about to finish his documentary Devout about Georgian monks. He also plans to shoot an experimental feature, The Road to Batumi, in Georgia.
Marion Rathmann, New Appointment at Turner Broadcasting System in Central and Eastern Europe
Region 02-02-2016Marion Rathmann was appointed Programming Director of entertainment channels at Turner Broadcasting System in Central and Eastern Europe on 1 February 2016.
WARSAW: Michał Marczak received the Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary for All These Sleepless Nights while Agnieszka Smoczyńska was awarded A World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Unique Vision and Design for The Lure at the Sundance Film Festival's awards ceremony in Park City, Utah, USA on 30 January 2016.
More than 160 films in 17 categories ▪ Winner at Sundance, The Russian Woodpecker, a film about the Chernobyl disaster, among 24 international competition entries ▪ 27 films in regional competition, including 12 Croatian entries ▪ Bolshoi Babylon, a film about the dark side to ballet, in Musical Globe ▪ New special programmes: Russians Are Coming and Children Changing the World ▪ New technologies at ZagrebDox: virtual reality screenings at MAXtv Filmofeel corner
VALLETTA: The minister of Tourism, Edward Zammit Lewis, expressed his firm commitment to work towards creating a sustainable film industry, while transforming Malta and Gozo into unique film destinations.
Radu Jude’s Aferim! was awarded Best Romanian Film, Best European Film and has also won Best Director, Best Romanian Actor (Teodor Corban) and Audience Award at the Best Film Fest 2016. The winners were chosen by the vote of film critics and journalists, and were announced during a gala held on 28 January 2016.
ZAGREB: The Croatian media is speculating that Star Wars: Episode VIII might be shot in Dubrovnik, as the Croatian Audiovisual Centre neither confirms nor denies it.
