FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: License Market Signature Launches in Poland

BUDAPEST: DISCOP founder Patrick Jucaud started the second day of DISCOP Budapest (21-24 June 2011, www.discop.com) with another major announcement: the launch of Signature, a licensing market, in Poland, followed…
23-06-2011

ACT Faces Copyright Issues

BUDAPEST: Speaking at the DISCOP Budapest TV market, Ross Biggam, Director General of the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) said the issue of copyright will be the organization's…
22-06-2011

Crime Detectives Sold to Russia

WARSAW: Endemol Neovision has acquired the rights to produce a Russian version of Crime Detectives, a Polish crime drama aired by Polish commercial channel TVN.
22-06-2011

Moscow IFF Competition: Revenge: A Love Story/Fuk Sau Che Chi Sei

Wong Ching Po, known for his thriller Jiang Hu (aka Gong Wu, Blood Brothers, 2004) about Hong Kong gangs with Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung, screens his fifth feature film…
22-06-2011

Moscow IFF Competition: American Translation

With their Moscow competition entry American Translation, Pascal Arnold and Jean-Marc Barr create a thriller genre film about two young people, Chris (Pierre Perrier) and Aurora (Lizzie Brocheré), who meet…
22-06-2011

Moscow IFF Competition: The Perfect Life/La Vita Facile

The Italian comedy The Perfect Life was made in the spirit of classic Italian comedies of the 1970's, as a commentary on the national way of life.
22-06-2011

MIFF 2011: Moscow to Host International Film Finance Forum

MOSCOW: For the first time Moscow will host the International Film Finance Forum Moscow 2011, sponsored by Corporate Finance Bank, to be held at Radisson Royal Hotel on 24 June…
22-06-2011

Slovak Film Forum Unveiled

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film Institute ( www.sfu.sk, www.aic.sk ) has announced the list of films projects to be presented at a Slovak Forum on 24 June 2011 during the Art…
22-06-2011

TVP Achieves Financial Autonomy

WARSAW: A new statute at Telewize Polska (TVP, www.tvp.pl) gives the Board of the Polish public broadcaster the right to buy and sell licences for productions without consulting with the…
21-06-2011

Ivona Juka's Co-production The Other Supported by Eurimages

ZAGREB: Director Ivona Juka's feature live-action debut The Other, a Croatian/Slovene coproduction,has won financial support from Eurimages.
21-06-2011

FESTIVALS: Name Change for Era New Horizons

WARSAW: Heading into its 11th edition, the Wroclav film festival Era New Horizons is shortening its name to New Horizons to reflect the name change of its major sponsor.
21-06-2011

Bulgarian Filmmakers Appeal for Faster Reform

SOFIA: Georgy Stoyanov, the president of the Union of the Bulgarian filmmakers, has expressed concern about delays in the adoption of a new policy for the national film sector.
21-06-2011

Moscow IFF Competition: Escalation/Escalade

French director, scriptwriter and producer Charlotte Silvera turned to the Russian play Dear Elena Sergeevna by Lyudmila Razumovskaya as the source material for her film Escalation. It tells a story…
21-06-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: DISCOP Registration Up

BUDAPEST: DISCOP (www.discop.com) founder Patrick Jucaud said pre-registration of both buyers and sellers for the 21-23 June 2011 TV content market was up, with heavy growth from the Balkans and…
21-06-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: NATPE Takes Majority Ownership in DISCOP Budapest

BUDAPEST: DISCOP (www.discop.com) founder Patrick Jucaud and NATPE (www.natpe.org) President and CEO Rick Feldman announced in a joint press conference on 21 June 2011 that NATPE has acquired a majority…
21-06-2011

European Filmmakers Meet with EU Commissioner Lewandowski over MEDIA Programme Budget

WARSAW: EU Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget Janusz Lewandowski met with Istvan Szabo, President of FERA, the Federation of European Film Directors, and Dariusz Jabłonski, director-producer and President of…
21-06-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Hungarian State TV Grows Competitive Edge

BUDAPEST: Lidia Marton, director of international relations for the new Hungarian broadcasting umbrella organization MTVA (Broadcast Support and Asset Management Fund, www.mtva.hu) told a packed pre-DISCOP audience, "We hope to…
20-06-2011

FNE at MIFF: Taboo - The Soul Is Stranger on Earth

Christoph Stark is in competition at Moscow IFF with Taboo - The Soul Is Stranger on Earth/Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden, the haunted love story…
20-06-2011

Moscow IFF Competition: In the Name of the Devil

Inspired by true events, Polish director and screenwriter Barbara Sass creates a film about crossing the limits of faith and madness behind the walls of a nunnery, In the Name…
20-06-2011

Cartoon Forum Announces Selected Projects

The northern Polish port city of Sopot hosts the 2011 edition of Cartoon Forum, with 66 projects selected for pitching. Poland figures prominently on the list, along with animated series…
20-06-2011