FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: ATM Grupa Announces First Quarter Increase
WARSAW: ATM Grupa, the biggest independent film and television producer in Poland, noted a 9.4% increase in revenues for the first quarter of 2011 due to a significant rise in…
Poland Sets Deadline for Analogue TV
The Polish government announced that all Polish analogue transmitters will be shut down by 31 July 2013.
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Bulgaria
Not long ago, Bulgarian programming consisted primarily of imported programmes from Brazil, the U.S., or Turkey. Within the last few years, however, international formats have become a significant part of…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Competition: Melancholia
CANNES: Lars Von Trier's latest film Melancholia is ostensibly about the end of life on planet Earth, although the planet that Von Trier presents us with bears little resemblance to…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: False Witness Wins ScripTeast Award
CANNES: Bulgarian Script writer Iglika Triffonova was awarded the Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for best Eastern and Central European Script at a gala awards ceremony in during Cannes IFF on 18…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: 60 Seconds of Solitude In Year Zero
CANNES: On 17 May the Estonian Pavilion (Pantiero 212) at the Cannes Festival 2011 celebrated the international film project 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero, a non-profit project dedicated…
FNE - IDF DocBlock: Aristoteles Workshop - Call for Entries 2011
Supported by CNC Romania, ARTE/France and MEDIA, Aristoteles Workshop has over the past five years become a unique training programme, offering both a hands-on approach and a continuous tutoring system,…
Estonia Announces 2011 Film Grants
TALLINN: The Estonian Ministry of Culture announced funding support for the production of five film projects being shot as international coproductions with the involvement of Estonian producers. The ministry's total…
PRODUCTION: September Eleven 1638 Shooting in Romania
WARSAW: Filming on the Italian-Polish-Turkish coproduction September Eleven 1638 (previously titled Battle Of Vienna), one of the biggest European projects of the year, began 2 May 2011 in Romania.
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Slovakia
BRATISLAVA: While locally produced content enjoys comparatively high viewership in Slovakia, domestic TV channels’ foreign sales and cross-border coproduction activities are still in their infancy, with neighbouring Czech Republic holding…
ScripTeast Applications Open
ScripTeast, the screenwriting lab now wrapping up in Cannes, is accepting applications for its next session, which begins in September.
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Competition: Le Harve
CANNES: Director Aki Kaurismaki’s first film in French language, Le Harve, loses none of the distinctive Kaurismaki style and ironic humour. Shot in the French seaport of Le Harve, the…
FESTIVALS: Kaunas Partners with NISI MASA
The Kaunas International Film Festival ( www.kinofestivalis.lt) announced that it has become the official representative of the European network of film associations NISI MASA in Lithuania.
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Canal + Increases Polish Content
WARSAW: As a part of its new strategy in Poland, Canal + will increase its support of local series and film co-productions, station executives told FNE.
Steep Decline for Romanian Media Market
BUCHAREST: Advertising spend was down 37% in Romania in 2010, according to the newly released Media Fact Book. Acvertising dropped across all segments of the market, with TV ad spend…
Digital Subscriptions Rise in Hungary
BUDAPEST: Digital subscriptions climbed by slight over 1% during the month of March, according to the latest data released by the National Media and Infocommunications Authority.
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Romania
BUCHAREST: MediaPro Pictures (www.mediapropictures.com), the Romanian-based production arm of Central European Media Enterprises (CME), is leading the way in exporting original content from Central and Eastern Europe. Thus far, 11…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Competition: Tree of Life
CANNES: Director Terrence Malick has succeeded in creating the very first American myth as film for the post war generation. No American who grew up in the 1950's will fail…
