Hungarian Digital Subscriptions Rise

BUDAPEST: Digital TV subscriptions in Hungary rose by over 19,000 during the month of September, according to a report in the Budapest Business Journal.
21-11-2011

Romanian 2011 grants announced

BUCHAREST: The National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro ) announced the production grants at its first session of 2011. Two sessions annually are required by the law. The last session opened…
21-11-2011

FESTIVALS: Ljubljana Kingfisher for Take Shelter

LJUBLJANA: The Ljubljana IFF (LIFFe, www.liffe.si) awarded its main prize, the Kingfisher Award, to Take Shelter directed by Jeff Nichols, at the festival's closing ceremony on 19 November 2011.
20-11-2011

Georgia Announces Grants Application

TBILISI: Georgian National Film Center has announced its competition on financing full length feature films for production in 2012. The total competition fund is 900,000 GEL (€400,000).
20-11-2011

Czechs Complete Digital Switch

PRAGUE: The Czech Republic has completed the switch to digital TV transmission, becoming the first country in Central Europe to finalize the process.
20-11-2011

Bulgaria Plans TV Multiplex Tender

SOFIA: Bulgaria plans a tender for a new digital TV multiplex tender in 2014. The multiples will use frequencies that are now used by the military.
20-11-2011

FNE Exclusive: Interview with Andrzej Wajda

{mosimage}On the eve of the 10th anniversary* of the Wajda School, FNE speaks exclusively with founder Andrzej Wajda. The Wajda School starts to celebrate its first decade with a special…
18-11-2011

PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Doc Father in Postproduction

VILNIUS: Father, a 70,000 euro Lithuanian documentary directed by Marat Sargsyan, is in the final stages of production in preparation for a March 2012 release. The 52 minute film is…
17-11-2011

Film Europe Channel Launches in Slovakia, Czech Republic

BRATISLAVA: Slovak-based Film Europe Media Company announced the launch of its new all-European movie channel, Film Europe Channel, on 17 November 2011 in Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
17-11-2011

Integration Trip Tops Polish Box Office

WARSAW: The Polish comedy Integration Trip, which opened on 4 November 2011, recorded the best 2011 domestic opening weekend at the Polish box office with 277,451 viewers.
16-11-2011

Expendables Accused of Environmental Damage

SOFIA: The Bulgarian location shoot of Hollywood's The Expendables 2 starring Sylvester Stallone will be fined for destroying vegetation at an important environmental site in Bulgaria. The fine could range…
16-11-2011

Italian Goodnight Sofia Wraps Filming in Bulgaria

SOFIA: Goodnight Sofia from Italian writer/director Leonardo Moro, finished filming in Bulgaria. The film is produced by Italian company BBM film (brownbunnymagazine.wordpress.com/bbm-film).
16-11-2011

EKRAN Training Programme Announced Deadline

WARSAW: The Wajda Studio (www.wajdastudio.pl) has announced a 31 January 2012 deadline for the 2012 EKRAN Training Program for Film Professionals. Nine participant teams of three persons each will be…
16-11-2011

Solomon Joins Shooting Stars Jury

Romanian producer Ada Solomon has been named as one of five jury members who will select the ten 2012 Shooting Stars (www.shooting-stars.eu) for European Film Promotion (www.efp-online.com).
16-11-2011

FilmBox Poland Reports Record Growth

WARSAW: The Polish niche channel Filmbox (www.spi.pl ) noted a 75.3% audience increase in October 2011, the company reported, relying on data from the Nielsen ratings.
15-11-2011

Mixed Q3 Results for Cinema City

Central European exhibitor Cinema City (www.cinemacity.nl) reported cinema revenues of 197.6 million euros at the end of Q3 2011, an increase of some 11% over 2010, but EBITDA dropped 20.6%…
15-11-2011

Finns Fund Lithuanian Film

The Finnish Film Foundation announced 150,000 euros in grant support for the Finnish/Lithuanian coproduction Santa co-produced by Lithuanian company ArtBox (www.artbox.lt).
14-11-2011

Georgian National Film Center signs production agreement with Georgian Public Broadcaster

TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center (www.gnfc.ge) has signed a memorandum of cooperation on production with the Georgian Public Broadcaster (www.gbp.org).
14-11-2011

PRODUCTION: Ho Ho Ho 2: A Family Lottery Begins Filming

BUCHAREST: A sequel to the family film Ho Ho Ho started filming on 7 November 2011 and is expecting to wrap 2 December,, representatives of the production company MediaPro Pictures…
14-11-2011

Estonia Funds Film Commission

TALLiNN: Enterprise Estonia, the country's enterprise and export support agency, will finance the launch of an Estonian film commission. The initial investment in setup and operational costs for the first…
11-11-2011