SPI International to Launch FilmBox Baltic and Fast&FunBox in Latvia

RIGA: Movie channel FilmBox Baltic and the extreme-sports channel Fast&FunBox will be launched by SPI International on the telecom operator SIA Lattelecom.
17-06-2015

TVP Polonia To Ask Viewers What They Want

WARSAW: TVP Polonia the public channel for Poles abroad will receive 11.3 m PLN in public funding for 2015 according to the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
17-06-2015

Janusz Daszczyński to head TVP

WARSAW: The Board of TVP chose Janusz Daszczyński as the new President of the public broadcaster and Marian Zalewski and Wiesław Rola to join the Board for the next four…
16-06-2015

PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Losers in Postproduction

SOFIA: In his new feature, Losers, the famous actor/director/writer Ivailo Hristov follows a teenage group of friends from a small town on the eve of the visit of some famous…
16-06-2015

FremantleMedia Croatia and Jadran Film to Adapt Acclaimed Croatian Writer

DUBROVNIK: FreemantleMedia Croatia and Jadran Film will develop and produce a TV series based on the bestseller The Witch of Gric by Marija Juric Zagorka, one of the most popular…
16-06-2015

FESTIVALS: Fest Anča Announces Lineup

ŽILINA: The 8th Fest Anča International Animation Festival is ready to start with several competitions for short films from 24 to 28 June 2015.
16-06-2015

FESTIVALS: Julian Assange to Be Guest of 19th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival

JIHLAVA: WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange will be a guest of 19th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival from 27 October to 1 November 2015. He will attend through a video conference…
15-06-2015

PRODUCTION: 8 Heads of Madness in Postproduction

PRAGUE: Director/scriptwriter Marta Nováková is in postproduction with 8 Heads of Madness, a feature based on the life of the Russian poet Anna Alexandrovna Barkova (1901-1976), who spent 22 years…
15-06-2015

FESTIVALS: Art Film Fest Announces Lineup

TEPLICE: Eleven features are competing for the Blue Angel at the 23rd edition of the most prestigious film event in Slovakia, Art Film Fest which will take place at Trenčianske…
15-06-2015

Candidates for PISF Director Position Revealed

WARSAW: A list of nine candidates to replace Agnieszka Odorowicz as the Director of Polish Film Institute was announced after the Competition Committee finalised its first session.
12-06-2015

FESTIVALS: Lineup for the 62nd Pula Film Festival Announced

PULA: The Pula Film Festival will run from 18 to 25 July 2015.
12-06-2015

Scripps Networks Interactive to Make Offer for Poland's TVN

WARSAW: U.S media group Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc, one of the world’s leading developers of lifestyle content for television, internet and mobile platforms, intends to make a public tender offer…
12-06-2015

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Submissions for Ex Oriente Film are Closed

The submissions for 12th edition of Ex Oriente Film are now closed. Thank you to all those who entered.
12-06-2015

Successful Opening for Georgian/Estonian Coproduction in Greece

TBILISI: Zaza Urushadze’s Tangerines sold 3,880 tickets in Greece in its first week.
11-06-2015

New Record for Admissions in 2014 Estonian Box Office

TALLINN: According to Statistics Estonia, in 2014 the country recorded the highest number of cinema admissions since the country’s restoration of independence in 1992. The overall number of tickets sold…
11-06-2015

FERA Publish Five Point Plan on Single Digital Market

BRUSSELS: The Federation of European Film Directors (FERA), which represents film and television directors from 29 countries across Europe, is publishing a five point plan aimed at highlighting the important…
11-06-2015

Secret Society of Souptown Most Successful Estonian Children's Film

TALLINN: Secret Society of Souptown by Margus Paju has beaten the all-time opening weekend record for Estonian children films, with over 17,000 admissions.
11-06-2015

Noomi Rapace and Glenn Close to Shoot in Romania

BUCHAREST: Tommy Wirkola’s What Happened to Monday? starring Noomi Rapace and Glenn Close will be shot entirely in Romania with Castel Film providing services this summer.
11-06-2015

FESTIVALS: LET'S CEE Film Festival Call for Shorts and Official Trailer

VIENNA: The fourth LET'S CEE Film Festival, which will take place from 1 to 11 October 2015 in Vienna, is calling for Short Films and the Official Festival Trailer.
11-06-2015

Single Digital Market Assembly to be Held in Riga

RIGA: The digital assembly 2015, coorganised by the European Comission and the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will be held in Riga to discuss the single…
10-06-2015