{mosimage}BUDAPEST: German sales agent The Match Factory (www.the-match-factory.com ) announced its acquisition of Just the Wind by Hungarian director Benedek Fliegauf.The films, about a family of Roma (gypsies) living on the Hungarian plains who experience the effects of racism, was inspired by actual events that took place in Hungary in recent years.

London, 11 January 2012 –Leading Australian production house QuailTelevision is following its recent expansion into the USA by hiring big hitter Jay Kandola tospearhead its growth into the UKand Europe. Appointed on a consultancy basisto the newly created position of European Manager, Jay is responsible fortaking Quail’s catalogue of successful properties to market across thecontinent.



Having previously led theacquisitions function at director level for ITV, Channel 5 and Channel 4 in theUK,Jay brings significant experience to the role, equipping her well to maximisethe penetration of Quail’s Australia-originated finished programming andformats into European schedules. Jay has already pre-sold a coveted Quail TV telemovie and docudrama hybridproject to a UK broadcasterand is taking a pivotal role in the re-versioning of Quail’s smash hit,controversial political “spoof” sitcom, At Home With Julia forUKand European audiences.



Greg Quail, Executive Producer andFounder at Quail Television said, “Jay’s appointment is a firmsignal of our intention to make a ‘step change’ in our plans forgrowth in the UK and Europe. We’re ready to take our business to thenext level and Jay’s wealth of expert knowledge, business acumen andeditorial experience make her the ideal person to lead this charge. Indeed,even at this early stage, this new relationship is already bearingfruit.”

Jay Kandola added"I'm very excited to be adding Quail to my consultancy portfolio atthis critical stage in their development. Their formats have vast potential forsuccess in Europe. I look forward toexploiting each one to its fullest and delivering results for thisforward-thinking business. Through my consultancy for paybroadcaster Foxtel, Iam very familiar with Australian producers and believe Quail Television is oneof the most exciting independents operating out of Australia right now.”

Quail Television has had a run ofsuccess stories since its launch in 2005, most recently it has re-versioned HatTrick Productions hit UK daytime format Dinner Date for aprime time slot on Australia’sNetwork Seven, with the show winning its timeslot for the run of series. Quail’s premier scripted offering At Home With Julia is Australia’snumber one comedy for 2011. It also counts among its achievements the creationof the highest rating factual series in Australian television history, Find My Family (adapted from an original Dutch format)which has been running for 44 episodes on the Seven Network and re-versionedfor ABC in the US and ITV in the UK.



For furtherinformation, please contact:



Laura Saldanha
The Lippin Company Ltd on behalf of Quail TV
T: +44 203 008 5407
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About Quail Television



QuailTelevision is one of Australia’s most respectedfactual, reality and, more recently, scripted program-makers. The companyhas created internationally acclaimed hit series in these genres for everymajor Australian network, as well as for cable broadcasters around the world.The company is led by Founder and Executive Producer Greg Quail. Working closely with Greg is hisCreative Director – Scripted, writer/producer Rick Kalowski.


Among its many successes are “FindMy Family”, the biggest factual hit in Australiantelevision history, produced for the Seven Network; the hit medical series“Saving Babies”for the Ten Network, observational documentary “Send in the Dogs” for ChannelNine and the acclaimed “Rudely Interrupted”feature documentary for the ABC.



The company’soutrageous new political satire “AtHome With Julia” (ABC1) – about the life of thesitting Prime Minister Julia Gillard - is Australia’s highest-ratingcomedy of 2011.

Swedish-owned Broadcast Text International announced the acquisition of Chello Zone's (www.chellozone.com) oprerational studio business in Central Europe, including dubbing studios in Poland and Romania.

{mosimage}TALLINN: The 100th anniversary of Estonian film launched on 6 January in Tartu, the birthplace of the first national film director Johannes Paasuke whose first documentary was the now-lost Utotchkin Flying in Tartu on April 14 and 15, 1912. Paasuke also directed the first Estonian feature film, The Parnu County Bear Hunt, in 1914. He was a major documentary of life in Estonia, both through on film and still photographs, many of which will be featured at the centennial events.

RIGA: Latvia's Lattelecom (www.lattelecom.lv ) ended 2011 as the largest pay-TV operator in the Baltics, with 230,000 pay-TV subscribers.

The 12th Tbilisi International Film Festival was opened on 6 December 2011. The festival opening film was "Faust" by Alexander Sakurov (Russia, 2011).

The festival program consisted of following programs:

· Made in Germany

· From Sweden with Love (Swedish Cinema)

· Independent Movies from the USA

· Georgian Panorama

· Retrospective of Leos Carax



This year the festival was not able to host competition program.



Special Prize was awarded to the film "Will There be a Theatre up There?!" by Nana Janelidze



Special Mentions were given to:



· The Nest by Tornike Bziava

· Waiting for Mom by Nana Ekvtmishvili

· Bakhmaro by Salome Jashi

· Salt White by Keti Machavariani



The 12th Tbilisi International Film Festival was closed with the film "Innocent Saturday" by Alexander Mindadze (Russia / Germany/Ukraine).



Documentary Film Workshop PITCH.DOC was held parallel to the festival 6 South Caucasian projects were trained for two days. 6 projects had intensive training with experienced tutors Paul Pauwels (Belgium), Hana Rezkowa (Czech Republic) and Nino Ordjonikidze (Georgia).



Award Commission consisted of: Salome Sepashvili (GNFC), Giorgi Gachechiladze (GPB) Anna Ryaboshenko (OSGF) Angelo Curti (Producer Italy), Gorki Glasser-Muller (Republic of Chile, Sweden), Hana Rezkova (Czech Republic IDF), Rebecca de Pass (France/ FIDmarseille).



The project Left Behind by Anna Tsimintia and Misha Svanidze was awarded with 2500 GEL for the project development. Award was supported by Georgian National FilmCenter.



The project Word in pain by Taguhi Torrosyan and Davit Stepanyan will participate in Doc Launch Presentation in frames of One world film Festival in Prague, March 2012.



The project Venera was awarded with special prize 500 euro for the project development from Swedish Director Gorki Glasser-Muller.



Pitch Doc was organized by Sakdoc Film, supported by Georgian National FilmCenter.

Project partner: Goethe Institute.

WARSAW: Poland’s theme channels continued to gain viewers in 2011, rising by 10% in the target 16-49 age group, to a 33% share.

{mosimage}BUDAPEST: The Hungarian film industry is pinning its hopes for the 2011 box office on two December releases in a year that saw the market share for domestically produced films at only 3-4% during the first 11 months.

{mosimage}TALLINN: A documentary film, The New World (Uus Maailm) directed by Jaan Tootsen, has won the best film of 2011 prize from the Estonian Association of Film Journalists.Estonian public broadcaster EFF quoted leading film critic Jaan Ruus saying of the film, "It shows there is a need for something natural and completely earnest, and 'Uus Maailm' is a quest for an alternative lifestyle. We need that kind of idealism."

East Doc Platform | Prague | March 5 – 11, 2012

East European Forum, Doc Launch, East Silver Videolibrary, Project Market

Institute of Documentary Film would like to invite all members of the international professional community to the inaugural edition of the new East Doc Platform - an umbrella industry event dedicated to supporting East European documentary films in all stages of completion. Organized by IDF in association with One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival from March 5 through 11, 2012, the East Doc Platform features our staple events, such as the East European Forum, Doc Launch presentation, Project Market, as well as the new East Silver Videolibrary with a fresh portion of spring documentary titles. In addition to that, the diverse industry programme is being composed, offering master classes, case studies, lectures, seminars, discussions, screenings and more, while providing documentary professionals with important networking opportunities.

The option to get accredited for the Industry programme is now open. Majority of the East Doc Platform programme in Prague will be open for accredited professionals only, so we suggest you register online before it is late. You are safe & sound if you do so by February 9, 2012.

Since 2012, East Silver brings out new documentary films from the Central and Eastern European region twice a year! After the 8th edition took place in October in Jihlava, the video library with fresh titles will be open soon again within the East Doc Platform in March in Prague. This is the reason why submissions for the upcoming 9th Jihlava edition are open all year round. However, if you submit your film by January 10, 2012, your film will be considered for the new East Silver Videolibrary in Prague.

We are happy to see the interest many Eastern European professionals show as we received nearly 130 projects applying for East European Forum, Doc Launch presentation, and Project Market. The board of experts is now preselecting the most suitable ones to participate at the spring session in Prague. IDF will announce the final pick in the early February.

Project Market will once again allow the delegates with eligible documentary projects meet individually with commissioning editors, distributors, sales agents, fund and festival representatives from across Europe and North America. Since we have prolonged our deadline, you can still apply for Project Market by January 15. The market coordinator is already at your disposal, you may direct your questions and meeting requests to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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