PRODUCTION: Radu Muntean and Alex Baciu Shooting Prison Documentary

BUCHAREST: After four feature films - Rage, The Paper Will Be Blue, Boogie and Tuesday, After Christmas - screenwriter-director Radu Muntean is filming a long documentary about Romanian prisoners who…
11-05-2011

DISCOP Announces 2011 Schedule of Events

BUDAPEST: DISCOP Budapest (www.discop.com), the leading TV market for Central and Eastern Europe, has rolled out a four-day schedule of events, beginning with DISCOPRO, a traning and networking programme on…
10-05-2011

Central Europe Sees Growth in Cinema Attendance

With the exception of Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary, Central European territories saw the national share of total box office rise in 2010, according to a new report by the European…
10-05-2011

ScripTeast at Cannes

WARSAW: ScripTeast (www.scripteast.pl), the script development workshop for experienced screenwriters from Central and Eastern Europe, will award its Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Awardduring the Cannes film festival, with the writers of…
08-05-2011

EFP Producers on the Move Screenings at Cannes

Bulgaria's Kamen Kalev and Hungary's Attila Csaky are among this year's European Film Promotion (www.efp-online.com) Producers on the Move who will have films and project presentations at the Cannes film…
04-05-2011

EFP 2011 Producers on the Move

This year 26 up-and-coming young European producers will head to Cannes for European Film Promotion's Producers on the Move presentation and networking events. Profiles on the producers follow:
02-05-2011

CME Revenues on the Rise in Q1 Statement

PRAGUE: Although still operating in the red, Central European Media Enterprises (CME, www.cetv-net.com) showed marked improvement over 2010 results in its first quarter earnings statement, released on 27 April 2011.…
27-04-2011

FNE - IDF DocBlock: Jan Vrijman Fund Looking For Projects

IDFA's Jan Vrijman Fund is now looking for proposals for creative documentaries and events that offer a platform for documentaries and filmmakers in and from developing countries. Application deadline: May…
27-04-2011

Cartoon Forum Call for Scholarship Applications

Cartoon Forum has announced a call for scholarship applicants from the new MEDIA member countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia) for…
26-04-2011

Czech and Slovak Blockbuster Bathory Continues International Success

PRAGUE: Juraj Jakubisko's Czech and Slovak production Bathory continues its winning streak both commercially and on the festival circuit. Bathory was awarded the top prizes at Houston Worldfest which took…
25-04-2011

FNE - IDF DocBlock: Hungarian/German Awards Bosch Prize

The Robert Bosch Stiftung awarded a total of 210,000 euros to three CEE films, including a Hungarian/German documentary, Roma Rally, and the Romanian/German short film Pepsi directed by Peter Kerek.
21-04-2011

TeliaSonera Reports Declining Revenues

Swedish telecom group TeliaSonera reported a drop of 6% in revenues for the first quarter of 2011. The company has operations in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
20-04-2011

EFP Unveils Producers on the Move

Central Europe will make a strong showing at European Film Promotion's (EFP) Producers on the Move event taking place 14-17 May at the 2011 Cannes IFF.
19-04-2011

CTAM Expands Cable Awards Competition

Tne 5th annual Creative Awards Program (CAP), taking place in Malta on 22 September 2011, has announced it is accepting entries from non-CTAM Europe members, the European branch of the…
18-04-2011

FESTIVALS: Pal Adrienne Awarded at Crossing Europe

LINZ: Hungarian director Ágnes Kocsis' drama Pal Adrienne received the Audience Award at the Crossing Europe festival (www.crossingEurope.at) closing ceremony on 16 April 2011. The film previously was the recipient…
17-04-2011

FESTIVALS: Turkey, Romania Get Cannes Slots

CANNES: Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan won a coveted Cannes competition slot with his film Once Upon a Time in Anatolya (Bir Zamanlar Andolu'da), as did expat Romanian director Radu…
14-04-2011

FNE - IDF DocBlock: "Father and Son"

My father and I get into an old camper and head for Paris where, 23 years ago, he dispersed his mother's ashes in the Luxembourg Garden. Our trip will take…
06-04-2011

FESTIVALS: New Europe Film Put Spotlight on CEE

EDINBURGH: Romanian director Andrei Ujica's The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu opened the 5th New Europe Film Festival (www.neweuropefilm.com), which runs through 12 April at the Filmhouse in Edinburgh. This year's…
03-04-2011