Second edition of Odessa IFF builds bridges to Europe
ODESSA: The Grand Prix of the Odessa International Film Festival (15-23 July 2011) was awarded to the French film Tomboy directed by Celine Sciamma. The OIFF’s main prize, the Golden…
Six Degrees in Production
WARSAW: The team behind the award-winning Rabbit a la Berlin has begun shooting the concept documentary Six Degrees, which takes a literal and exploratory look at the theory that everyone…
Six Degrees in Production
WARSAW: The team behind the award-winning Rabbit a la Berlin has begun shooting the concept documentary Six Degrees, which takes a literal and exploratory look at the theory that everyone…
FESTIVALS: 11th IFF New Horizons Opens
WROCLAW: The 11th New Horizons Film Festival www.nowehoryzonty.pl (21-31 July 2011) opened with Berlinale winner Nader And Simin, A Separation by Asghar Farhadi and Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Once Upon a…
TVN Picks Up Minute to Win It
WARSAW: Private broadcaster TVN is working on a Polish version of the American game show Minute To Win It.
UOKiK Restricts Sale of Aster Cable
WARSAW: Polish Office of Consumer and Competition Protection (UOKiK) set conditions to prevent UPC from monopolizing the Polish cable television market after taking over cable broadcaster Aster.
Vajna Bails out Hungarian Producers
BUDAPEST: The Hungarian National Film Fund announced on 20 July 2011 that it has reached an agreement to purchase the claims of three banks with loans to Hungarian film producers.
FESTIVALS: New Horizons Hosts Workshops
WROCLAW: The second edition of the New Horizons Studio takes place 23-26 July 2011, during the 11th New Horizons Film Festival, opening 21 July in Wroclaw.
Bulgaria’s National Film Center Reopens Grants Sessions
SOFIA: The National Film Center (www.nfc.bg) will hold a grants session during the second half of 2011. Due to heavy financial restrictions the normal selection process of the film finding…
PRODUCTION: Dracula Meets Stoker to Shoot in Romania
BUCHAREST: Bestselling writer Dacre Stoker, the great-grand-nephew of Bram Stoker, is preparing Dracula Meets Stoker, a docu-feature in 3D planned for release in 2012 on the occasion of the centennial…
PRODUCTION: Dracula Meets Stoker to Shoot in Romania
BUCHAREST: Bestselling writer Dacre Stoker, the great-grand-nephew of Bram Stoker, is preparing Dracula Meets Stoker, a docu-feature in 3D planned for release in 2012 on the occasion of the centennial…
PRODUCTION: Animated Kreskostoria in Production
WARSAW: Xantus Studio is working on Kreskostoria (Linestory), a original cartoon series about Polish history for cinema and television release. The film will be an entertainment and educational series presenting…
Poland Announces 2011 Grants
The Polish Film Institute has announced grants for 22 films, for a total of PLN 10 million. Included are production grants for four feature films, six documentary films, and one…
Poland Approved Digitalization Bill
WARSAW: Polish President Bronisław Komorowski has approved a "digitalization" bill ending the use of analogue transmitters in Poland by June 2013.
Bulgaria Debates Amendment to TV and Radio Act
SOFIA: Legal proposals to repeal restrictions to prime time advertising and product placement on Bulgarian National Television (BNT, www.bnt.bg) and Bulgarian National Radio (www.bnr.bg) have passed a first reading at…
Croatia Approves Tax Incentives Bill
ZAGREB: The Croatian Parliament adopted an amendment to it Audiovisual Law which introduces a 20% tax rebate for film production costs. The law was passed on 15 July 2011.
New regulation on product placement
The new amendment to the Polish Broadcasting Act 1992 legalizes product placement in television and radio. Since May 23, 2011 as the act comes into force, the broadcasters will be…
FNE launches new Salans legal column for film professionals
WARSAW: FNE is happy to announce the launch a new column from leading intellectual property and audiovisual law specialists. Experts from Salans IP & New Tachnology team headed by Małgorzata…
PRODUCTION: Signal Begins Filming
PRAGUE: Czech director Tomas Rehorek is shooting Signal, a Czech comedy, for producer Tomas Hoffman, who also produced the 2010 Czech blockbuster Women in Temptation.
FESTIVALS: CEE Films Compete at Locarno
Three Romanian films screen in the main competition of the 68th Locarno film festival,3-13 August 2011, including a Polish coproduction, while Croatia, Poland and Romania compete in the short film…
