Hungarian-Irish co-operation agreement signed
A bilateral agreement was signed during the Berlinale between the Irish Film Board (www.irishfilmboard.ie) and the Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary (www.mmka.hu).
Bulgarian films find international buyers
Three Bulgarian productions and co-productions are on their way to international distribution, following the EFM in Berlin.
New cinema chain planned for Baltics
New Europe Cinemas plans to open its first in a chain of cinemas in Latvia in August 2009.
TVN posts profits, but sees 4th quarter decline
Poland's leading commercial broadcaster TVN posted a 22% increase in revenues in 2008, but saw fourth quarter losses of over 30%.
Intersonic nominated for Cartoon Movie award
Slovak distribution company Intersonic has been nominated for Best European Distributor by the European Association of Animation Films for its Cartoon Movie Tributes.
New channels for digital TV in Malta
Malta's digital TV provider Melita is adding two new sports and nature themed channels to its package.
EU countries moving forward on digital TV switch
The EU Commission announced that all member states but one are on target for a total switchover from analogue to digital TV by 2012.
Turkish film fund deadline looms
The first application round for the film fund provided by Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism will be completed by February 23.
Shooting of “Guilt” wraps
Director Vassilis Mazomenos has completed filming on Guilt, which was entirely shot in Cyprus, and has now returned to Athens for editing.
SPI "dis"claims 2009 record opening weekend
SPI International Poland's Lords of the Flies' racked up impressive opening week-end numbers, with 157,344 admissions, comparing favorably to 2008's top ten Polish films.
Recep Ivedik 2 breaks all time box office record in Turkey
Sahan Gokbakar starrer Recep Ivedik 2 with 1,209.433 admissions in three days over the weekend broke the all time opening weekend record of Valley of the Wolf with 1,100,000 admissions…
Lithuanian documentary gets cinema distribution
Agne Marcinkeviciute's documentary Dance in thte Desert premieres on February 18 in Vilnius with nation-wide distribution beginning on February 19
30 films competes for Polish Film Awards ‘Eagles’ 2009
The 11th edition of Polish Film Awards ‘Eagles' 2009 has begun with the votes by members of Polish Film Academy.
Solid opening week for Karamazovs in Poland
Petr Zelenka's The Karamazovs racked up nearly 9,000 admissions in its first week in distribution in Polish cinemas.
New cuts in film funding
Estonia's government on Thursday, February 12, moved to cut over €500 million from the 2009 state budget which is expected to decrease annual subsidies for the Estonian Film Foundation, the…
Cooking History documentary heads to cinemas
Peter Kerekes´ new full-length documentary film Cooking History (Ako sa varia dejiny) has its Slovak premiere on February 18th.
FNE in Berlin: Tobruk - first Czech film in SONY 4 K scores big for Marhoul
Tobruk the first Czech film to use the SONY 4 K technology has scored big on the international as well as the domestic market.
Marhoul scores big in Berlin with WWII epic Tobruk
Prague based director, producer and scriptwriter Vaclav Marhoul has scored big with his three million Euro WWII Czech historic action drama Tobruk.
Polish-Czech Hel moves into production
Hel, a debut feature from Kinga Dębska, started shooting on February 10, after spending two years pre-production.
News channel sold to journalist
Well know Slovenian journalist Vladimir Vodušek has bought a majority share in commercial news station Info TV (www.infotv.si) from its founder Leo Oblak.
