Estonia Announces 2011 Film Grants

TALLINN: The Estonian Ministry of Culture announced funding support for the production of five film projects being shot as international coproductions with the involvement of Estonian producers. The ministry's total…
18-05-2011

PRODUCTION: September Eleven 1638 Shooting in Romania

WARSAW: Filming on the Italian-Polish-Turkish coproduction September Eleven 1638 (previously titled Battle Of Vienna), one of the biggest European projects of the year, began 2 May 2011 in Romania.
18-05-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Slovakia

BRATISLAVA: While locally produced content enjoys comparatively high viewership in Slovakia, domestic TV channels’ foreign sales and cross-border coproduction activities are still in their infancy, with neighbouring Czech Republic holding…
18-05-2011

ScripTeast Applications Open

ScripTeast, the screenwriting lab now wrapping up in Cannes, is accepting applications for its next session, which begins in September.
18-05-2011

FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Competition: Le Harve

CANNES: Director Aki Kaurismaki’s first film in French language, Le Harve, loses none of the distinctive Kaurismaki style and ironic humour. Shot in the French seaport of Le Harve, the…
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FESTIVALS: Kaunas Partners with NISI MASA

The Kaunas International Film Festival ( www.kinofestivalis.lt) announced that it has become the official representative of the European network of film associations NISI MASA in Lithuania.
17-05-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Canal + Increases Polish Content

WARSAW: As a part of its new strategy in Poland, Canal + will increase its support of local series and film co-productions, station executives told FNE.
17-05-2011

Steep Decline for Romanian Media Market

BUCHAREST: Advertising spend was down 37% in Romania in 2010, according to the newly released Media Fact Book. Acvertising dropped across all segments of the market, with TV ad spend…
17-05-2011

Digital Subscriptions Rise in Hungary

BUDAPEST: Digital subscriptions climbed by slight over 1% during the month of March, according to the latest data released by the National Media and Infocommunications Authority.
17-05-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Romania

BUCHAREST: MediaPro Pictures (www.mediapropictures.com), the Romanian-based production arm of Central European Media Enterprises (CME), is leading the way in exporting original content from Central and Eastern Europe. Thus far, 11…
17-05-2011

FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Competition: Tree of Life

CANNES: Director Terrence Malick has succeeded in creating the very first American myth as film for the post war generation. No American who grew up in the 1950's will fail…
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PRODUCTION: Omega Rose Filming in Romania

BUCHAREST: Romanian director George Dorobanţu is completing the filming of his third feature, the science fiction film Omega Rose. The main shooting took place in August-September 2009, with additional photography…
16-05-2011

Latvia Hosts Asian Film Shoot

Latvia will stand in for the coast of France in the pan-Asian film My Way, a World War II film about two Asian soldiers during the landing on the coast…
16-05-2011

Kanal TV Announces June Launch in Estonia

TALLINN: Estonian TV channel Kanal 2 will add a third channel to offerings, Kanal 12, scheduled to begin broadcasts on 8 June 2011. Kanal 2 added a women's channel, Kanal…
16-05-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Recycling TV Content Produced in CEE

When DISCOP East (www.discop.com) launched in Budapest twenty years ago under the direction of DISCOP founder Patrick Jucaud, TV in Central and Eastern Europe was still in the process of…
16-05-2011

Romania's Digital Law Awaits Approval

BUCHAREST: The Romanian law on the switch to digital broadcasting is now awaiting approval of the state ministries, according to local reports.
15-05-2011

Romanian TV Announces 2010 Deficit

BUCHAREST: Revenues rose slightly, but not enough to cover the 2010 deficit at Romania's state broadcaster. Romanian public television station SRTV (www.tvr.ro) recorded a deficit of 38.5 million euro (162…
15-05-2011