Production: Marian Crişan shoots Morgen

Short film Palme d'Or winner Marian Crişan (Megatron, 2008) is in production with his feature debut, Morgen, the story of a Romanian who goes fishing and comes home with a…
19-10-2009

Production: Tamás Sas filming Night of the Singles

Tamás Sas (Nine and Half Dates, S.O.S. Love) is in production with a romantic comedy, Night of the Singles (Szinglik éjszakája).
16-10-2009

Production: Pigs with Wings films in Poland

Director Anna Kazejak explores the world of Polish soccer fans, where the morals and loyalty have a shape of their own, in Pigs with Wings, currently in production.
15-10-2009

Production: Constantin Popescu shoots Principles of Life

Constantin Popescu (Tales from the Golden Age) is directing Principles of Life with Vlad Ivanov (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)appearing in hi first leading role on screen.
14-10-2009

Hungarian box office on the rise

Both cinema attendance and box office showed growth in Hungary through August, 2009.
13-10-2009

Bathory preps holiday DVD release

Will lightning strike twice? Bathory, the record-breaking film credited with reviving Slovak interest in domestic films, hopes so, with a holiday edition DVD release planned in Slovakia and the Czech…
13-10-2009

Mid Europa Partners acquires Bulgaria's ITV

Mid Europa Partners (www.mideuropa.com) announced that it has completed acquisition of Bulgarian pay-TV operator ITV.
13-10-2009

3-D TV airs in Romania

Mix 2 Braşov has become the first TV channel to air a 3D show in Romania.
12-10-2009

Intersonic signs deal with FreMantle

Slovak and Czech distributor Intersonic (www.intersonic.sk) has signed a home entertainment deal with FreMantle Media.
12-10-2009

Production: New documentary co-productions from Romania

Two new Romanian feature-length documentaries exploring the country's traditional past are attracting international co-production partners.
12-10-2009

Prix Arte nomination for Cooking History

Slovak director Peter Kerekes' film Cooking History has been nominated for the European Film Academy's Prix Arte for best documentary.
11-10-2009

Viasat enters Estonian IPTV market

Viasat, a division of the Modern Times Group, is launching pay-TV channels in Estonia via the IPTV and broadband provider Elion.
11-10-2009

ScripTeast workshop wraps

ScripTeast (www.scripteast.pl), the Independent Film Foundation training program in scriptwriting which concluded in the Ossoliński Palace in Sterdyń on October 2, presented the following five films in the early stages…
11-10-2009

Lithuania nominates Vortex for foreign-language Oscar

Gytis Lukšas feature film Vortex (Duburys), recipient of the the Silver Crane award in Lithuania for best actress Oksana Borbat, and best supporing actors Vladimiras Jefrenovas and Jūratė Onaitytė, has…
09-10-2009

Production: Poker begins filming

Romanian director Sergiu Nicolaescu has started shooting Poker , an adaptation of a successful play written by Adrian Lustig and staged at the Comedy Theater in Bucharest 5 years ago.
09-10-2009

Digital center planned for Baltic film school

The Tallinn-based international Baltic Film and Media School (BFM) has launched an architectural competition for its new prmemises, complete with a digital cluster, due for completion by the end of…
07-10-2009

Tales from the Golden Age tops Romanian box office

Tales from the Golden Age, produced, written and co-directed by Cristian Mungiu, together with Ioana Uricaru, Hanno Hofer, Răzvan Mărculescu and Constantin Popescu, has drawn the highest admission on opening…
07-10-2009

Romania nominates Police, Adjective for foreign-language Oscar

Corneliu Porumboiu's film Police, Adjective, recipient of the FIPRESCI Prize and Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes at Cannes, has been chosen as Romania's entry for…
07-10-2009

Production: Alexandru Maftei in post-production with Hello, How Are You?

The first feature from Romanian director Alexandru Maftei, Hello, How Are You?, is a romantic comedy about a husband and wife who fall in love via the internet, hiding their…
07-10-2009

Emmy nomination for Seven Gates of Jerusalem

State broadcaster Polish Television (TVP, www.tvp.pl) has received an Emmy nomination for the televised music special Seven Gates of Jerusalem by Jaroslaw Minkowicz and Tomasz Baginski.
06-10-2009