Hungarian filmmaker Bacsó dies

Hungarian director and screenwriter Péter Bacsó died March 11 at age 81.
17-03-2009

Bulgarian Film Industry Faces Threat of Major Funding Cuts

The recent renaissance of Bulgarian film will grind to a halt if the government goes ahead with the planned cuts to subsidies of 59% in 2009.
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New Mafilm studio construction underway

Construction of a new Mafilm studio in Fot, replacing a studio destroyed by fire two years ago, began in February.
16-03-2009

FNE in Sofia: Sofia IFF brings industry and art together

The 13th edition of the Sofia International Film Festival, 5-15 March, attracted local crowds as well as European industry professionals of both feature and documentary films from all over Europe…
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New film complex launches in Poland

A new film studio complex under the direction of Stanisław Tyczyński has opened in Alwernia, near Cracow.
15-03-2009

Bulgarian telecom sale to Austria on hold

The sale of the broadcasting division of Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC) to Austria's Oesterreichischer Rundfunksender has been postponed.
12-03-2009

CEE channels grow ProSeibenSat.1

Despite a drop in consolidated revenues for the ProSiebenSat.1 Media group, stations in Hungary and Romania accounted for a growing percentage of the corporations's revenues.
12-03-2009

TV ARTE breaks off with TVP

The German-French cultural channel ARTE broke of co-operation with Polish public broadcaster TVP, citing the political leanings of TVP's new chairman.
12-03-2009

TVM increase lead in Malta

The release of the fourth quarter Malta Broadcasting Authority's report shows station TVM increasing its lead to 35% of viewers.
11-03-2009

Hungarian Istanbul in preproduction

Rising young Hungarian director Ferenc Torok (Overnight) has signed on to make Istanbul, a Hungarian-Dutch-Turkish-German co-production.
11-03-2009

Polish film grants announced

The Polish Film Institute (PISF) has announced the results of its first round of film grants for 2009.
10-03-2009

Bulgarian Tilt starts shooting in Germany

Viktor Chouchkov Jr.'s ambitious and youthful Tilt, based on a script by Dimitar Kotzev-Shosho and producer Borislav Chouchkov, begins filming on March 13.
10-03-2009

Menzel to make Croatian docs

Oscar-winning Czech director Jiri Menzel is headed to Croatia for a pair of documentary projects.
10-03-2009

FNE at the Polish Eagles: 2009

This year's Polish Eagles, the annual awards for Polish feature films, were dominated by Malgorzata Szumowska's 33 Scenes From Life which won best film and Waldemar Krzystek's Little Moscow, which…
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FNE at the Czech Lions 2009

Petr Zelenka's The Karamazovs, based on a theatre production of the famous book, picked up the prize for both best film and best director at this year's Czech Lions, (7…
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EFP's "Up Next" reunites distributors in Sofia

"European Distributors: Up Next!", launched by European Film Promotion at the San Sebastian festival last September, has spawned a planned reunion of independent Central European distributors during the Sofia Meetings,…
09-03-2009

Hungary predicts ad decline in 2009

Hungarian media experts predict a 10% drop in TV advertising in 2009, according to local reports.
09-03-2009

Mancs in preproduction

Mancs, a Hungarian-French-German-Irish co-production movie about a famous life-saving dog, will begin filming in autumn.
09-03-2009

Recep Ivedik 2 nears all-time record

Recep Ivedik 2 is challenging the box office record of Recep Ivedik 1 with 3.7 million admission in its third week, a slight drop from its 4.3 million in week…
08-03-2009

Czech Lions honour Karamazovs and Tobruk

The Karamazovs (Karamazovi) by director Petr Zelenka won best movie of 2008 at the Czech Lions, the annual awards of Czech film and television academy (www.cfta.cz).
08-03-2009