France tops Czech box office

French family film Asterix at the Olympic Games led the Czech box office for the first five months of 2008, according to results from Czech distributors. The remaing seven slots…
07-07-2008

Documentaries in post-production draw strong interest at Karlovy Vary

The fourth edition of Docu Talents from the East at the Karlovy Vary film festival on July 7 attracted over 70 buyers, distributors, festival representatives, journalists and film industry professionals…
07-07-2008

Works in Progress draws overflow crowd

Robust industry interest boosted attendance at the Karlovy Vary film festival (KVIFF.com) East of the West Works in Progress 2008 presentations. Producers from 26 films showed clips to a standing…
06-07-2008

Lithuanian film receives first EURIMAGES grant

European Cinema Support fund EURIMAGES has awarded a €160,000 grant to the Lithuanian film project Low Lights (director Ignas Miskinis, producer Ieva Norviliene), the first EURIMAGES grant ever given to…
06-07-2008

Holland film signs new co-producers

Polish public television TVP and Polish Telecommunications (TP) will co-produce the Agnieszka Holland film Christine -War My Love!
06-07-2008

Works in Progress draws overflow crowd

Robust industry interest boosted attendance at the Karlovy Vary film festival (KVIFF.com) East of the West Works in Progress 2008 presentations. Producers from 26 films showed clips to a standing…
06-07-2008

Advertising revenue growth prompts Comedy Central launch in Hungary

Entertainment channel Comedy Central (www.comedycentral.com), part of the Viacom media conglomerate (www.viacom.com) is expanding its reach in Eastern Europe with a launch in Hungary.
03-07-2008

Poland pushes hits and works in progress at Karlovy Vary

The programme of this year's edition of the Karlovy Vary IFF festival lists four Polish titles, but that is not the only way that Poland will be represented at the…
03-07-2008

First Hungarian production shooting at Korda Studios

The €2.5 million (HUF588 million) romantic comedy, Chameleon, marks the arrival of Hungarian filmmaking to the €91M Korda Studios' premises (www.kordafilmstudio.hu).
03-07-2008

Karlovy Vary film festival East of the West competition Muzika

Muzika (Music), actor-director Juraj Nvota's Slovak/German film about the joys and travails of musicians and music lovers, will be screened on July 7 and 8 in competition at the Karlovy…
03-07-2008

Beauty in Trouble expands US release

Beauty in Trouble, from director/writer team of Jan Hrebejek and Petr Jarchovsky, has gone into its third week of screenings in the U.S.
02-07-2008

Karlovy Vary film festival East of the West competition Mao Tse Tung

A rare Albanian entry joins the East of the West competition line-up: Besnik Bisha's ironic take on the era of totalitarian leader Enver Hoxha, Mao Tse Tung. Following years of…
02-07-2008

Kids Channel Launches in Bulgaria

HIT Entertainment and Chellomedia's pre-school channel JimJam will launch in Bulgaria in July. The channel is first launched internationally seven months ago, and has a Central and East European feed.
02-07-2008

Lithuanian digital TV service expands

Lithuanian telecommunications company TEO announced expansion of its digital TV service Gala to reach 95% of the country's population. TEO expects to reach all households by the end of 2008.
02-07-2008

MTV Malta Special will become annual event

The Times of Malta reported that the Isle of MTV Malta Special is to become an annual event. According to the report, MTV executives met with the Prime Minister of…
02-07-2008

Hungarian buyers and sellers on the way to Karlovy Vary

Hungarian films and distributors will be out in force at this year's Karlovy Vary film festival, running July 4-12, with Magyar Filmunio, the promotion body of Hungarian film, leading the…
01-07-2008

Karlovy Vary film festival East of the West competition I Was Here

The second feature by Estonian director Rene Vilbre, I Was Here is continuing the recent wave of Estonian cinema on the international arena with the world premiere in Karlovy Vary's…
01-07-2008

Central Europeans Rediscover Moscow

Central European filmmakers have rediscovered Russia with a major focus on central European film at the 30th Moscow International Film Festival (www.moscowfilmfestival.ru), which ran June 19-28.
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CME purchases increased stake in Studio 1+1

Central European Media Enterprises (CME), which operates 16 TV channels in 6 countries in Central and Eastern Europe reaching 90 million people, announced that it had completed the purchase of…
01-07-2008

TV3 CEO resigns

C21 Media reported that Ramunas Saucikovas, CEO of Lithuanian station TV3, will leave at the end of July. Saucikovas has served in the position for eight years. TV3 is owned…
01-07-2008