Estonian Films in Berlin
{mosimage}TALLINN: Estonia will present one film in competition in Berlin and three films in the market.
Lithuania Launch Berlin EFM Stand
VILNIUS: Lithuania announces its film comeback with a stand at the European Film Market in Berlin, celebrating the golden age of Lithuanian film.
Golden Beggar Sets June Dates
{mosimage}KOSICE, SLOVAKIA: The 18th International Festival of Local Televisions "The Golden Beggar" (www.festival.sk) is scheduled for 12-16 June 2012 in Kosice, Slovakia.
Polish, Romanian Projects at Berlinale Co-Production Market
{mosimage}WARSAW, BUCHAREST: New films from Anna Kazejak, Kasia Adamik and Tudor Giurgiu are looking for co-producers and sales agents at the Berlinale coproduction market.
Filmbox reports record growth levels in Poland
{mosimage}WARSAW: Filmbox channel in Poland has recorded impressive growth of over 90% (0,17% SHR) in November 2011 and 58,4% in December 2011, according to data produced by Nielsen Audience Measurement…
Slovakia Announces 2011 Grants
{mosimage}BRATISLAVA: In 2011, Slovak filmmakers received a total of €4,427,380 from the Slovak Audiovisual Fund (www.avf.sk) for the development and production of their projects.
PRODUCTION: Children of the Fall in Postproduction
ZAGREB: Goran Rukavina is in postproduction with Children of the Fall about a man waiting for his missing wife, produced by Zvonimir Munivrana and Corvus Film (www.corvusfilm.hr).
Bollywood and Al Jazeera to Launch in Romania
BUCHAREST: Romania will see the arrival of Indian and Arab channels, as well as the closure of another channel.
EEFA Spotlights CEE Projects at Trieste
{mosimage}Film projects from Georgia, Croatia, Turkey and Hungary were presented at the latest edition of When East Meets West.
PRODUCTION: Mungiu in production on Provisory
BUCHAREST: Palme d'Or winner Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) is currently filming Provisory, a drama inspired by the tragic death of a young woman in a…
Norkring Exits Slovenia
LJUBLJANA: Norwegian broadcast service provider Norkring (www.norkring.com) announced it is ceasing operations in Slovenia beginning in early March 2012.
PRODUCTION: The Timber Shooting in Romania
BUCHAREST: The American mid-budget western-thriller The Timber produced by Patrick Newall, Scott Einbinder and Ana Media is currently in production in the Carpathian Mountains and at MediaPro Studios (www.mediaprostudios.com).
Equity Investment Course Opens Applications
{mosimage}A new equity investment training course, Closing The Gap (www.closing-the-gap.net), is accepting applications for its next session.
Slovak Ad Market Up
BRATISLAVA: Data from TNS Slovakia shows that the TV advertising market in Slovakia Increased 18% in 2011.
Captain Phillips Scouts Malta
{mosimage}Peter Busuttil, head of the Malta Film Commission, said that Malta is in discussions to bring Captain Phillips to Malta for location filming.
PRODUCTION: Sick in Postproduction
ZAGREB: Hrvoje Mabic is completing production on Sick, a 70 minute long lenght documentary following a young woman commited to a hospital by her parents to be "treated" for homosexuality,…
BBC Launches on Cyfrowy Polsat
WARSAW: BBC announced the launch of BBC HD on Cyfrowy Polsat (www.cyfrowypolsat.pl ) on 1 February 2012.
Slovenia Announces Grants
{mosimage}LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Film Centre has announced the list of films which are receiving funding in its 2011 round of grants for feature films, documentaries, coproduction films, medium length and…
Romanian Channel Launches Public Offering
{mosimage}BUCHAREST: Nasul TV (www.nasul.tv), the first Romanian channel financed 20% by public shares, is set to begin broadcasting at the end of February.
FESTIVALS: Berlinale Light on CEE Films
{mosimage}As it wraps up its official line-up, the Berlinale is making space for a limited number of films from its Central European neighbors, with the exception of German speaking Austria.
