Canal Plus Takes Stake in TVN
WARSAW: France's Canal Plus will acquire what is described as a "significant minority stake" in leading commercial Polish broadcaster TVN. TVN stock fell more than 10%, to 12.73 zloty on…
Slovakia Abolishes TV Fees
BRATISLAVA: A bill that will end the TV license fee for TV households has passed a vote in the Slovak Parliament. The TV license fee will be abolished beginning in…
Poland Discusses Film Agreement with India
The Polish Minister of culture met with India's Minister of Information and Broadcasting on 2 November 2011 to discuss increasing cooperation on film coproductions.
FESTIVALS: Bratislava IFF Competition
BRATISLAVA: Eleven films will compete in the main competition of the Bratislava IFF (www.iffbratislava.com, 4-9 Novembe4 2011) dedicated to first and second feature films. The Slovak Republic sends Visible World…
GRANTS: TIFF Receives Largest CNC Grant
BUCHAREST: Tranyslvania International Film Festival (www.tiff.ro) received the biggest grant, 144,418 Euro (621,000 RON) from the National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro) for its 2012 edition.
PRODUCTION: Mission: Afghanistan Wraps First Shoot
WARSAW: Grzegorz Kuczeriszka has finished the first part of the shoot for Mission: Afghanistan, an original Polish series produced by Akson Studio for Canal+. The production will resume in April…
Endorfilm Wins HBO Competition
JIHLAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC: The Czech production company Endorfilm (www.endorfilm.cz) and documentary director Dagmar Smrzova won the East Silver HBO competition for a documentary project with Pribeh Lasky (The Story of…
Verbascum Begins Mass Documentary Distribution
JIHLAVA: Czech producer/distributor Richard Nemec is teaming up with the Jihlava IDFF (www.dokument-festival.cz) to simultaneously distribute a slate of five Czech documentaries in cinemas throughout the Czech Republic.
Bruce Willis Not Shooting Die Hard 6 in Prague
PRAGUE: The Czech Republic came up short in a bid for locations of the the new Hollywood movie Die Hard 6 which is scheduled to be shot in 2012. Prague…
PRODUCTION: TVN Medical Series Alicia's Hospital
TORUN: Polish private broadcaster TVN had moved into production with Alicia's Hospital, a new medical drama series. The show will premiere in 2012.
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian documentary Zone in Postproduction
The Lithuanian documentary film Zone (Nebalta drobė) directed by Jurga Naraškevičiūtė is now in postproduction.
Lithuanian documentary Zone in Postproduction
The Lithuanian documentary film Zone (Nebalta drobė) directed by Jurga Naraškevičiūtė is now in postproduction.
PRODUCTION: Conspiracy in Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak directorial duo Gabriel Hoštaj and Roman Lazar are in post-production with Conspiracy, a feature debut for both artists, which should be completed by the end of 2011.
Conspiracy in Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak directorial duo Gabriel Hoštaj and Roman Lazar are in post-production with Conspiracy, a feature debut for both artists, which should be completed by the end of 2011.
POLAND: New must-carry/must-offer regulation may lead to copyright infringement
On the basis of the latest amendment of the broadcasting law which came into force on August 10, 2011, the must-carry obligation imposed on the operators was significantly reshaped. Eventually,…
POLAND: Collective rights management organizations wants tariffs authorized by Copyright Commission
At the moment there are several proceedings pending before the Copyright Commission initiated by collective rights management organizations ("CRMOs") like: ZAiKS, SFP, ZASP, which are aim to have their table…
Bakhmaro, Solar Eclipse Win Top Awards at Jihlava
JIHLAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC: Czech director Martin Marecek took home two of the main prizes at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival Festival (www.dokument-festival.com) at the awards ceremony on 29 October…
Obsurantist Wins FNE Visegrad Prix at Jihlava
JIHLAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC: Obscurantist and His Lineage or the Pyramids' Tearful Valleys (Tmář a jeho rod aneb Slzavé údolí pyramid, Czech Republic/Slovakia, 2011) by legendary Czech experimental documentary filmmaker Karel…
PRODUCTION: A Fold in My Blanket Completes Shooting
TBILISI: Zaza Rusadze's feature debut A Fold in My Blanket (produced by Zazarfilm, www.zazarusadze.com) is wrapping the principal shooting.
PRODUCTION: Across the Mountain in Development
BUCHAREST: Ileana Stănculescu, whose first documentary The Bridge/Podul peste Tisa won First Appereance Award at IDFA in 2004, is developing Across the Mountain, a creative documentary about the friendship between…
