Budget Cuts Endanger Plans for Hungarian Public Televisions to Play Bigger Role in Film Production
BUDAPEST: Plans for the newly restructured public television in Hungary to play a greater role in film and TV drama production have been endangered by government cuts to the new…
FNE - IDF DocBloc: Some Of Your Energy Needed For One World 2011
The 13th One World - International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival takes place March 8 - 17, 2011, with over 100 documentaries divided into several sections. Several new programmes have…
Lithuania Sees Mixed 2011 Q4 Telecoms Results
Broadband penetration and subscribers rose in Lithuania during the fourth quarter of 2011, but a decrease in fixed and mobile telephone subscribers led to an overall decline in the telecoms…
PRODUCTION: Christmas at Castlebury Hall Will Shoot in Romania
BUCHAREST: American director Michael Damian is in Bucharest where he will shoot his feature Christmas at Castlebury Hall, a romantic comedy about a young woman and her orphaned nephews who…
TVP Signs VOD Agreement with UPC
WARSAW: Polish cable provider UPC is adding productions by public broadcaster TVP to its VOD (video on demand) offer. Before signing the contract with UPC, TVP presented some of its…
PRODUCTION: Hip Hop Drama You Are God Begins Filming
Polish director Leszek Dawid had started shooting You Are God (Jesteś Bogiem), a drama about legendary Polish rapers, on 22 February 2011. The film is based on a true story…
Rising Annual Revenues Help Offset CME Fourth Quarter Loss
HAMILTON, BERMUDA: Central European Media Enterprises (CME, www.cetv-net.com) turned around its performance in 2010, going from a 2009 loss of 97.2 million to net income of 100.2 million in 2010.…
New Polish Distributor Picks up Internet Indie Film
Spectator, a new distribution company which bowed on the Polish market in December 2010, will use Everything (Wszystko), an independent short film by Artur Wyrzykowski, to introduce a new distribution…
PRODUCTION: 365 New Years in Development
BUCHAREST: Paul Negoescu is developing his first feature, 365 New Years/365 de revelioane (working title), the story of a young man breaking up with his girlfriend on New Years Eve.…
PRODUCTION: Lubaszenko Filming Blow Follow-up
Polish actor/director/producer Olaf Lubaszenko is near the completion of filming A Moment of Carelessness, or A Second Blow (Chwila nieuwagi, czyli drugi sztos), the sequel to his 1997 directing debut…
The Turin Horse Sells in 23 Countries
Berlinale Grand Prix and FIPRESCI winner Béla Tarr's The Turin Horse sold to 23 countries during the European Film Market. More sales are expected.
Weekend Sets New Record in Poland
WARSAW: Weekend has set anew opening week-end record with 275,000 admissions. Weekend is distributed by Poland's ITI Cinema (www.iticinema.com.pl),.
Slovak Matchmaking Mayor Wins German Prize
The Matchmaking Mayor, a Czech/Slovak documentary about the efforts of a Slovak village mayor to encourage marriages among the local residents, won the Reader's Prize of the Berlin-based national daily…
Czech Rebate Attracts Zentropa and ABC
The Czech Film Commission announced 25 projects are expected to receive over CZK180 million from the Czech production rebate. Two of the new projects began prepping in 2010: A Royal…
PRODUCTION: Therapy Goes to Postproduction
Therapy, a 45-part Czech TV series produced by Czech HBO television (www.hbo.cz) and Stilking Films production company (www.stillking.com) finished its 95 day shoot on Saturday, 19 Febuary 2011 and goes…
PRODUCTION: Polish Tragedy Straight from the Sky in Production
Polish independent filmmaker Piotr Matwiejczyk is working on Straight from the Sky (Prosto z nieba), a drama based on the events of 10 April 2010, when a Polish plane carrying…
Gutek Film Competes for Cartoon Movie Award
Poland's Gutek Film is competing for Cartoon Movie's best distributor award which will be presented at the conclusion of the 13th annual event, 2-4 March 2011 in Lyon, France.
PRODUCTION: Sofianites Too Much in Production
Production is underway on the new Bulgarian TV series Sofianites Too Much which is set to air in March 2011. The series, about two neighboring families, is is produced by…
CME Exchanges Convertible Notes
HAMILTON, BERMUDA: Television group Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME, www.cetv-net.com) announced the completion of a privately negotiated exchange of convertible notes due in 2013 for convertible notes due in…
Poland Blocks Media Merger
The Polish government has forbidden the merger of EM&F Group, a Polish chain of press and media stores, with www.Merlin.pl, the most popular Polish seller of audiovisual, music and press…
