Cyprus Set for Digital Switch
The Cyprus minister of Communications and Works announced that Cyprus is prepared to end analog transmission on 1 July 2011. Until then, digital and analog transmissios will be operating in…
FNE - IDF DocBloc: Upcoming Production: Everything Is Possible
Wszystko jest możliwe, Poland, 52 min, Digi Beta, PortraitA cottage with a small garden at the edge of the village. Windows decorated with geraniums. The two elderly dwellers, Teresa and…
Czech Switch to Digital TV on Target
The Czech Republic is on schedule to complete the switch from analog TV to digital terrestrial broadcast by the end of 2011.
Georgian National Film Center Launches Film Commission
TBLISI: The Georgian National Film Center launched a national Film Commission on 28 January 2011.
New Country Manager at Chello Central Europe România
BUCHAREST: Anda Mânza replaced Dorian Ciubuc as country manager at Chello Central Europe România starting 1 February 2011.
CNBC Moves into Baltics
Viasat Broadcasting, the leading satellite operator in the Baltics, has begun broadcasts of CNBC in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
Estonia Lines Up 2011 Premieres
TALLINN: Estonia is a looking forward to a near-record number of feature releases by domestic directors in 2011. Seven films are set for releases, compared to just 2 in 2010,…
Admissions Double as New Screens Open
BUCHAREST: The biggest box-office successes of 2010 in Romania drew almost double the numbers of 2009. Cinema City opened new multiplexes in 2010 in Baia Mare, Arad and a second…
Music Channel to Launch in Bulgaria
SOFIA: Telemaniac Media Group (www.telemaniac.net), a Bulgarian media group, will launch T-Rock TV, a music TV channel, on 10 February 2011.
Bibliotheque Pascal Wins Hungarian Critics Award
BUDAPEST: Bibliotheque Pascal, directed by Szabolcs Hajdu, was named best film from 2010 by Hungarian film critics.
Toom Receives First Estonian Oscar Nod
TALLINN: Central Europeans will be pinning their Oscar hopes on a young Estonian filmmaker. Tanel Toom (age 28) has received the first ever Estonian nomination for an Oscar award with…
Critics Name The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu best Romanian Film
BUCHAREST: Romanian journalists and film critics selected The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu/Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceauşescu as the best Romanian film of 2010 and its director, Andrei Ujică, as the best…
Let's Go Our Way Tops Slovenia's Film Charts
Let Us Go Our Own Way by Slovenian director Miha Hocevar has become the most successful film in Slovenia since 1990, with over 185,000 admissions in the twelve weeks since…
Croatia Outlines Audiovisual Plans
Croatia's National Development Programme of the Audiovisual Industry was presented on 27 January 2011 in an official ceremony held in the teeming lecture hall of the Croatian Chamber of Economy.…
Cyprus Considers Film Incentives
Cyprus based filmmakers are encouaging film incentives for the island nation.
Polsat Buys Italian Format Series
WARSAW: Private broadcaster Polsat has commisioned a new series, Life Line (Linia Życia), based on a popular Italian format. The series will be aired daily as Polsat's main evening series.
Czechs, Slovaks Buy into TV Poker
Slovak poker ace Dag Palovič is one of the main stars of a made-for-TV poker competition produced by leading Czech commercial channel Nova TV.
TVN Leads Polish Advertising Revenue
WARSAW: Private stations TVN www.tvn.pl) and Polsat (www.polsat.pl) were the leaders in advertising income in Poland in 2010. TVN's revenues topped 3 million PLN, a 9% increase from 2009. Polsat's…
Gardev Withdraws from Zinkograf
Bulgarian film and theatre director Javor Gardev (Zift) announced he will no longer direct Zinkograf, the futuristic psycho-thriller based on Vladislav Todorov's novel of the same name.
FESTIVALS: Sundance Awards Polish Documentary
Out of Reach (Poza zasięgiem), a short documentary by Polish director Jakub Stozek, received an Honourable Mention at the prestigious American Sundance Film Festival, competing against 81 short films.
