Polsat posts Q4 profits
Cyfrowy Polsat reported that 2009 fourth quarter profits rose 50% over the same period in 2008, to zł.60.5 million.
Ekis leads Latvian media consolidation effort
Andrejs Ekis, founder and chairman of Latvian commercial TV channel LNT (www.lnt.lv), is heading up a plan to create a media association that will consolidate indepedent mass media.
Three films win Latvian grants
Latvia's National Film Center (NFC) has awarded LAT 381,200 in funding (26% of the NFC's budget) to three feature length films, out of 13 submissions.
Bulgaria predicts 10% ad decline
The Association of Bulgarian Advertising Agencies (www.arabulgaria.org) predicts that in 2010 the Bulgarian media market will fall by at least 10%.
New Europe Film brings CEE cinema to Edinburgh
The 4th New Europe Film festival (April 16-28) will screen films from eight new European Union countries at Edinburgh's favorite art cinema venue, Filmhouse.
PRODUCTION: Jan Svěrák´s Kuky goes to post-production
Kuky Returns (Kuky se vrací), a feature film by Oscar winner Jan Svěrák combining live action and puppet animation is in post-production prior to its May 20 release.
Forgotten Transports travels to New York
The awarded four-part feature documentary series Forgotten Transports by Lukas Pribyl will be the centerpiece of the Legacy of Shoah Film Festival, March 27-28 in New York City.
PRODUCTION: Hunting Down Small Predators in postproduction
Hunting Down Small Predators, the first feature film by director/actor Tzvetodar Markov, is in he final stages of postproduction.
Poland, Czechs take home One World awards
Poland's Pawel Łoziński was awarded Best Director for his documentary Chemo at the One World film festival held in Prague.
PRODUCTION: Outbound in postproduction
Bogdan George Apetri's first feature Outbound, written by Tudor Voican and Bogdan George Apetri based on a story by Cristian Mungiu and Ioana Uricaru, will wrap postproduction in early April.
FNE at Istanbul IFF 2010: Festival Announces Competition Lineup
As of this year, the Golden Tulip Award, rewarded to a film from the "International Competition" category of the International Istanbul Film Festival will be presented in memoriam Şakir Eczacıbaşı...
FNE at Istanbul IFF 2010: EFP’s Bridges Europe – Turkey
European Film Promotion (EFP) is launching a new programme highlighting Turkish and European film, "Bridges Europe - Turkey" at the Istanbul International Film Festival.
PRODUCTION: Monies, Cons & Bones in post-production
Producer Cristian Comeagă, who is currently working with director Nae Caranfil and producer of his Asphalt Tango and Philantropy, and also the epic The Rest Is Silence, is about to…
Bulgarian daily sells national features on DVD
Bulgaria's National Film Center this month is funding production of 100,000 DVD's of 12 Bulgarian features for sale with a daily national newspaper.
Almási takes Hungary's Kossuth Prize
Tamás Almási has received Kossuth Prize for his outstanding documentary and feature films, presented on March 15 by László Sólyom, the President of Hungary.
Slovakia announces nominees for SUN film awards
Broken Promises, Foxes, and Soul at Peace have been nominated in the Best Film category of the Slovak national film awards, Sun in the Net 2010.
Vilnius fest host eight Lithuanian premieres
The 15th Vilnius International Film Festival Kino pavasaris (March18 - April 2, 2010) will host eight Lithuanian film premieres, including the debut from Marius Ivaškevičius, Our father (Tėve mūsų).
FYROM takes Sofia pitching award
The Nu Boyana Film Studios award for best pitching at the Sofia Meetings ‘Second Films Pitching' Programme was handed out to the project Kalabalak by Sasha Damjanovski (UK, Former Yugoslavian…
Police, Adjective wins the Romanian Filmmakers Union Trophy
Corneliu Porumboiu's feature Police, Adjective became the recipient of the Grand Prix of the Romanian Filmmakers Union (UCIN, www.ucin.ro).
PRODUCTION: Absolvents in the production
Slovak director Tomáš Krupa is in the production with the documentary film Absolvents, with fillming scheduled to continue into early 2011.
