Broadcasting Council says Polish media will run out of funds
An amendment to the Polish licence fee bill will significantly redyce income from the fees, the main source of funding for Poland's public media.
PRODUCTION: New Metod Pevec's The weight of the sky
Slovenian director Metod Pevec is filming his fourth movie, The Weight of the Sky for production company Vertigo/Emotionfilm.
PRODUCTION: Veiwegh's Novel for Men begins filming
A Novel for Men based on the latest novel from Czech bestselling author Michal Viewegh begins shooting on March 12, producer Rudolf Biermann from Infilm (www.infilm.cz) announced.
Mobile phone TV hits Romania
The first TV channel for mobile phones, Telenews, a news televison channel started by Romanian born French journalist Nicolas Don, will launch in partnership with the Orange network in mid-March.
Reverse sweeps Polish Eagles
The 12th Polish Eagles ceremony held in Warsaw on March1 crowned Reverse, directed by Borys Lankosz, as the most awarded Polish film of the past year.
Hungarians launch New Faces
Seven young Hungarian film directors have formed the group "New Faces" (www.newfaceshungary.com), a move to refresh Hungary's commercial industry.
FNE Interview with Agnieszka Holland
In an exclusive interview, Agnieszka Holland spoke with FNE about the significance of Poland's "Oscars" the Polish Eagles, new trends in Polish cinema, and her criteria of voting for the…
CME appoints David Sach as new CFO
Central European Media Enterprises (CME, www.cetv-net.com) has appointed David Sach as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 1, 2010.
Liberty Global posts Q4 gain in CEE
Liberty Global saw a 6.5% increase in its UPC CEE division in the fourth quarter of 2009, but posted an annual decrease of 13.9%
Whistle begins theatrical roll-out
Berlinale Silver Bear winner If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle begins it first theatrical release in Romania on March 26, with sales to foreign territories lining up.
15 screen multiplex arriving in megamall
A new multiplex with 15 screens will open in Bucharest on April 28, as part of Sun Plaza (www.sunplaza.ro), the biggest mall in Romania, which opened on February 25.
PRODUCTION: Purcarete in postproduction with Somewhere in Palilula
Somewhere in Palilula, the first feature of the acclaimed Romanian stage director Silviu Purcărete, moved into editing in mid-February, but still has six days of shooting scheduled for the end…
M-appeal locks sales for Cyprus, Bulgaria and Slovenia
Berlin-based world sales company m-appeal announced sales for top films from Bulgaria, Cyprus and Slovenia.
Turner plans to launch TNT and truTV in Romania
Romania could see the launch of TNT (www.tnt.tv) and truTV (www.trutv.com) in 2010.
Polish Eagle for Stawiński
Polish scriptwriter and director Jerzy Stefan Stawiński will receive a Polish Eagle for Lifetime Achievement at the film industry's gala ceremony on March 1.
JMB takes top Slovak grants
Slovak firm JMB Film and TV Production received the two largest grants from the Slovak Audiovisual program 2009 for the films Visible World (410,000 Euro), and Cherrie Boy (380 000…
Strong web usage in CEE territories
An IAB report shows heavy web usage among users in CEE territories, compared with West European counterparts.
Happiest Girl leads Romania's Gopo nominations
Radu Jude's The Happiest Girl In The World topped the nominations for Romania's Gopo national film awards with 11 nominations, followed by Corneliu Porumboiu's Police, adjective with ten nominations. .
New Hungarian studio awaits April opening
Raleigh film studio executives had a first look at their new HUF17 billion Hungarian film studio located outside Budapest.
Mañana picks up Turkish Berlinale winner
Polish arthouse distribution company Mañana will distribute the Honey (Bal) by director Semih Kaplanoglu, the Berlinale Golden Bear winning film from Turkey.
