Poland awaits Polish Eagles awards
The prestigious Polish Film Awards, the Eagles will take place March 1 in Warsaw. Members of the Polish Film Academy have chosen the nominees in 16 categories.
CME buys Bulgaria's bTV
Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has negotiated a deal to buy Bulgarian channel bTV from News Corporation for $400 million.
FNE in Berlin: CEE Filmmakers Triumph at 60th Berlinale
BERLIN: The 60th Berlinale was dominated by filmmakers and films from central and Eastern Europe this year who swept most prizes in the top categories.
Poland's Vivarto picks up Sundance's Peepli
Polish distributor Vivarto has acquired indian film Peepli Live following its successful debut at the Sundance film festival.
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle - a Romanian debut in the Official Competition of the Berlinale
After being awarded in Cannes every year since 2004, the new Romanian cinema now has a film in the Official Competition of the Berlinale, a feature by Romanian director Florin…
Romania captures DAAD award in Berlin
Romanian director Adrian Sitaru won the DAAD scholarship for his short film Colivia, awarded by the international short film jury at the Berlinale.
FNE at Berlinale 2010: Competition On the Path (Na putu)
BERLIN: Bosnian director Jasmila Zbanic has managed the difficult task of following her debut feature Grbavica which won the Golden Bear in 2006 with a second strong film The Path.…
Sofia festival gets FIAPF recognition
Bulgaria's leading film festival, Sofia IFF, has received FIAPF accreditation in the category of competitive festival specialized in first and second films.
Hungarian state film funding set through 2013
MMKA (Motion Picture Foundation of Hungary) and the Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture (www.okm.gov.hu) have signed a three year agreement securing the budget of the main funder of Hungarian…
FNE in Berlin: FilmFestival Cottbus and Connecting Cottbus Award Winners
Cottbus has awarded its "Distribution Support Prize for a festival film From Cottbus to Cinema" to distributor Alpha Medienkontor.
FNE at Berlinale 2010: Competition How I Ended the Summer (Kak ya provel etim letom)
BERLIN:Russian director Alexei Popogrebsky's film How I Ended the Summer has a cast of just two actors who are isolated at a remote meteorological station in the far north. But…
FNE in Berlin: Party and Screening Alert: Wednesday
Party Alert: All parties require an invitation from the organizers
Mannerheim moves to Hungarian studio
A Finnish co-production about Marshal Carl Gustav Mannerheim will move its production to Hungary, instead of earlier plans to use Lithuanian facilities.
Orthodox online TV launches in Bulgaria
Bulgaria's first Orthodox online broadcasts have been launched in Plovdiv.
VOD Debuts in Poland
Onet.pl has launched video on demand programming in Poland, with pay-per-view, as well as free advertise-supported programming including TV series.
FNE at Berlinale 2010: Competition Honey (Bal)
BERLIN: The third film in Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu's poetic trilogy ,Honey is a quiet, beautiful film about the relationship between man and nature. Set in the eastern Black Sea…
Malta film services industry grows
Malta saw a significant increase in foreign film production on the island nation, with 14 productions shooting there in 2009.
