Havel to make directing debut
Playwright and former Czech President Vaclav Havel plans to direct his first film, based on his recent play Leaving.
Production: Two films based on novels from Michal Viewegh
Michal Viewegh, a best-selling Czech novelist and screenwriter is working on two film screenplays based on his books.
Production: Mother Joanne of the Cats begins filming
Matka Joanna Od Kotów (Mother Joanne of the Cats) the debut feature from Paweł Sala, noted playwright and two-time Hartley-Merril Polish competition finalist, began filming June 18 in Poland.
Romanian TV revenues continue to fall
General Romanian TV channel revenues dropped 40%, while thematic TV channels revenues dropped by 30% between January and May 2009.
Austrian firm acquires stake in Bulgarian channel
Austrian media company Stevia Communications will buy a 50% stake in TV Evropa, a Bulgarian news channel.
CFO Macmillan resigns from CME
Central European Media Enterprises (www.cetv-net.com) announced that Wallace Macmillan will step down as the company Chief Financial Officer effective July 1.
Bromski comedy opens strong
The highly anticipate third part of the comedy series from director Jacek Bromski had one of the strongest opening weekends for local titles in Poland this year.
Production: Radu Mihaileanu is completing The Concert
Director Radu Mihaileanu (Train de vie, Live and Become) is completing post-production on his dramatic comedy The Concert.
Estonia hosts largest budget film
Poll, a €7.8 million Austrian-German-Estonian co-production, started shooting on the coast of Estonia the week of June 15.
No funding for new Polish media bill
The Polish Ministry of Finance announced that the national budget does not have enough money to finance reforms planned by the new media bill.
Green light for Bulgarian feature projects
Six film productions and five projects in development have been chosen to receive 2.1 million Euros in support from Bulgarian state funds.
Bromski comedy opens
After a premiere gala in Warsaw on June 15, the highly anticipated new comedy from hit-maker Jacek Bromski U Pana Boga Za Miedzą enters the cinemas across Poland.
Romanian ad market poised to grow
Romanian ad market will increase with 1.1% between 2009-2013, according to an estimate from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
First drive in to open in Bucharest
Bucharest will have its first drive-in cinema, located at Băneasa Shopping City, set to open July 1.
Megaplex and IMAX set to open in Romania
The first megaplex and IMAX in Romania, Cinema City Cotroceni with 21 theaters with 4,300 seats, is set to open in October.
Miracle in Adana and Golden Boll Prize Winners
Fest organizers accomplished the impossible in Adana, Turkey, putting on a seamlessly well organized international event under very difficult conditions this year.
Production: Flying Lessons in development
Moldavian filmmaker Igor Cobileanski is in early development with his first feature based on a script written by Corneliu Porumboiu (Police, Adjective) and himself.
Lithuanian box office in decline
Lithuania‘s movie theatres have posted 12.8 million Litas (3.7 million Euros) in box-office revenues in the first quarter of 2009, down 5% from the 13.5 million Litas (3.9 million Euros)…
Production: Zanussi starts short shoot
Krzysztof Zanussi takes a look back at his past film characters in Revisit, which begins shooting June 17, to premiere at this summer's ERA New Horizons IFF.
Slovenian Film Fund gets over 7 million Euros
The Slovenian government confirmed that the Slovenian Film Fund will recive more than 7.2 million Euros to finance Slovenian film production in 2009, in announcing operating and financial plans for…
