CentEast Student Report: Interview: Yoav Shamir "I want to know what makes a hero"
Participating in the Documentary Competition section of the Warsaw Film Festival, Yoav Shamir's thought provoking documentary "Defamation" sets out to understand the contemporary obsession with anti-Semitism.
CentEast Student Report: Urszula Antoniak: Things around us are extention of who we are
Urszula Antoniak's feature debut Nothing Personal is an intimate portrait of loneliness as a reincarnative state of mind
CentEast Warsaw - Moscow First Project in Russia Supported by EU’s MEDIA International
CentEast Moscow (www.centeast.org) organized by Russian distrib TVINDIE has attracted worldwide attention as the first project in Russia to be supported by the EU's MEDIA International.
New multiplex ceiling collapses
The newly opened Cinamon multiplex in Tallinn, Estonia, suffered a heavy blow to its launch and, potentially, audience figures for some time to come as the soundproof ceiling of its…
CentEast Student Report:: Polish cinema today
In 2005, when the Polish Film Institute was established under a new law covering film production, Polish cinema started a new chapter of of its history.
CentEast holds first Moscow presentations
CentEast, the pitching forum that lauunched five years ago in Warsaw, expanded this year to include a one-day session in Moscow.
Production: Marian Crişan shoots Morgen
Short film Palme d'Or winner Marian Crişan (Megatron, 2008) is in production with his feature debut, Morgen, the story of a Romanian who goes fishing and comes home with a…
Production: Tamás Sas filming Night of the Singles
Tamás Sas (Nine and Half Dates, S.O.S. Love) is in production with a romantic comedy, Night of the Singles (Szinglik éjszakája).
Production: Pigs with Wings films in Poland
Director Anna Kazejak explores the world of Polish soccer fans, where the morals and loyalty have a shape of their own, in Pigs with Wings, currently in production.
Production: Constantin Popescu shoots Principles of Life
Constantin Popescu (Tales from the Golden Age) is directing Principles of Life with Vlad Ivanov (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)appearing in hi first leading role on screen.
Hungarian box office on the rise
Both cinema attendance and box office showed growth in Hungary through August, 2009.
Bathory preps holiday DVD release
Will lightning strike twice? Bathory, the record-breaking film credited with reviving Slovak interest in domestic films, hopes so, with a holiday edition DVD release planned in Slovakia and the Czech…
Mid Europa Partners acquires Bulgaria's ITV
Mid Europa Partners (www.mideuropa.com) announced that it has completed acquisition of Bulgarian pay-TV operator ITV.
3-D TV airs in Romania
Mix 2 Braşov has become the first TV channel to air a 3D show in Romania.
Intersonic signs deal with FreMantle
Slovak and Czech distributor Intersonic (www.intersonic.sk) has signed a home entertainment deal with FreMantle Media.
Production: New documentary co-productions from Romania
Two new Romanian feature-length documentaries exploring the country's traditional past are attracting international co-production partners.
Prix Arte nomination for Cooking History
Slovak director Peter Kerekes' film Cooking History has been nominated for the European Film Academy's Prix Arte for best documentary.
Viasat enters Estonian IPTV market
Viasat, a division of the Modern Times Group, is launching pay-TV channels in Estonia via the IPTV and broadband provider Elion.
ScripTeast workshop wraps
ScripTeast (www.scripteast.pl), the Independent Film Foundation training program in scriptwriting which concluded in the Ossoliński Palace in Sterdyń on October 2, presented the following five films in the early stages…
Lithuania nominates Vortex for foreign-language Oscar
Gytis Lukšas feature film Vortex (Duburys), recipient of the the Silver Crane award in Lithuania for best actress Oksana Borbat, and best supporing actors Vladimiras Jefrenovas and Jūratė Onaitytė, has…
