Lithuania presents first Cinematographer awards

Cinematographer Viktoras Radzevičius received the first Lithuanian Cinematographers award "The Oak" (www.azuolai.lt) for the film Vortex (Duburys, director Gytis Lukšas).
01-04-2010

Viasat launches new Baltic channel

Viasat announced it will launch a new channel, Viasat Nature East, in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia as well as in the Ukraine on May 3.
31-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Strach goes into production with two films

Czech director Jiří Strach will shoot two movies based on novels by best-selling Czech author Miloš Urban, coproduction company Czech television (www.ceskatelevize.cz) announced.
31-03-2010

Police, Adjective wins Gopo Awards

Corneliu Porumboiu's film Police, Adjective took six top awards at the 4th edition of Romania's Gopo Awards.
30-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Script-winning House in production

House, based on an award-winning script by Slovak director/writer Zuzana Liova, started shooting in Slovakia on March 20.
30-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Love.net ends shooting

The first national IT romantic drama Love.net ended a three part shooting that took place between October 29, 2009 and March 29, 2010.
30-03-2010

FESTIVALS: Vilnius fest screens 28 Lithuanian films

Vilnius international film festival (VIFF) "Kino pavasaris" (www.kinopavasaris.lt) is presenting 28 films by Lithuanian artists, including eight premieres.
29-03-2010

Slovenian Film Fund appoints new director

Igor Kadunc has been appointed general manager of the Slovenian Film Fund (www.film-sklad.si).
29-03-2010

MFI announces sciptwriting contest

MFI and Scriptbase are offering a full scholarship to the Script 2 Film Workshop, held on the Aegean islands of Nissyros and Samos.
29-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Lidice plans June shoot

Lidice, a Czech-Polish war drama from director Alice Nellis, will begin shooting in June, producer Adam Dvořák, head of production/distribution company Bioscop (www.bioscop.cz), announced.
28-03-2010

Little Violent Robinson plans distribution

The Slovak documentary film Little Violet Robinson from director Tina Diosi is planning distribution in summer 2010.
28-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Animated Čtyřlístek begins shooting

The well-loved Czech comic book series Čtyřlístek (The Four-Leaf Clover, refering to four life-long friends ) will be adapted into a full lenght animated film combining classic animation with 3D.
25-03-2010

FESTIVALS: Istanbul Film Festival announces 29th edition

Under the sponsorship of Akbank for 6th time, the 29th International Istanbul Film Festival will take place April 3-18.
25-03-2010

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.
24-03-2010

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.
24-03-2010

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.
23-03-2010

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%.
23-03-2010

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.
23-03-2010

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.
22-03-2010

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.
22-03-2010