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

PRODUCTION: Hunting Down Small Predators in postproduction

Hunting Down Small Predators, the first feature film by director/actor Tzvetodar Markov, is in he final stages of postproduction.
21-03-2010

Poland, Czechs take home One World awards

Poland's Pawel Łoziński was awarded Best Director for his documentary Chemo at the One World film festival held in Prague.
21-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Outbound in postproduction

Bogdan George Apetri's first feature Outbound, written by Tudor Voican and Bogdan George Apetri based on a story by Cristian Mungiu and Ioana Uricaru, will wrap postproduction in early April.
21-03-2010

FNE at Istanbul IFF 2010: Festival Announces Competition Lineup

As of this year, the Golden Tulip Award, rewarded to a film from the "International Competition" category of the International Istanbul Film Festival will be presented in memoriam Şakir Eczacıbaşı...
18-03-2010

FNE at Istanbul IFF 2010: EFP’s Bridges Europe – Turkey

European Film Promotion (EFP) is launching a new programme highlighting Turkish and European film, "Bridges Europe - Turkey" at the Istanbul International Film Festival.
18-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Monies, Cons & Bones in post-production

Producer Cristian Comeagă, who is currently working with director Nae Caranfil and producer of his Asphalt Tango and Philantropy, and also the epic The Rest Is Silence, is about to…
18-03-2010

Bulgarian daily sells national features on DVD

Bulgaria's National Film Center this month is funding production of 100,000 DVD's of 12 Bulgarian features for sale with a daily national newspaper.
17-03-2010

Almási takes Hungary's Kossuth Prize

Tamás Almási has received Kossuth Prize for his outstanding documentary and feature films, presented on March 15 by László Sólyom, the President of Hungary.
17-03-2010

Slovakia announces nominees for SUN film awards

Broken Promises, Foxes, and Soul at Peace have been nominated in the Best Film category of the Slovak national film awards, Sun in the Net 2010.
17-03-2010