Hungarian filmmaker Bacsó dies
Hungarian director and screenwriter Péter Bacsó died March 11 at age 81.
Bulgarian Film Industry Faces Threat of Major Funding Cuts
The recent renaissance of Bulgarian film will grind to a halt if the government goes ahead with the planned cuts to subsidies of 59% in 2009.
New Mafilm studio construction underway
Construction of a new Mafilm studio in Fot, replacing a studio destroyed by fire two years ago, began in February.
FNE in Sofia: Sofia IFF brings industry and art together
The 13th edition of the Sofia International Film Festival, 5-15 March, attracted local crowds as well as European industry professionals of both feature and documentary films from all over Europe…
New film complex launches in Poland
A new film studio complex under the direction of Stanisław Tyczyński has opened in Alwernia, near Cracow.
Bulgarian telecom sale to Austria on hold
The sale of the broadcasting division of Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC) to Austria's Oesterreichischer Rundfunksender has been postponed.
CEE channels grow ProSeibenSat.1
Despite a drop in consolidated revenues for the ProSiebenSat.1 Media group, stations in Hungary and Romania accounted for a growing percentage of the corporations's revenues.
TV ARTE breaks off with TVP
The German-French cultural channel ARTE broke of co-operation with Polish public broadcaster TVP, citing the political leanings of TVP's new chairman.
TVM increase lead in Malta
The release of the fourth quarter Malta Broadcasting Authority's report shows station TVM increasing its lead to 35% of viewers.
Hungarian Istanbul in preproduction
Rising young Hungarian director Ferenc Torok (Overnight) has signed on to make Istanbul, a Hungarian-Dutch-Turkish-German co-production.
Polish film grants announced
The Polish Film Institute (PISF) has announced the results of its first round of film grants for 2009.
Bulgarian Tilt starts shooting in Germany
Viktor Chouchkov Jr.'s ambitious and youthful Tilt, based on a script by Dimitar Kotzev-Shosho and producer Borislav Chouchkov, begins filming on March 13.
Menzel to make Croatian docs
Oscar-winning Czech director Jiri Menzel is headed to Croatia for a pair of documentary projects.
FNE at the Polish Eagles: 2009
This year's Polish Eagles, the annual awards for Polish feature films, were dominated by Malgorzata Szumowska's 33 Scenes From Life which won best film and Waldemar Krzystek's Little Moscow, which…
FNE at the Czech Lions 2009
Petr Zelenka's The Karamazovs, based on a theatre production of the famous book, picked up the prize for both best film and best director at this year's Czech Lions, (7…
EFP's "Up Next" reunites distributors in Sofia
"European Distributors: Up Next!", launched by European Film Promotion at the San Sebastian festival last September, has spawned a planned reunion of independent Central European distributors during the Sofia Meetings,…
Hungary predicts ad decline in 2009
Hungarian media experts predict a 10% drop in TV advertising in 2009, according to local reports.
Mancs in preproduction
Mancs, a Hungarian-French-German-Irish co-production movie about a famous life-saving dog, will begin filming in autumn.
Recep Ivedik 2 nears all-time record
Recep Ivedik 2 is challenging the box office record of Recep Ivedik 1 with 3.7 million admission in its third week, a slight drop from its 4.3 million in week…
Czech Lions honour Karamazovs and Tobruk
The Karamazovs (Karamazovi) by director Petr Zelenka won best movie of 2008 at the Czech Lions, the annual awards of Czech film and television academy (www.cfta.cz).
