PRODUCTION: Judgment finds German co-producer

Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev's production company Argo Film is co-producing his second feature film, The Judgment, with Germany's Leipzig-based LE Vision.
17-11-2009

EFA names film "ambassadors"

Romanian director Cristian Mungiu and Polish actor Maciej Stuhr are among the ten prominent European film names selected as the European Film Academy's "Ambassadors of European Film."
17-11-2009

Malnay named Chello Central Europe managing director

Levente Malnay joins Chellomedia as managing director of Chello Central Europe as of December 1.
17-11-2009

Francesca approved for Italian distribution

The Civil Court of Rome has rejected the request by Alessandra Mussolini to ban Bobby Păunescu's film Francesca in Italy.
16-11-2009

Men on the Bridge wins international distribution

The Turkish/German/Dutch co-production Men on the Bridge will see distribution in the UK and Ireland, following its win at the London Turkish film festival.
16-11-2009

PRODUCTION: Vlado Škafar's Father in postproduction

Following the completion of 12 shooting days during autumn, Slovenian director Vlado Škafar's debut feature film Father has moved into the postproduction phase.
16-11-2009

Akkari named WB sales exec for CEE

Warner Bros International TV Division has promoted Rita Akkari to director of sales for Central and Eastern Europe.
16-11-2009

FESTIVALS: Eleven CEE films awarded at19th Cottbus festival

ORDINARY PEOPLE | OBICNI LJUDI from Serbia is the winner of 19th FilmFestival Cottbus.
15-11-2009

Connecting Cottbus pitches a winning event

The Cottbus film festival's secret weapon, the Connecting Cottbus pitching forum, has matured into a reliable platform for outstanding talent, both known and new, to provide a hint of films…
15-11-2009

MTV Networks Hungary names new managers

MTV Networks Hungary has appointed Gábor Horváth Dori as its new general manager and Gábor Vörös as deputy general manager.
15-11-2009

Bosch co-production prize deadline announced

Central and East European young filmmakers have until November 30 to apply for the Robert Bosch Stiftung 2010 co-production prize valued at up to 70,000 euros.
15-11-2009

PRODUCTION: Anarchy in Zirmunai in post-production

Lithuanian director Saulius Drunga is in the post-production with his feature film debut, Anarchy in Zirmunai, planned for completion by March 2010 and spring distribution in Lithuania.
15-11-2009

CEE opens the door to minority coproductions at Connecting Cottbus

Connecting Cottbus, the co-production pitching forum taking place at the Cottbus Film Festival for the eleventh year, unveiled new hope for producers across Europe: the announcements by CEE film funders…
12-11-2009

Poland legalizes film-TV product placement

By the end of 2009 an amendment will be added to the existing Polish media bill legalizing product placement advertising in films and TV programmes.
12-11-2009

Hungarian women's channel to launch in 2010

The ProSiebenSat1 group, owner of one of the major Hungarian commercial TV channel TV2 ( http://tv2.hu/ ) will launch TV3, a channel providing contents mostly for a female audience, in…
12-11-2009

Geislerová joins EFP Shooting Stars jury

Czech actress and international star Ana Geislerová will serve on the five-member jury to select the European Film Promotion's (EFP) ten Shooting Stars for 2010.
11-11-2009

Hungarian films at Cottbus

Four Hungarian films are being presented in the 19th Filmfestival Cottbus (filmfestival.pool-production.de), the festival of films from Eastern-Europe taking place through November 14.
11-11-2009

PRODUCTION: : If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle in postproduction

The first feature of Romanian director Florin Şerban, If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle, will wrap postproduction in Sweden in December.
11-11-2009

PRODUCTION: Zsombor Dyga shooting Run to Ground

The young Hungarian director Zsombor Dyga is shooting his new feature thriller Run to Ground.
11-11-2009

Obituary: Gheorghe Dinică

One of the acclaimed and most loved Romanian actors, Gheorghe Dinică, died November 10, 2009, age 75, after a generalised infection.
10-11-2009