Bulgarian Cinema Screens Increase

SOFIA: A new report from the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (NSI) covering data from 2010 shows that Bulgarians prefer cinema to most other cultural activities. At the same time, film…
23-05-2011

FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Certain Regard: Elena

CANNES: Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev returns to form with his new feature Elena fulfilling the promise of his 2003 debut The Return. Elena deservedly won the Special Jury Prix in…
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FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Cannes Film Festival Winners

CANNES: A jury headed by Robert De Niro awarded the Palm d'Or to Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life. The Grand Prix was shared by The Kid with a Bike…
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Falk's Joanna Joins Moscow Competition

Joanna by Polish director Feliks Falk will screen in the Main Competition of the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival (June 23 -July 2, 2011). It will be the film's international…
22-05-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: TVP Picks Up Austrian Format

WARSAW: Public broadcaster TV Polska (TVP) is working on a Polish adaptation of Commisar Rex, the popular Austrian crime series about a German shepherd police dog. The shoot for the…
22-05-2011

New Award for Experimental Polish Film

WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute (PFI, www.pisf.pl) and the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (MSN, www.artmuseum.pl) are establishing a new award for experimental films and unconvential films projects. The…
22-05-2011

Cyprus Completing Switch to Digital

Cyprus television stations are broadcasting via both analogue and terrestrial digital in the last weeks before analogue TV transmissions cease. The deadline for complete transition to digital is 1 July…
22-05-2011

IPTV Revenues to Triple

Revenues for IPTV operators in CEE are predicted to triple by 2017, according to a report from analysists Frost & Sullivan. Revenue, which amounted to 90 million euros in 2010,…
22-05-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Czech Republic

PRAGUE: The Czech television market has always been defined by one overriding characteristic: the loyalty of Czech audiences to original domestic production, especially long-running TV series cast with popular local…
22-05-2011

FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Competition: Once Upon A Time in Anatolia

CANNES: Nuri Bilge Ceylan returns to Cannes IFF for the fourth time with Once Upon A Time in Anatolia and looks set to take home another prize with this latest…
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FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: TVP reports strong interest from buyers in Cannes

CANNES: Polish pubcaster TVP reported a number of deals and festival invitations during the Cannes IFF film market this year.
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FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: FNE and Russian distributors presented at Russian Pavilion Roundtable

CANNES: Film New Europe (http://www.filmneweurope.com/) was presented at the Russian Pavilion during a Roundtable on Russian Film Distribution in Cannes on 17 May 2011. Speakers at the roundtable were distinguished…
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FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Lithuanians make Cannes debut

CANNES: Lithuania has made its Cannes IFF debut with its first-ever market stand organized by the newly restructured Lithuanian Independent Producers Association. The stand provided an umbrella for 18 Lithuanian…
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PRODUCTION: DonT Stop Begins Production

PRAGUE: DonT Stop, a Czech-Slovak coproduction directed by Richard Řeřicha and produced by Evolution Films (www.evolutionfilms.cz), began a six week shoot on 7 May 2011. The 800,000 euro film is…
19-05-2011

PRODUCTION: Flower Square Completes Filming

ZAGREB: Filming of the feature crime drama Flower Square (working title) by Krsto Papić wrapped on 12 May 2011. The shoot began on 10 April, and the film was shot…
19-05-2011

HBO GO Launches in Slovenia

BUDAPEST: HBO Central Europe announced the launch of HBO GO, an internet streaming service for HBO subscribers in Slovenia in partnership with Telemach širokopasovne komunikacije, on 19 May 2011. The…
19-05-2011

Latvia Announces 2011 Film Grants

The National Film Centre of Latvia (NFC, www.nfc.lv) has announced the film grants to be awarded for 2011. Seven feature films, 11 documentaries and four animation films received funding. The…
19-05-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: ATM Grupa Announces First Quarter Increase

WARSAW: ATM Grupa, the biggest independent film and television producer in Poland, noted a 9.4% increase in revenues for the first quarter of 2011 due to a significant rise in…
19-05-2011

Poland Sets Deadline for Analogue TV

The Polish government announced that all Polish analogue transmitters will be shut down by 31 July 2013.
19-05-2011