PRODUCTION: Radu Muntean and Alex Baciu Shooting Prison Documentary

BUCHAREST: After four feature films - Rage, The Paper Will Be Blue, Boogie and Tuesday, After Christmas - screenwriter-director Radu Muntean is filming a long documentary about Romanian prisoners who…
11-05-2011

Malta Names New Film Commissioner

Peter Busuttil has been appointed to the position of Film Commisioner at the Malta Film Commission (www.mfc.com). The appointment was made by the Minister of Finance, the Economy and Investment.
11-05-2011

Polish TV Brings a Strong Line-up to the Cannes Market

Poland's acclaimed public broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP, www.tvp.pl) brings an impressive selection of feature films to the Cannes Marche du Film (11-22 May 2011), with a stand in the Village…
11-05-2011

Croatia at Cannes

The stand of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre at the Cannes Film Market will be for the second year located at the Village International Riviera in the framework of the South-East…
10-05-2011

Estonian Films in Cannes

The Estonian film delegation is now situated in a new location at Cannes: Pantiero, pavillion 212, Estonian Films. A complete list of Estonian screenings and events follows:
10-05-2011

DISCOP Announces 2011 Schedule of Events

BUDAPEST: DISCOP Budapest (www.discop.com), the leading TV market for Central and Eastern Europe, has rolled out a four-day schedule of events, beginning with DISCOPRO, a traning and networking programme on…
10-05-2011

Central Europe Sees Growth in Cinema Attendance

With the exception of Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary, Central European territories saw the national share of total box office rise in 2010, according to a new report by the European…
10-05-2011

Vajna Pledges Support for Hungarian Scripts

BUDAPEST: Hungary's new commissioner for the film industry pledged to finance the development of scripts at a meeting of film professionals during the 42 Hungarian Film Week (5-8 May 2011…
10-05-2011

Gdynia Film Fund Supports Six New Projects

The regional Gdynia Film Fund (www.ckgdynia.pl) announced its 2011 grants. The fund will finance six productions with a total of 700,000 PLN (178,000 EUR) to support the local film industry.
10-05-2011

PRODUCTION: Bucharestless in Postproduction

BUCHAREST: Romanian director George Dorobanţu (Elevator) is in postproduction with his second film, Bucharestless, a city-vérité conceptual movie shot in Bucharest.
09-05-2011

FNE at HFW 2011: Hungarian Film Week winners

BUDAPEST: Pal Adrienn directed by Agnes Kocsis and produced by Ferenc Pusztai won the main prize for best feature film and best producer at this year's edition of the Hungarian…
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Slovak Cinema at Cannes

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film Institute (www.aic.sk) announced a wide-ranging presence during the Cannes Festival and the film market, ranging from young talents to closing night film stars. Slovakia presents two…
08-05-2011

Schwartzenberg Acquires Realitatea Media

BUCHAREST: Romanian-Israeli businessman Elan Schwartzenberg increased his media position, buying 90% of the shares of one of the most important Romanian TV channels, Realitatea TV (www.realitatea.net) from Sorin Ovidiu Vântu.…
08-05-2011

FESTIVALS: Polish Fest Reveals Competition Films

GDYNIA: The Polish Film Festival, taking place in Gdynia 6-11 June 2011, under its new artistic director Michał Chaciński, annouonced 12 titles selected for the main competition. The selection includes…
08-05-2011

ScripTeast at Cannes

WARSAW: ScripTeast (www.scripteast.pl), the script development workshop for experienced screenwriters from Central and Eastern Europe, will award its Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Awardduring the Cannes film festival, with the writers of…
08-05-2011

PRODUCTION: Royal Romance Shoots at MediaPro

BUCHAREST: William & Kate: A Royal Love Story, a romance biopic of the recently wed British royal couple, will begin filming at MediaPro Studios (www.mediaprostudios.com) in May 2011.
08-05-2011

PRODUCTION: Voskovec Documentary Completing Production

PRAGUE: My Father Voskovec, a 58-minute documentary on the communist exile of popular Czech actor/comic Jiri (George) Voskovec, is due to complete filming in May 2011 and move into postproduction…
05-05-2011

PRODUCTION: Švankmajer in Preproduction on Čapek´s Insects

Czech auteur and animation artist Jan Švankmajer at age 76 is preparing a film adaptation of legendary Czech playwright and novelist Karel Čapek's book "On the Life of a Beetle"…
05-05-2011

PRODUCTION: Night Boats in Production

Night Boats, a Croatian-Slovenian-Serbian coproduction directed by Igor Mirković, began shooting in Zagreb on 28 April 2011. The melodrama was written by Mirković along with Elvis Bošnjak and Ognjen Sviličić.
05-05-2011