New Distributor on Polish Market

WARSAW: Lancelot Media Distribution announced a 6 May 2011 launch on the Polish market. Founder and artistic director Piotr Kaźmirski told FNE that the company will focus on independent productions,…
21-04-2011

PRODUCTION: Croatian Doc Receives Romanian Funding

Croatian documentary film Gangster Loves You by director Nebojša Slijepčević and produced by Restart and Fade In received a grant of €26,000 from the Romanian National Film Fund CNC (Centrui…
21-04-2011

FNE - IDF DocBlock: Hungarian/German Awards Bosch Prize

The Robert Bosch Stiftung awarded a total of 210,000 euros to three CEE films, including a Hungarian/German documentary, Roma Rally, and the Romanian/German short film Pepsi directed by Peter Kerek.
21-04-2011

TeliaSonera Reports Declining Revenues

Swedish telecom group TeliaSonera reported a drop of 6% in revenues for the first quarter of 2011. The company has operations in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
20-04-2011

Celluloid Dreams Picks Up Loverboy

BUCHAREST: Cătălin Mitulescu's second feature, Loverboy has been acquired by Celluloid Dreams (www.celluloid-dreams.com). The film will have soon its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011…
20-04-2011

FESTIVALS: Wisla Honors Wajda

The Wisla Polish Film Festival (www.festiwalwisla.pl). running through 5 May 2011, is marking the 85th birthday of director Andrzej Wajda with screenings of Everything for Sale and The Maids of…
20-04-2011

FilmBox Launches in Spain

WARSAW: Polish-based Kino Polska TV announced the launch of broadcast in of its channels FilmBox and FilmBox Espana in Spain on the Starmax HD platform beginning on 18 April 2011.
20-04-2011

EFP Unveils Producers on the Move

Central Europe will make a strong showing at European Film Promotion's (EFP) Producers on the Move event taking place 14-17 May at the 2011 Cannes IFF.
19-04-2011

FESTIVALS: Kalev Tapped for Directors Fortnight

Rising Bulgarian star director Kamen Kalev won one of two CEE spot in the Cannes 2011 Directors Fortnight, 12-22 May, with his Bulgarian/Swedish coproduction The Island. Hungarian producer Ferenc Pusztai…
19-04-2011

Wajda Casts Belluci in Walesa Film

WARSAW: Polish Radio reports that director Andrzej Wajda has cast Monica Bellucci in his biopic of Solidarity leader Lech Walesa.
19-04-2011

New Horizon Picks Up Turin Horse

WARSAW: Polish distribution company New Horizons Association (www.enh.pl) has picked up Hungarian director Bela Tarr's last film The Turin Horse for theatrical and DVD distribution. The film will debut at…
19-04-2011

FESTIVALS: FNE at Cyprus Film Days IFF 2011: Prize Winners

LIMASOL: The Cyprus Film Days IFF (8-17 April 2011) announced the winners of its first-ever international competition at its awards ceremony on 17 April. The top prize went to the…
19-04-2011

FESTIVALS: Bojanov Heads to Critics Week

Konstantin Bojanov's Bulgarian-French coproduction Ave is the lone CEE film selected for the Cannes 2011 Critics Week, 12-20 May.
18-04-2011

PRODUCTION: Flower Square in Production

ZAGREB: Croatian director Krsto Papić has begun shooting his feature film Flower Square (working title). Filming commenced on 10 April 2011 in Zagreb, and is scheduled to wrap on 20…
18-04-2011

CTAM Expands Cable Awards Competition

Tne 5th annual Creative Awards Program (CAP), taking place in Malta on 22 September 2011, has announced it is accepting entries from non-CTAM Europe members, the European branch of the…
18-04-2011

FNE at Istanbul IFF 2011: Prize winners

ISTANBUL: The 30th edition of the Istanbul International Film Festival (www.iksv.org) awarded its top prize, the Golden Tulip for the International Competition, to Egyptian director Ahmad Abdalla's Microphone. The Special…
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CME Sells Czech Series to U.S.

PRAGUE: MediaPro Distribution, the sales agent for Central European Media Enterprises (CME, www.cetv-net.com ) announced a deal to develop the Czech crime series Organized Crime Unit in the U.S. The…
17-04-2011

FESTIVALS: Pal Adrienne Awarded at Crossing Europe

LINZ: Hungarian director Ágnes Kocsis' drama Pal Adrienne received the Audience Award at the Crossing Europe festival (www.crossingEurope.at) closing ceremony on 16 April 2011. The film previously was the recipient…
17-04-2011

Outbound Sold in Four Territories

BUCHAREST: Sales agent mk2 (www.mk2.com) has sold Bogdan George Apetri's Outbound/Periferic (www.periferic.ro) to Poland, Greece, Israel and Switzerland. The Romanian film will be distributed by Against Gravity (www.againstgravity.pl) in Poland,…
17-04-2011

FNE at Istanbul IFF 2011: New projects score development funding

ISTANBUL: Development funding for a number of new feature film projects was announced at the Istanbul IFF (http://film.iksv.org/trrnfor ) Meetings on the Bridge industry event last night. The new Turkish…
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