Croatia's House Wins Development Grant

The Croatian feature film House (screenplay Sanja Kovačević, director Zoran Sudar, produced by Mainframe Production) was awarded a development grant at the 8th Balkan Script Development Fund (4 - 6…
09-12-2010

Estonian Funding Stays Stable for 2011

Estonia's public financing for film looks set to remain unchanged from the painfully reduced level of 2010. Altogether, the three major public sources for film financing - the Estonian Film…
09-12-2010

Slovaks Anticipate Identity Card

While Slovakia saw a drop off in national film production as it changed over to a new funding system last year, at least one Slovak backed film is widely anticipated…
09-12-2010

Turkey Approves Media Foreign Ownership Bill

The Turkish Parliament has approved a bill that will allow an increase in foreign ownership of Turkish TV and radio. Foreign investment will now cap at 50%, doubling the previous…
09-12-2010

Croatian Audiovisual Center Confirms Hribar as Director

The Board of Governors of Croatian Audiovisual Centre (www.hvac.hr) appointed Hrvoje Hribar as Chief Executive of the Centre, at a meeting on 4 December 2010,
08-12-2010

Karlovy Vary Festival Names Och New Director

The Karlovy Vary IFF (www.kviff.com) appointed Karel Och as the new Artistic Director, replacing 15 year festival veteran Eva Zaoralova. Och's appointment takes effect 1 January 2011. Zaoralova will stay…
08-12-2010

PRODUCTION: Ileana in Development

BUCHAREST: Eva Pervolovici is in development with her first feature, Ileana, the story of a young and innocent girl who decides to infiltrate the ghetto in order to save her…
08-12-2010

Crisis: Hungarian Government Cuts Funding to Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation. HFW Postponed

The Hungarian parliament has decided to dramatically cut funding for the Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation (MMK www.mmka.hu) in its 2011 budget. The move has also put the future of the…
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FESTIVALS: Stolen Wins Art of the Doc

The Australian film Stolen directed by Violeta Ayala and Dan Falshow won the Grand Prix at the Art of the Document Festival in Warsaw on 4 December 2010.
07-12-2010

Polish Directors and Producers Found Association

Sixteen Polish filmmakers have founded a new Polish Film Directors and Producers Association (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
07-12-2010

Slovenian Film Center Will Launch in January 2011

The Slovenian Film Fund (www.film-sklad.si), the public fund founded in 1994, will be replaced by the Slovenian Film Center (SFC), a public agency, as of January 2011. The Slovenian government…
07-12-2010

TVP Launches New Channel

Polish public broadcaster TVP launched a new theme channel "TVP Seriale" (TVP Series) on 6 December 2010, in anticipation of expanded advertising income.
07-12-2010

Polish director Andrzej Wajda awarded by Russian President Medvedev

WARSAW: Polish director Andrzej Wajda has been awarded the Russian medal of the Order of Friendship by Russian president Dmitry Medvedev during his visit to Warsaw. The medal was in…
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EEFA Awards Four Projects in Tallinn

TALLINN: The East European Film Alliance (www.eefa-eu.org) awarded four projects in the final session of the EEFA Training Network 2010 during Black Nights Film Festival at Tallinn.
06-12-2010

PRODUCTION: Flying Blind in Preproduction

Polish director Andrzej Jakimowski is currently casting Flying Blind, his follow up to Tricks, in Germany, the UK and France for a spring shoot in Lisbon. The film is a…
06-12-2010

10 TV Launches on December 10

BUCHAREST: 10 TV, a new television channel from Romanian communication company RCS/RDS (www.rcs-rds.ro), will launch on 10 December 2010. The launch budget and the budget for 2011 is 10 million…
06-12-2010

Slovenia Holds Referendum on New TV Law

LJUBLJANA: A referendum on a new law to reform the institutional framework of public broadcaster RTV Slovenia (www.rtvslo.si) will be held on 12 December 2010.
06-12-2010

Majewski Film Premieres at Sundance

The Polish film The Mill And The Cross directed by Lech Majewski and produced by Silesia Film (www.silesiafilm.com.pl), Bokomotiv Filmproduktion (www.bokomotiv.se) and TVP (www.international.tvp.pl) will have its world premiere at…
05-12-2010

Tallinn Black Nights FF Winners

TALLINN: The 14th Tallinn Nights FF (19 November - 5 December 2010) worked hand in hand with the European Film Awards this year which were held in Tallinn on 4…
05-12-2010

Polish talent dominates European Film Academy Awards

TALLINN: Ghost Writer directed by Polish born director Roman Polanski picked up a total of six awards at the 23rd European Film Awards in Tallinn on Saturday night including best…
05-12-2010