Estonia Announces 2011 Film Grants
TALLINN: The Estonian Ministry of Culture announced funding support for the production of five film projects being shot as international coproductions with the involvement of Estonian producers. The ministry's total…
PRODUCTION: September Eleven 1638 Shooting in Romania
WARSAW: Filming on the Italian-Polish-Turkish coproduction September Eleven 1638 (previously titled Battle Of Vienna), one of the biggest European projects of the year, began 2 May 2011 in Romania.
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Slovakia
BRATISLAVA: While locally produced content enjoys comparatively high viewership in Slovakia, domestic TV channels’ foreign sales and cross-border coproduction activities are still in their infancy, with neighbouring Czech Republic holding…
ScripTeast Applications Open
ScripTeast, the screenwriting lab now wrapping up in Cannes, is accepting applications for its next session, which begins in September.
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Competition: Le Harve
CANNES: Director Aki Kaurismaki’s first film in French language, Le Harve, loses none of the distinctive Kaurismaki style and ironic humour. Shot in the French seaport of Le Harve, the…
FESTIVALS: Kaunas Partners with NISI MASA
The Kaunas International Film Festival ( www.kinofestivalis.lt) announced that it has become the official representative of the European network of film associations NISI MASA in Lithuania.
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Canal + Increases Polish Content
WARSAW: As a part of its new strategy in Poland, Canal + will increase its support of local series and film co-productions, station executives told FNE.
Steep Decline for Romanian Media Market
BUCHAREST: Advertising spend was down 37% in Romania in 2010, according to the newly released Media Fact Book. Acvertising dropped across all segments of the market, with TV ad spend…
Digital Subscriptions Rise in Hungary
BUDAPEST: Digital subscriptions climbed by slight over 1% during the month of March, according to the latest data released by the National Media and Infocommunications Authority.
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Romania
BUCHAREST: MediaPro Pictures (www.mediapropictures.com), the Romanian-based production arm of Central European Media Enterprises (CME), is leading the way in exporting original content from Central and Eastern Europe. Thus far, 11…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Competition: Tree of Life
CANNES: Director Terrence Malick has succeeded in creating the very first American myth as film for the post war generation. No American who grew up in the 1950's will fail…
PRODUCTION: Omega Rose Filming in Romania
BUCHAREST: Romanian director George Dorobanţu is completing the filming of his third feature, the science fiction film Omega Rose. The main shooting took place in August-September 2009, with additional photography…
Latvia Hosts Asian Film Shoot
Latvia will stand in for the coast of France in the pan-Asian film My Way, a World War II film about two Asian soldiers during the landing on the coast…
Kanal TV Announces June Launch in Estonia
TALLINN: Estonian TV channel Kanal 2 will add a third channel to offerings, Kanal 12, scheduled to begin broadcasts on 8 June 2011. Kanal 2 added a women's channel, Kanal…
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Recycling TV Content Produced in CEE
When DISCOP East (www.discop.com) launched in Budapest twenty years ago under the direction of DISCOP founder Patrick Jucaud, TV in Central and Eastern Europe was still in the process of…
Romania's Digital Law Awaits Approval
BUCHAREST: The Romanian law on the switch to digital broadcasting is now awaiting approval of the state ministries, according to local reports.
Romanian TV Announces 2010 Deficit
BUCHAREST: Revenues rose slightly, but not enough to cover the 2010 deficit at Romania's state broadcaster. Romanian public television station SRTV (www.tvr.ro) recorded a deficit of 38.5 million euro (162…
