New Cinemax in Slovakia

Cinemax (www.cine-max.sk), the exhibitor of the multi-cinema chain Cinemax, opened a 7-screen multiplex in the Slovak city Kosice on November 29.
30-11-2008

Polish award for special edition of the Hartley-Merrill

The Polish Hartely-Merril 2009, organized by the Andrzej Wajda Directing School, Polish Film Institute, HBO, and the Marshall of the Masovia Province, is launching a new award PLN 10,000 to…
30-11-2008

Magyar Telekom announces DTH launch

Magyar Telekom, a subsidary of Deutsche Telekom, announced the launch of satellite service, T-Home Sat TV.
30-11-2008

New Minister of Culture wants more arts funding

Slovenia's new minister of culture, former critic Majda Sirca Ravnikar, installed on November 26, indicated she will push for more EU funding to go into the arts, and filmmakers look…
27-11-2008

First Slovenian daily TV serial debuts

Public TV station RTV Slovenia (www.rtvslo.si) has premiered the first Slovenian daily TV serial, Passions.
27-11-2008

Czech documentaries in upbeat mode

Two new Czech documentaries, RAPublic and Gyumri are opening in Czech cinemas, following their premiers at the Jihlava documentary festival (IDFF).
27-11-2008

Polish film professionals fight for the public media

Polish film and TV professional are banding together to introduce changes in the Polish media sphere with a Citizen Media Bill.
26-11-2008

Camerimage announces jury and competition

Poland's acclaimed international festival of the art of cinematography, Camerimage (taking place in the country's film capital Lodz, November 29-December 6) has announced competition film line-up and jury.
26-11-2008

Bela Tarr preps swan song

Hungarian auteur Bela Tarr is preparing a 35-day December shoot for The Turin Horse, an Hungarian-Swiss-German-French co-production in Hungary.
26-11-2008

Turkey drives local box office, TV ratings in Middle East

Turkish TV series are driving the TV ratings in Arab speaking Middle East while more producers line up projects featuring Turkish stars.
26-11-2008

Two Bulgarian film projects awarded in Thessaloniki

The recent 49th Thessaloniki IFF (http://www.filmfestival.gr/) turned out to be most profitable for Bulgarian filmmakers.
25-11-2008

Baltic Event Co-Production Market Announces Slate of Projects

The Baltic Event Co-Production Market, which begins December 1st, announced a slate of 12 projects chosen from the Baltics, Scandinavia, Central-Eastern Europe, and Russia.
25-11-2008

Multikino's stock exchange debut postponed

The financial crisis at ITI Group will suspend the stock exchange debut of one of the biggest Polish cinema chains, Multikino.
25-11-2008

Austrian TV looks for expansion in Central Europe

The Austrian Broadcasting Service (ORS), which controls the transmission towers of Austrian public broadcaster ORF, is bidding on expansions in Central European territories.
25-11-2008

Yugoslav co-productions a Slovenian specialty

Slovenia may be alone among Central European countries in reaching out in a big way to former Yugoslav countries to offer financial support through co-productions.
24-11-2008

Renc film opens in Prague

Filip Renc's remake of a 1937 film based on a Czech psychological suspense novel, Guard No. 47 opens November 27 in Czech cinemas in 25 prints.
24-11-2008

Central Europeans win Hot Bird Awards

Polish, Hungarian, and Romanian theme channels were among the winners of the annual Hot Bird TV Awards, announced on November 17.
24-11-2008

Ljubljana film fest drives local distribution

The impact of the Ljubljana film festival LIFFE (November 12-23) lingers far beyond closing night, with around 20 films from the festival going into Slovenian distribution each year.
23-11-2008

All star cast of The Mill And The Cross working in Poland

Charlotte Rampling, Michael York and Rutger Hauer came to Katowice to star in a new movie from Lech Majewski, inspired by a famous Pieter Breugel's painting.
23-11-2008

Hungarian Maiden lines up financing, cast

Los Angeles-based filmmaker and actor Endre Hules (Seven, Apollo 13) is returning to his homeland, Hungary to make his 1.4 million euro (HUF 375 million) directorial debut, The Maiden Danced…
23-11-2008