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.
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.
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.
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…
Pan-Baltic TV channel discussions
Prime ministers from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania meeting in Estonia held discussion on a potential pan-Baltic TV channel on November 21.
Bulgarian chain to build more cinemas
The Arena chain of cinemas in Bulgaria plans to add 13-15 new cinemas in the next four years.
Hungarian Film Week applicatants move to jury decision
Following the November 20 application deadline for Hungarian Film Week, filmmakers are now awaiting the decision of the programming jury, due on December 20.
Hungarian state owned film studios for sale
The Hungarian National Trust Company (Magyar Nemzeti Vagyonkezelo Zrt., www.mnvzrt.hu) announced in a statement on November 19 a call for tender to sell three state-owned film studios.
Tallinn Black Nights announces competition
The 12th Black Nights Film Festival has announced its competition programme, with 18 films selected for the EurAsia competition programme.
SPI takes third spot on Slovak market
Independent film distributor SPI has moved into a solid third place slot in the Slovak market, the company announced.
TV3 wins court decision
A Riga court has directed Baltkom TV to cease broadcasts of TV3 via digital land-line.
Turkish 2007 box office champ strikes again
Cagan Irmak's romantic drama Alone - formerly Barren Man connected with Turkish audiences in its second week, topping the box office with 241,974 admissions.
Hallmark begins filming in Riga
The Hallmark Hall of Fame TV film Miss Irena's Children began shooting on November 13 in Riga.
Telefonica announces increase in Czech subscribers
Spanish pay-TV provider Telefonica announced that subscribers in the Czech Republic rose by more than 10% in the third quarter of 2008.
Hungary's TV2 lays off staff, others plan streamlining
With the global economic downturn reaching Hungary's media sector, Hungary's commercial TV channel TV2 (www.tv2.hu) announced the start of wide-scale restructuring and corporate streamlining.
EAVE Producers Workshop for the first time in Warsaw
Warsaw is hosting the prestigious international Eave Workshop for international film producers, a week long event on cinema marketing strategies that began November 17.
DISCOP East announces new participants
DISCOP East has announced participation by several new companies for the June 16-19 event in Budapest.
EFP names Shooting Stars jury
The 2009 jury for the prestigious Shooting Stars award has been announced by European Film Promotion (EFP), which produces the event february 7-9, 2009, during the Berlinale.
Obituatry: Stanislaw Rozewicz, TOR film studio founder
Stanislaw Rozewicz, director, founder and artistic director of the TOR Film Studio, and considered a great moral authority among Polish film-makers, died of cancer on November 9, age 84.
Hungarian Serb film finally hits cinemas
Sand Glass directed by Szabolcs Tolnai, which endured a two year delay due to the split of Serbia and Montenegro, was released in Hungary on November 13.
