Hungary Prepares to End Terrestrial Broadcasts
BUDAPEST: Hungary will begin switching off analogue terrestrial broadcasts at the end of October 2012, beginning with the end of analogue broadcasting of public broadcaster Magyar Televizio’s (www.mtva.hu) leading channel…
Game of Thrones Returns to Croatia
DUBROVNIK: The HBO series Game of Thrones has begun filming season three in Dubrovnik, through Croatian services company Embassy Films (www.embassyfilms.com).
FNE AVP Live ! Doris Pack, Chair Culture and Education Committee, European Parliament
FNE AVP Live ! Interview with Doris Pack, Chair Culture and Education Committee, European Parliament. FNE asks Pack about the future of the audiovisual industry in Europe and the Creative…
FNE AVP Live ! Aviva Silver, Chair of MEDIA Committee of the European Commission.
FNE EXCLUSIVE: FNE asks Silver about Create Europe and what it means for the European audiovisual industry.
PRODUCTION: The Marcin Różycki Story in Postproduction
LUBLIN: La la la the Marcin Różycki Story (La la la Rzecz o Marcinie Różyckim), a documentary from director Grazyna Stankiewicz about a popular Polish bard, is in the final…
New Pay TV Channels Launch in CEE
Fox International Channels (www.foxinternationalchannels.com) plans to introduce its pay TV Fox channel in nine Balkan countries on 15 October 2012.
CEE Selects Oscar Hopefuls
Leading up to the 1 October 2012 deadline for the Oscar’s Best Foreign Language Film submissions, Central Europeans unveiled their Oscar contenders. The following films have been selected to represent…
Romania Set New Deadline for Analog to Digital Crossover
BUCHAREST: The National Radiocommunications Society (www.radiocom.ro) will receive a TV digital multiplex to broadcast Romanian TV public channels (www.tvr.ro).
PRODUCTION: Królikiewicz Developing Historical Drama
WARSAW: The acclaimed avant-garde Polish film director and screenwriter, Grzegorz Królikiewicz is in development with Samuel Zborowski, a historical costume feature drama based on a seventeenth century adventurer.
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival 2012: Prix Winners
POTOROZ: Thanks for Sunderland (www.rtvslo.si), the debut film from Sarajevo born Slovenian director Slobodan Maksimovic, won the best film prize at the 15th Festival of Slovenian Films which concluded on…
Baltic Oscar Films Lead Local Box Office
Baltic films looking for Oscar nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film category are finding domestic box office success in Estonia and Finland.
FNE AVP Live ! MEP Mary Honeyball
FNE AVP Live ! Interview with UK MEP Mary Honeyball, member of the Culture and Education Committee of the EU Parliament. FNE asks Honeyball about Creative Europe and how the…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival 2012: Competition: Feed Me with Your Words
POTOROZ: Feed Me with Your Words, the debut feature film from director Martin Turk, is one of seven films in competition at the 15th Festival of Slovenian Film (www.fsf.si) ,…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival 2012: Competition : Generation 71
POTOROZ: The feature documentary film Generation 71 competing in the 15th Festival of Slovenian Film (www.fsf.si), running through 30 September 2012 is the debut of Boštjan Slatenšek, a renowned photographer…
CARTOON Offering CEE Scholarships
WARSAW: CARTOON MASTERS (www.cartoon-media.eu) is accepting applications for scholarships to its finance workshop for professionals from new MEDIA Programme/new EU member states. The deadline for applications is 12 October 2012.
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival 2012: Competition: Tango Abrazos
POTOROZ: Tango Abrazos, the new feature film from the renowned Slovene film director Metod Pevec competing at the 15th Festival of Slovenian Film (www.fsf.si) running through 30 September 2012, is…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival 2012: Competition: Thanks for Sunderland
POTOROZ: Sarajevo born Slovenian director Slobodan Maksimovic is in the main competition of the 15th Slovenian Film Festival (www.fsf.si) with his feature film debut Thanks for Sunderland.
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival 2012: Competition: Ink Tips
POTOROZ: Ink Tips directed by Polona Sepe is a historical drama with a feminist tone, based on true events. The film is in the main competition of the 15th Slovenian…
FNE AVP Live ! Detlef Rossmann President CICAE
FNE AVP Live ! Interview with Detlef Rossman, President of CICAE, (International Confederation of Art Cinemas). FNE asks Rossman about digitalisation and the other challenges facing European distributors and exhibitors.
PRODUCTION: Andrei Grusznicki Preps The Escape
BUCHAREST: Two years after his feature debut with The Other Irina, Andrei Grusznicki is preparing to shoot a black and white drama set in communist Romania starting 15 October with…
