Universal Picks Diaz-Don't Clean Up This Blood

{mosimage}BUCHAREST: Daniele Vicari's feature on the brutal G8 Summit in Genoa 2001, Diaz-Don't Clean Up This Blood, has been pickep up by Universal Pictures International Entertainment (www.universalpictures.co.uk) for distribution in…
18-04-2012

Romania Introduces Digital TV Card

BUCHAREST: Romania is the second CEE country to introduce a digital TV card, following the Czech Republic.
18-04-2012

Gypsy, The House Tie for Slovak Film Awards

{mosimage}BRATISLAVA: The House and Gypsy each won six prizes at The Sun in a Net, Slovakia's biannual national film awards which took place on 17 April 2012.
18-04-2012

Pepik Hnatek Leads Czech Box Office

PRAGUE: District league - Pepik Hnatek's Last Stand held on to the first place at the Czech box office for the third week in a row, beating out U.S. hit…
17-04-2012

PRODUCTION: My Name Is Janez Jansa in Postproduction

{mosimage}LJUBLJANA: Slovenian conceptual artist and performer Janez Jansa is in final post-production on a 67 minute HD documentary on names and identity, focusing on the case of himself and two…
17-04-2012

PRODUCTION: Romania's Mungiu in Post-Production with French/Belgian Coproduction

BUCHAREST: Director/writer Cristian Mungiu's new feature Beyond the Hills is in the last stages of post-production and in anticipation of an invitation to screen at Cannes film festival 2012.
17-04-2012

PRODUCTION: Southern Scum Go Home! in Preproduction

LJUBLJANA: Writer/Director/screenwriter Goran Vojnovic is preparing an adaptation of his 2008 Slovenian bestselling novel in advance of a 1 July 2012 shoot date.
16-04-2012

Declining Ad Revenues at Romanian TV

{mosimage}BUCHAREST: The deficit of the Romanian's public TV, SRTV (www.tvr.ro), decreased by 0.71% in 2011, to €36.7 million Euro, while revenue from advertising was 7.4 million euro in 2011, down…
16-04-2012

FESTIVALS: Ten Czech Features Compete in Finale Plzen

{mosimage}PLZEN: The Czech national film festival FINALE (www.festivalfinale.cz/en/), which runs 22-28 April 2012 in the western Czech city of Plzen, has selected 10 Czech feature films for the New Czech…
16-04-2012

FNE at Istanbul FF 2012: Istanbul Film Festival Prize winners

{mosimage}ISTANBUL: Two Turkish films dominated the National Competition at this year’s 31st Istanbul Film Festival (www.iksv.org). Beyond the Hill directed by Emin Alper won the Golden Tulip for best film,…
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FESTIVALS: Mediawave International Competition

{mosimage}Five feature films will compete in the main competition of the 22nd edition of the Hungarian Mediawave IFF (www.mediawavefestival.hu , taking place 26-30 April in Fort Monostor.
15-04-2012

TVN in Talks with German/Swiss Media Group

WARSAW: Polish commercial TV broadcaster TVN (www.tvn.pl) is in exclusive discussions with Ringier Axel Springer Media over the sale of TVN's web portal Onet.pl (www.onet.pl ).
15-04-2012

PRODUCTION: Polish-Swedish Green Box Short Begins Filming

WARSAW: The Big Leap, a Polish-Swedish coproduction directed by Kristoffer Rus, began shooting on 15 April at the new ATM Studio (www.atmstudio.eu) in Warsaw.
15-04-2012

FNE at Istanbul FF 2012: Festival on Wheels team gears up for film production

ISTANBUL: Festival on Wheels team Ahmet Boyacicoglu and Basak Emre have moved into film production with Inside directed by Zeki Demirkubiz which had its world premier at Istanbul FF (www.iskv.org).
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Finland Grants 50/50 Support to Four Films

In the second round of a new funding initiative, the Finnish Film Foundation (www.ses.fi) selected four feature films, including two children/youth films, to receive grants of up to 50%.
12-04-2012

Georgia Announces Call for Short Film Grants

TIBLISI: The Georgian National Film Center (GNFC, www.gnfc.ge) has announced a call for applications for the national competition on financing short feature films for production in 2012.
12-04-2012

PRODUCTION: Shanghai Gypsy in Postproduction

{mosimage}LJUBLJANA: Director/screenwriter Marko Nabersnik is in post production with Shanghai Gypsy, a love story involving a gypsy family during the break-up of Yugoslavia.
12-04-2012

PRODUCTION: Shanghai Gypsy in Postproduction

LJUBLJANA: Director/screenwriter Marko Nabersnik is in post production with Shanghai Gypsy, a love story involving a gypsy family during the break-up of Yugoslavia.
12-04-2012

PRODUCTiON: Captain Phillips Filming in Malta

Sony Pictures Entertainment is in Malta filming Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks, through the end of May. According to Malta's film commissioner (www.mfc.com.mt) Peter Busuttil, shooting will take place at…
11-04-2012

OTV Licence Curtailed Again

BUCHAREST: The Audiovisual Council of Romania (www.cna.ro) made a historical decision on April 10 when it voted unanimously that the licence of OTV channel (www.otv.com.ro) should expire on 4 July…
11-04-2012