Polish HD Launch of Romance TV
WARSAW: Romance TV Polska (www.romance-tv.pl ) will launch in Poland on 1 September 2011 on the DTH platform "n".
RTL Increases Stake in Hungarian Station
BUDAPEST: The German television group RTL has acquired an addition 31% of the shares of the Hungarian commercial station RTL Klub ( www.rtlklub.hu ), Following acquisition of the final 26%…
Hungarian Success at New Horizons IFF
WROCLAW: The Grand Prix of the 11th New Horizons IFF (www.nowehorizonty.pl) and 20,000 euros went to Attenberg (Greece 2010) directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari. Sándor Kardos's Gravedigger (A sírásó, Hungary…
Estonian Ad Prices Rise
TALLINN: Advertising prices grew 21.6% in Estonia in the first half of 2011, compared to the same period in 2010.
DISCOP Istanbul Registration is Open
ISTANBUL: The second edition of DISCOP Istanbul (www.discop.com ), set for 28 February - 1 March 2012, has opened early registration.
PRODUCTION: Diaz - Don’t Clean up this Blood Shoots in Romania
BUCHAREST: Daniele Vicari's feature Diaz - Don't Clean up this Blood is filming in Bucharest until 20 August 2011, then the production will move to Italy where it will wrap…
French films make major gains at Polish box office
WARSAW: French films made major gains at the Polish box office in 2010 compared to 2009 with 6.050.224 Euros earned by French films in 2010 compared to 1 463 955…
Austria Funds eight new feature film productions
VIENNA: The Austrian Film Institute has announced funding of 3.16m Euros for 45 new projects including just over 2m Euros for eight new feature film projects.
FNE at Venice IFF 2011: Polish and Czech films in Venice lineup
Polish films will have a strong presence at the Venice International Film Festival (31 August-10 September 2011) this year with two Polish films in the official programme. Polish director Roman…
Play Poland Film Festival bring Polish films to UK
WARSAW: The Play Poland Film Festival (http://playpoland.org.uk) will be bring Polish cinema to audiences in Scotland from 2 August to 25 September with screenings in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Sponsored in…
Two Riversides Festival kicks off with Polish premier of new Dardenne Brothers film
WARSAW: The year’s edition of Two Riversides Film Festival will kick off with the Polish premier of the new Dardenne Brothers film The Kid With a Bike which received the…
CME posts profit in Q2
PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has posted a small 2011 second quarter profit despite a contraction in the advertising market generally in central and eastern Europe. Second quarter net…
Romanian admissions for domestic films declines
BUCHAREST: Romanian films at the domestic box office are down in the first half of 2011 compared to 2010. Topping the first six months of this year for domestically produced…
French Sales Company Wide Management picks up The Mole
WARSAW: Paris based international sales outfit Wide Management has added Rafael Lewandowski’s The Mole to its strong line-up. The Mole with will be released theatrically in Poland on 5 August…
Local films dominate box office in Turkey
ISTANBUL: Turkish films continue to dominate at the local box office with domestic productions taking seven out of the top ten slots for the first six months of 2011. The…
Bulgarian Films Head to Sarajevo Film Festival
SOFIA: Bulgarian films continue their international success story with seven Bulgarian films due to participate in the 17th edition of Sarajevo Film Festival (22-30 July 2011) in the capital of…
First Golden Carpathian TV and Digital Market Launched
BUCHAREST: The first edition of a new TV content market, the Golden Carpathian Market, is set for 25-28 August 2011 in Ploiesti in the Carpathian region of Romania. The event…
PRODUCTION: Jean Claude Van Damme to shoot Six Bullets in Romania
BUCHAREST: Six Bullets aka The Butcher, a new actioner starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, is set to shoot in Romania in September, with MediaPro Studios (www.mediaprostudios.com ) providing production services. The…
Foreign productions boost Malta economy
MALTA: The 13 part TV series Sinbad the Sailor produced by UK based Impossible Pictures for SKY TV will pump over 8 m euros into the Malta economy according to…
Pula Film Festival Prize Winners
PULA: The 58th Pula Film Festival awarded its main prize, the Grand Golden Arena, to Kotlovina directed by Tomislav Radic in its National Competition for Croatian film. The film also…
