TVP Achieves Financial Autonomy
WARSAW: A new statute at Telewize Polska (TVP, www.tvp.pl) gives the Board of the Polish public broadcaster the right to buy and sell licences for productions without consulting with the…
Ivona Juka's Co-production The Other Supported by Eurimages
ZAGREB: Director Ivona Juka's feature live-action debut The Other, a Croatian/Slovene coproduction,has won financial support from Eurimages.
FESTIVALS: Name Change for Era New Horizons
WARSAW: Heading into its 11th edition, the Wroclav film festival Era New Horizons is shortening its name to New Horizons to reflect the name change of its major sponsor.
Bulgarian Filmmakers Appeal for Faster Reform
SOFIA: Georgy Stoyanov, the president of the Union of the Bulgarian filmmakers, has expressed concern about delays in the adoption of a new policy for the national film sector.
Moscow IFF Competition: Escalation/Escalade
French director, scriptwriter and producer Charlotte Silvera turned to the Russian play Dear Elena Sergeevna by Lyudmila Razumovskaya as the source material for her film Escalation. It tells a story…
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: DISCOP Registration Up
BUDAPEST: DISCOP (www.discop.com) founder Patrick Jucaud said pre-registration of both buyers and sellers for the 21-23 June 2011 TV content market was up, with heavy growth from the Balkans and…
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: NATPE Takes Majority Ownership in DISCOP Budapest
BUDAPEST: DISCOP (www.discop.com) founder Patrick Jucaud and NATPE (www.natpe.org) President and CEO Rick Feldman announced in a joint press conference on 21 June 2011 that NATPE has acquired a majority…
European Filmmakers Meet with EU Commissioner Lewandowski over MEDIA Programme Budget
WARSAW: EU Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget Janusz Lewandowski met with Istvan Szabo, President of FERA, the Federation of European Film Directors, and Dariusz Jabłonski, director-producer and President of…
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Hungarian State TV Grows Competitive Edge
BUDAPEST: Lidia Marton, director of international relations for the new Hungarian broadcasting umbrella organization MTVA (Broadcast Support and Asset Management Fund, www.mtva.hu) told a packed pre-DISCOP audience, "We hope to…
FNE at MIFF: Taboo - The Soul Is Stranger on Earth
Christoph Stark is in competition at Moscow IFF with Taboo - The Soul Is Stranger on Earth/Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden, the haunted love story…
Moscow IFF Competition: In the Name of the Devil
Inspired by true events, Polish director and screenwriter Barbara Sass creates a film about crossing the limits of faith and madness behind the walls of a nunnery, In the Name…
Cartoon Forum Announces Selected Projects
The northern Polish port city of Sopot hosts the 2011 edition of Cartoon Forum, with 66 projects selected for pitching. Poland figures prominently on the list, along with animated series…
Moscow IFF Competition: Sneakers
Sneakers, the Bulgarian debut film by co-directors Ivan Vladimirov and Valery Yordanov, screens in the main competition at the Moscow IFF, before heading to Karlovy Vary IFF in July.
FESTIVALS: Art Film Fest Hosts Opening Weekend Galas
The 19th annual Art Film Fest (www.artfilmfest.sk), taking place 17-25 June 2011 in the Slovak towns of Trencianske Teplice and Trencin, lined up an opening weekend of stars and galas,…
PRODUCTION: The New Life of a Family Album in Production
BRATISLAVA: Young Slovak director Adam Oľha (Martin-Lisbon) is in the final stage of production with his second feature documentary, The New Life of a Family Album. Based on a long-term…
FNE at DISCOP Budpest 2011: TVP Picks up Argentine Format
WARSAW: TVP 2 has commissioned the first season of a sitcom about the media world, Wiadomości z drugiej ręki (Second-hand news). The series, based on the popular Argentinian format Los…
FNE IDF DocBlock: 46TH KVIFF Unveils Documentary Lineup
The Croatian documentary musical Marija's Own has made it into the East of the West competition at the 46th Karlovy Vary IFF (July 1 - 9, 2011). Two Polish, one…
Rat King Receives Eurimages Support
Rat King, an Estonian-Finnish coproduction, has been granted 250,000 euros in funding from Eurimages, in a decision at the latest meeting taking place in Helsinki.
CME Receives Adam Smith Award
Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME, www.cetv-net.com ) has been awarded the Treasury Today Adam Smith Award for Best Practice and Innovation 2011 in the Best Corporate Debt Solution category.
Agnes Havas Appointed to Lead Hungarian National Film Fund
BUDAPEST: The new Hungarian Film Fund has named producer Agnes Havas as the fund’s director. The fund was created to support the production of Hungarian films by Andrew G. Vajna,…
