Menzel Honored in Romania
The Oscar-winning Czech director Jiri Menzel received a special award from the President of Romania Traian Basescu during a retrospective of Menzel's films in Bucharest.
Brad Pitt Film Begins Casting in Malta
Malta Today reports that locals are currently being hired as extras on a film to star Brad Pitt. The film, produced by Pitt's Plan B company, will begin shooting in…
Polanski Tapped for Gdynia Lifetime Award
Poland's national film festival taking place in Gdynia 6-11 June 2011(www.fpff.pl) will bestow its Lifetime Achievement Award on Roman Polanski.
TV Malta Maintains Market Lead
A new report from the Malta Broadcasting Authority (www.ba-malta.org) covering TV viewing habits in Malta in 2010 shows that domestic channel TVM has maintained its position as the leading channel…
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Slovenia
LJUBLJANA: Original programming is currently down slightly in Slovenia, but there are some bright spots on the market as a whole, including local adaptations of reality formats and fiction programmes.…
Revenues Up at Polsat
WARSAW: Revenues from advertising and sponsorship at Polish commercial broadcaster Polsat (www.polsat.pl) grew 3.6 % in the first quarter of 2011, double the growth on the Polish market as a…
Bulgarian Cinema Screens Increase
SOFIA: A new report from the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (NSI) covering data from 2010 shows that Bulgarians prefer cinema to most other cultural activities. At the same time, film…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Certain Regard: Elena
CANNES: Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev returns to form with his new feature Elena fulfilling the promise of his 2003 debut The Return. Elena deservedly won the Special Jury Prix in…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Cannes Film Festival Winners
CANNES: A jury headed by Robert De Niro awarded the Palm d'Or to Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life. The Grand Prix was shared by The Kid with a Bike…
Falk's Joanna Joins Moscow Competition
Joanna by Polish director Feliks Falk will screen in the Main Competition of the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival (June 23 -July 2, 2011). It will be the film's international…
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: TVP Picks Up Austrian Format
WARSAW: Public broadcaster TV Polska (TVP) is working on a Polish adaptation of Commisar Rex, the popular Austrian crime series about a German shepherd police dog. The shoot for the…
New Award for Experimental Polish Film
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute (PFI, www.pisf.pl) and the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (MSN, www.artmuseum.pl) are establishing a new award for experimental films and unconvential films projects. The…
Cyprus Completing Switch to Digital
Cyprus television stations are broadcasting via both analogue and terrestrial digital in the last weeks before analogue TV transmissions cease. The deadline for complete transition to digital is 1 July…
IPTV Revenues to Triple
Revenues for IPTV operators in CEE are predicted to triple by 2017, according to a report from analysists Frost & Sullivan. Revenue, which amounted to 90 million euros in 2010,…
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Czech Republic
PRAGUE: The Czech television market has always been defined by one overriding characteristic: the loyalty of Czech audiences to original domestic production, especially long-running TV series cast with popular local…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Competition: Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
CANNES: Nuri Bilge Ceylan returns to Cannes IFF for the fourth time with Once Upon A Time in Anatolia and looks set to take home another prize with this latest…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: TVP reports strong interest from buyers in Cannes
CANNES: Polish pubcaster TVP reported a number of deals and festival invitations during the Cannes IFF film market this year.
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: FNE and Russian distributors presented at Russian Pavilion Roundtable
CANNES: Film New Europe (http://www.filmneweurope.com/) was presented at the Russian Pavilion during a Roundtable on Russian Film Distribution in Cannes on 17 May 2011. Speakers at the roundtable were distinguished…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Lithuanians make Cannes debut
CANNES: Lithuania has made its Cannes IFF debut with its first-ever market stand organized by the newly restructured Lithuanian Independent Producers Association. The stand provided an umbrella for 18 Lithuanian…
