Hungarians launch New Faces

Seven young Hungarian film directors have formed the group "New Faces" (www.newfaceshungary.com), a move to refresh Hungary's commercial industry.
01-03-2010

FNE Interview with Agnieszka Holland

In an exclusive interview, Agnieszka Holland spoke with FNE about the significance of Poland's "Oscars" the Polish Eagles, new trends in Polish cinema, and her criteria of voting for the…
28-02-2010

CME appoints David Sach as new CFO

Central European Media Enterprises (CME, www.cetv-net.com) has appointed David Sach as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 1, 2010.
28-02-2010

Liberty Global posts Q4 gain in CEE

Liberty Global saw a 6.5% increase in its UPC CEE division in the fourth quarter of 2009, but posted an annual decrease of 13.9%
28-02-2010

Whistle begins theatrical roll-out

Berlinale Silver Bear winner If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle begins it first theatrical release in Romania on March 26, with sales to foreign territories lining up.
28-02-2010

15 screen multiplex arriving in megamall

A new multiplex with 15 screens will open in Bucharest on April 28, as part of Sun Plaza (www.sunplaza.ro), the biggest mall in Romania, which opened on February 25.
25-02-2010

PRODUCTION: Purcarete in postproduction with Somewhere in Palilula

Somewhere in Palilula, the first feature of the acclaimed Romanian stage director Silviu Purcărete, moved into editing in mid-February, but still has six days of shooting scheduled for the end…
25-02-2010

M-appeal locks sales for Cyprus, Bulgaria and Slovenia

Berlin-based world sales company m-appeal announced sales for top films from Bulgaria, Cyprus and Slovenia.
25-02-2010

Turner plans to launch TNT and truTV in Romania

Romania could see the launch of TNT (www.tnt.tv) and truTV (www.trutv.com) in 2010.
24-02-2010

Polish Eagle for Stawiński

Polish scriptwriter and director Jerzy Stefan Stawiński will receive a Polish Eagle for Lifetime Achievement at the film industry's gala ceremony on March 1.
24-02-2010

JMB takes top Slovak grants

Slovak firm JMB Film and TV Production received the two largest grants from the Slovak Audiovisual program 2009 for the films Visible World (410,000 Euro), and Cherrie Boy (380 000…
24-02-2010

Strong web usage in CEE territories

An IAB report shows heavy web usage among users in CEE territories, compared with West European counterparts.
23-02-2010

Happiest Girl leads Romania's Gopo nominations

Radu Jude's The Happiest Girl In The World topped the nominations for Romania's Gopo national film awards with 11 nominations, followed by Corneliu Porumboiu's Police, adjective with ten nominations. .
23-02-2010

New Hungarian studio awaits April opening

Raleigh film studio executives had a first look at their new HUF17 billion Hungarian film studio located outside Budapest.
22-02-2010

Mañana picks up Turkish Berlinale winner

Polish arthouse distribution company Mañana will distribute the Honey (Bal) by director Semih Kaplanoglu, the Berlinale Golden Bear winning film from Turkey.
22-02-2010

Poland awaits Polish Eagles awards

The prestigious Polish Film Awards, the Eagles will take place March 1 in Warsaw. Members of the Polish Film Academy have chosen the nominees in 16 categories.
21-02-2010

CME buys Bulgaria's bTV

Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has negotiated a deal to buy Bulgarian channel bTV from News Corporation for $400 million.
21-02-2010

FNE in Berlin: CEE Filmmakers Triumph at 60th Berlinale

BERLIN: The 60th Berlinale was dominated by filmmakers and films from central and Eastern Europe this year who swept most prizes in the top categories.
21-02-2010

Poland's Vivarto picks up Sundance's Peepli

Polish distributor Vivarto has acquired indian film Peepli Live following its successful debut at the Sundance film festival.
21-02-2010