3-D TV airs in Romania
Mix 2 Braşov has become the first TV channel to air a 3D show in Romania.
Intersonic signs deal with FreMantle
Slovak and Czech distributor Intersonic (www.intersonic.sk) has signed a home entertainment deal with FreMantle Media.
Production: New documentary co-productions from Romania
Two new Romanian feature-length documentaries exploring the country's traditional past are attracting international co-production partners.
Prix Arte nomination for Cooking History
Slovak director Peter Kerekes' film Cooking History has been nominated for the European Film Academy's Prix Arte for best documentary.
Viasat enters Estonian IPTV market
Viasat, a division of the Modern Times Group, is launching pay-TV channels in Estonia via the IPTV and broadband provider Elion.
ScripTeast workshop wraps
ScripTeast (www.scripteast.pl), the Independent Film Foundation training program in scriptwriting which concluded in the Ossoliński Palace in Sterdyń on October 2, presented the following five films in the early stages…
Lithuania nominates Vortex for foreign-language Oscar
Gytis Lukšas feature film Vortex (Duburys), recipient of the the Silver Crane award in Lithuania for best actress Oksana Borbat, and best supporing actors Vladimiras Jefrenovas and Jūratė Onaitytė, has…
Production: Poker begins filming
Romanian director Sergiu Nicolaescu has started shooting Poker , an adaptation of a successful play written by Adrian Lustig and staged at the Comedy Theater in Bucharest 5 years ago.
Digital center planned for Baltic film school
The Tallinn-based international Baltic Film and Media School (BFM) has launched an architectural competition for its new prmemises, complete with a digital cluster, due for completion by the end of…
Tales from the Golden Age tops Romanian box office
Tales from the Golden Age, produced, written and co-directed by Cristian Mungiu, together with Ioana Uricaru, Hanno Hofer, Răzvan Mărculescu and Constantin Popescu, has drawn the highest admission on opening…
Romania nominates Police, Adjective for foreign-language Oscar
Corneliu Porumboiu's film Police, Adjective, recipient of the FIPRESCI Prize and Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes at Cannes, has been chosen as Romania's entry for…
Production: Alexandru Maftei in post-production with Hello, How Are You?
The first feature from Romanian director Alexandru Maftei, Hello, How Are You?, is a romantic comedy about a husband and wife who fall in love via the internet, hiding their…
Emmy nomination for Seven Gates of Jerusalem
State broadcaster Polish Television (TVP, www.tvp.pl) has received an Emmy nomination for the televised music special Seven Gates of Jerusalem by Jaroslaw Minkowicz and Tomasz Baginski.
Historic cinema re-opens in Kaunas
The oldest cinema in Lithuania, Romuva, reopened it doors on October 1, for the Kaunas film festival.
Financial trouble at LRT
Public broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT, www.lrt.lt ) has accumulated some 3 million Litas (860,000 Euros) in debts for broadcasting services, reflecting the financial problems in the media…
New studios under construction in Budapest
Eight new studios are in construction in Budapest, with the first expected to open its doors in spring 2010 and the remainder completed by the end of 2010.
Estonia to cut film subsidies in 2010
Estonia is planning to cut as much as 11.8% of the national film fund Estonian Film Foundation's budget in 2010, as presented in the state budget sent to the parliament…
TVP elects new board
Bogusław Szwedo has been elected TVP board chairman, replacing controversial interim chairman Piotr Farfał.
Francesca opens in Romania
Director Bobby Păunescu and the production team are traveling to ten towns across Romania to promote his first feature film, Francesca.
Estonia nominates December Heat for foreign-language Oscar
December Heat, a historical action thriller by Asko Kase was chosen as Estonia's nomination for this year's best foreign language film.
