PRODUCTION: Judgment finds German co-producer
Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev's production company Argo Film is co-producing his second feature film, The Judgment, with Germany's Leipzig-based LE Vision.
EFA names film "ambassadors"
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu and Polish actor Maciej Stuhr are among the ten prominent European film names selected as the European Film Academy's "Ambassadors of European Film."
Malnay named Chello Central Europe managing director
Levente Malnay joins Chellomedia as managing director of Chello Central Europe as of December 1.
Francesca approved for Italian distribution
The Civil Court of Rome has rejected the request by Alessandra Mussolini to ban Bobby Păunescu's film Francesca in Italy.
Men on the Bridge wins international distribution
The Turkish/German/Dutch co-production Men on the Bridge will see distribution in the UK and Ireland, following its win at the London Turkish film festival.
PRODUCTION: Vlado Škafar's Father in postproduction
Following the completion of 12 shooting days during autumn, Slovenian director Vlado Škafar's debut feature film Father has moved into the postproduction phase.
Akkari named WB sales exec for CEE
Warner Bros International TV Division has promoted Rita Akkari to director of sales for Central and Eastern Europe.
FESTIVALS: Eleven CEE films awarded at19th Cottbus festival
ORDINARY PEOPLE | OBICNI LJUDI from Serbia is the winner of 19th FilmFestival Cottbus.
Connecting Cottbus pitches a winning event
The Cottbus film festival's secret weapon, the Connecting Cottbus pitching forum, has matured into a reliable platform for outstanding talent, both known and new, to provide a hint of films…
MTV Networks Hungary names new managers
MTV Networks Hungary has appointed Gábor Horváth Dori as its new general manager and Gábor Vörös as deputy general manager.
Bosch co-production prize deadline announced
Central and East European young filmmakers have until November 30 to apply for the Robert Bosch Stiftung 2010 co-production prize valued at up to 70,000 euros.
PRODUCTION: Anarchy in Zirmunai in post-production
Lithuanian director Saulius Drunga is in the post-production with his feature film debut, Anarchy in Zirmunai, planned for completion by March 2010 and spring distribution in Lithuania.
CEE opens the door to minority coproductions at Connecting Cottbus
Connecting Cottbus, the co-production pitching forum taking place at the Cottbus Film Festival for the eleventh year, unveiled new hope for producers across Europe: the announcements by CEE film funders…
Poland legalizes film-TV product placement
By the end of 2009 an amendment will be added to the existing Polish media bill legalizing product placement advertising in films and TV programmes.
Hungarian women's channel to launch in 2010
The ProSiebenSat1 group, owner of one of the major Hungarian commercial TV channel TV2 ( http://tv2.hu/ ) will launch TV3, a channel providing contents mostly for a female audience, in…
Geislerová joins EFP Shooting Stars jury
Czech actress and international star Ana Geislerová will serve on the five-member jury to select the European Film Promotion's (EFP) ten Shooting Stars for 2010.
Hungarian films at Cottbus
Four Hungarian films are being presented in the 19th Filmfestival Cottbus (filmfestival.pool-production.de), the festival of films from Eastern-Europe taking place through November 14.
PRODUCTION: : If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle in postproduction
The first feature of Romanian director Florin Şerban, If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle, will wrap postproduction in Sweden in December.
PRODUCTION: Zsombor Dyga shooting Run to Ground
The young Hungarian director Zsombor Dyga is shooting his new feature thriller Run to Ground.
Obituary: Gheorghe Dinică
One of the acclaimed and most loved Romanian actors, Gheorghe Dinică, died November 10, 2009, age 75, after a generalised infection.
