Slovenian exhibitor expands into Serbia

Kolosej kinematografi, the biggest Slovenian cinematography company, has opened a multiplex in the Belgrade shopping mall Ušče.
21-04-2009

The biggest festival of Czech films begins

This year for the first time the festival Finále commences on Sunday 19th April instead of Monday and will continue until Saturday 25th April. A whole week is in Plzeň…
21-04-2009

Koliba sold to financial group

Financial group J&T has bought a 65 percent stake in Bratislava's Koliba film studio from 1. garantovana for 12.3 million Euro.
20-04-2009

Small Crime an art house success

Greek Cypriot director Christos Georgiou's debut film Small Crime is proving a hit in Greece, drawing 4,500 viewers after just four days on two screens,
20-04-2009

Production: Slovak slasher starts shoot

Low-budget Slovak horror film Death Factory: First Blood (Fabrika smrti: mlada krv) began filming April 7.
20-04-2009

Romanian editorial director for Euronews

Lucian Sarb has been named as the new editorial director of Euronews, beginning in the postition on May 4.
20-04-2009

FESTIVALS: 28th Istanbul International Film Festival Gives Preview of 2009

ISTANBUL: The only problem for Turkish film in 2009 will be that after the extraordinary success of 2008 with Turkish films sweeping prizes at most major international festivals it will…
20-04-2009

Greek distribution for Turkish film

Pains of Autumn (Guz Sancisi) by Tomris Giritlioglu will open April 3O on 15 screens in Greece, following its gala premiere in Athens on April 27 with lead actress Beren…
19-04-2009

Production: Polish prison break story in pre-production

Trick, a new Polish crime feature from director Jan Hryniak, moves into production in May 2009.
19-04-2009

New director for the Croatian Audiovisual Centre

The Board of Governors of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre Centre nominated lecturer and film director Niksa Svilicic as new director of the Centre, for a four year mandate.
19-04-2009

Zone Europe leaves Hungary

Art house film TV channel Zone Europe (www.hu.zoneeuropa.tv) will cancel its broadcast in Hungary from May 1 and will focus on its Polish TV channel.
19-04-2009

Production: Meszaros wraps Hope

Cannes, Berlin, and Venice winner Marta Meszaros has finished shooting Hope, her first film since 2004's The Unburied Man, producer Erika Tarr told FNE.
16-04-2009

Record grant for animation director

Czech animation director and recent Athens Animfest winner Jan Balej received a record 10 million crown (370,000) grant for his new film, Little Fishergirl.
16-04-2009

Mungiu ignites Romanian film funding controversy

Following an "open letter" from Palme d'Orwinning director Cristian Mungiu criticizing the grants process of the National Centre for Cinema, eight leading critics have issued a statement in support of…
16-04-2009

Barrandov opens Digitalization center

Barrandov opened a new Film Digitalization and Postproduction Center at the Barrandov Studios Film Laboratories Division on April 16.
16-04-2009

EFP announces Producers on the Move

European Film Promotion (EFP) has selected nine producers from Central Europe for its 10th "Producers on the Move" spotlight at the Cannes Film Festival.
16-04-2009

God's Kiss equals box office bliss

Czech director Marie Poledňáková love story and Falcon Film release You Kiss Like God (Líbáš jako Bůh) reached a surprising 709,000 viewers by April 15, two months after opening.
15-04-2009

Production: Magic Boys in preproduction

Director Robert Koltai (Colossal Sensation, Train Keeps a Rollin') is in preproduction with Magic Boys, an international co-production starring Michael Madsen and Adrian Paul.
15-04-2009

Controversial TVP chairman survives recall vote

A motion to recall Piotr Farfał as public broadcaster TVP's temporary chairman and the reinstatement of Andrzej Urbański, Sławomir Siwek and Marcin Bochenek failed by a one vote margin.
15-04-2009

Bulgarian ad market in decline

The Association of Bulgarian Advertising Agencies (http://www.arabulgaria.org/) reports that the Bulgarian media market fell 20% during the first quarter of 2009.
14-04-2009