Production: Flying Lessons in development
Moldavian filmmaker Igor Cobileanski is in early development with his first feature based on a script written by Corneliu Porumboiu (Police, Adjective) and himself.
Lithuanian box office in decline
Lithuania‘s movie theatres have posted 12.8 million Litas (3.7 million Euros) in box-office revenues in the first quarter of 2009, down 5% from the 13.5 million Litas (3.9 million Euros)…
Production: Zanussi starts short shoot
Krzysztof Zanussi takes a look back at his past film characters in Revisit, which begins shooting June 17, to premiere at this summer's ERA New Horizons IFF.
Slovenian Film Fund gets over 7 million Euros
The Slovenian government confirmed that the Slovenian Film Fund will recive more than 7.2 million Euros to finance Slovenian film production in 2009, in announcing operating and financial plans for…
Russian productions head for Estonia
Shooting has begun on the reportedly $4 million budgeted Russian fantasy-thriller Quarantine in Tallinn -- the latest in a spate of Russian films being produced in Estonia.
Production: Herz shoots a story from Sudetenland
Czechoslovak director Juraj Herz is in production with a big-budget historical drama, Habermann´s Mill (www.habermannuvmlyn.cz), based on a true story from the Sudetenland during the era of Nazi occupation.
LUX Prize nominees announced
Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Romania are among the countries fielding nominated films for the European Parliament's LUX Prize, with three finalists to be announced during the Venice Film Festival.
HBO Central Europe signs format deal
HBO Central Europe has signed an agreement on format rights to the Israeli series that HBO produces in the US under the title In Treatment.
Slovak internet TV channel launched
News web server www.sme.sk launched an internet television channel, tv.sme.sk, on June 11.
Production: Doldrums in postproduction
Director Tamas Sas tells FNE that he has just wrapped a 15 day shoot on his latest film, Doldrums.
Production: Ao in rehearsals in Sofia
French directorJacques Malaterre is in Sofia rehearsing the UGC YMhigh budget epic fictionAo: The Last Neanderthal based on Marc Klapczynski's book Aô, Ancient Man.
Estonian animation marketing push
Estonian animation studios, educators and festivals are uniting under one promotional umbrella to flex their marketing muscle at this year's International Animation Film Market, MIFA, at the Annecy film festival.
Film Europe locks up sales going into DISCOP
Film Europe, the sister company of SPI International (www.spi-film.eu), has confirmed distribution agreements for five films following the Cannes market, and adds a slate of documentary films to its presence…
Karpiński elected as member to EFP Board
Maciej Karpiński, Deputy Director and Head of International Relations at the Polish Film Institute, has been elected as the new representative on European Film Promotion's (EFP) Board of Directors.
Production: Claude Lelouch shooting Ces amours-là in Romania
French maestro Claude Lelouch began filming his 45th film, Ces amours-là on June 8 at MediaPro Studios in Romania, with shooting scheduled to last for two months in Bucharest and…
Production: Ho-Ho-Ho filming at MediaPro Pictures
Romanian company MediaPro Pictures is in production with Ho-ho-ho, a feel good movie from Spanish director Jesus del Cerro.
Production: Alexandru Solomon in shooting with Kapitalism - Our Secret Recipe
Romanian filmmaker Alexandru Solomon (www.alexandrusolomon.ro) is working on a new long documentary, Kapitalism - Our Secret Recipe, a humorous approach on Romanian capitalism, 20 years after the fall of communism.
Polish short documentary nominated for EFA awards
European Film Academy (EFA) has nominated Poste Restante by Polish director Marcel Łoziński as the Krakow Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2009.
Production: Janosik in post-production
The Polish-Slovak-Czech-Hungarian co-production about the Slovak folk hero Janosik, Janosik. The True Story is in postproduction, with sound work taking place in Bratislava, Warsaw and Prague.
Poker Channel expands into Central Europe
The Poker Channel announced new distribution agreements in Poland, Cyprus, and Croatia.
