EFP Producer on the Move: Poland's Andrzej Jakimowski

Independent Polish filmmaker/producer Andrzej Jakimowski, will arrive in Cannes for EFP's Producers on the Move with his new project The Touch, now in development.
07-05-2009

Gatteo moves into production

Film Studio Gatteo is gearing up for its debut as a film producer, after working for three years on Juraj Herz's psychological thriller T.M.A.
07-05-2009

Osadne locks up TV sales

Slovak producer Marko Škop (Blind Loves) is wrapping postproduction on the full-length documentary Osadne, which will premiere at Karlovy Vary (www.kviff.com) (July 3-11, 2009) in the documentary competition.
07-05-2009

Production: Counting Sheep nears end of filming

Romanian-Irish co-production Counting Sheep, from director Dieter Auner, will complete a one-year filming schedule by the end of May.
07-05-2009

EFP Producer on the Move: Hungary's Gabor Sipos

Laokoon Film's Hungarian Producer on the Move Gabor Sipos, age 32, grew up surrounded by the film production business.
06-05-2009

Eastern Plays bows in Cannes

Shot in five weeks in Sofia and Istanbul, Kamen Kalev's debut Eastern Plays, a look at Sofia's underground youth life, screens at Director's Fortnight before its fall release in Bulgaria.
06-05-2009

Production: Romania debut Whistle in production

When I Want to Whistle, I Whistle, the first feature from Florin Şerban, will complete his shooting by May 10 at the Romanian seaside.
06-05-2009

Production: Czech-Slovak-Irish debut in post-production

Foxes (Lištičky) (www.listicky.cz), a co-production from Slovakia, Ireland and the Czech Republic written and directed by first time director Mira Fornay, has completed a half year shoot on locations in…
06-05-2009

Economic dowturn brings slump in Estonia’s advertising market

With the economy expected to shrink by a whopping 10% this year, ad revenues in TV and other media are facing sudden downturns in Estonia.
05-05-2009

EFP Producer on the Move: Czech Republic's Monika Kristl

Monika Kristl was only 22 years old when she became a principal producer and managing director of the Prague-based international production services company Dawson Production (www.dawson.cz) in 1996.
05-05-2009

Regional fund plans September launch

Poland's Masovian region will launch a 1 million zloty (€230,000) regional film fund in September, 2009, after officially signing the fund in late April.
05-05-2009

Hungarian Comedy Central expands to 24 hours

Hungarian language Comedy Central (www.comedycentral.hu) extends its broadcast to 24 hours effective May 1, owner MTV Networks Hungary announced.
05-05-2009

Production: Broken Promise

SPI ( www.spi-film.sk) is handling distribution of Broken Promise, a Slovak/Czech co-production from Czech comedy director Jiri Chlumsky.
05-05-2009

EFP Producer on the Move: Estonia's Katrin Kissa

Katrin Kissa (33) represents Estonia as one of European Film Promotion's newest Producers on the Move with her producing debut Autumn Ball, the Venice Horizons award-winning film directed by Veiko…
04-05-2009

Bathory: Marketing a Central European blockbuster

Distributors may find producer Deana Jakubiskova a tough negotiator, but her marketing vision has paid off: Bathory was the 2008 mega-hit in Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
04-05-2009

Viasat 3 breaks with ORTT

Commercial broadcaster Viasat3 (www.viasat3.hu) announced its departure from the authority of the Hungarian National Radio and Television Commission (ORTT, www.ortt.hu) on April 30.
04-05-2009

Production: Bratislava stars in low-budget film

Following on the heels of Big Respect (Velky respekt), the city of Bratislava is the title star in another low budget film -- this one dealing with the city and…
04-05-2009

Dolby sees growth in Central Europe

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. pointed to Slovenia and a projected move into Poland as growth factors for the company in the year ahead.
04-05-2009

Training animators to pitch

With TV stations strapped for commissioning cash, animators need all the help they can get. That's where Anifest's pitching training forum comes in.
03-05-2009

EFP Producer on the Move: Bulgaria's Ilian Djevelekov

A trip to Cuba in 2002 was the inspiration for naming Miramar, the production company founded by 42-year-old Ilian Djevelekov and co-owners Matey Konstantinov and Georgy Dimitrov.
03-05-2009