Slovenian exhibitor expands into Serbia
Kolosej kinematografi, the biggest Slovenian cinematography company, has opened a multiplex in the Belgrade shopping mall Ušče.
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…
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.
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,
Production: Slovak slasher starts shoot
Low-budget Slovak horror film Death Factory: First Blood (Fabrika smrti: mlada krv) began filming April 7.
Romanian editorial director for Euronews
Lucian Sarb has been named as the new editorial director of Euronews, beginning in the postition on May 4.
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…
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…
Production: Polish prison break story in pre-production
Trick, a new Polish crime feature from director Jan Hryniak, moves into production in May 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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
Barrandov opens Digitalization center
Barrandov opened a new Film Digitalization and Postproduction Center at the Barrandov Studios Film Laboratories Division on April 16.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
