Blitz Sign Deal with Fox

LJUBLJANA: Distribution company Blitz Film & Video Distribution (/www.blitz-film.com/) has signed an exclusive contract with 20th Century Fox Film Corporation (www.foxinternational.com/) for theatrical film distribution in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and…
04-04-2011

OBITUARY: Bulgaria Actor Georgi Rusev

Local news reports that Bulgarian actor Georgi Rusev died at age 82.
04-04-2011

PRODUCTION: TVP Drama Series Aida

WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP, www.tvp.pl) has commissioned the first season of Aida, a new Polish series based on a Spanish format.
04-04-2011

MediaPro Distribution Leads Romanian Market

BUCHAREST: The exclusive partnership between MediaPro Distribution (www.mediaprodistribution.com) and Warner Bros (www.warnerbros.com) has put the Romanian distribution company in the top spot among local distributors.
04-04-2011

FESTIVALS: Krakow Announces National Competition

KRAKOW: The 51st Krakow Film Festival (23 - 29 May 2011, www.kff.com.pl) has announced 35 titles which will compete in the national competition. The winner will be awarded with the…
03-04-2011

Kino Polska Shifts Ownership

WARSAW: Kino Polska TV S.A., producer and distributor of film channels, announced that individual investors' share allocation will be reduced by about 91 percent in the company's initial public offering.…
03-04-2011

Greičius Receives Lithuanian Cinematographers Award

VILNIUS: Cinematographer Ramūnas Greičius has received the annual Lithuanian Cinematographers award "The Oak" (www.azuolai.lt) for the short feature film Our Father (Tėve mūsų, director Marius Ivaškevičius). The ceremony was organized…
03-04-2011

FESTIVALS: New Europe Film Put Spotlight on CEE

EDINBURGH: Romanian director Andrei Ujica's The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu opened the 5th New Europe Film Festival (www.neweuropefilm.com), which runs through 12 April at the Filmhouse in Edinburgh. This year's…
03-04-2011

Cyprus State TV Employees Stage Protest

Employees of public broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) staged a protest on 30 March 2011 over delayed payment of wages, and planned to stage more protests on 31 March.
31-03-2011

FESTIVALS: Georgia, Latvia in the Spotlight at Riga Children's Film Festival

RIGA: The IX Riga International Children's Film Festival "Berimors" (8-14 April 2011, http://festivali.arsenals.lv/berimors/lv/) will feature a special selection of animated films from Georgia and Latvia.
31-03-2011

FESTIVALS: Romania's Outbound Wins Vilnius Festival

Outbound" (Periferic) by Romanian director Bogdan George Apetri was announced the winner of competition programme „New Europe - new names" at the closing ceremony of the 16th Vilnius international film…
31-03-2011

FESTIVALS: Krakow Announces Short Film Competition Line-up

KRAKOW: The 51st Krakow Film Festival (23-29 May 2011, www.kff.com.pl) has selected 39 films for the International Short Film Competition. The short film category is one of the festival's three…
31-03-2011

Telewizja Polska Presents Latest Projects and Productions at MIPTV 2011

Telewizja Polska (TVP), Poland's esteemed public broadcaster, will bring a strong lineup of fiction production and TV series to MIPTV, taking place 4-7 April 2011 in Cannes. Located in the…
31-03-2011

PRODUCTION: Polish WWII Prison Break Story in Production

WARSAW: Polish director Andrzej Skłodowski is reconstructing one of the biggest break-outs from Nazi work camps in his new documentary Harry - tunel do wolności ( Harry - A Tunnel…
30-03-2011

Croatia Announces Grants for 2011

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC, www.havc.hr) has announced almost 5 million euros in film grants for 2011. Six feature films will share 3 million euros. Grants were also awarded…
30-03-2011

Georgia Hosts EAVE Workshop

TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center (www.gnfc.ge), in cooperation with EAVE, has organized the first mini-EAVE Workshop for film professionals from Georgia.
30-03-2011

FNE - IDF DocBlock: Pomeranian Illusions

Pomeranian Illusions is a multi-plot documentary that follows its protagonists during a very important time of their life. Together the stories of these four people reflect the changes that are…
30-03-2011

Romtelecom Buys AKTA Satelit

BUCHAREST: Romania's Romtelecom (www.romtelecom.ro) signed an agreement with Digital Cable Systems to buy AKTA Satelit (http://www.akta.ro/dth).
29-03-2011

CME Media Pro Names New CFO

Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME, www.cetv-net.com) appointed Chris Bosco as Chief Financial Officer of its Media Pro Entertainment division. Bosco will supervise all financial and strategic matters for CME's…
29-03-2011

Poland, Hungary Show Strong HD Growth

Poland and Hungary are among the most developed HD countries in Europe according to the latest data from the European Audiovisual Observatory (www.obs.coe.int).
29-03-2011