Juho Kuosmanen´s short film Citizens (Kaupunkilaisia, 2008) has won the Prix Arte at Premiers Plans film festival in Angers, France. Citizens has earlier won the Second prize Leopards of Tomorrow at Locarno Film Festival. Kuosmanen´s previous short film Roadmarkers (Kestomerkitsijät, 2007) won the third prize at the Cinéfondation in Cannes.

The International Conference of Public Television (INPUT) takes place this year in Warsaw, from May 10-15.

Paris, 22 December 2008 - Christophe Lambert, advertising director andco-founder of the Blue agency with director/producer Luc Besson, willgive the Creative keynote at MIPTV 2009 on branded entertainment.

Sunny Side of the Doc is accepting submissions for its March 11-14 co-production seminar, A Rendez-vous with Sofia, through January 15.

SPI is releasing its first Blu-Ray disc in Hungary on 18 December. A total of 500 Blu-Ray discs of the French blockbuster "Asterix at the Olympic Games" will go on sale as of Thursday.The market of high definition discs is relatively small in Hungary, but this consumer segment is eager…

- Adrian Sarbu appointed President and Chief Operating Officer - HAMILTON, Bermuda, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. ("CME") (Nasdaq/Prague Stock Exchange: CETV) announced that, effective January 1, 2009, Michael Garin is retiring as Chief Executive Officer of the company. Mr. Garin will continue to be involved…

he European Independent Film Festival 2009 (ÉCU 2009) announces a new initiative, The Perfect Pitch , which will premiere at the 2009 Festival to be held between the 13th-15th of March, 2009 at La Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Francois Mitterrand, in Paris. The Perfect Pitch will be a series of…

SPI INTERNATIONAL has signed an agreement with CONTINENTAL FILM providing for the theatrical and DVD distribution of SPI titles in Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Macedonia. Marta Krutel Mob:+48 501 721 598

European Film Promotion welcomes actors to Copenhagen SHOOTING STARS as presenters for European Film Awards Ceremony Eight of Europe's best actors, who were named as SHOOTING STARS at the Berlinale in previous years, will serve as presenters at the 21st European Film Awards (EFA) ceremony in Copenhagen on the 6th…

European Film Promotion (EFP) is online with a newly designed website. The new online image of EFP presents itself in a clear, concise and user-friendly manner at www.efp-online.com. The website, moreover, offers free access to the constantly updated bio- and filmographies of young actors, producers and distributors with whom EFP…