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EAVE announces new-EU country scholarships
11 March 2010 By FNE Staff
The EAVE Film Finance Forum, taking place April 15-18 in Luxembourg, has announced three scholarships available for participants from the new EU countries. Applications are due March 15.
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Riga Film Fund launched
10 March 2010 By Liga Miezite Jensen
The City of Riga (www.riga.lv) has launched the Riga Film Fund in order to attract foreign film productions with its first call for films on March 5. 
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Poland embraces VOD
09 March 2010 By Katarzyna Grynienko
Poland's Grupa Onet drew 500,000 viewers in its first three days of VOD service with an offering that included five of the most popular titles available online.
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Film will challenge new Lithuanian law
09 March 2010 By Auksė Kancerevičiūtė
A 19-year old Lithuanian filmmaker is ready to challenge Lithuania's new Protection of Minors law with plans to make a gay-themed short film.
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FNE at the Czech Lions 2010: Winners
08 March 2010 By Anna Franklin

PRAGUE: Marek Najbrt's Protektor was the clear favourite at this year's Czech Lions (6 March) picking up the prize for both best film and best director well as prizes for best script, best editing, best music and best actress.  The Czech Lions are the Czech equivalent of the Oscars.

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Bratislava festival launches two workshops
08 March 2010 By Cathy Meils
The Bratislava Film Festival is launching two major European initiatives in Bratislava to support emerging film talents: the Torino Film Lab and Script&Pitch workshops.
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Surgata appointed Budapest Film CFO
08 March 2010 By Dániel Deák
Budapest Film Ltd. (www.budapestfilm.hu) has named Orsolya Surguta as CFO and Gabriella Vajda as the company's new marketing director. 
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Polish critics award Dark House
05 March 2010 By Katarzyna Grynienko
Polish film critics chose Dark House directed by Wojciech Smarzowski as the best Polish Film of 2009 and the White Ribbon by Michael Haneke as the Best Foreign Film.
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Broadcasting Council says Polish media will run out of funds
04 March 2010 By Katarzyna Grynienko

An amendment to the  Polish licence fee bill will significantly redyce income from the fees, the main source of funding for Poland's public media.

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Mobile phone TV hits Romania
02 March 2010 By Iulia Blaga

The first TV channel for mobile phones, Telenews, a news televison channel started by Romanian born French journalist Nicolas Don, will launch in partnership with the Orange network in mid-March.

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Reverse sweeps Polish Eagles
02 March 2010 By Katarzyna Grynienko

The 12th Polish Eagles ceremony held in Warsaw on March1 crowned Reverse, directed by Borys Lankosz, as the most awarded Polish film of the past year.

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Hungarians launch New Faces
02 March 2010 By Dániel Deák
Seven young Hungarian film directors have formed the group "New Faces" (www.newfaceshungary.com), a move to refresh Hungary's commercial industry.
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FNE Interview with Agnieszka Holland
01 March 2010 By Katarzyna Grynienko

In an exclusive interview, Agnieszka Holland spoke with FNE about the significance of Poland's "Oscars" the Polish Eagles, new trends in Polish cinema, and her criteria of voting for the best films.

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CME appoints David Sach as new CFO
01 March 2010 By FNE Staff

Central European Media Enterprises (CME, www.cetv-net.com) has appointed David Sach as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 1, 2010.

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Liberty Global posts Q4 gain in CEE
01 March 2010 By FNE Staff

Liberty Global saw a 6.5% increase in its UPC CEE division in the fourth quarter of 2009, but posted an annual decrease of 13.9%

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Whistle begins theatrical roll-out
01 March 2010 By Iulia Blaga

Berlinale Silver Bear winner If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle begins it first theatrical release in Romania on March 26, with sales to foreign territories lining up.

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15 screen multiplex arriving in megamall
26 February 2010 By Iulia Blaga

A new multiplex with 15 screens will open in Bucharest on April 28, as part of Sun Plaza (www.sunplaza.ro), the biggest mall in Romania, which opened on February 25.

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M-appeal locks sales for Cyprus, Bulgaria and Slovenia
26 February 2010 By FNE Staff
Berlin-based world sales company m-appeal announced sales for top films from Bulgaria, Cyprus and Slovenia.
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Turner plans to launch TNT and truTV in Romania
25 February 2010 By Iulia Blaga
Romania could see the launch of TNT (www.tnt.tv) and truTV (www.trutv.com) in 2010.
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Polish Eagle for Stawiński
25 February 2010 By Katarzyna Grynienko

Polish scriptwriter and director Jerzy Stefan Stawiński will receive a Polish Eagle for Lifetime Achievement at the film industry's gala ceremony on March 1.

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