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Bulgarian Media Family Acquires Music Channel |
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23 November 2011 |
By FNE Staff |
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SOFIA: The Bulgarian new service Novinte reports that Bulgarian media magnates Irena Drasteva ns Delyan Peevski, her son, acquired The Voice, a pop music TV channel, along with four radio stations in mid-November.
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Nauka 2.0 Begins Broadcasting in Latvia |
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23 November 2011 |
By FNE Staff |
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RIGA: Local media reports that the Russian science channel, Nauka 2.0, began broadcasting in Latvia earlier this month,
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POFF Black Nights Hosts Legal, Distribution Workshop |
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23 November 2011 |
By FNE Staff |
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TALLINN: The East European Film Alliance (EEFA,
eefa-eu.org) Training Network will hold its final workshop of 2011 on 25-28 November at the POFF Black Nights Film Festival. The workshop will focus on legal and distribution issues.
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TVN Picks up Rules Of Engagement |
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22 November 2011 |
By Katarzyna Grynienko |
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WARSAW: TVN Group will produce the Polish version of the American hit
sitcom Rules of Engagement. The shoot in Warsaw will start in the beginning of December 2011. |
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PRODUCTION: Through My Veins in Development |
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22 November 2011 |
By Iulia Blaga |
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BUCHAREST: Florin Şerban follows his a first feature, If
I Want to Whistle, I Whistle/Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier, which
gathered international recognition and two prizes at the Berlinale 2010, with Through My Veins which is now in
development.
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Somewhere Tonight and Sing Your Song Win American Film Festival |
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22 November 2011 |
By FNE Staff |
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WROCLAW The
second edition of the American Film Festival in Wrocław, the only film event in
Poland focused on American independent cinema, awarded its top prizes to Somewhere Tonight and Sing Your Song at the closing gala on 20
November 2011. The audience saw 76 films, including 40 Polish film, six
European films, and one world premiere.
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FESTIVALS: Watch Docs Announces Programme |
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22 November 2011 |
By FNE Staff |
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WARSAW:
The 11th International
Film Festival Watch Docs. Human Rights in Film, the oldest documentary festival in Warsaw, opens on 8 December
2011. The 10 day event will screen more
than 90 movies from all over the world combining the engagement in human rights
with film artistry.
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FESTIVALS: The External World Wins Animated Dreams |
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22 November 2011 |
By FNE Staff |
The winners of the awards of 13th Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams ( www.anima.ee) were announced on Saturday, 19 November 2011, at the award ceremony in Sõprus
Cinema, Tallinn. The Grand Prix winner, a recipient of the Wooden Wolf made by
Estonian puppet experts from the Nukufilm studio alongside 1000 euros, was the
film The External World (Germany 2010,
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Standard and Poors Threatens to Downgrade CME |
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21 November 2011 |
By FNE Staff |
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Central European Media Enterprises (CME, www.
investor.cmegroup.com) is facing a potential downgrade in its rating by U.S. agency Standard and Poors, following S&P's reevaluation of the company's position from stable to negative. A ratings downgrade from "B" is also possible. S&P itself has been the subject of criticism in the wake of its misjudgements in grading several U.S. institutions.
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Record Weekend for Polish Cinemas |
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21 November 2011 |
By Katarzyna Grynienko |
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WARSAW: Weekend attendance in Polish cinemas surpassed one million viewers for the first time on the weekend of 11-13 November 2011. In addition the Polish film Letters
To Santa broke the box office record for 2011. |
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PRODUCTION: Itaker Begins Shooting in Romania |
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21 November 2011 |
By Iulia Blaga |
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BUCHAREST: Toni Trupia's film Itaker, which began filming in Italy on 7 November 2011, moved to Romania in 21 November 21, for the
final three weeks of shooting.
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21 November 2011 |
By FNE Staff |
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Malta will put an end to TV license fees in 2012.
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Hungarian Digital Subscriptions Rise |
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21 November 2011 |
By FNE Staff |
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BUDAPEST: Digital TV subscriptions in Hungary rose by over 19,000 during the month of September, according to a report in the Budapest Business Journal.
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Romanian 2011 grants announced |
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21 November 2011 |
By Iulia Blaga |
BUCHAREST: The National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro ) announced the production grants at its first session of 2011. Two sessions annually are required by the law. The last session opened in December 2010, with the results announced at the begining of 2011.
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FESTIVALS: Ljubljana Kingfisher for Take Shelter |
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20 November 2011 |
By FNE Staff |
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LJUBLJANA: The Ljubljana IFF (LIFFe, www.liffe.si) awarded its main prize, the
Kingfisher Award, to Take Shelter
directed by Jeff Nichols, at the festival's closing ceremony on 19 November
2011.
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Georgia Announces Grants Application |
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20 November 2011 |
By FNE Staff |
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TBILISI:
Georgian National Film Center has announced its competition on financing full length feature films for production in 2012. The
total competition fund is 900,000 GEL (€400,000).
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Czechs Complete Digital Switch |
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20 November 2011 |
By FNE Staff |
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PRAGUE: The Czech Republic has completed the switch to digital TV transmission, becoming the first country in Central Europe to finalize the process.
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Bulgaria Plans TV Multiplex Tender |
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20 November 2011 |
By FNE Staff |
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SOFIA: Bulgaria plans a tender for a new digital TV multiplex tender in 2014. The multiples will use frequencies that are now used by the military.
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FNE Exclusive: Interview with Andrzej Wajda |
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18 November 2011 |
By Katarzyna Grynienko |
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 On the eve of the 10th anniversary*
of the Wajda School, FNE speaks exclusively with founder Andrzej
Wajda. The Wajda School starts to celebrate its first decade with a
special Guests Meet Guests event at IDFA, Amsterdam on 19 November
2011. Whereas the production of Wajda Studio Paparazzi screens
as Dutch premiere in the IDFA Competition for Student Documentary.
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PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Doc Father in Postproduction |
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17 November 2011 |
By Cathy Meils |
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VILNIUS: Father, a
70,000 euro Lithuanian documentary directed by Marat Sargsyan, is in the final
stages of production in preparation for a March 2012 release. The 52 minute
film is produced by Dagne Vildziunaite for Just a Moment (www.justamoment.lt) production company.
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