Romania launches online film channel

MediaPro Interactiv (www.mpinteractiv.ro) has launched www.muvix.ro, the first Romanian pay-website with movies that can be watched online.
11-01-2010

Cinema admissions up in Slovenia

Admissions at Slovenian cinemas rose 8% in 2009, to over 2.6 million tickets for an attendance rate of 1.3 tickets per person.
11-01-2010

Romania's new minister of culture promises more film funding

Romania's new minister of culture, Kelemen Hunor, will intervene in the government's 2009 annulment of a 4% tax on gambling profits directed to the Cinema Fund.
10-01-2010

Jancsó film to open Hungarian Film Week

The 41st Hungarian Film Week (www.hungarianfilmweek.com) will screen 16 films in competition, with Miklós Jancsó's So Much For Justice! set to open the festival on February 2.
10-01-2010

Bulgarian film industry faces drastic cuts

The Bulgarian government is proposing a 57% cut in public funding for the national film industry, prompting an official protest by the National Film Council.
10-01-2010

Bathory to open in Hungary

Bathory, the ground-breaking box office success from Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko, is poised for a Hungarian gala opening on January 14, attended by the film's international cast of actors.
10-01-2010

EU MEDIA Awards FNE Grant of 75 000 Euros for 2010

FNE has been awarded a grant of 75 000 Euros from EU MEDIA to continue and expand its work in 2010.
18-12-2009

TV series blossom in Slovakia

Slovakia is experiencing a boom in domestic TV series, with eight successful series being produced by the country's two commercial stations, Joj and Markiza.
18-12-2009

Foxes opens in Slovakia, plans Irish debut

The Irish-Czech-Slovak coproduction Foxes (Lištičky) by Slovak director Mira Fornay opened in Slovakia December 10, following its Slovak premiere at the Bratislava film festival, distributed by Continental Film, s.r.o. (www.continental-film.sk).
18-12-2009

Bulgarian grants announced

The Bulgarian NFC selected its final round of films receiving funding in 2009, distributing a total of € 2.3 million.
17-12-2009

PRODUCTION: Romanian Spring in early development

Romanian Spring, the first feature film from Romanian writer/director Anca Miruna Lăzărescu, is in development as a co-production from Romania, Czech Republic, and Germany.
17-12-2009

PRODUCTION: Letters to Ingel in production

Art-house director Sulev Keedus is in production with his long awaited third feature, Letters to Ingel written in tandem with script partner, Estoniam literary savant Madis Kõiv.
17-12-2009

PRODUCTION: Warsaw uprising drama Dance of Death in production

Dance of Death. Scenes from the Warsaw Uprising from Polish director Leszek Wosiewicz, devoted to one of the most defining moments in Polish history, has finished the first phase of…
16-12-2009

Romanian film channel plans March launch

Autentic Cinema TV received a green light from the National Audiovisual Council of Romania (www.cna.ro) on December 15, and prepares to air an all-Romanian programme of movies (240 anually) 24/7,…
16-12-2009

PRODUCTION: Red Quicksilver preps March release

Red Quicksilver (Punane elavhõbe) is the first Estonian-shot feature by Andres Puustusmaa who directed two features in Russia (notably 1814) and has now returned to his native country.
16-12-2009

Bulgarian film funding faces drastic cuts

Following initially promising discussions during the summer, the new administration of the Ministry of Culture will need to cut film funding in 2010.
15-12-2009

Bulgarian films finding distribution success

Bulgarian films, including two awarded features and a documentary film, are attracting local audiences and international distribution.
15-12-2009

Hollywood remake for Dzift

Dzift, the award-winning neo-noir film debut from Bulgarian director Javor Gardev, is near to closing a deal to sell rights for a Hollywood remake.
14-12-2009

Romanians to launch TV channel in Moldova

Romanian media firm Realitatea Caţavencu will launch Publika TV, a news and business channel, in the Republic of Moldavia starting mid-February 2010.
14-12-2009

Poland's Multikino moves into Lithuania

Multikino, the second biggest Polish multiplex operator, will open its first foreign branch in Vilnius in the first half of 2010.
13-12-2009