Deadline for New Horizons

WARSAW: The 13th T-Mobile New Horizons IFF, running 18-28 July 2013, is accepting submissions until 15 March. The festival is accepting films in the following categories:
15-03-2013

FESTIVALS: Vilnius Hosts Meeting Poing

VILNIUS: The 18th Vilnius International Film Festival, running 25-28 March 2013, will hold the fourth edition of its industry event for European and Lithuanian professionals, Meeting Point – Vilnius.
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AXN Spin Launched in Romania

BUCHAREST: AXN Spin was launched in Romania on 1 March 2013, the second CEE territory for the channel, after a launch in Poland in January 2012.
15-03-2013

FNE IDF DocBloc: East Silver Caravan Films Free to Stream

In the week from March 11 to 17, VOD portal DAFilms presents a selection of films from the new collection of recently finished documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe which…
14-03-2013

Plus Camerimage to Recognize Idziak

WARSAW: Sławomir Idziak will be the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 21st edition of the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Plus Camerimage, to be…
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Malta Announces Training Programme

The Malta Film Commission has been awarded 500,000 EUR to create a certified training programme aime at improving employment opportunities and develop a skilled film industry workforce.
14-03-2013

Romania Gets Kiss

BUCHAREST: HBO Europe will begin production on the Romanian version of the Israeli series Shall We Kiss in spring 2013.
14-03-2013

FNE TV: One World Festival and IDF East Doc Platform

FNE TV teams up with Ontente to bring you news and interviews from One World Film Festival and IDF's East Doc Platform in Prague. Click HERE to see the videos
14-03-2013

PRODUCTION: Colette in Postproduction

PRAGUE: Milan Cieslar has finished shooting his romantic war film Colette based on the book of the same name by Pulitizer Prize nominated Czech writer Arnost Lustig who also co-wrote…
13-03-2013

FNE at Finale Plzen 2013: Competition Films Announced Films

PLZEN: Eleven Czech feature films will compete for the Golden Kingfisher awards at the 26th Finále Plzeň festival of Czech films.
13-03-2013

RCS&RDS Sells Digi TV Croatia to Vipnet

BUCHAREST-ZAGREB: Digi TV has been sold to Croatian operator Vipnet, a subsidiary of Telekom Austria for an undisclosed sum.
13-03-2013

FESTIVALS: One World Reaches Wider Audiences

PRAGUE: One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, which saw audience numbers rise by 25 percent for the 2013 festival, presents its Best Film Award to the Danish film…
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Golden Tapes for Rose and Amour

WARSAW: The Golden Tapes, held on 11 March 2013, gave its Best Film award to the post WWII drama Rose directed by Wojciech Smarzowski.
12-03-2013

Child's Pose Sets Opening Record in Romania

BUCHAREST: Child's Pose directed by Calin Peter Netzer set a 20 year opening weekend box office record in Romania, taking in 59,407 EUR/ 259,217 RON.
12-03-2013

Plus Camerimage Gets Oscar Nod

Poland’s cinematography themed festival Plus Camerimage has been selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a qualifying festival in the Documentary Short Subject category.
12-03-2013

New Chairman for Latvian TV

RIGA: Ivars Belte has been appointed Board Chairman of Latvian State Television (LTV)
12-03-2013

PRODUCTION: Cowboys Wrap Shooting

ZAGREB: Tomislav Mršić’s dramatic comedy Cowboys completed shooting on 2 March 2013.
11-03-2013

Komandarev Launches The Judgment at Sofia Meetings

SOFIA: Bulgarian director Stefan Komadarev (The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner, shortlisted for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards in 2010) will show ten…
11-03-2013

Febiofest under New Ownership

PRAGUE: Czech media reports that the 20-year-old Prague based film festival Febiofest has been sold to Prague International Film Festival.
11-03-2013

Hungarian Ad Market Continues Decline

BUDAPEST: Advertising revenues for the Hungarian TV market fell by 11% in 2012 to just under 49b HUF.
11-03-2013