PRODUCTION: Dan Pita to Shoot Chira Chiralina in Autumn
BUCHAREST: Dan Piţa (Stone Wedding) is in early preproduction with a cinematic adaptation of Romanian writer Panait Istrati’s 1923 novella Chira Chiralina.
Mika Named Director of Slovak TV
BRATISLAVA: Former Markiza TV (www.markiza.sk) CEO Vaclav Mika has been elected as general director of public broadcaster Slovak Radio and Television (www.rtvs.eu).
FESTIVALS: FF Riga Festival Launches in September
RIGA: Latvia will host the first FF Riga international film festival 10-12 September 2012, an “homage” to the Arsenals film festival which was suspended as of March 2012 for lack…
PRODUCTION: Terry Gilliam to Shoot The Zero Theorem in Romania
BUCHAREST: Austrian actor Christoph Waltz is set to star in The Zero Theorem directed by Terry Gilliam, with shooting planned to start at MediaPro Studios (www.mediaprostudios.com) in October 2012.
DOK.Incubator Applications Open
BRATISLAVA: The second session of the postproduction workshop DOK.Incubator (docincubator.net) is accepting observer and consultation applications from Slovak, Czech and Polish film professionals and Slovak film students for the Final…
Disney Ends Polish Distribution Agreement
WARSAW: The Walt Disney Company Poland (www.disney.pl) will end its distribution agreement with Forum Film Poland (www.forumfilm.pl) as of 1 October 2012.
Stoessel to Head Bulgarian TV Group
SOFIA: Didier Stoessel has been appointed CEO of Bulgaria's Nova Broadcasting Group (nova.bg).
FNE AVP Live! : CEE Culture Ministers Seek New Funding Sources for Film
EDINBURGH: Representatives from the Ministries of Culture of six of the newest EU and CEE countries have said there is a need to support coproductions and to find new sources…
WATCH THE BEST OF WAJDA SCHOOL ONLINE
Nine documentaries developed in Wajda School and produced by Wajda Studio are available on Doc Alliance’s website for free from August 6th till August 13th.
Works in Progress Set for Red Square Screenings
MOSCOW: More than 20 films in production and post-production from Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine and Croatia will be presented to international film…
PRODUCTION: The Down’s Detective to begin Shooting in the Czech Republic
PRAGUE: Norwegian director Bard Breien (The Art of Negative Thinking) will begin the shooting The Down’s Detective, a Norwegian-Czech-Danish-German coproduction, on 29 August 2012 in the Czech Republic. The film…
PRODUCTION: Wasilewski Shooting Floating Skyscrapers
WARSAW: After a promising start in Gdynia, the young Polish filmmaker Tomasz Wasilewski is in production with his second feature film,Floating Skyscrapers.
PRODUCTION: The Woman with the Black Necktie in Preparation
BUCHAREST: Şerban Marinescu is in preproduction with The Woman with the Black Necktie, a comedy set to be shot in Greece and Romania in autumn. Negotiations with Greek coproducer Metavision…
TVP to Launch New Channels
WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP, www.tv.pl), plans to create two new thematic channels in 2012 and 2013. Juliusz Braun, the President of TVP, announced the planned launch of…
Czech Tax Rebate Round Opens
PRAGUE: The Czech Ministry of Culture (www.mkcr.cz) is accepting applications for the fall round of tax rebates.
Bollywood Film Shoots in Krakow
KRAKOW: The Krakow Film Commission (www.film-commission.pl) is supporting its second Indian film in two years, The Rhythm.
Romanian Public TV to Shut Down Two Channels
BUCHAREST: The Administration Council of TVR (www.tvr.ro) will cease broadcasting TVR Cultural and TVR Info in an attempt to recover its 133 m EUR debt. TVR3 will continue, but without…
TVN Revenues Drop
WARSAW: Polish commercial broadcaster TVN (www.tvn.pl) reported declining revenues in the second quarter, with projections for sustained decline for the remainder of 2012.
Film New Europe-Step In-Locarno 2012: Summing Up
LOCARNO: Focusing on the challenges surrounding the distribution of European Arthouse films in Eastern and Central Europe, the first edition of the Step In Initiative of the Festival del film…
Czech Grants for 2012
PRAGUE: The Czech State Fund for Support and Development of Czech Cinema has selected 63 films to receive production and development grants in 2012. They include a number of high…
