CME Reports Strong Finish to 2011

{mosimage}Central European Media Enterprises (CME, www.cme.net) showed solid growth for 2011, with net revenues up 17% for the year, at $864.8 million, and up 8% for Q4, at $276.9 million.
22-02-2012

Krakow IFF Begins Film Selection

{mosimage}KRAKOW: The 52nd Krakow IFF (28 May - 3 June 2012, www.krakowfilmfestival.pl) announced it received 2,475 film submissions, including 263 Polish films, for consideration for its three competitions (two international…
22-02-2012

FESTIVALS: ZagrebDox Opens 26 February

{mosimage}ZAGREB: The 8th edition of ZagrebDox IFF (www.zagrebdox.net, 26 February - 4 March 2012) will screen 29 films in the international competition, including the Georgian documentary Bakhmaro by Salome Jashi.
22-02-2012

FESTIVALS: Vilnius IFF Opens with Carnage

{mosimage}VILNIUS: 17th Vilnius International Film Festival "Kino Pavasaris" (http://kinopavasaris.lt) will open on 15 March 2012 with Roman Polanski's Carnage and hold its gala closing on 29 March.
21-02-2012

PRODUCTION: Skolimowski Developing Squadron 303

WARSAW: Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski (Four Nights With Anna and Essential Killing) is writing a script adaptation of the famous war novel Squadron 303 for a large scale costume co-production…
21-02-2012

Sundance Selects Picks up Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills

{mosimage}BUCHAREST: Cristian Mungiu's Beyond the Hills (working title Provisory) will be distributed in North America by Sundance Selects (www.sundanceselects.com), the sister company of IFC Films (www.ifcfilms.com) which distributed Mungiu's 4…
20-02-2012

SPI Expands in CEE

{mosimage}WARSAW: SPI International (www.spi.pl) has seen rapid expansion across Central and Eastern Europe, with a new office opening in Slovakia, the launch of TV channels in Bulgaria, and new developments…
20-02-2012

Silver Bear Winner Scores Foreign Sales

{mosimage}Bence Fliegauf's multi-awarded film Just the Wind has already been sold to seven territories, sales agent The Match Factory (www.matchfactory.de) announced.
20-02-2012

FNE at Berlinale 2012: Prize winners: Golden Bear goes to Taviani Doc

{mosimage}BERLIN: The 62 Berlinale awarded its highest honour to a to a documentary by the veteran Italian directing team Paolo and Vittorio Taviani for their docu-drama Caesar Must Die about…
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FNE at Berlinale 2012: Prize winners: Golden Bear goes to Taviani Doc

BERLIN: The 62 Berlinale awarded its highest honour to a to a documentary by the veteran Italian directing team Paolo and Vittorio Taviani for their docu-drama Caesar Must Die about…
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PRODUCTION: Iguanas Begins Filming

BUCHAREST: Director/screenwriter Marian Crişan (Morgen) is currently filming Iguanas/Iguanele in northern Romania. The 30 day shoot will last through early March.
19-02-2012

FNE at Berlinale 2012: Only premiere of a Lithuanian film at Berlinale 2012 screens tonight

{mosimage}BERLIN: The Lithuanian feature film Restricted Sensation by a Lithuanian artist Deimantas Narkevicius will take place tonight at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. It is important to note that…
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Poland Pitches at Cartoon Movie

{mosimage}Poland, Estonia, and Hungary are pitching four projects at Cartoon Movie, taking place 7-9 March 2012 in Lyon. Poland is represented by Another Day of Life (www.platige.com), described as and…
16-02-2012

Malta Announces 2012 Grants

{mosimage}The Malta Film Commission (www.mfc.com.mt) will distribute 184,500 euros to eight films.
16-02-2012

Borgia Series Returns to Czech Republic

PRAGUE: The Borgia TV series is set to film its second, 12-part series in part on locations and in studios in the Czech Republic.
15-02-2012

Bulgaria, Poland Plan Film Agreement

SOFIA: Bulgarian and Polish representatives have announced plans to draft a film coproduction agreement between the two countries.
15-02-2012

Everybody in Our Family Begins World Sales

{mosimage}BERLIN: Films Boutique (www.filmsboutique.com) has sold Radu Jude's newest film Everybody in Our Family to Poland.
14-02-2012

Filmbox Notes Record Growth in Poland

{mosimage}WARSAW: The Filmbox Channel (www.spi.pl) grew by more than 90% in November 2011 and almost 60% in December 2011.
14-02-2012