HBO GO Launches in Slovenia

BUDAPEST: HBO Central Europe announced the launch of HBO GO, an internet streaming service for HBO subscribers in Slovenia in partnership with Telemach širokopasovne komunikacije, on 19 May 2011. The…
19-05-2011

Latvia Announces 2011 Film Grants

The National Film Centre of Latvia (NFC, www.nfc.lv) has announced the film grants to be awarded for 2011. Seven feature films, 11 documentaries and four animation films received funding. The…
19-05-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: ATM Grupa Announces First Quarter Increase

WARSAW: ATM Grupa, the biggest independent film and television producer in Poland, noted a 9.4% increase in revenues for the first quarter of 2011 due to a significant rise in…
19-05-2011

Poland Sets Deadline for Analogue TV

The Polish government announced that all Polish analogue transmitters will be shut down by 31 July 2013.
19-05-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Bulgaria

Not long ago, Bulgarian programming consisted primarily of imported programmes from Brazil, the U.S., or Turkey. Within the last few years, however, international formats have become a significant part of…
19-05-2011

FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Competition: Melancholia

CANNES: Lars Von Trier's latest film Melancholia is ostensibly about the end of life on planet Earth, although the planet that Von Trier presents us with bears little resemblance to…
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FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: False Witness Wins ScripTeast Award

CANNES: Bulgarian Script writer Iglika Triffonova was awarded the Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for best Eastern and Central European Script at a gala awards ceremony in during Cannes IFF on 18…
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FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: 60 Seconds of Solitude In Year Zero

CANNES: On 17 May the Estonian Pavilion (Pantiero 212) at the Cannes Festival 2011 celebrated the international film project 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero, a non-profit project dedicated…
19-05-2011

FNE - IDF DocBlock: Aristoteles Workshop - Call for Entries 2011

Supported by CNC Romania, ARTE/France and MEDIA, Aristoteles Workshop has over the past five years become a unique training programme, offering both a hands-on approach and a continuous tutoring system,…
18-05-2011

Estonia Announces 2011 Film Grants

TALLINN: The Estonian Ministry of Culture announced funding support for the production of five film projects being shot as international coproductions with the involvement of Estonian producers. The ministry's total…
18-05-2011

PRODUCTION: September Eleven 1638 Shooting in Romania

WARSAW: Filming on the Italian-Polish-Turkish coproduction September Eleven 1638 (previously titled Battle Of Vienna), one of the biggest European projects of the year, began 2 May 2011 in Romania.
18-05-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Slovakia

BRATISLAVA: While locally produced content enjoys comparatively high viewership in Slovakia, domestic TV channels’ foreign sales and cross-border coproduction activities are still in their infancy, with neighbouring Czech Republic holding…
18-05-2011

ScripTeast Applications Open

ScripTeast, the screenwriting lab now wrapping up in Cannes, is accepting applications for its next session, which begins in September.
18-05-2011

FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Competition: Le Harve

CANNES: Director Aki Kaurismaki’s first film in French language, Le Harve, loses none of the distinctive Kaurismaki style and ironic humour. Shot in the French seaport of Le Harve, the…
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FESTIVALS: Kaunas Partners with NISI MASA

The Kaunas International Film Festival ( www.kinofestivalis.lt) announced that it has become the official representative of the European network of film associations NISI MASA in Lithuania.
17-05-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Canal + Increases Polish Content

WARSAW: As a part of its new strategy in Poland, Canal + will increase its support of local series and film co-productions, station executives told FNE.
17-05-2011

Steep Decline for Romanian Media Market

BUCHAREST: Advertising spend was down 37% in Romania in 2010, according to the newly released Media Fact Book. Acvertising dropped across all segments of the market, with TV ad spend…
17-05-2011

Digital Subscriptions Rise in Hungary

BUDAPEST: Digital subscriptions climbed by slight over 1% during the month of March, according to the latest data released by the National Media and Infocommunications Authority.
17-05-2011