International talent agency sets up in Bulgaria
Four film professionals have established an international talent agency to meet a growing demand for representation in the Bulgarian film industry, and they have plans to unite talent throughout Central…
Battle over financing Polish public media
A battle is brewing in Poland over the best way to finance public broadcasting. A parliamentary commission has been looking into the matter after the new government of Prime Minister…
TVN leads for first time in audience share
Private Polish broadcaster TVN captured the top audience share in November for the sought-after 16-49 age group for the first time in its history.
Baltic Event 2007 awards four projects
The third annual Baltic Event co-production market winds up today in Tallinn. A total of 12 projects were presented to 50 experts from production, distribution and sales companies and festival…
Shooting under way for Children of the Night
Shooting is under way in Prague until mid-December for a new Czech film, Children of the Night, by director Michaela Pavlátová. The film is based on a script by young…
Widely praised Romanian film not making waves at home
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu won two more awards last weekend for his 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days film, which burst onto the international market in May when he…
HBO Hungary eyes local film market as co-producer
With the aim of participating in future local productions, HBO Hungary is forging ties with Hungarian talent on a four-part mini series it will air later this month. The series,…
Korda Studios, Colorfront join forces
In an effort to lure more international productions to Hungary, Korda Studios and the Colorfront DI house have clinched a deal to offer high-end digital intermediate and post-production facilities via…
Polish distributors awarded by Plus Camerimage
International Film Festival Plus Camerimage wouldn't be able to celebrate its 15th edition without the support of Polish distributors. On the official Camerimage website, festival organizers note how over the…
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days awarded Best European Film
The Romanian film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days was awarded Best European Film at the 20th European Film Awards in Berlin Saturday. Its director, Cristian Mungiu, also picked…
Del Toro praises Korda Studios as Hellboy II wraps in Hungary
The owners of the new €91 million Korda Studio held a joint news conference with director Guillermo del Toro Thursday to celebrate the successful completion of principal photography on Universal's…
Polish Film School celebrates 50 years
The Polish Film School is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a series of gala events including special screenings at the Plus Camerimage Festival in Łodź and the release…
Three Czech docs are seeing unprecedented popularity
Three Czech documentaries have become especially popular with domestic audiences after winning a string of international awards.
Two men convicted of stealing Bathory film
Two men operating in the Czech film industry have been convicted of stealing a copy of the big-budget Juraj Jakubisko film Bathory while it was being edited earlier this year.
New legal code brings 425 million crowns to Czech film
Czech film production will get a huge financial boost in the next three years thanks to legislation signed by Czech President Václav Klaus.
Carvalho
Prominent Brazilian cinematographer Walter Carvalho is set to shoot Budapestas his directorial debut, with principal photography in both the Hungarian capital and his homeland.
Hungarian Filmjus pledges 51,800 euros for script-writing
The board of Filmjus, Hungary's audiovisual copyright protection body, set aside 13.3 million forints (Є51,800) for screenwriting and project development in its latest round of allocations.
Baltic Event co-production market bigger than ever
The sixth edition of the Baltic Event co-production market will kick off in Tallinn on Dec. 2 with the longest guest list ever. Modelled on its Scandinavian counterpart the Nordic…
Faked media event boosts Hungarian comedy
As Hungary's premiere comedian, Robert Koltai, storms the local box office with his latest film Train Keeps a Rollin', an accompanying publicity event is having unforeseen ramifications.
Rise in Polish ad market boosted by Internet sales
Poland's advertising market rose by 12.7% to 4.48 billion zloties (1.3 billion euros) in the first nine months of 2007 with the highest growth in the Internet segment, according to…
