BUDAPEST: Hungarian media reports that a casino company owned by Hungarian film commissioner Andrew Vajna received concessions to operate five gambling casinos in Budapest, a government decision that led to the protest resignation of the president of the Hungarian Gambling Alliance.

FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Cannes Film Festivalto rate the films in the Main Competition, Certain Regard, Quinzaine, and Critics’ Week giving the films 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 stars.

Flying the Maltese flag in Cannes

Presentation of the Prix MEDIA to Danis Tanović

The first online edition of dok.revue, a Czech journal devoted to documentary filmmaking, has been launched.

Zagreb Film Festival announces an open call for application for the script development workshop My First Script. The workshop is intended for filmmakers who are preparing a script for their first feature-length film.

… 16 FILMS SELECTED in the official & sidebar sections of the festival programme, 7 projects at L’Atelier du Festival, 2 films in ACID, 6 out of 24 PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE, more than 100 EAVE PRODUCERS at the PRODUCERS NETWORK and the EU Prix MEDIA for EAVE 2008 graduate Amra Baksic-Camo!