FNE - IDF DocBlock: Jan Vrijman Fund Looking For Projects

IDFA's Jan Vrijman Fund is now looking for proposals for creative documentaries and events that offer a platform for documentaries and filmmakers in and from developing countries. Application deadline: May…
27-04-2011

Cartoon Forum Call for Scholarship Applications

Cartoon Forum has announced a call for scholarship applicants from the new MEDIA member countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia) for…
26-04-2011

Czech and Slovak Blockbuster Bathory Continues International Success

PRAGUE: Juraj Jakubisko's Czech and Slovak production Bathory continues its winning streak both commercially and on the festival circuit. Bathory was awarded the top prizes at Houston Worldfest which took…
25-04-2011

FNE - IDF DocBlock: Hungarian/German Awards Bosch Prize

The Robert Bosch Stiftung awarded a total of 210,000 euros to three CEE films, including a Hungarian/German documentary, Roma Rally, and the Romanian/German short film Pepsi directed by Peter Kerek.
21-04-2011

TeliaSonera Reports Declining Revenues

Swedish telecom group TeliaSonera reported a drop of 6% in revenues for the first quarter of 2011. The company has operations in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
20-04-2011

EFP Unveils Producers on the Move

Central Europe will make a strong showing at European Film Promotion's (EFP) Producers on the Move event taking place 14-17 May at the 2011 Cannes IFF.
19-04-2011

CTAM Expands Cable Awards Competition

Tne 5th annual Creative Awards Program (CAP), taking place in Malta on 22 September 2011, has announced it is accepting entries from non-CTAM Europe members, the European branch of the…
18-04-2011

FESTIVALS: Pal Adrienne Awarded at Crossing Europe

LINZ: Hungarian director Ágnes Kocsis' drama Pal Adrienne received the Audience Award at the Crossing Europe festival (www.crossingEurope.at) closing ceremony on 16 April 2011. The film previously was the recipient…
17-04-2011

FESTIVALS: Turkey, Romania Get Cannes Slots

CANNES: Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan won a coveted Cannes competition slot with his film Once Upon a Time in Anatolya (Bir Zamanlar Andolu'da), as did expat Romanian director Radu…
14-04-2011

FNE - IDF DocBlock: "Father and Son"

My father and I get into an old camper and head for Paris where, 23 years ago, he dispersed his mother's ashes in the Luxembourg Garden. Our trip will take…
06-04-2011

FESTIVALS: New Europe Film Put Spotlight on CEE

EDINBURGH: Romanian director Andrei Ujica's The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu opened the 5th New Europe Film Festival (www.neweuropefilm.com), which runs through 12 April at the Filmhouse in Edinburgh. This year's…
03-04-2011

CME Media Pro Names New CFO

Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME, www.cetv-net.com) appointed Chris Bosco as Chief Financial Officer of its Media Pro Entertainment division. Bosco will supervise all financial and strategic matters for CME's…
29-03-2011

Poland, Hungary Show Strong HD Growth

Poland and Hungary are among the most developed HD countries in Europe according to the latest data from the European Audiovisual Observatory (www.obs.coe.int).
29-03-2011

Ratos Acquires Forum Cinemas

Swedish investment firm Ratos (www.ratos.se) bought the Baltic-based Forum Cinemas (www.forumcinemas.lv) chain, along with Finland's Finnkino (www.finnkino.fi) cinemas in a deal reported as 116 million euros. Forum Cinemas owns cinemas…
23-03-2011

FNE - IDF DOcBlock: A Lifetime Is Not Enough

The protagonists are three film studios: in Russia (Mosfilm), in Poland (WFF nr1) and in Belarus (Belarusfilm) and three film directors: Vyrypayev, Żuławski and Kudinenko who currently work there. These…
23-03-2011

FNE - IDF DocBlock: East Silver Market 2011 - Call For Submissions

The 8th East Silver, a documentary market specialized in Central and East European documentary films, is now open for submissions! Submit your film to the biggest internationally recognized database of…
23-03-2011

PRODUCTION: Yuma in Production

The Polish/Czech coproduction Yuma, a drama set in the early 1990's directed by Piotr Mularuk, is scheduled to go into postproduction in May 2011. The Polish premiere is scheduled for…
20-03-2011

PRODUCTION: In the Shadow Filming in Prague

WARSAW: Czech director David Ondricek is in production with In The Shadow, a Czech-Polish-Slovak coproduction which began shooting on 5 March 2011 in Prague. Polish cinematographer Adam Sikora is the…
17-03-2011

MEDIA Programme Offers Two Day Training

The MEDIA (http://ec.europa.eu/media) Programme Initial Training Conference taking place in Brussels on 21-21 March 2011 will present 45 speakers giving a complete overview of EU funding opportunities for higher education…
16-03-2011

FNE - IDF DocBloc : ESODOC DEADLINE EXTENDED > MARCH 23

ESoDoc - European Social Documentary is a training initiative promoted by ZeLIG School for Documentary (Italy) with the support of EU's Media Programme.
16-03-2011