Latvia passes film law

Latvia has ratified a film law giving the film industry its own legal framework, after a 15 year long drafting process. The law was passed by the Latvian parliament on…
20-06-2010

EU approves Czech film tax incentives

The European Union approved a Czech film tax incentive, announced by the Czech government on Firday, June 18. The proposal, which was approved in October 2009 by the Czech government,…
20-06-2010

FESTIVALS: Six world premieres at Pula Film Festival

The National Competition Programme of the 57th Pula Film Festival (July 17 - 24), www.pulafilmfestival.hr/en) in Croatia will present ten films, with seven films in the main section and three…
20-06-2010

FESTIVALS: Artfilm fest opens in Slovakia

The 18th edition of Artfilm festival (www.artfilmfest.sk) opened in Trencianske Teplice, Slovakia, June 18 with a new focus on Slovak films and 14 films in the main competition.
20-06-2010

CEE on screen at Cartoon Forum

Cartoon Forum, the platform to increase coproduction and distribution on European animation for TV, holds is first edition in the new EU countries with its September 14-17 event in Sopron,…
17-06-2010

FESTIVALS: Documentary Project Development Workshop and Film Festival

BUDAPEST: More than 40 documentary films from 15 countries will be presented at the 6th Dialect Film Festival (http://dialektusfesztival.hu/?lang=en) in Budapest. The event will take place June 23-38, and the…
17-06-2010

Pro Video to launch Movie Bank

Home video distribution company Pro Video (www.provideo.ro) will launch Movie Bank (www.bancadefilme.ro), providing new films on DVD and Blu-Ray, as well as Video Licence for Public Distribution (LVDP).
16-06-2010

PRODUCTION: Glass Tiger 3 begins filming in Hungary

BUDAPEST: The third sequel of the very successful Hungarian cult-comedy Üvegtigris (Glass Tiger 3) produced by Filmpartners Ltd. (http://www.filmpartners.hu/) will start shooting on June 21 in Hungary. Péter Rudolf, the…
16-06-2010

Latvian animation studio closes

The Latvian animated film studio Dauka (www.latfilma.lv/dauka) has announced that it will temporarily close due to lack of funds.
15-06-2010

Polish Film Institute awards Era New Horizons

Era New Horizons International Film Festival (www.enh.pl) has received the "International Film Event of 2009" Award from the Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl). The award was presented to the festival's director…
15-06-2010

Lietuvos Kinas sells properties

Lietuvos Kinas (www.lietuvoskinas.lt ), which maintains an archive of Lithuanian films, will sell several pieces of real estate, company director Juozas Koreiva confirmed.
14-06-2010

Polish docs on DVD release

Polish Docs 2010, a DVD collection of new documentaries, has been released by the Krakow Film Foundation (www.kff.com.pl/fundacja). The new release is the third in a series that began in…
14-06-2010

Mission London set to break even

Bulgarian national box office hit Mission London is close to breaking even on its origina 1.5 million Euro investment, with over 310,000 viewers since its mid-April opening.
13-06-2010

Latvia lures Bollywood

The Latvian government is pursuing Bollywood as part of its economic strategy set forth in a recent meeting by the Latvian economic minister in India.
13-06-2010

Slovak Who's the Boss Here in development

Young Slovak script-writer and film director Peter Magat has started preparing the full-length feature film Who's the Boss Here (Kto je tu boss) about the mafia in Slovakia during the…
13-06-2010

German funding added to Istvan Szabo’s new feature

BUDAPEST: Academy Award winning director Istvan Szabo is working on an new film, The Door, an adaptation of a Hungarian novel, written by Magda Szabo, which has been translated to…
13-06-2010

Central European Films Head for Moscow International Film Festival

MOSCOW: The 32 edition of the Moscow International Film Festival (www.moscowfilmfestival.ru) will be dominated by films from neighbouring central European countries with six films from CEE in the main competition…
11-06-2010 m

Kino Polska takes internet stake

Kino Polska (www.kinopolska.pl) has acquired a major stake in Polish internet portal Stopklatka (www.stopklatka.pl). Kino Polska distributes film channels FilmBox, FilmBox Extra, FilmBox Family and FilmBox HD.
10-06-2010

MMK Promises Grant Support for 17 New Hungarian Films

BUDAPEST: A total of 17 film projects have been accorded a declaration of intent for funding by the Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation (MMKA - http://english.mmka.hu/). Included on the list are…
10-06-2010

Illness forces Nellis to abandon Lidice

Czech director Alice Nellis has stepped down from Lidice, Czech-Slovak-Polish coproduction based on a WWII screenplay by Czech historian Zdeněk Mahler. Just days from the beginning of filming, Nellis announced…
09-06-2010