Czech Rebate Attracts Zentropa and ABC

The Czech Film Commission announced 25 projects are expected to receive over CZK180 million from the Czech production rebate. Two of the new projects began prepping in 2010: A Royal…
22-02-2011

PRODUCTION: Therapy Goes to Postproduction

Therapy, a 45-part Czech TV series produced by Czech HBO television (www.hbo.cz) and Stilking Films production company (www.stillking.com) finished its 95 day shoot on Saturday, 19 Febuary 2011 and goes…
22-02-2011

PRODUCTION: Polish Tragedy Straight from the Sky in Production

Polish independent filmmaker Piotr Matwiejczyk is working on Straight from the Sky (Prosto z nieba), a drama based on the events of 10 April 2010, when a Polish plane carrying…
22-02-2011

Gutek Film Competes for Cartoon Movie Award

Poland's Gutek Film is competing for Cartoon Movie's best distributor award which will be presented at the conclusion of the 13th annual event, 2-4 March 2011 in Lyon, France.
22-02-2011

PRODUCTION: Sofianites Too Much in Production

Production is underway on the new Bulgarian TV series Sofianites Too Much which is set to air in March 2011. The series, about two neighboring families, is is produced by…
21-02-2011

CME Exchanges Convertible Notes

HAMILTON, BERMUDA: Television group Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME, www.cetv-net.com) announced the completion of a privately negotiated exchange of convertible notes due in 2013 for convertible notes due in…
21-02-2011

Poland Blocks Media Merger

The Polish government has forbidden the merger of EM&F Group, a Polish chain of press and media stores, with www.Merlin.pl, the most popular Polish seller of audiovisual, music and press…
21-02-2011

Polish Advertising Income Rises in 2010

The Polish advertising market registered an unexpected growth of 4.5% in 2010, with over 7.3 billion PLN spent on ads. Internet and cinema advertising had the best results.
21-02-2011

Men in Hope Set for August Release

PRAGUE: Czech screenwriter/director Jiří Vejdělek is in production of his new comedy Men in Hope, the follow-up to his hit film Women in Temptation. The film will premiere in Czech…
21-02-2011

FNE at Berlinale 2011: Prix Winners.

BERLIN: It was a Berlinale triumph for Polish and Hungarian talent with Hungarian auteur Bela Tarr winning the Grand Jury Prix for his The Turin Horse while the prize for…
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German Distributor Picks Up Polish Classics

Polish public broadcaster TVP (www.tvp.pl) has signed an agreement with German Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (www.rbb-online.de) to sell the DVD right to some of its most popular productions from the 1970's and…
20-02-2011

FESTIVALS: Polish Filmmakers Awarded in Berlin

The Polish Film Institute (PFI, www.pisf.pl) and Polish film community are celebrating the awards presented to filmmakers Dorota Kędzierzawska and Wojciech Staroń on 20 February 2011 at the 61st Berlin…
20-02-2011

Walking Too Fast Leads Czech Lion Nominations

The psychological thriller Pouta (Walking Too Fast) by director Radim Špaček, screenwriter Ondřej Štindl and producer Vratislav Šlajer and his company Bionaut films (www.bionaut.cz) leads the list of nominations for…
20-02-2011

FESTIVALS: Gdynia Names New Festival Director

WARSAW: Michał Chaciński has been selected as Artistic Director of the Polish Film Festival (PFF, www.pl.fpff.pl) which takes place in the northern port city of Gdynia 6-11 June 2011. Chaciński's…
20-02-2011

Tilt Tops Bulgarian Box Office

SOFIA: Viktor Chouchkov Jr.'s debut film Tilt (www.tilt.bg) rose to the top spot on the Bulgarian box office on its opening weekend 11-13 February 2011), with 14,200 admissions and box…
20-02-2011

FNE IDF DocBloc: Documentary Screenings In Moscow and Nizhny Novogrod

The Institute of Documentary Film and the Jihlava IDFF in cooperation with the Czech Centre Moscow organize screenings of selected documentary films in Moscow (Feb 22 - 25) and Nizhny…
18-02-2011

Prima Love TV Launches in Czech Republic

Stockholm based Modern Times Group (www.mtg.se) announced it will launch Prima LOVE in Prague on 8 March 2011. The channel i MTG's third free-TV channel in the Czech Republic, joining…
17-02-2011

PRODUCTION: Nejc Gazvoda`s A Trip in Postproduction

LJUBLJANA: A Trip, the debut feature film of young Slovenian director and screenwriter Nejc Gazvoda is currently in postproduction and expected to be completed in fall 2011. The film was…
17-02-2011

FNE at Berlinale 2011: Competition Our Grand Despair

BERLIN: Turkish film director Seyfi Teoman follows his internantionally successful Summer Book with the light-hearted Our Grand Despair. While the film's story begins with Nihal (Gunes Sayin) a young woman…
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