New director for the Croatian Audiovisual Centre

The Board of Governors of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre Centre nominated lecturer and film director Niksa Svilicic as new director of the Centre, for a four year mandate.
19-04-2009

Zone Europe leaves Hungary

Art house film TV channel Zone Europe (www.hu.zoneeuropa.tv) will cancel its broadcast in Hungary from May 1 and will focus on its Polish TV channel.
19-04-2009

Production: Meszaros wraps Hope

Cannes, Berlin, and Venice winner Marta Meszaros has finished shooting Hope, her first film since 2004's The Unburied Man, producer Erika Tarr told FNE.
16-04-2009

Record grant for animation director

Czech animation director and recent Athens Animfest winner Jan Balej received a record 10 million crown (370,000) grant for his new film, Little Fishergirl.
16-04-2009

Mungiu ignites Romanian film funding controversy

Following an "open letter" from Palme d'Orwinning director Cristian Mungiu criticizing the grants process of the National Centre for Cinema, eight leading critics have issued a statement in support of…
16-04-2009

Barrandov opens Digitalization center

Barrandov opened a new Film Digitalization and Postproduction Center at the Barrandov Studios Film Laboratories Division on April 16.
16-04-2009

EFP announces Producers on the Move

European Film Promotion (EFP) has selected nine producers from Central Europe for its 10th "Producers on the Move" spotlight at the Cannes Film Festival.
16-04-2009

God's Kiss equals box office bliss

Czech director Marie Poledňáková love story and Falcon Film release You Kiss Like God (Líbáš jako Bůh) reached a surprising 709,000 viewers by April 15, two months after opening.
15-04-2009

Production: Magic Boys in preproduction

Director Robert Koltai (Colossal Sensation, Train Keeps a Rollin') is in preproduction with Magic Boys, an international co-production starring Michael Madsen and Adrian Paul.
15-04-2009

Controversial TVP chairman survives recall vote

A motion to recall Piotr Farfał as public broadcaster TVP's temporary chairman and the reinstatement of Andrzej Urbański, Sławomir Siwek and Marcin Bochenek failed by a one vote margin.
15-04-2009

Bulgarian ad market in decline

The Association of Bulgarian Advertising Agencies (http://www.arabulgaria.org/) reports that the Bulgarian media market fell 20% during the first quarter of 2009.
14-04-2009

Slovenian government discusses RTV funding

The Slovenian parliament will adress underfunding and organizational structure of public broadcaster RTV.
14-04-2009

Production: Sports murder doc planned

A documentary about the tragic death of well-known handball player Marian Cozma is being filmed in Hungary, producer Gabor Kalomista told FNE.
14-04-2009

East Silver doc submissions open

East Silver, the specialized Central and East European documentary market, has announced it will be accepting film submissions on a year round basis.
14-04-2009

SPI distirbution agreement with Forum Film Hungary

Forum Film Hungary has picked up theatrical distribution rights to SPI International's stable of acquired films in Hungary.
13-04-2009

Sequel breaks Recep Idevik record

Sahan Gokbaker starrer Recep Ivedik 2, with admissions totalling 4,320,320 in its eighth week, breaks the Turkish box office record set by the original Recep Ivedik.
13-04-2009

Euro Media Group eyes Romania

The Euro Media Group executive director has met with the head of Romania's Communication and Information Society Ministry to discuss the company's entry into Romania.
13-04-2009

Slovenian parliament will discuss about underfund public broadcaster

In culture committee meeting in Slovenian parliament participants agreed that there should be a wider discussion about public Broadcaster (http://www.rtv.si/) about underfund situation and its organizing structure.
13-04-2009

Top spot for Little Robbers

The €1.1 million Latvian-Austrian co-production Little Robbers took first place at the box office in its opening week, but results reflected the economic turmoil confronting Latvians.
09-04-2009

Austria funds two Hungarian films

The Austrian Film Commission announced grants for a pair of Hungarian co-productions in its latest round of funding.
09-04-2009