National Distributors Promote New Bulgarian Titles

Bulgarian distributors are stepping up to distribute domestic films. Two companies, A Plus and Pro Films, are investing their own funds to continue support for Bulgarian films in 2011.
24-01-2011

Estonia Scores Record Admissions in 2010

TALLINN: Estonia's cinema admissions rose by 16% in 2010, amounting to a record-breaking 2.1 million, or a healthy 1.59 admissions per capita. The figure marks the best result since the…
24-01-2011

Hungary’s CHB Hosts Meeting Point at Berlinale

Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (.CHB, www.hungaricu.de) is presenting its fourth Cinema Total event from 12-15 February 2011 at the Berlin Film Festival.
24-01-2011

Czech Channel Z1 Ends Broadcasts

PRAGUE: Czech media reported that Z1, the first privately owned Czech 24-hour news channel, was ceasing broadcasts as of 24 January 2011.
24-01-2011

FNE IDF DocBloc: East Silver TV Projects Attract Dutch, Polish Buyers

East Silver was recently approached by two European TV stations that showed interest in two titles from the market. One of them is the Dutch TV station HUMAN which acquired…
24-01-2011

Five Minarets Tops Turkish 2010 Box Office

In 2010, Turkish films continued to dominate the national box office in Turkey, claiming 186 Million Turkish Liras of a total 357 million TL in box income, once more staying…
23-01-2011

Batman Franchise Scouts Romania

BUCHAREST: Bucharest City Hall has informed local media that The Dark Knight Rises, the upcoming film in the Batman series, is in discussions to film in Romania.
23-01-2011

FESTIVALS: Cyprus Film Days upgraded to international competition

CYPRUS: The Ministry of Education and Culture announces that the 9th CYPRUS FILM DAYS -International Film Festival 2011, co-organised with the Rialto theatre has been upgraded to an international competition…
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Estonia Announces Digital TV Tender

A new tender for a public digital TV license has been announced by Estonia's Ministry of Culture.
23-01-2011

FESTIVALS: Cyprus Film Days Adds International Competition

The Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture has announced that the 9th CYPRUS FILM DAYS -International Film Festival 2011, co-organised with the Rialto theatre has been upgraded to an international…
23-01-2011

Malta Sets June Switch to Digital TV

The island nation of Malta has announced the switch from analogue to digital TV broadcast effective as of 1 June 2011.
23-01-2011

Poland Increases Digital Archive Programme

WARSAW: Poland's National Film Archives announced that it will digitally restore and preserve dozens of Polish films in 2011 with funding from the Ministry of Culture.
20-01-2011

Latvian TV Advertising Increases

Latvia had a 33% increase in TV advertisements in December 2010, compared with December 2009.
20-01-2011

Polish Filmmakers Receive Presidential Awards

WARSAW: Directors Jerzy Skolimowski and Jan Jakub Kolski, and actress Krystyna Janda were among the Polish film professionals who the Polish president awarded at a ceremony 18 January 2011 in…
20-01-2011

RADEF Renovates, Opens Old Cinemas

BUCHAREST: RADEF RomâniaFilm (www.romaniafilm.ro), the communist era manager of Romanian cinemas and current owner of some 30 screens in Romania, has opened its first 3D cine-café in Bucharest. The company…
20-01-2011

TVP Cuts Ad Rates

WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster TVP has cut its advertising rates for February by 20%, due to changes in its pricing strategy.
19-01-2011

Dark Polish Comedy has a Record Opening

WARSAW: Weekend, a dark gangster comedy directed by Cezary Pazura, hit a new Polish record opening weekend with 275,000 admissions. The film is the directing debut of Pazura, a Polish…
19-01-2011

PRODUCTION: Touch Me Not in development

BUCHAREST: Writer/ director Adina Pintile is developing her first feature film, Touch Me Not, a study of the human longing for contact, with three a woman and two men fighting…
19-01-2011

FESTIVALS: Poland, Hungary, Turkey win Berlinale Competition slots

Hungary, Poland and Turkey are among the 19 countries represented in the 22-film Berlinale competition line-up. The festival (www.berlinale.de) runs 10-20 February 2011.
18-01-2011

New Exhibitor Enters Polish Market

WARSAW: Cinema 3D has entered the Polish market with the opening of a new cinema in Lower Silesia.
18-01-2011