No funding for new Polish media bill
The Polish Ministry of Finance announced that the national budget does not have enough money to finance reforms planned by the new media bill.
Green light for Bulgarian feature projects
Six film productions and five projects in development have been chosen to receive 2.1 million Euros in support from Bulgarian state funds.
Bromski comedy opens
After a premiere gala in Warsaw on June 15, the highly anticipated new comedy from hit-maker Jacek Bromski U Pana Boga Za Miedzą enters the cinemas across Poland.
Romanian ad market poised to grow
Romanian ad market will increase with 1.1% between 2009-2013, according to an estimate from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
First drive in to open in Bucharest
Bucharest will have its first drive-in cinema, located at Băneasa Shopping City, set to open July 1.
Megaplex and IMAX set to open in Romania
The first megaplex and IMAX in Romania, Cinema City Cotroceni with 21 theaters with 4,300 seats, is set to open in October.
Miracle in Adana and Golden Boll Prize Winners
Fest organizers accomplished the impossible in Adana, Turkey, putting on a seamlessly well organized international event under very difficult conditions this year.
Production: Flying Lessons in development
Moldavian filmmaker Igor Cobileanski is in early development with his first feature based on a script written by Corneliu Porumboiu (Police, Adjective) and himself.
Lithuanian box office in decline
Lithuania‘s movie theatres have posted 12.8 million Litas (3.7 million Euros) in box-office revenues in the first quarter of 2009, down 5% from the 13.5 million Litas (3.9 million Euros)…
Production: Zanussi starts short shoot
Krzysztof Zanussi takes a look back at his past film characters in Revisit, which begins shooting June 17, to premiere at this summer's ERA New Horizons IFF.
Slovenian Film Fund gets over 7 million Euros
The Slovenian government confirmed that the Slovenian Film Fund will recive more than 7.2 million Euros to finance Slovenian film production in 2009, in announcing operating and financial plans for…
Russian productions head for Estonia
Shooting has begun on the reportedly $4 million budgeted Russian fantasy-thriller Quarantine in Tallinn -- the latest in a spate of Russian films being produced in Estonia.
Production: Herz shoots a story from Sudetenland
Czechoslovak director Juraj Herz is in production with a big-budget historical drama, Habermann´s Mill (www.habermannuvmlyn.cz), based on a true story from the Sudetenland during the era of Nazi occupation.
LUX Prize nominees announced
Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Romania are among the countries fielding nominated films for the European Parliament's LUX Prize, with three finalists to be announced during the Venice Film Festival.
HBO Central Europe signs format deal
HBO Central Europe has signed an agreement on format rights to the Israeli series that HBO produces in the US under the title In Treatment.
Slovak internet TV channel launched
News web server www.sme.sk launched an internet television channel, tv.sme.sk, on June 11.
Production: Doldrums in postproduction
Director Tamas Sas tells FNE that he has just wrapped a 15 day shoot on his latest film, Doldrums.
Production: Ao in rehearsals in Sofia
French directorJacques Malaterre is in Sofia rehearsing the UGC YMhigh budget epic fictionAo: The Last Neanderthal based on Marc Klapczynski's book Aô, Ancient Man.
Estonian animation marketing push
Estonian animation studios, educators and festivals are uniting under one promotional umbrella to flex their marketing muscle at this year's International Animation Film Market, MIFA, at the Annecy film festival.
Film Europe locks up sales going into DISCOP
Film Europe, the sister company of SPI International (www.spi-film.eu), has confirmed distribution agreements for five films following the Cannes market, and adds a slate of documentary films to its presence…
