FESTIVALS: The Blacks wins Ljubljana film festival
Croatia's The Blacks (Crnci) directed by Zvonimir Jurić and Goran Dević won the main prize of the 20th Ljubljana film festival LIFFe (en.liffe.si) at the festival's November 22 closing ceremony.
MAFILM opens rebuilt sound stage with double capacity
Two years after a fire total destroyed its biggest sound stage, MAFILM has opened the rebuilt facility.
Warsaw Welcomes Europa Cinemas 14th Annual Conference
Warsaw welcomed more than 500 cinema professionals from across Europa for the 14th Annual Europa Cinemas (www.europa-cinemas.org) held at the Warsaw Hilton from 19-22 November.
FESTIVALS: 13th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) announces competition
13th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF, http://www.poff.ee/) has selected 21 films for the EurAsia competition programme, taking place for the sixth year.
FNE VISEGRAD FORUM: Country Focus Hungary 2009
Hungary has become one of Europe's international coproduction hubs over the past five years since the passage of important legislation that set up a tax rebate system that allows producers…
FNE VISEGRAD FORUM: Country Focus Poland 2009
Poland with the sixth largest population in the Europe and the seventh largest GDP has taken its place as one of the most important members of the European Union since…
Malta launches film fund
The Maltese Ministry of Finance is launching a new Malta Film Fund which will disburse €233,000 for shorts, documentaries, and feature films.
FESTIVALS: Animated Dreams fest opens in Estonia
The 11th edition of the Estonian animated film festival, Animated Dreams, opened November 18 and continues through November 22.
Ivo wins short film fest
A trio of Latvian student filmmakers have won the short film prize at the INCHES festival in the Netherlands for Ivo.
Austria bids for Bulgarian station
ORS, the Austrian company Oesterreichische Rundfunksender, is reviving its bid for Bulgarian telecom Vivacom's broadcasting unit, NURTS.
FESTIVALS: Bratislava announces competition films
The Slovak film Foxes will be among twelve films to compete at the 11th Bratislava film festival, November 27 - December 4.
Romania skips grant funding in 2009
The National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro) will not distribute film production funds in 2009, since no grants competion has been organised this year.
PRODUCTION: Third Cvitkovič film in production
Slovenian director Jan Cvitkovič, winner of the 2001 Venice Lion of the Future for his debut Bread and Milk and 2005 Best New Director Award at San Sebastián, is in…
PRODUCTION: Judgment finds German co-producer
Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev's production company Argo Film is co-producing his second feature film, The Judgment, with Germany's Leipzig-based LE Vision.
EFA names film "ambassadors"
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu and Polish actor Maciej Stuhr are among the ten prominent European film names selected as the European Film Academy's "Ambassadors of European Film."
Malnay named Chello Central Europe managing director
Levente Malnay joins Chellomedia as managing director of Chello Central Europe as of December 1.
Francesca approved for Italian distribution
The Civil Court of Rome has rejected the request by Alessandra Mussolini to ban Bobby Păunescu's film Francesca in Italy.
Men on the Bridge wins international distribution
The Turkish/German/Dutch co-production Men on the Bridge will see distribution in the UK and Ireland, following its win at the London Turkish film festival.
PRODUCTION: Vlado Škafar's Father in postproduction
Following the completion of 12 shooting days during autumn, Slovenian director Vlado Škafar's debut feature film Father has moved into the postproduction phase.
Akkari named WB sales exec for CEE
Warner Bros International TV Division has promoted Rita Akkari to director of sales for Central and Eastern Europe.
