EAVE announces new-EU country scholarships

The EAVE Film Finance Forum, taking place April 15-18 in Luxembourg, has announced three scholarships available for participants from the new EU countries. Applications are due March 15.
10-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Aurora winds up postproduction

Cristi Puiu's third feature Aurora is in the last stages of postproduction with the expectation that the film will be submitted to Cannes Film Festival this year.
10-03-2010

Riga Film Fund launched

The City of Riga (www.riga.lv) has launched the Riga Film Fund in order to attract foreign film productions with its first call for films on March 5.
09-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Leszek Dawid wraps feature debut Ki

Polish director Leszek Dawid has just finished shooting his debut feature Ki, a drama about the problems of a young single mother.
09-03-2010

Poland embraces VOD

Poland's Grupa Onet drew 500,000 viewers in its first three days of VOD service with an offering that included five of the most popular titles available online.
08-03-2010

Film will challenge new Lithuanian law

A 19-year old Lithuanian filmmaker is ready to challenge Lithuania's new Protection of Minors law with plans to make a gay-themed short film.
08-03-2010

FNE at the Czech Lions 2010: Winners

PRAGUE: Marek Najbrt's Protektor was the clear favourite at this year's Czech Lions (6 March) picking up the prize for both best film and best director well as prizes for…
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PRODUCTION: Komandarev in development with The Judgment

Following The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner, the first Bulgarian film sold in 25 territories, director Stefan Komandarev is developing a cross border drama The Judgment.
07-03-2010

Bratislava festival launches two workshops

The Bratislava Film Festival is launching two major European initiatives in Bratislava to support emerging film talents: the Torino Film Lab and Script&Pitch workshops.
07-03-2010

Surgata appointed Budapest Film CFO

Budapest Film Ltd. (www.budapestfilm.hu) has named Orsolya Surguta as CFO and Gabriella Vajda as the company's new marketing director.
07-03-2010

Polish critics award Dark House

Polish film critics chose Dark House directed by Wojciech Smarzowski as the best Polish Film of 2009 and the White Ribbon by Michael Haneke as the Best Foreign Film.
04-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Tadas Blinda will shoot in Lithuania

A historical adventure drama about a Lithuanian folk hero Tadas Blinda. Pradzia (www.tadasblinda.lt) directed by Donatas Ulvydas is shooting on locations throughout Lithuania.
04-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Kajínek release postponed

The world release of one of the anticipated Czech criminal thriller Kajínek, based on a true criminal case of the murderer Jiří Kajínek, is postponed to August 5, producer and…
03-03-2010

Broadcasting Council says Polish media will run out of funds

An amendment to the Polish licence fee bill will significantly redyce income from the fees, the main source of funding for Poland's public media.
03-03-2010

PRODUCTION: New Metod Pevec's The weight of the sky

Slovenian director Metod Pevec is filming his fourth movie, The Weight of the Sky for production company Vertigo/Emotionfilm.
02-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Veiwegh's Novel for Men begins filming

A Novel for Men based on the latest novel from Czech bestselling author Michal Viewegh begins shooting on March 12, producer Rudolf Biermann from Infilm (www.infilm.cz) announced.
02-03-2010

Mobile phone TV hits Romania

The first TV channel for mobile phones, Telenews, a news televison channel started by Romanian born French journalist Nicolas Don, will launch in partnership with the Orange network in mid-March.
01-03-2010

Reverse sweeps Polish Eagles

The 12th Polish Eagles ceremony held in Warsaw on March1 crowned Reverse, directed by Borys Lankosz, as the most awarded Polish film of the past year.
01-03-2010

Hungarians launch New Faces

Seven young Hungarian film directors have formed the group "New Faces" (www.newfaceshungary.com), a move to refresh Hungary's commercial industry.
01-03-2010

FNE Interview with Agnieszka Holland

In an exclusive interview, Agnieszka Holland spoke with FNE about the significance of Poland's "Oscars" the Polish Eagles, new trends in Polish cinema, and her criteria of voting for the…
28-02-2010