ATM Grupa Plans TV Channel

WARSAW: Independent Polish television and film producer ATM Grupa plans to launch its own channel in 2011 and is currently seeking a location in the first Polish ground television multiplex…
16-03-2011

MEDIA Programme Offers Two Day Training

The MEDIA (http://ec.europa.eu/media) Programme Initial Training Conference taking place in Brussels on 21-21 March 2011 will present 45 speakers giving a complete overview of EU funding opportunities for higher education…
16-03-2011

PRODUCTION: Narcissus in Production

VILNIUS: Young Lithuanian film director Dovilė Gasiūnaitė is working on her first feature film, Narcissus, a modern-day version of the ancient Greek myth.
16-03-2011

FNE - IDF DocBloc : ESODOC DEADLINE EXTENDED > MARCH 23

ESoDoc - European Social Documentary is a training initiative promoted by ZeLIG School for Documentary (Italy) with the support of EU's Media Programme.
16-03-2011

Eurimages Announces Production and Distribution Support

Six films from Central Europe are among the 16 films which will receive 5.26 million Euros in funding from Eurimages (www.coe.int) in its latest round of funding. An additional 34…
15-03-2011

Lithuanian Advertising Market Begins to Stabilize

VILNIUS: The Lithuanian market research and consulting company TNS LT reports that media advertising in Lithuania fell 1.5 % in 2010. Media advertising totaled 324.6 Million LTL. In 2009 media…
15-03-2011

FESTIVALS: Polish-Norwegian Co-production Forum at ERA New Horizons

ERA New Horizons IFF (www.enh.pl) will host a meeting of Polish and Norwegian film professionals on 26-28 July 2011 in Wroclav. The forum is a joint initiative of the festival…
15-03-2011

FESTIVALS: Istanbul Announces Competition Films

ISTANBUL: Twelve films will compete in the Golden Tulip international competition at the 30th anniversary edition of the Istanbul Film Festival (film.iksv.org), 2-14 April 2011. An additional 14 films will…
15-03-2011

Bathory Headed to Houston

The Central European blockbuster film Bathory directed by Juraj Jakubisko has been selected for the Remi awards at the 44th WorldFest-Houston film festival, 8-17 April 2011.
14-03-2011

PRODUCTION: TVN Crime Series in Production

WARSAW: Warsaw Arrangement (Układ Warszawski ), a crime comedy series about a Warsaw family with members on both sides of the law directed by Katarzyna Adamik and Łukasz Jaworski, is…
14-03-2011

Georgian Retrospective Broadcast on Lithuanian TV

Lithuanian TV (www.ltv.lt) has announced a planned retrospective of classic Georgian films to be shown on the national public broadcaster in spring 2011. The project was developed in coordination with…
14-03-2011

FESTIVALS: Istanbul Festival Celebrates 30th Anniversary

ISTANBUL: The 30th anniversary edition of the Istanbul Film Festival (film.idvs.org) runs 2-17 April 2011 with a line-up of 230 films in 21 sections. With 150,000 visitors in 2010, the…
14-03-2011

Czech TV Raided by Military Police

PRAGUE: Czech head of military police and two commanders have been suspended after a raid on the news desk of Czech public broadcaster Czech TV (www.ceskatelevize.cz) which was captured live…
13-03-2011

Slovak TV Goes Digital

BRATISLAVA: Slovakia's transition from analogue television broadcasting to digital technology was launched on 8 March 2011. The last analogue transmitter is expected to be switched off by the end of…
13-03-2011

Slovenian Cinema Attendance Shows Steady Growth

LJUBLJANA: Cinema admissions in Slovenia in 2010 continued a trend of steady increase, helped by the success of a hit national film. Slovenian theatres had 2,891,641 admissions in 2010, a…
13-03-2011

FESTIVALS: Sofia Meetings Award Best Film Projects

SOFIA: Two film projects dominated the awards of the 8th annual Sofia Meetings which brought industry professionals together to pitch their projects and network in the Bulgarian capitol of Sofia…
13-03-2011

FESTIVALS: Bulgarian Shelter Grabs Top Sofia IFF Award

(SOFIA): Bulgarian director Dragomir Sholev and producer Rossitsa Valkanova accepted the Grand Prix of the 15th Sofia International Film Festival (4-13 March, www.siff.bg) for the debut feature film Shelter. Sholev…
13-03-2011

Slovenian Broadcaster to Increase HD

Slovenia public broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV Slovenia) has teamed up with services provider Ericcson to increase HD offerings via transmitting and receiving content, enabling a wider roll-out of HD services.
10-03-2011

HBO Adds HD Channels in Poland

WARSAW: HBO Poland is introduced several new movie channels in HD on 7 March 2011: HBO2 HD, HBO Comedy HD and Cinemax2 HD. All HBO and Cinemax channels also became…
10-03-2011

PRODUCTION: TVN Soccer Film in Preproduction

WARSAW: Polish commercial broadcaster TVN is casting the lead in its film production Fusbal, the story of a young provincial football player whose strength of character helps him overcome obstacles…
10-03-2011