Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Culture Dismissed

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov fired the deputy minister of culture Dimitar Dereliev immediately after a meeting between him and representatives of the film community on Saturday, 11 December 2010.
12-12-2010

Hřebejk Film Released in USA

Jan Hřebejk´s Oscar hopeful Kawasaki´s Rose produced by Rudolf Biermann of Infilm (www.infilm.cz) has been released in the US by North American company Menemsha Films (http://www.menemshafilms.com). Hřebejk attended the presentation…
12-12-2010

Czech Film Critics Awards Established

Czech film journalists, critics, reviewers and film publicists have established their own national film awards. The awards are ofganized by the Czech Film Chamber (www.filmovakomora.cz).
12-12-2010

Dorota Kędzierzawska Receives the Golden Alexander in Thessaloniki

Polish director Dorota Kędzierzawska was honored with the Golden Alexander award for her work as director at a ceremony held during the 51st Thessaloniki International Film Festival on 9 December…
12-12-2010

Kotkowski Wins Best Director at Cairo

Polish director Andrzej Kotkowski won the best director award at the 34th Cairo Film Festival, which concluded on 9 December 2010, for Born of the Sea.
12-12-2010

Dragon Forum Deadline for Submissions

Dragon Forum 2011 (www.dragonforum.pl), a forum for documentary film projects, is accepting applications through Monday, 13 December 2010.
11-12-2010

Polish director Andrzej Kotkowski wins best director at Cairo FF for Born of the Sea

CAIRO: Born of the Sea by Polish director Andrzej Kotkowski got the Best Director Prize at the 34th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival that concluded on 9 December.…
10-12-2010

Croatia's House Wins Development Grant

The Croatian feature film House (screenplay Sanja Kovačević, director Zoran Sudar, produced by Mainframe Production) was awarded a development grant at the 8th Balkan Script Development Fund (4 - 6…
09-12-2010

Estonian Funding Stays Stable for 2011

Estonia's public financing for film looks set to remain unchanged from the painfully reduced level of 2010. Altogether, the three major public sources for film financing - the Estonian Film…
09-12-2010

Slovaks Anticipate Identity Card

While Slovakia saw a drop off in national film production as it changed over to a new funding system last year, at least one Slovak backed film is widely anticipated…
09-12-2010

Turkey Approves Media Foreign Ownership Bill

The Turkish Parliament has approved a bill that will allow an increase in foreign ownership of Turkish TV and radio. Foreign investment will now cap at 50%, doubling the previous…
09-12-2010

Croatian Audiovisual Center Confirms Hribar as Director

The Board of Governors of Croatian Audiovisual Centre (www.hvac.hr) appointed Hrvoje Hribar as Chief Executive of the Centre, at a meeting on 4 December 2010,
08-12-2010

Karlovy Vary Festival Names Och New Director

The Karlovy Vary IFF (www.kviff.com) appointed Karel Och as the new Artistic Director, replacing 15 year festival veteran Eva Zaoralova. Och's appointment takes effect 1 January 2011. Zaoralova will stay…
08-12-2010

PRODUCTION: Ileana in Development

BUCHAREST: Eva Pervolovici is in development with her first feature, Ileana, the story of a young and innocent girl who decides to infiltrate the ghetto in order to save her…
08-12-2010

Crisis: Hungarian Government Cuts Funding to Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation. HFW Postponed

The Hungarian parliament has decided to dramatically cut funding for the Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation (MMK www.mmka.hu) in its 2011 budget. The move has also put the future of the…
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FESTIVALS: Stolen Wins Art of the Doc

The Australian film Stolen directed by Violeta Ayala and Dan Falshow won the Grand Prix at the Art of the Document Festival in Warsaw on 4 December 2010.
07-12-2010

Polish Directors and Producers Found Association

Sixteen Polish filmmakers have founded a new Polish Film Directors and Producers Association (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
07-12-2010

Slovenian Film Center Will Launch in January 2011

The Slovenian Film Fund (www.film-sklad.si), the public fund founded in 1994, will be replaced by the Slovenian Film Center (SFC), a public agency, as of January 2011. The Slovenian government…
07-12-2010

TVP Launches New Channel

Polish public broadcaster TVP launched a new theme channel "TVP Seriale" (TVP Series) on 6 December 2010, in anticipation of expanded advertising income.
07-12-2010

Polish director Andrzej Wajda awarded by Russian President Medvedev

WARSAW: Polish director Andrzej Wajda has been awarded the Russian medal of the Order of Friendship by Russian president Dmitry Medvedev during his visit to Warsaw. The medal was in…
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