CEE Films Shine at Art Film Fest

TRENCIANSKE TEPLICE, SLOVAKIA: There were more winners at Art Film Fest (www.artfilmfest.sk) than just those accepting prizes at the closing ceremony on 25 June 2011 in the mountainside spa resort…
27-06-2011

Moscow IFF Competition: Postcard

Kaneto Shindô, age 99 and a Moscow IFF veteran, returns to the festival where he first presented his films 50 years ago, and where he received a Lifetime Achievement award…
26-06-2011

Cartoon Forum 2011 Boosts Polish Animation

WARSAW: Five new animated Polish series have been selected to participate at Cartoon Forum, the European co-production forum for TV and new platforms that will celebrate its 22nd edition from…
26-06-2011

Polish Films at Karlovy Vary

WARSAW: Seven Polish films will screen at the 46th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which runs 1-9 July 2011. Four of them will compete for awards in…
26-06-2011

PRODUCTION: Destiny in development

The Czech Production company Central European Production and Locations (www.praguelocations.com) signed an coproduction agreement with the Chinese production company V.V .Hand Productions of Beijing to co-produce the action adventure film…
26-06-2011

PRODUCTION: Destiny in development

The Czech Production company Central European Production and Locations (www.praguelocations.com) signed an coproduction agreement with the Chinese production company V.V .Hand Productions of Beijing to co-produce the action adventure film…
26-06-2011

MIFF 2011: Moscow Film Festival opens with star studded gala

{mosimage}MOSCOW: The 33 Moscow International Film Festival (www.moscowfilmfestival.ru) got off to a star studded start with the world premier of Hollywood blockbuster Transformers: Dark of the Moon on 23 June…
26-06-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: TV Market in Transition

BUDAPEST: The 21st year of the Central and East European TV market, DISCOP Budapest (www.discop.com), wrapped an era and moved into its next phase: young maturity. The 2011 market (which…
26-06-2011

Moscow IFF Competition: Serdtsa Bumerang

Serdtsa Bumerang is the third feature film by Nikolay Khomeriki.
25-06-2011

Moscow IFF: Chapiteau-show

The young Russian director of Chapiteau-show Sergei Loban has developed something of a cult following.
25-06-2011

Slovenian Film Center Appoints New Director

LJUBLJANA: The board of the Slovenian Film Center (SFC; www.film-center.si) has elected Jožko Rutar as Director of the SFC. He replaces Samo Rugelj, who had been acting director.
23-06-2011

Cyfrowy Polsat Shares for Sale

Two companies, Polaris Finance and Sensor Overseas, intend to sell 86.11 million of shares in Cyfrowy Polsat, the cable television provider and operator of the biggest digital satellite platform in…
23-06-2011

Polish-Ukrainian Channel Plans September Launch

WARSAW: Ukrainian private broadcaster TVi is planning to launch a Polish-Ukrainian satellite channel, TVi Europe, to present a "Pan-European option" for viewers.
23-06-2011

Moscow IFF Competition: The Other Family / La Otra Familia

The notable Mexican director Gustavo Loza screens his dramatic film The Other Family, for which he also wrote the screenplay, in the Moscow International Film Festival.
23-06-2011

Moscow IFF Competition: The Waves/Las Olas

The Waves is the first feature fiction film of Alberto Morais, whose credits include several short films and the documentary Un lugar en el cine.
23-06-2011

Moscow IFF Competition: Montevideo

Montevideo, Taste of a Dream, the first feature directed by the popular actor Dragan Bjelogrlić, has been a big hit in Serbia: 515,000 viewers, (twice as many as Avatar) since…
23-06-2011

Government Decision Closes MMK

BUDAPEST: The Hungarian government will close the troubled Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation (www.mmka.hu).
23-06-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: License Market Signature Launches in Poland

BUDAPEST: DISCOP founder Patrick Jucaud started the second day of DISCOP Budapest (21-24 June 2011, www.discop.com) with another major announcement: the launch of Signature, a licensing market, in Poland, followed…
23-06-2011

ACT Faces Copyright Issues

BUDAPEST: Speaking at the DISCOP Budapest TV market, Ross Biggam, Director General of the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) said the issue of copyright will be the organization's…
22-06-2011

Crime Detectives Sold to Russia

WARSAW: Endemol Neovision has acquired the rights to produce a Russian version of Crime Detectives, a Polish crime drama aired by Polish commercial channel TVN.
22-06-2011