PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund has issued a call for submissions for its incentives scheme with a deadline on 30 January. The approximate budget is 17.6 m EUR /500 m CZK.

Of the 1,300 films submitted to FIPA this year, the final selection features 128 international works across all genres, from 27 countries, including 33 French films.

Don’t miss the deadline: The call for applications for the sixth edition of TIES THAT BIND – Asia / Europe Co-Production Workshop is now open until February 19, 2015.

ZAGREB: Vinko Brešan’s comedy The Priest’s Children sold almost 114,000 tickets worldwide in 2014 scoring especially highly in Germany and Brazil.

BERLIN: Two projects by Ivaylo Markov and the duo Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross are among 36 feature film projects from 28 countries selected for the 12th annual Berlinale Co-Production Market (8 – 10 February 2015).

PRAGUE: Petr Jákl's horror movie Ghoul will have its world premiere in 2D and 3D in the Czech Republic on 26 February 2015. It is a highly anticipated event as Jákl’s 2010 début feature, Kajínek produced by J.B.J. Film Production, had the biggest opening weekend in the country’s history.

TRIESTE: The 26th edition of Trieste Film Festival will take place from 16 to 22 January with 37 films screening in three competitive sections.

VALLETTA: Claudio Malaponti‘s E l’angelo partì da lei is the first result in Malta of the Euro Screen Interreg IVC, a project launched by the non-profit organization Fondazzjoni Temi Zammit together with European partners, in order to enhance collaboration between the film and the tourism sector.

BUDAPEST: Hungarian film has lost two of its leading filmmakers. Veteran film director and cinematographer Janos Zsombolyai (75) passed away on 4 January and acclaimed animator Andras Erkel (52) on 29 December.

With the start of the largest film festival in Lithuania approaching, it is time to introduce one of this year’s competition programmes. Titled “New Europe – New Names”, the programme promises to be notably diverse, showing films such as The Tribe from Ukraine, performed entirely in sign language, and the Lithuanian The Summer of Sangaile, which has been selected to compete at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.