BUCHAREST: Films from twelve young directors will have been chosen for the main competition of the 12th Transilvania International Film Festival, running 31 May– 9 June in Cluj. 

Krakow, 30th April 2013 – The organizers of the Krakow Film Festiwal have revealed the results of the selection for this year’s last competition – feature-lenght documentaries. Twenty films will compete for the Golden Horn.

PRAGUE: Advertiser’s refusal of increased advertising rates in the Czech Republic drove another quarter of continued losses for Central European Media Enterprises (CME). The Czech Republic accounted for 20 m USD of the company’s 30 m USD quarter on quarter decline. 

With the beginning of April starts the film submission to the 4th edition of the International Festival of Film Producers REGIOFUN and it will last till June 31st. REGIOFUN is the only festival in Europe that awards producers. It also joins the regions and funds according to the perspective subordinated to the producers. The prize is € 25 000.

The beginning of the 12th annual International Festival of Animated film Anifest begins this Friday 26th. The whole event starts at 8:30 a.m. with the series of the new Czech bedtime stories and Slovak fairy tales. The official beginning is scheduled on the same day at 19:30 in the Concert hall in DK Teplice, where all celebrities, including the president - the British animator and producer Gerald Potterton, are going to be present. 

WROCLAW: DOK.Incubator workshop has announced the feature documentaries in the rough cut stage that have been selected for the three-part which begins in Wroclaw in June.

VILNIUS: The Government of the Republic of Lithuania has approved the proposed changes to the Law on Corporate tax. The amended tax scheme would offer a tax relief to companies wishing to invest in Lithuanian film production. It is hoped that the new scheme will be approved by the Lithuanian Parliament already this spring. 

The Jihlava IDFF is accepting applications for the second annual Emerging Producers workshop. Click HERE to ready full story.

Plus Camerimage Festival and BVK (German Society of Cinematographers) will start a discussion about another aspect of the authors’ rights issues. There is an ongoing debate across the world about how to make filmmakers have their share in the turnover generated by the use of the creative work, even on the Internet. We would like to address these matters by hosting a panel discussion at the upcoming Plus Camerimage Festival (16th-23rd Nov). 

Taking place on April 25-28, this year’s Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (HÕFF) will screen 22 feature films from all over the world. Apart from the main programme and the special programme “For Freaks”, the festival’s focus this year is on the British genre film director Ben Wheatley.