VALLETTA: Rebecca Cremona, the director of Malta’s Oscar candidate Simshar, has signed with Beverly Hills company Management 360

ZAGREB: The Board of Governors of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) have re-appointed Croatian filmmaker Hrvoje Hribar as Chief Executive of the Centre for a second four-year term.

RIGA: Latvia has become the 35th member of European Film Promotion (EFP), joining Baltic State neighbors Estonia and Lithuania, which were previously represented in tandem with Latvia through the umbrella organization Baltic Films.

Evaluation session of the 9. Dragon Forum

The winner of the Grand Prix of the 18th edition of the Black Nights Film Festival, now with the FIAPF-accredited non-specialized international competition, is “Lucifer” by the Belgian director Gust van den Berghe.

Polish film star Maja Komorowska will arrive in Tallinn to collect the Black Nights lifetime achievement award at the closing ceremony of the festival on Friday.

Established in 2007, the Lux Prize pursues two main objectives: spotlighting the public debate in and on the European Union and its policies, and supporting circulation of European coproductions within the Union. This year Paweł Pawlikowski’s Ida, Céline Sciamma’s Girlhood, and Rok Biček’s Class Enemy are competing for the Lux Prize.

The red carpet award ceremony of the 18th Black Nights Film Festival will close with the international premiere of “La Famille Bélier” by Eric Lartigau, a warmhearted comedy, on 28th November at the Nordea Concert Hall.

Dear Masterschool Participants of the Future, we have extended the submissions deadlinefor the Masterschool 2015 to 8th December to allow all you busy filmmakers to get your applications in after IDFA!