Astra Film Sibiu (the 6th-the 12th of October 2014), the oldest and the most important festival of documentary cinema in Central and Eastern Europe offers with each edition a perspective on the documentaries having been produced in the named region during the year. The Festival has focused on this since its very beginning in 1993, the selected films approaching subjects which define the identity of the area and unveil realities sometimes unknown even among neighbouring countries.

During a press conference in Riga, European Capital of Culture 2014 where this year’s 27th European Film Awards will take place, the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the titles of the 50 films on this year’s selection list, the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards! With 31 European countries represented, the list once again illustrates the great diversity in European cinema.

From “queerEAST” via Ukraine to Italy – diversity is defining the programme of the 24th FilmFestival Cottbus

Critics’ favorite Rocks In my Pockets by the New York-based Latvian animator Signe Baumane will represent Latvia in the run for the foreign language Oscars.

On Monday, September 29 at 6:30 p.m. the annual Panel of Forthcoming Czech Documentaries will be held in Prague’s Cinema Světozor. The public will have a unique opportunity to get introduced to ten interesting documentary projects right from their creators as part of a series of short presentations. During the evening the new catalogue of forthcoming Czech documentaries, Czech Docs 2014 – 2015, will be presented. It will be concluded with the preview screening of Veronika Lišková’s feature-length documentary Daniel’s World, an unprejudiced look at the world of the Czech paedophile community.