The Institute of Documentary film and the Czech Film Center present the joint event Czech Docs 2014-2015 which opens 29 September 2014.

Ignas Jonynas’ debut feature ‘The Gambler’ was today announced as Lithuanian submission for the Academy Award nomination as Best Foreign-Language Film.

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.

WARSAW: In a surprise move the European Commission has moved the management for the Creative Europe MEDIA programme to Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG Connect). 

VALLETTA: Luxembourg director Eric Lamhene has been awarded the top prize of the International Malta Short Film Festival which spans 10 weeks from July to September every year.

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.

FNE TV spoke to the directors of the three films selected as finalists for the prestigious LUX Film Prize to ask them what is the importance of the LUX Prize for them personally. Click HERE for the interviews.

RIGA: The 27th European Film Awards will take place in this year's Capital of Culture, Latvia's capital Riga. The European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the titles of the 50 selected films from 31 European countries with 13 of the films coming from Central and Eastern Europe.