BERLIN: New films from CEE countries were announced to participate in Berlinale’s Panorama section on 25 February 2017. The 67th edition of Berlin International Film Festival will take place from 9 to 19 February 2017.
PARIS: Cristian Mungiu’s Graduation and Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann have been nominated for the César Film Awards in the foreign film category. The 42th edition of the César Film Awards will take place on 24 February 2017. Roman Polanski declined a controversial invitation to preside over the gala.
LOS ANGELES: Maren Ade's German/Austrian/Romanian coproduction Toni Erdmann has been nominated for the 89th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category, while Blind Vaysha by Bulgarian Theodore Ushev was nominated in the Best Short Film, Animated section.
TRIESTE: Six projects were awarded 10,000 EUR each as co-development funding support during the second round of RE–ACT. The ceremony was held in the framework of the annual When East Meets West Co-production Forum in Trieste on 24 January 2017.
RE–ACT announces six selected projects in the second round of co-development funding
Press releases 24-01-2017During a brief ceremony held in the framework of the annual When East Meets West Co-production Forum in Trieste, the representatives of Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund and Slovenian Film Centre, the partner funds of the transregional audiovisual cooperation and training initiative RE–ACT set up in 2015, announced a selection of six projects, recipients of the second round of RE–ACT co-development funding support.
BFILM, moloko film and FAMU are happy to announce that Tereza Nvotová new film FILTHY will be premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam (25 JAN - 5 FEB 2017) in section Bright Future.
The upcoming 24th MFFK Febiofest Bratislava will host a second edition of Industry Days: a bright new event that is dedicated to promotion of local production as well as to meetings of film professionals.
Lithuanian film “The Beauty“ by Arūnas Žebriūnas (1969) is in program of the the fifth restored European film festival (Israel) “Another Look.
Lithuania with the Baltic countries is in spootlight at Trieste Film Festival and industrial events
Festivals 23-01-2017WHEN EAST MEETS WEST 2017 will bring together over 350 producers, financiers, decision makers and film professionals from more than 30 countries, and, in particular, from the spotlight territories. 2017 upcoming edition will bring some fresh air with a slightly refined format launching for the very first time a new East & West double focus on France and the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania).
BERLIN: Several films from CEE countries have been selected for all the sections of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, set to take place from 9 to 19 February 2017. Four from among the 23 films competing for the Golden Bear were made by CEE directors.
