The 21st Split Film Festival – International festival of new film will take place from 10th to 18th of September 2016, in Split, Croatia. The final application deadline is Wednesday, June 1.

PULA: Thirteen films will compete in the Croatian Programme of the 63rd Pula Film Festival taking place 9 – 16 July 2016.

ZLIN: The 56th Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth, taking place 27 May – 3 June, will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the film studio in Zlin, which has an important place in Czech and world animation.

ZLIN: CEE films have a place in the European competition of first films at the 56th Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth, which opens on 27 May 2016.

PRAGUE: Czech animator Adolf Born, best known for the Mach and Sebestova TV series, died on 22 May at the age of 85.

SOFIA: Cinema attendance, film production and the number of screens rose in Bulgaria in 2015, with 26 feature films produced and cinema attendance up 4.8 per cent.

KATOWICE: Look For Fund, a pitching forum that takes place during REGIOFUN, is accepting project proposals until 30 June 2016.

ZLIN: Eight films from Europe, the Middle East and Asia have been selected for the competition of films for children at the 56th Zlin International Festival of Films for Children and Youth, which takes place 27 May through 3 June 2016 in the central Moravian city of Zlin.

Twelve film projects have been selected for the 2016/2017 Ex Oriente workshop