The National Film Centre of Latvia announced the following grants for film production on 30 March 2016.

BUCHAREST: Veteran Romanian stage and film actor Mircea Albulescu passed away on 8 April 2016 at the age of 81.

BUCHAREST: Seven films will compete in the 5th edition of the Cinepolitica International Film Festival which kicks off today.

Teams consisting of a director and producer can apply to the Ex Oriente Film workshop until 4 May 2016.

The Lithuanian Film Centre announced production grants for feature films, long documentaries, short fiction films and interactive projects in April 2016.

Film New Europe and Independent Film Foundation are celebrating the 10th anniversary of ScripTeast with a series of weekly interviews with scriptwriters and key players involved in ScripTeast activity. This week we focus on Romania and we speak with the producer Tudor Giurgiu and with the scriptwriter Ioan Antoci.

VILNIUS: Twenty four projects from six countries will be presented during the Coming Soon session and Industry screenings at the 7th MEETING POINT – VILNIUS on 12-14 April 2016, during the Vilnius International Film Festival (31 March -14 April 2016).

Documentary Campus, EDN and BCPF - The Broadcasting Content Promotion Foundation - are calling filmmakers to submit their documentary projects (series, one-offs and cross-platform) for the 2016 edition of the Crossing Borders programme. The submission deadline is 15 April 2016.

24 film projects from 6 countries will be presented during the Coming Soon session and Industry screenings at the 7th international film industry event MEETING POINT – VILNIUS. The event will take place on April 12-14, during the Vilnius International Film Festival.

JIHLAVA: The submissions for the 20th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival are open. The festival will take place on 25-30 October 2016.