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PRAGUE: Gangster Ka: African, the second film of the two-part Gangster Ka story, opened in first place in the Czech Republic, knocking The Hunger Games to second place.

WARSAW: The French black comedy Grand Froid by debut director Gérard Pautonnier will begin filming in Krakow in January 2016.

PRAGUE: The leading pitching competition for animation in CEE, the Visegrad Animation Forum (VAF), is accepting applications from projects in development for the 2016 session, held 5-8 May in the South Bohemian spa town of Trebon.

Applicants have until 7 December to apply for the free documentary workshop.

WARSAW: Producers from Poland and Germany are invited to apply for funding from the Polish-German Film Fund.

HAMBURG: The Board of Directors of European Film Promotion (EFP) appointed Sonja Heinen to replace Renate Rose as Managing Director of the pan-European network at their recent meeting in Hamburg.

Sonja Heinen will be Renate Rose's successor

BRATISLAVA: Slovak production company Alef Film&Media Group is developing a documentary about an 81-year-old Slovak artist, Alex Mlynarcik.

PRAGUE: The Czech Lion Awards, the national awards of the film industry, announced the addition of three competition categories for television production.