VENICE: FNE together with FIPRESCI have invited FIPRESCI critics in Venice to rate the films in all four of the official competition programmes of the festival giving the films 1,2,3,4 or 5 stars.   

VALLETTA: Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard are reuniting for the shooting of Justin Kurzel’s new project, Assassin’s Creed, which has just started filming in Malta and is benefitting from the tax incentives scheme of Malta Film Commission

HELSINKI: The Fencer by Klaus Härö has been selected as the official Finnish feature candidate for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2016 Oscar Awards. This is Härö’s fourth film selected as a Finnish Oscar bid.

PRAGUE AND BRATISLAVA: European cinemas face a new challenge as cinemas that were digitalized in the early phase of the new technology are facing the need to invest in upgrades of the already outdated equipment.

This year's edition of the Forum 2000 conference will host project KineDok within its programme, screening the documentary film 1989 at the Austrian Cultural Forum in Prague on 15 September 2015.

BUCHAREST: Five awarded long animated films have been selected at the 10th edition of Anim’est International Film Festival (2-11 October 2015). In 10 years, Anim’est has established itself as one of the most popular film festivals in Romania. 

SIBIU: A record number of 1,500 documentaries from over 90 countries were submitted in the four competitions of Astra Film Festival. The 21st edition of the festival will take place in Sibiu from 5 to 11 October 2015.